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Son's Car Insurance
A little advice please... My son is in Australia playing cricket for the winter (hopefully returning April 2026 ish)... His car insurance here runs out in a couple of weeks and I am on the policy as a named driver. The renewal is a decent price (compared to last year !) but I'm torn between declaring a SORN and not…
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Car tyre advice
Hi there, I’m wondering if anyone has any car tyre knowledge. Basically, I went to get a slow puncture repaired at my local tyre fitting centre. After trying to repair puncture the fitter informed me he couldn’t repair puncture as the inside of my tyre had a “coating” on it and his adhesive was unable to bond patch to…
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Mis sold Car Finance Reclaim
Having followed all Martins advice to find previous finance agreements, I have found only 1. I know that during the qualifying period, I had many more car finance agreements. I can't remember the reg numbers and have no record of previous bank details (as I change my current accounts regularly). Should I engage a claims…
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Voluntay Termination - PCP 57% paid
Hi all I have only 8 payments left on my car which is on PCP, I have paid 57%. Can I hand the car back and if so do I have to pay anything? Thanks
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Heated Windscreens and the "Ford Patent"
Not really moneysaving, just a question that I can't answer even via google & duckduckgo. Supposedly the reason that most cars didn't have heated winscreeens is "because Ford patented it"Now, reseach via t'nterweb suggests that this was around 1980, as it expired in 2005. But what exactly did Ford patent? It must have been…
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Motor insurance premiums up 30%?
I insured my ancient Volvo last year with Churchill for £250. This year it is due to automatically renew at £326. Nothing has changed. The car is nearly 20 years old, and worth say £3k. Have premiums risen by 30% generally? If not, is that rather a cheeky rise, and I need to go through the whole tiresome process of…
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Car or van?
After reading through a thread from someone who seems to be clutching at straws about speeding, possibly due to not realising that a van has lower speed limits than a car, it dawned on me that I have assumed-and driven-my wheelchair accessible vehicle as a car. I’ve done a quick Google (and I will obviously check the log…
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Is it normal to be charged a collection fee when cancelling a lease within the 14-day cooling-off pe
Hi everyone, I’m hoping to get some advice or hear from anyone who’s been in a similar situation. I recently signed up to lease a car through LeaseCar UK, which was being financed through ARVAL. When the car was delivered, it had a number of scratches on the bodywork, and as soon as I started it up, a maintenance light…
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Incorrect HPI finance markers blocking car sale
I’m going around in circles with VW finance and HPI. I bought a car in 2015, pressure sold finance I didn’t want, so I paid it off in the 14 days cooling off period. All was good until I came to sell the car this year when it was discovered HPI have finance markers on the car held by VW finance. I called VW finance, they…
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One Protect Insurance
Has anyone had experience of this insurance company? I have made a claim on my insurance with them for damage to my car. Totally my fault but they have agreed it can be repaired by their 'accident management company' have just told me they will only pay £1750 to have it repaired. My local (and very good) garage has…
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Car security
I cannot understand why car dealerships can’t be made to provide faraday boxes & pouches as part of the ‘package’ (& at no cost to the buyer) when they sell a keyless car. Sorry if this has been raised before but I can’t find this suggestion on any thread.
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EV pay per mile - disabled drivers
In all fairness - if PPM is implemented by the government - they need to give a 100% discount for disabled drivers - in the same way that disabled drivers, on high rate mobility PIP are given free road tax - this additional charge is just an addition to Road Tax ........
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Fold down parking barriers
I hope this is the right place for my post. I live on a private estate and unwelcome random car keeps parking in my space months on end and despite putting notices on the car, the notice get ignored and the unwanted car will leave and return on the same day. I am not sure what the solution is to keep these unwanted cars…
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Returning a car due to fault - return and refund procedure
Purchased a used car in apparently excellent condition this week but on way home after purchase it showed a serious engine fault and had to be towed back to dealership. We have decided to therefore return car to dealership and have requested a full refund. The dealership is not processing the return until we have handed in…
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AA Black Friday discount ?
Anyone know if they will be doing a Black Friday deal ? And when ! Maybe 40 or 50% discount
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Car Lease Nightmare: Accident Repair
Hi all, I have new Skoda Kodiaq (PHEV) on a lease (2025 plate). Overall happy with the car (while I had it!). However, I was involved in a minor accident and the car had to go to a Skoda approved body shop for repair. This is where the first issue happened. My insurance with Direct Line did not cover me for a courtesy car…
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Used Car Help - Rust Query
Hey all, I'm currently looking for a new replacement used car after having mine sent to car heaven by a lovely young chap who decided to hit the side of it. I've found one that otherwise ticks all the boxes but noticed some rusting on/around the sills. I spoke to the garage about it and they seem to think it's just surface…
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To fix or not to fix? MOT advisories
hey guys, i dropped my car (2009 1.3L diesel vauxhall corsa CTDi) off at the garage today and i just checked my MOT history on the government website and i was pretty sad to see the following advisories below: • Offside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))• Offside Front Lower Suspension arm corroded but not…
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Car insurance
Beam from the AA quoted my wife for car insurance, price was great,They then emailed to say the price is 145 pounds extra as I was on the policy and had a claim previouslyMy wife asked for me to be removed and the price did not change at all because they told herThe quote was based on myself being on the policy, she asked…
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Suzuki TPMS
My Suzuki did its favourite thing this morning and told me that the tyres were low pressure (cold weather) - however the rear right reset itself after a drink of airThe front right is showing 35 and is considered low - whereas the front left is just 33 and is acceptable - what's going on ?The front right has been given a…
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