Motoring

Just a heads up, from October 14 2026 all UK road legal LED conversion bulbs have to be supplied with a hologram sticker proving that they are ECE approved that you must fix under the bonnet so The MOT Man can see it and pass the installation. No sticker = MOT fail I presume the Osram bulbs are supplied with one as Osram…

Title: Initial hearing tomorrow – two speeding allegations / two S172 charges, no original notices received. Any advice? Hi all, I posted about this back in March, but for the life of me I can't find the original thread. My initial hearing is tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get any last bits of advice from people who have been…

Hi All, Ideally I'm after advice or suggestions. We own a second hand, 10yr old Renault Zoe with a leased battery. We're fed up of paying for repairs to the car, the suspension in particular breaks at least every 6 months and now the electrics are going. It needs scrapping, but before you do that you have to get out of the…

Hi, my wife bought a car in January trading in her old car and using money from a cancer insurance to buy a newer car outright. After a couple of months things started going wrong, we had to pay for road tax then MOT, shortly after the car had to go to a main dealer for some remedial work where a head gasket failure along…

I have a 72 plate Peugeot 2008 with 18.5k miles on it which I purchased from the local dealer 9 months ago, it came with 6 months warranty and I paid £899 for another 3 years. lately when the car gets hot the clutch becomes quite heavy and I asked the dealer to look at it 2 weeks ago whilst in for a service and MOT and…

In Southampton where I don't understand the roads and accidentally went into bus/taxi lane, how can I avoid doing this?

Good morning, My daughter is hoping to change her car in the next couple of weeks. She is currently insured with Direct Line (policy ends on 31 October) We are thinking she should swap the new car details over to the remained of the Direct Line policy so she does not lose out on a year of NCB`s (currently has 2 years and…

Hi, (Apologies if this in the wrong category as it's a bit of a hybrid!) I currently have a perfectly reliable Octavia and love it. However, with household energy prices and car fuel costs, my head keeps running around the idea of getting an electric car. My house is prime for solar panels (south facing roof, over half of…

I have had an accident in which the other driver has admitted blame. Their insurance company has contacted me and said that they would like to take over my claim and pay it out. They are being very pushy about things like supplying a hire car, but when I speak to the car replacement company, they are very awkward and won't…

Anyone else had experience with CINCH-buying a car of them that they had had NOT checked paperwork/MOT history correctly ? I purchased a car that i noted on the MOT history that the mileage had gone DOWN between two MOTs,i questioned this and was told it was before they had it and it was just a typo !! Well a year on and i…

Hi I received a speeding ticket and received a conditional offer of fine and 3 points. When I try to pay the fine, it kept saying that "there is a problem" When I checked the notice carefully I reaslised that there is a typo in my name on the notice. I have "mm" in my name and they spelt it with single "m". When I enter my…

To cut the incident short: Location is a middle roundabout of a 70mph dual carriage way with side roads entering and exiting it, the roundabout is 40MPH restricted)I entered the roundabout at point A for e.g. in the right lane of two lanes to turn far right and exit at junction D. I was going 12-15MPH max and drove past…

Bought a caravan last year and the tyres look good, no splits etc. But I cannot see a date code or the letters DOT anywhere. Does this mean I will have to jack up and look on the inner rim or is there another way of checking from the visible codes? Tyres are Firestone Vanhawk made in Turkey 185/14R. Codes on them are…

So, interested in a new used car. Am part exchanging my old car, to knock a nominal amount off price. I was told, because its a part echange (P/X), they will not offer a warranty on the car they are selling me? Is that a normal business practice? I mean, irrespective of whether I P/X or not, the used car is still the same…

Is there a best app for looking for relevant info to find the best /cheapest charging point when travelling like I currently use Petrol prices app for finding the cheapest fuel

I purchased a 10 year old used vehicle in February this year for £4245. The car needed a major engine repair/rebuild due to excessive oil usage and the dealer took the vehicle back and did the repair. (within 6 months of purchase). The vehicle was in for the repair of 7.5 weeks, which I feel is an unreasonable length of…

has anyone had dealings with Stellantis or the motor Ombudsman re the extended puretech warranty scheme? They've refused to fix my car which needs a new engine at just 58,000 miles. They told me to go to the motor ombudsman if I'm unhappy but the motor ombudsman are refusing to accept the complaint saying stellnatis are…

Hello, Need urgent advice as was thinking no way am I paying this and will see the copper in court but now I'm kind of caving in to pay it as is it really worth the risk of criminal conviction and much more money to pay over honking my flipping horn This is what happened as briefly as possible: Approaching a wide two lane…

I ended up in the unfortunate situation where both my car keys went missing in quick succession (and I've not lost a car or house key in 20 years…). The car reasonably modern, which means keys are supplied by the dealer only, and the control unit in the car needs replacing to accommodate complete re-keying. After quite a…

I had my sons car serviced through booking company Servicing Stop. When i received the invoice there was an Environmental surcharge of £85 plus VAT. When i asked what this was for they said it was to do with disposal of oils etc. So I went direct to the garage and asked them how much they would have charged and they said…