Motoring

I need help cutting my loses. I work in care sector and was unable to attend a car auction I registered for. Deposit of £950 was paid. I made the mistake of giving a friend my log in detail to bid for me with the car specifications I wanted. Unfortunately the one they closed on was way above my budget. It is a Land Rover…

News to me..... All I can think of is a few weeks ago, in a traffic queue to pull out of a junction, some teen on their phone walked right in front of the car, I had to slam on brakes, they banged the car and walked off shouting at me. Hardly a RTA because the car made no contact. I'm wondering if that teen has gone home.…

Since 2017, car insurance providers have been legally required to tell you what premium you paid last year. Every year when I get my car insurance renewal, it states what I paid last year and every year, I'm fairly sure that I paid less than it says. I suspect that insurance companies are inflating 'what you paid last…

about having a dashcam fitted. Older driver, I go along at reasonable speed (don't get in the way, always alert and looking for any other vehicles that could pose a problem. Coming to the conclusion that it's not worth fitting one as I have to remove it to prevent theft when I leave the car so no park footage. Plus the…

I am buying a new car, and I’m not trading in the old one. I need insurance for the new one, but I need to keep the old one insured until I can sell it. That could take a few weeks. Also, the premium on the new car is going to be around 4 times the old premium. I’m supposed to pick the new car up next Wednesday, but…

Please can someone recommend a good company to get a quote from directly and/or a quotation website as my wife is getting a new car and wants to change insurance company? I never know what's best when using a quotation website and getting a quote and going though it that way or to then see who gives the best quote and then…

Hi all, I was execptoing my renewal quote, but my current car insurer wrote to me saying 'Unfortunately, with the information you have provided we are unable to provide a competitive quote for you on this occasion.' They insured me this time last year. Since then, the only incident I've had is an accident on the motorway 6…

Hi, wondering if someone can advise. I've received a letter from QDR regarding unpaid fuel. TLDR: I am at fault, genuine mistake however there is a £50 admin charge which seems absolutely ridiculous. From some research I have done it seems most people have an £18 admin charge which is still cheeky I think but I would…

My son is doing his driving test in a months time in a different part of London (Mill hill) to where we live. It's too far for his driving instructor to go to practice and he wouldn't know the routes anyway. He is a competent driver but I think it would be good to drive the main routes used for testing. We have already…

I’m buying a new car, and have been offered polymer coating for £400. This includes some interior treatment as well. Is this something worth paying for? The car is £24k by the way, and it has a metallic paint finish.

Had a pretty decent idea on how to do a coolant flush, which I need to do on my car but chose to watch a Chris Fix YouTube video beforehand to just check & refresh myself. I was pretty much right except at the end of the video the guy puts in some anti rust solution. I Googled it & since I'm going to be using Wynns rad…

Hi I'm looking for some opinions on our car's negative equity. In short we swapped out our PCP agreement for a different car, the old one unfortunately had negative equity due to the drop in its value we owe £3000. Currently we are financing this over 4 years. I'm wondering whether we try and pay it off sooner through…

I'm looking at buying a new car, and I have been offered a service plan. I'm trying to figures out if there's any point? Being able to pay in monthly instalments might suit some people, but it's of no benefit to me. Are there any other benefits I haven't spotted?

I received an email from ndors saying the above. The email said if I want to know the reason, to call 101 and ask for West Midlands Police. Big mistake, I called and had a 101 phone support member complaining they should not have put 101 on the email as they can’t put anyone through. The extension they normally put people…

We have slowly started looking for a new 2–3-year-old car to replace our problematic 2012 Nissan Note automatic (which was gifted from a relative and for which I am the registered keeper). We’ve done an initial spreadsheet looking at cars within a £15–20k budget that have an automatic gearbox, are comfortable, have a…

My car insurance runs out this month and as usual I have used a comparison tool 21days prior to my insurance expiring for a list of quotes. For the last 6 years I have been driving I have done quotes and then nearer the time picked the best one to start a new policy. However, this time when clicking on my quotes with a new…

Basically I can't find my passport. I've a bad feeling that I used it to pick up a parcel from a DPD collect spot, even though 99.99999999% the time I use my driving licence for those kinds of things. I have a hazy memory of it being when I was in the car we had that was written off (both cars we had at the time have now…

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I had my car serviced by RAC Mechanics. They are said nsr brake caliper needed replacing and tube, also front brake pads. I made a appointment for this to be done. The mechanic arrived on 2st October. He left saying he couldn't bleed the front brakes and advised me to take it to a garage. My husband is disabled and I also…

I bought a used car from a car dealership about a week ago, they trade off a forecourt so don't have their own dedicated repair shop - have mentioned this as believe it's pivotal to the next part of my post. So I check my car over this weekend after doing 100 miles since I bought the car, the car dealer claimed that they…