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Insurance claim
TL:DR version - my car insurers are rolling over and accepting liability without any consultation or input from me, I'd like to know what my rights are here and what, if anything, can I do about it? More detailed version; Around a month ago I clipped wing mirrors with another vehicle. It was a narrowish street in a busy…
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Has any of you ever returned used car during the 14 days cooling off period?
My car has recently died, I'm not going to put any more money in it, so I decided to buy any old super cheap car from a dealer, just so I can get to work and go buy groceries (I live in a small village) and later on look for some better car. Now, there is a regulation that if I haven't seen the car in person and it's just…
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Medium term car hire
Hi, TLDR: Looking for most economical way to hire a large car for around 6 months I'm an adoptive mother of a 6 year old with severe and complex needs. Traveling in our little car is becoming increasingly dangerous as he's getting big enough to hurt his 12 year old brother in the little car we have, I've been waiting…
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Temporary Car Insurance- young driver and hybrid
Hi, I'm struggling to get temporary car insurance for my 18 Yr old son on our new MG hybrid. He's previously used Veygo who won't quote on the new car. Has anyone got any suggestions for companies who may offer cover?
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Car & MOT about to expire before Garage can repair car- What do I do?
I might have put myself into a little bit of a mess. My car tax expires in 5 days. My car failed its MOT today. The garage was unable to fix the car as the part required isn't sold by their approved vendor. I located a garage that will repair the car but they can't get the part in until next week after the tax and MOT…
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Total Loss Car Offer - What do you think?
Hello, My Mazda CX-5 Homura Petrol 2024 has been written off. I had it for 10 months and only done just under 3500 miles. Accident completely not my fault and other side accepted full liability. Long story short the offer from my insurance provider is £29,367.I mentioned that my car still has full manufacture warranty and…
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Over 70s Driving Licence Renewal Problem
Over 70s Driving Licence Renewal Problem Hi. I recently got a driving Licence renewal letter and have been attempting to complete the renewal through the dot gov website. After completing the online form, I was unable to continue with my ID verification using the website. I then downloaded the identity check app and…
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Nissan
A bit of a long story, but Ill keep it as short as I can. My 3 month old Nissan juke stopped working completely unresponsive while on holiday. RAC came out and couldn't find the fault and told me the car would be towed to my nearest dealership. I scrambled to take the train home which was over 100 miles away and got a call…
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PCP Plan - Best Way Forward
I want to be in a position where I can continually hand a car back after 3-4 years instead of keeping a car and ultimately forking out circa 2k every year in MOTs and Repairs when I have previously tried to keep hold of a car for 5-10 years. What advice would you have regarding PCP's? Is it best to put the maximum deposit…
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Cancellation Fee for a policy I didn't renew (Admiral)
Hi everyone I've recently switched car insurance from Admiral to LV. I didn't make any attempt to contact Admiral about this and I'm assuming the policy just renewed automatically. Now they're asking for £115 - is there anything legally I can in order to not pay this? I already hate insurance companies so the idea of…
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Ugly cars
Is it just me or are cars getting ever uglier?
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Premium increase following non-fault accident
My son's car was just been written off by Admiral following a non-fault accident (he was stationery when the 3rd party swerved across the road and hit him head-on. The 3rd party has admitted full liability). Luckily he's find and no injuries However, with my experience of Admiral, despite it being a non-fault accident and…
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Nissan Qashqai cat s and n write off and wrong vin on car check???
Hi Everyone I hope someone can help , I have paid deposit on the above car and due to pay balance today , but have now found it has been a cat n in 2023 and a cat s last year, but what also came up on car check was a wrong vin and I cant find the plate on this car ! Can someone tell me please how to go about asking this…
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Car leasing contract issues around data breaches
Evening all. My wife leased a new car two years ago. During the initial paperwork we were supplied a reg number that was changed a few days later. It seems the lease company wrongly recorded this car as hers too by mistake. We're not being charged for it, but somewhere on their system it's recorded as hers. The correct car…
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Can you over a PCP and effectively have no payments until the GMFV is due?
Example. Car is 20k Deposit 5k 10k over 48 months GMFV 5k Effectively over pay by 9k, have 1k on monthly payments over 48 months and know full well I have the option of returning the car or keeping it. Will this reduce interest to hardly anything and payments which are minimal monthly amounts over 48 months?
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Has this been resprayed?
Hello, I have had an offer accepted on a car a few hundred miles away which I was going to pick up on Monday. But on showing the online photos to a few of my friends, they are saying it's had a respray. I asked the seller, who replied "No definitely not been sprayed must be a reflection". Can you look and share your views…
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Missed Car recall
In 2020 I bought a 16 plate Citroen Grand Picasso which had low mileage and has only been driven about 8k a year since - without issue. Last year I had to a Urea (AdBlu) and EM light come on dashboard, and wouldnt clear. After inspection by local dealer garage it turns out this is due to a faulty pump/sensor on the urea…
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Buying 4 yr old car - been in dealer's hands 12 months & warranties?
Found a 2nd hand car i like - 4 yrs old, 30k miles. From dealer - national chain, 10ish branches, not a big big chain, but significant operator. Paid a deposit, and waiting to go over details, transfer funds and choose options. 2 questions :1) Are there better places to get a warranty than from the dealer? Theirs seems…
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BW Legal - bogus car hire allegation
I've received a letter today from BW Legal which is demanding payment for car hire in Peterborough in 2020. They have previously attempted to obtain money from me with the same wording, which resulted in a formal complaint and what I thought was the end of the matter, but they continue to harass me. I have never hired a…
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Electric Cars: Are they Really Worth it? (Ch5)
I watched Channel 5's latest EV bashing documentary today. There were quite a few things that I had "issues" with, but by far the worst was their sums. They took two identical fully charged Kia somethings (they all look the same to me) and sent them on a 130 mile trip. Speedy Sam drove like he stole it and got home with…
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