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Recommendations for reliable breakdown cover, inc. Europe for 2 weeks?
Can anyone recommend reliable and good value breakdown cover that includes up to a month of European cover, please? I've looked at the AA, with Topcashback, which seems good for the UK, but European cover is quite expensive, particularly as we're only going over there for a couple of weeks this year.
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Negative experience with UK car rental
Hi all I am looking for some advice after experiencing poor service with a uk car rental recently. My issues: 1. the desk agent was very rude and poor customer service generally throughout the transaction. 2. When I came to the insurance , where they usually pressure you to take the product, I declined as I have cover…
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"Free Motor Legal"
https://www.freemotorlegal.co.uk/ What is the deal with this? Sounds too good to be true, like it must be some kind of scam. My guess would be it's similar to the "courtesy" car hire scams where they get you to rent a car at some ridiculous rate, and then try to get the money from the at-fault insurer. Except here they…
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30 day car rejection, is it real or just a get out for the motor trade
Ordered a new car with some strict criteria owing to my disability, one being that the seat must have the ability to be programmable with a memory for at least two persons, when delivered the vehicle doesn't have this. The showroom tried to make it work but had to admit it wasn't able to be programmed. After finding this…
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What is a crossing?
Getting cross about this. The Highway Code gives jolly good guidance, rules even, on road markings and road signage. It is always quite simple, plain, clear text or symbols in a narrow palette of colours. So, we know the following is a crossing: And so is this: Now, this week,. one of the crossings in the High Street has…
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Issues with new (Used vehicle) Garage playing up.
Hi all, I bought a used car in May this year (collected 17th May). The car then sat until the middle of June as I still had my company car at this point. When I started using the car in July it seemed ok to start with but I started noticing a bit of smoke coming from the rear of the vehicle after being stationary for a…
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Fiat Bravo diesel
Any one had any luck finding a 2011 Fiat Bravo 1.6D Multijet diesel gearbox cable for someone. There are thousands on the internet but I am struggling to find the right one. Put the number plate details in but cannot find a matching one. HELP!
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Speed limiters on cars
Speed limiter on cars is it a good thing? I've just bought a new car, a Honda Jazz hybrid, and of course I am trying out all the gadgets and driving aids. One of those is an intelligent speed limiter as the town I live in has a 20 mph limit. So I've been using the intelligent speed limit function where it reads the speed…
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Car Rental: Well in Advance or Last Minute?
Hi.Very basic question here, aimed at experienced car renters. We will need to rent a car for a long period (two and a half weeks) in Scotland, over next Christmas and New Year. Is it a good idea to organise it now... Or might we get a better deal by leaving it nearer the time? Any hints and tips for doing it without…
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Car issues
I bought a used car in November 2023 from local citroen dealer Wingrove. After two days of having the car engine warning light came on. Took it back and they 'fixed' it. I had a years warranty on the car. The warning light came on again. The car was very intermittent at starting, sometimes straight away sometimes took 5,…
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Renewing car driving licence online - without vocational (HGV) entitlement
Hi folks My driving licence needs renewing soon, and I've tried to complete the process online, but have hit a snag (or two!) I tried a while back to get a Gov.One account but kept hitting a brick wall, and eventually gave up and had resigned myself to having to go to a photo booth for a new piccy, and then send off…
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Auxillis/Principia Law and Car Hire Dispute
Hi all, Firstly I'm aware of the benefit of hindsight now but this situation has occurred due to the situation I was in at the time some 30 minutes after the accident occurred and trusting that my insurer knew what was right and was looking out for me.... My partner was driving our car and parked in a queue oat a set of…
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Car warranty
I bought a used car just under 3 months ago and I have had a warning light come on which apparently means the alternator has gone. I contacted the garage where I bought it and have been told that by my description they guess it's a worn belt which would be a consumable, like tyres or breaks etc. I have no information on…
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BMW extended "Insured" Warranty: Is it worth it on a used 10 year old car?
Looking to buy a BMW privately. It's around 95k mileage, 10 years old and has full service history according to the seller. I'm quite risk averse and was wondering if anyone has any experience with BMW's Warranty? https://www.bmw-warranty.co.uk/ This is the bit that I'm concerned about; * a) Care of the vehicle - you must…
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Fords - wet belts & ecoboosts?
Very likely will be in the market for a new car. By new I mean new to us. £3k will likely be the very top of the budget but wouldn't want to be spending that if we can help it. Wife has seen a number of Fiesta's & Focus' she was interested in but we've been warned against anything with wet belts & ecoboost engines by more…
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Dreaded "credit hire car" non fault accident & court
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Which Motability car ?
Here is my shortlist What am I missing - the car must have a large enough boot to take a wheelchair (folded) - at the same time as 4 people The downpayment can be up to around £3000 ! Hybrid/pure Petrol - no EV's The mini probably doesn't fit the bill but its there because I do like minis.....they must be automatic…
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New speed cameras on the A40
I haven't driven on the A40 for a while. I entered the A40 via the Marylebone Flyover, and after driving slowly around 30mph (to avoid the speed camera fine) I entered the dual carriageway. I sped up to potentially around 40mph and exited around the Westway roundabout (exiting via A320) towards Westfield Shepherds Bush. On…
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Used car
afternoon all, I'm looking for a new to me used car. looking at a diesel estate but stuck on what make/model to punt for. I'm looking at Skoda Superb, Octavia, Volvo V70 or Ford Mondeo. I'll have at most £6k, what do any motoring experts suggest. Anything on the makes above I should look for or avoid? Cheers in advance…
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Over 70 licence renewal is this new?
I just applied to renew my driving licence again online and now they won't issue the new licence until I send the old licence back. Is this because I never sent my old licence back the last 3 times I applied or is this a new thing? It is the correct DVLA site I applied to.
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