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Owed money by a now closed car garage
Posting on behalf of partner. He bought a car through part exchange, with the new car on finance. He used part payment of the part exchange as a deposit on the new car. He was told he’d receive the remaining money (around 4k) after the two weeks cooling off period of the finance contract. The garage closed down a few days…
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Diesel Cars' Emissions Legal Claims
Does this legal action include claims against Volvo?
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Car insurance claim
I was involed in a minor accident while driving my sisters car as named driveri clipped a wing mirror of a stationary car while driving the damage was minor on both vehicles , dent on mirror housing on the the sationary vehicle and dent on the mirror on sisters car I have admited fault to the other driver and exchanged…
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Can I drive my car with a failed MOT?
Good evening. I was wondering if I can drive my car to and from work etc with a failed mot (but still not expired from last year) As I understand this is legal providing that there are no dangerous defects reported and the car is submitted to either a partial retest after the repairs have been rectified within 10 days. Can…
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More recent version of a 2005 Toyota Yaris Verso mini MPV
This car has been perfect for our limited lifestyle - purely local trips and easy upright loading for my wife's folded rollator. We are now taking a semi invalid friend out several times a week and her folded rollator also fits in the boot. Having to now use one of the rear seats we have found a major problem. A feature of…
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Any experiences on car damage like this? Hire car through insurance has had paint peeled!
I picked up a hire car on Thursday evening, and this afternoon I noticed this damage to the rear passenger side. I can't be 100% certain it wasn't there before, but I suspect it wasn't as I did look around the car prior to accepting it admittedly the garage was very dark and the car was parked close to another van making…
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Can i go to DVLA to pick up replacement driving licence?
Hi, I have just moved to a new flat. My mail is not getting through. I have posted myself letters and they never arrived. The mailbox is a joint mailbox, well....it all just gets chucked on the floor by the postman and someone (whoever passes by), might sometimes put the mail into peoples mailbox's. Anyway, i am not…
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Car Insurance claim question
We had someone hit the back of our car a couple of days ago. We are insured with Admiral. Third Party with LV. All parties agreed we were not at fault. We completed the claim within the hour with Admiral. They contacted us the next day saying that they will get a garage to contact us to arrange repair and we would pay our…
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Drowned key fob help.
The short version is, I jumped in a river, it didn’t occur to me that the keys were in my shorts pocket at the time, I didn’t need to access the car till the following day and even then I didn’t think to take the battery out because I stupidly thought that the battery just died and didn’t associate the problem with the key…
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Are these Identical Tyres?
Just looking to buy a pair of new tyres. The Halfords website came up with 4 tyres intended to meet my requirements. One tyre was rated BCC, the second was BAA, the third BBC and the fourth was BAA. All tyres were the same size, same speed rating and same load rating, specifically, 205/55/R16 91V. The puzzle to me is that…
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Pay monthly issue?
My partners car was booked in for service and MOT today, about a week about alert came up on dash brake pads are low and need changing. I checked them and they appear to be over 4mm, from what I gather 3mm is the minimum so thought they would at least pass MOT then could get them changed at uncles garage. Anyway, I took…
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NCB Protection with Admiral
Following on from my other posts about my recent claim. I have a Multi Car Policy with Admiral. My claim is non fault and on exchanging messages the operator said the claim won't affect my No Claims. I reply no, it won't as it is protected. Turns out, that car is not protected. So went on this morning to protect my No…
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Non Fault Accident - Using Auxillis
Hi, So last week, somebody on the lane next to me swerved into my car as I was driving and ended up hitting the back side of my car. Damaging my alloys and denting the panel of the wheel arch. I phoned my insurance company Admiral, and they referred me to Auxillis. I was told that they don't want me driving my car because…
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What to do after a single vehicle accident
Hi My 22 yr old son had an accident the other night, no one else was involved, he actually fell asleep momentarily and hit a sign. The police attended, breathalysed him which he passed no problems. He's told me that he's not been charged with anything, the car was taken to storage and the police dropped him off at a place…
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Paper licence @70yrs
I'm approaching 70, and understand that I'll need to renew my licence every 3 years. I currently have a paper licence. Will I need to renew at 70 or 73 ? I'll also need to hire a car in Spain this year. I understand I do not need an IDP, but I'm worried about what some smaller franchise may make of my paper licence…
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BMW emissions class action
Hi, I’m seeing lot of activity now on social media regarding specific BMW years/models wanting people to join a class action. I can’t find any information on this website or other sources only firms websites themselves. I spoke to a couple this week and they say the latest update they have is that there will be an initial…
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Peugeot 107 Mot Suspension Advisories
Hi all, My daughters 2014 Peugeot 107 has just been through its MOT. It passed but had a number of advisories relating to the suspension relating to all four suspension arms (front and rear ns and os) and all state - arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement . Also rear suspension component corroded but…
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Car Insurance - to cover various scenario's (including learners)
We are about to buy an older car to teach our twins to drive in (in addition to proper instructor lessons). Initially it will just be my wife & I that are insured to drive it and it'll be registered in my name. Once the kids are 17 (~3 months), I'll be looking to add them to the insurance & then when one of them passes,…
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Insurance NCD
I am 62, my wife is 56 - When I get a quote for motor insurance, I discovered that they only use MY 12 years NCD for the quote, my wife's 6 years is irrelevant.Even when my wife is set as the primary driver...My wife IS the main driver - I struggle to drive nowadays due to arthritis....but since I have the most NCD, and…
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Car battery Solar panel for windscreen with OBD port and/or cig lighter connection ?
I have a older van thats now sits parked more than its used on a busy london main road . It can take any battery that fits the battery box in practice so I have fitted a higher rated one . Considering a Solar panel to help stop the battery running flat from parasitic load but so many varibles exist as far as Solar panel…
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