Motoring

Hi all, I notice the previous Car radio unlocking thread has been closed (yesterday) so thought I'd see if I could start another as I cannot see any other thread!Anyway, I've a Blaupunkt CD43, Serial Number BP026318419367 which I took out of my car a few years back and now I want to refit I can't find the card the code was…

Hi all, I have a dilemma. Parked my car a few months ago next to a skip. It appears the skip was collected whilst I was away from my car and rubble has dropped and caused damage to the roof. Skip company didn’t tell me and promptly left without leaving their details. I was going to pay to repair the damage myself, as the…

Hi - I bought an Ex-Demo, high-Spec VW Passat Estate (GTE Hybrid) in Jan 2023 for around £38,400 from a VW dealer. I was shocked that, after owning the vehicle for a year, the road tax shot up to £640 per annum. This is something I did not see coming. Has anyone else been caught out by this ? Essentially, I am being taxed…

As I write this, oil is about $105 a barrel and petrol is 164.9p a litre (where I am). Just before the start of the Iran war, I filled up at 120.9p per litre although I accept the price was more commonly 124.9p at that time. Oil was about $65 dollars a barrel at that time. The price of oil has therefore risen $40 a barrel…

Hello, I was pulled over doing 99mph a few months ago on a dual carriageway with a 70mph limit. I am guilty and have no legitimate reason for driving at that speed. I have just received a single justice procedure notice. I have a few questions: Is there any benefit to saying that I want to go to court? If I say I don't…

Newbie here so please be gentle! I have found a car we like the look of from a small dealership. Price good, test drive all good. The MOT from May showed an advisory on the tyre tread, so the dealership agreed to change the tyre and service the car before sale as well as fixing an alloy that was grazed. Car passed the…

Hi all Bit of a story here but I am looking for a decent dashcam/tracker combined unit. Basically? Our company has a driver who of late has been taking the mickey. I won’t go into detail but it is fair to say that he goes missing for a few hours most days and leaves the deliveries to the other driver. We need the evidence…

The last car I bought was 8 years ago and through cazoo. No haggling and I found it a really positive experience. I’m now in the market for a new car and looking at approved cars from main dealerships. I have seen a couple I might be interested in and the dealers will not budge on price. They offer me something towards the…

Hello, I was wondering if anyone had experience ordering from autodoc? Want to know how soon do they normally take to dispatch parts to UK? Maybe my expectations are too high, I ordered some parts around 11AM today (Monday) and it's still processing - I would have expected them to dispatch them same day given enough time.…

Sat with a car salesman at a main dealer to buy a new car. I asked for a service pack and extended warranty but was told neither were available (although have since found out they are). I wasn't offered the current deal they have running on the vehicle I was buying. Salesman glossed over the PCP agreement, didn't explain…

Good morning At the end of June this year, I purchased a 2023 plate bmw x1 msport from Ipswich bmw group 1. the car was sourced from the Norwich dealership and purchased and collected from Ipswich with a very recently completed service and a fresh MOT. after around a month and a half we noticed a dry squeak coming from the…

I have to put this out there to share my experience with RAC breakdown cover so that others are aware of their false promises on their website that say they will take you home. I’ve been with the RAC for 15 years and not needed them until now. I have the Recovery option with my membership and my wife and daughter are…

I'm looking for some advice. How can I progress this quicker? It is making me depressed and causing upset between me and my husband. We picked a car up from a dealership a couple of weeks ago and when we got it home we noticed it had oil leaking out from underneath the car. We travelled over 200 miles to pick it up. When…

Ordered products on July 13th. Still waiting - 13 August. Contacted company on a number of occasions. Same reply. They said it is a problem with Evri. Refusing to refund or cancel my order as its Evri's problem. But its their delivery service they use. Go elsewhere. 

I need to replace my car which has suffered a major issue and is probably not economical to repair. Went to a main dealer to look at cars and rather like the Juke. We haven't changed our cars now for some time and have never bought 2nd hand before. Salesman was as expected helpful and we looked at 3-4 year old cars as well…

My daughter has bought a new car so we need to sell her old car (Fiesta 1.2 2010). The car is on my drive and has been SORN and has no insurance. We want to sell the car privately, but if the buyer wants a test drive how do we do this ? My insurance (AA) allows me to drive other cars 3rd party with the owners permission,…

I would really appreciate some help and advice about a car I sold privately 10 weeks ago What would cause an engine bearing failure, possible bottom end damage Fairness of a goodwill gesture Likelihood of manufacture assistance and goodwill? I bought 2020 a mini cooper 1.5 from main dealer Mar 2025 with 35000 miles, I sold…

I wanted to highlight a suspect business practise around the way Policy Expert go about auto renewals of car insurance policies. I received an email from them highlighting my insurance was going to run out soon including the paragraph: ‘It's quick and easy to renew your insurance. If your details and the cover you need are…

We bought an MG4 EV 11 days ago from an Ancaster dealer. It is an ex-demo, first registered in September 2025. It came with a 7 year manufacturer's warranty (6 years still remaining). The day after we collected it we noticed a couple of minor faults: the A-pillar cover by the windscreen had come off, and the dashcam was…

Hello. I signed up in July to National Intensive (driving course) on behalf of my wife, booking a 17.5 hour course for an automatic-only driving test. I erroneously thought it would be an actual intensive driving course, but turns out they just are a middleperson broker who send out messages to instructors to see if they…