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insurance quotes with ongoing claim
Enquiring on behalf of my son. His car insurance with Elephant renews this week. A couple of months ago he had a small bump (his fault). He supplied video evidence so it should have been straightforward, but he still hasnt heard back about the claim. His renewal quote is quite high so obviously he wants quotes from other…
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Buying a 2nd hand car MOT?
Hi, I'm looking at a 2012 RENAULT MEGANE 1.6, the pictures look perfect I've looked at the MOT history and since it was first registered its only showing 1 MOT in 2023 with these advisories * Front reg plate damaged. * Offside repeater lamp cover missing. * Nearside Rear Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other…
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Car door kicked in
Hi - My car passenger door was kicked in for no apparent reason yesterday. I only noticed it today as it was on the passenger side. It was just parked in the street when I was out locally for a few mins and I have no idea why. Despite having a dashcam, it was raining so no clear images, but there is audio of the incident…
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New Car Purchase: Petrol or Hybrid?
My husband and I need to purchase a new car (either this year or in the new year) and are uncertain what type of car to go for. This will probably be our last car before we give up driving, so want to buy something that will be economical for us in that short term. Would we be better off just buying a straight petrol car…
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Disadvantage of an imported vehicle?
This Honda Jazz seems a good price. https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202411025887990 What are likely to be the drawbacks of buying a 3-4 year old import? Mind you, it says registered in 2021, but it may be older than that. How do I find out the details?
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Halfords Motoring Club - Don't join the club it's almost impossible to leave!
I joined in 2023 and recently received an email saying the my membership would auto renew (an option I had not selected). I went to the website to cancel via the membership portal and was directed to the online chat function, only to find out that the 'virtual assistant' can't be used to cancel memberships and a telephone…
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Car insurance refund after cancelling policy
My car broke down and wasn’t fixable so have sold it to a motor trader. I took out car insurance and paid £330 for the year on 24th September. I cancelled the policy 44 days later. Insurance said I had used £157 of the £330. I also had a £45 cancellation fee so would get back £128. My question is how can I have used £157?…
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Car lease cancelled after order due to "misprice"
Good afternoon all Quick help I placed an order for a car on lease. Credit check all done and approved. Order was sent to me and I fully completed it all. 2 days later I received a call from vantage leasing saying that it had been mispriced, even though I have the order form, and they were cancelling the order. Do I have a…
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Approved used purchase, misleading salesperson.
Hello everyone, new here but lurking a lot, and learning a lot! I’ll try to be brief: I wanted to change cars, found one, went for a test drive and negotiating stalled so the salesperson dipped into their manager’s office then came back and told me ‘You’ll get this insurance for free as I’ll discount the price from the car…
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RomaHome motor homes
Hi, Im looking at buying my first ever Romahome and I'm just a little worried about the previous MOT's and whether my concerns are justified. I understand its 25 years old now and isn't going to be perfect but Corrosion has been an advisory for a couple of years now. I was looking for a bit of advice on whether this MOT is…
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Honda civic engine has gone! now what?
I bought brand new Honda Civic in 2018, it's been serviced every year by Honda and has less than 33,000 miles. I've been told the engine block needs replacing at a cost of near £9000! Now I don't mind paying for your typical repair costs when owning a car but surely, this is a joke! Surely the company has to take some sort…
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Mot fail co reading .700
Hu guys just back from failed mot on my zafira 1.8 petrol, as above massive fail on the co emissions. Mechanic jumped straight to the cat, as I'd cleared the emissions fault code before mot, this usually works.... Car driving fine for its age 16, and no smell etc, not many miles done per year, could it be a lambda sensor?…
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Car Insurance (limited company)?
Hi I recently crashed in to a fence that is owned by a limited comopany that I own 50% of the shares in. The insurance company state that they will not pay for the damage as I'm the co-owner of the company. I though limited companies are separate legal entities... is the insurance company correct to refuse my claim?…
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Deer hit car
A deer jumped out and hit my car on Sunday evening after dark. Luckily we were unharmed, but the car needs £2-3k repairs. I did not stop or report the incident, as the deer fell back onto the (flat) grass verge, the A-road that it happened on did not have stopping-places or a pavement, there was a child in the car I could…
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Problems with new car
I did search before posting but could not find any recent threads. I have a very long story about ongoing battles, over an 18-month period, with a well known dealer who seem unable to fix multiple issues with my car. The car manufacturer is involved but they just point me towards the dealer. I was wondering what steps I…
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BMW Warranty Issue
My partner bought a used BMW 7 weeks ago with 12 months warranty. She was driving and BOTH dipped headlights failed. She brought car into local BMW garage and as they said she could bring it in to be looked at as under warranty. The guy at BMW said she's going to have to book the car in as looks like a problem with the…
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Jaguar Land Rover - HELP
Advice please - My dad owns a Jaguar XJ Luxury V6 D Auto and is having an issue with his indicator not working. When he took it to the Jaguar dealership (his regular one I might add), they informed him that he can't just replace the indicator; he has to replace the entire front unit - costly but ok. He was quoted £1,200…
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PCP Advice
Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me decide what to do with my PCP finance as I'm sort of confused what to do. I purchased a new car - we were quite desperate for a second car due to house moves and I wanted an electric car due to large distances travelled so whilst I knew at the time it was never going to be a good…
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Off lease vanarama Help!!
I leased a van for business it's lease ended in 2021 it was a cat s in year one. The vanarama lease company said I could pay the pmts and itd be mine I've paid 4.t years plus mots servicing and now they say they want it back I can pay 6k for it or return it? So the lease was done in 2021 its a cat s van worth 2300 if that…
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Claims court costs if you lose
I am making a claim against my concil for just under £1.000 for pothole damage, although I feel that I am in the right besides losing the application fee are there any other costs I would have to pay if I lose?
Bought a car, van or motorbike on Personal Contract Purchase (PCP) or Hire Purchase (HP) since 2007? Discuss the probes into hidden discretionary commission and undeclared commission - and how to complain.
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