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Unpaid Toll Charge Notice - CDER Group
Hi - is anybody able to help with the following or point me in the right direction for information; I received a notice from Tyne Tunnels a few months ago regarding non-payment for a car I sold in April 2023. The alleged offence took place in March this year. I have never been to 'Tyne Tunnels'. Before I knew about this…
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Car insurance claim
A van owned by a well known company recently crashed into the back of our camping trailer and car. They have taken full responsibility and their solicitor got in touch with us to confirm this. We had to go through our own insurance for the car repairs as we needed to be recovered from the side of the road immediately. my…
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2nd pay out for an old crash - too good to be true?
I hope this isn't a stupid question, but it seems to good to be true so I'd appreciate some opinions please. In 2018 I crashed my car and it was a write-off. I skidded in the gravel at the side of the road and hit a wall. No-one else involved. As the airbags had gone off they wrote the car off. The insurance (Direct Line)…
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Car hire - use excess insurance or pay out?
Hiya We don’t own a car and hire regularly so have an annual excess insurance that we have never claimed on. Yesterday, in our latest hire, I scraped another car at low speed (the car is wider than I’m used to - that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it!!). No lasting damage to the other car (owners were very understanding…
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Locking Wheel Nuts
I didn't have any locking wheel nuts on my last car, but a friend was telling me about a neighbour that had a wheel stolen overnight.I don't have alloy wheels, I guess my 16" tyres might be worth up to £80 each.Do I need locking wheel nuts?
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Car Insurance for learner and new drivers
What is the best way to insure our car? There are 2 new young drivers - just passed their tests - one aged 18 and one aged 21. There are 2 learner drivers - both aged 17. Plus 2 older drivers - aged 50+, many years no claims. Confused whether to do a black box? Confused whether to do independent insurance for each driver…
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Chuggy 18 year old C3
Friend had a C3 that is sometimes chuggy in the morning. Once needed a jump start, was still chuggy but when engine was switched off and straight back on again it was fine ( which seemed odd). Would a cheap ebay OBD2 scanner show the fault?
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Pothole claim Council rejected
Hi my car has been driven along a damaged section of road about 500mts of very badly potholed road start of this year for about 4 months. I reported this to the council as my car started making noises after going over these continuously. I had a report from the garage saying the front drop links were damaged and this would…
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SORN on £35 road tax
only had the car 1 month if i put this on SORN will i get partial refund on it? every penny counts! Thanks
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Change name on driving licence
I’m looking at adding my maiden name back onto my married name after many years, I will need to change my driving licence, when it asks for evidence ie birth certificate and National Insurance Number card, my NI card is in my current name do I have to change that first before I can apply for new driving licence? It’s all…
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Advice Needed on Car Purchase and Repair Rights
Hi everyone, I need some advice regarding a car purchase I’m in the middle of. Over the weekend, I viewed a 16-month-old car with under 10k miles. It’s well-priced and in good condition overall, but I noticed some scratches on the rear bumper and scrape marks on the bottom of the steering wheel. I test drove it, and…
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VW Mechatronic
Hi all My 2019 Tiguan 7-speed DSG 24k miles car threw up a gearbox warning message with engine management light saying reverse not available. It could still drive although skipped some gears and revs jumped around. It cleared when you switched off and then recurred after a while Thankfully VW recovered to a VW garage back…
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Car Hire Excess Insurance Cover
I don’t know if any of you have been shocked by the outrage prices quoted by car hire companies to cover the excess applied, in this case £68 for less than 24 hour period for a £1,600 excess. I have found a company called 'reduce my excess.co.uk' that charges £5.95 per day. Trust Pilot reviews positive.
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Car insurance. Main driver.
My husband is the registered keeper of our car. The insurance is in his name with me as the named driver. Due to illness my husband has surrendered his driving licence. My question is do I by law have to change the registration and insurance documents into my name?
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Goodyear Efficientgrip Performance 2
Had these fitted 3 months ago, great tyre but had 3 punctures from screws/nails since. Am I unlucky or is this a side effect of the rubber compound Goodyear use? Previously had Mitchellin tyres and never had punctures.
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Refinancing baloon payment
My pcp ends in November and I’m looking at keeping my car, but the baloon payments around £12k. I need to look at my options about refinancing but I’m under the impression I won’t get a solid offer from anywhere until they hard credit check me. This is making me think that this will then impact my ability to get another…
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emission claim
my friend has got a 2009 kia sorento 2.5 deisel , he brought the kia in 2012. second hand. harcus parker are offering a no win no fee claim for emission's cheating. is it worth claiming now.
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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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Could I be fined for driving here?
I was driving here with a friend, having a little lesson and I turned right here. I couldn't really see the road markings well, so I assumed it was telling me where this was taking me. Its Marlborough Place in Brighton. further back it has destinations painted on the road. Hove/London ect. So as i turned, I then noticed…
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Car has been bumped. Incident is on CCTV. Next steps?
Hello. Yesterday our car was scratched in the car park of a well known garden centre. We weren't at the car at the time but were later informed by the garden centre that there was a witness and they have sent us the CCTV of the incident, and a registration number of the car. The driver of the car drove off. We've contacted…
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