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DVLA Blackout Syncope
Hi All, Just wondering if anyone has experienced a blackout and subsequently been told not to drive by the DVLA, and how they resolved this? Husband felt unwell whilst out for dinner in December, which lead to him passing out for a few seconds. As this came on when he was sat down, he went to the doctors for tests, and was…
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Best place to get tyres from?
Hi, I need to replace a couple of tyres on my car. I dont want to get teh cheapest of the cheap as I assume thats a false economy. But I dont want/need to get very expensive tyres as I just have a beaten-up old car. So what would be the best place to get tyres. I assume taking it to my local garage would be the most…
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Insurance claim or suck it up?
I had my first ever minor bump at a four-exit mini-roundabout on Monday: * I approached the roundabout whilst indicating right. * There was a car at the junction to my left * There was a vehicle at the junction directly opposite me which was indicating right. * There was no traffic at the junction to my right so I began to…
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WeBuyAnyCar
My 85 year old mum lost her licence due to ill health. Finally came to sell her Fiesta. No luck privately but WeBuyAnyCar offered a decent £6500 which reduced to £5750 because if some minor scratches and chips. After sharing all (many) of the various documents requested the deal was done (and I signed) and payment options…
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Car accident panic
I was involved in a minor car accident (my fault) in October 2022. I left mine and my insurance details with the other driver. I also told my car insurance about it as I had to claim for my own car damages. Today (over a year later) I receive a Claim Form from HM Courts and Tribunals services to say that there is a case…
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struggling to find car insurance after home insurance was cancelled
I had my home insurance cancelled due to misrepresentation last year. I'm now struggling to find car insurance, does anyone have any ideas on which insurers will take me? Most of the big names I've tried so far just flat out refuse. Starting to worry this means I can never get car insurance again??
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Car mileage incorrect after dashboard cluster swap
This is slightly complicated so will try to get it to make sense! Bought daughter her first car - Facebook ad but mileage shown on the dash in photos as 39,000 which is very low for a 2007 car. Car seemed ok and nice seller so bought it - after we got home and went through all the paperwork that came with the car we saw it…
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Bought a car from a second hand dealer faulty within two weeks
I bought a car from a second hand dealer on the 2nd of December 23 within two weeks and less than 200 miles most of which were from dealers to my house as it was far away it developed a fault. I immediately reported it to the dealer who told me to take it to a garage for diagnosis after numerous trips to different garages…
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New Lease Car Fault
I have a 73 plate Peugeot 2008 that I got in September. The infotainment system has completely shut off rendering most feature useless (apart from engine). There is no button to turn back on/reset it. All Peugeot dealers in my area and next town cannot look at the car until March or some aren’t taking appointments at all.…
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When's the car insurance renewal?
I'm sure there's an easy answer to this but I'm having a bit of brain fog today. My car's MOT and insurance is due at the end of Feb as is the tax. All very easy. My OH's car's MOT is in Sept, no idea when the tax is due (but know we'll get something in the post) but I have this very very vague idea that the insurance is…
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Do you have a Kia Picanto- a very dangerous feature you need to be ware of that is not in the manual
I have recently had an accident in my Picanto. I had parked on a hill and assumed that my Hill Assist Function would work. It didn't and I rolled backwards damaging my car. I took it to a Kia Garage, who then explained that Hill Assist DOES NOT work, if you try to use it from standing. It only works once the car has moved…
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Car Insurance Cancellation Fee.
Hi all, Last Friday I took a policy out for my insurance due next month (Feb) Two day later and three weeks before the policy starts, I realised I did not select No claims protection so I contacted them to alter this, but they said I could not, so I cancelled the policy. They charged me £25 cancellation fee. Does this seem…
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Audi Issue
I have an Audi A1 (2020) where the time and the mileage count up keeps resetting randomly after a few days of setting it. Has anyone experienced this? Audi want £99 just to look at it. Hoping its just software updates needed tbh! Any help would be appreciated Edit - I had the battery checked and they said its 96% so not an…
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PCP car owner/driver question
Hi, all I've 'bought' a car on PCP for my wife. I essentially want it to be her car, any fines going to her and insurance in her name (with me as named driver). How do I go about this? When I get the V5, can I then transfer it into her name so she would then be declared as the owner?
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Hire Company Scam
Hello, Not sure if anyone can provide any advice on an issues I have at the moment. I had an accident last weekend, where I was hit by a car driving through a red light. Car was taken home by the breakdown company i use. When i got home, I contacted what i thought to be Churchill Insurance after googling the number it…
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Licence catagories
My renewal (over 70) has come back with the following cats removed C1 D1 CIE D!E Is -this normal ?? p and q are still there - what are these? not shown on Gov.uk I can still drive a tractor though - f. Also k l n Driving licence categories - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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CAR INSURANCE QUERY
Hi I wonder if someone can offer me a definitive answer here.. I got 3 points 4 years ago (cu30) which have now been removed according to my licence check On my insurance renewal it asks me about last 5 years whether I've had a ything on my licence My question is do I have to declare the 3 points?
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National Conciliation Service
Due to a number of complaints about NCS, I AM planning to start a petition to close them down as this is a serious waste of people's time and money and was wondering if there is anyone who had bad experience with them and would be willing to participate to the opening of a petition and sign it to collect the relevant…
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Insurance claim - wifey's had a bump!
Wifey has been driving for 25yrs+ and had never had a bump or claim. Yesterday she reversed into a pole! It was at a garage and the pole was a petrol price sign. It has cracked the bumper and dented the boot, breaking the boot lock. No damage to the pole. A local garage has quoted around £500 to repair (not replace) the…
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Car write off-insurance pay out
So my car was written off by a third party whilst the car was parked. I've checked the trade price and it comes back at £2,300 at best. My problem is to replace like for like the cheapest private sale is £3,300 and a dealership is more around the £4000 mark. When I've looked on the financial ombudsman page it says insurers…
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