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Insurance Repair 10 Months So Far
Hi All I had an accident in my TVR back at the beginning of September 2023 damaging the passenger wing and wheel. 1st Central (my insurer) collected the vehicle which then went into storage until they could find a repairer which took quite a while. The car was finally delivered back to me in March 2024, with more damage…
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Sons no fault accident - old car, so his insurers want to write his car off
Son, living miles away from us, was hit on a roundabout last Thursday - his car is 15 years old...the other driver went to his insurers, and by the evening, son had an email offer from their claims management co. I told him, before accepting the offer, to ring his insurers to advise them (Churchill) who told him they would…
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Insurance query - someone hit my stationary car
Hi, Last October my stationary car was hit by someone visiting a neighbour. I had a witness who saw the accident and heard the bang and I came out of the house. I took photos of my car, his van, him and his driving licence. He was insured with Haven insurance. My car was repaired quickly through the insurance company but I…
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Cazoo gone onto administration
Hi we are currently leasing a car from Cazoo which I believe have gone into administration. Included in the monthly payments is the service plan, which they are no longer providing. What can we do, and what will happen to the car that we are leasing?Thanks, Alison
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Has anyone succesfully argued a Clean Air Zone charge away?
Hi everyone, Just got home to find a Birmingham City Council penalty charge waiting for me. My first reaction was to scratch my head as I distinctly remember paying the £8 charge before I made my journey into Birmingham, and looking through my credit card statement I can see that that is exactly what I did........ but then…
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I've received the PCN in London
This morning the police have issued me a PCN while I was dropping my child. It was really frustrating that I went outside and told him that I am about to move, but he was a bit rude and did put the penalty charge on my car. Is there any change I can win this appeal? Thanks
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Renault twingo leak
Looking for some good guesses as I know it will be hard without a visual diagnostic. I have a 17 reg Renault twingo and it’s developed a leak underneath the car. The engine is in the boot being a rear engine and the leak is in the middle of the car. Below the engine Clear fluid, very small leak that slows down after time…
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Help with insurance
sorry a bit of a long one In June last year my father was in a public car park and a car came and parked at an angle to him which made it really difficult for my dad to get out, he managed to get out after about 20 small reverses back and foward. Just after his last manouver the man got out of the other car and shouted at…
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New Engine after 8 months
Hello all, in a bit of a pickle, i bought a second hand car that is only 6 years old and had 55,000 miles on the clock. last week if wouldn't turn over and turns out the timing chain was loose and the cylinders have extreme damage. looks like a new engine says the garage but i only bought this car 8 months ago. went to the…
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Cazoo concerns - Administration
Hi everyone, Just over a year ago, I bought a car from Cazoo. At the time this was the most viable option available to me, and the car I chose was at a great price. I took a PCP with Blackhorse to pay for the car and also took an extended warranty & servicing plan which are paid to Cazoo directly. I've been following the…
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Car Warranty Misuse?
Need
Help: I bought
a car, there were issues - after a lot of e-mails over many months, the company
(an independent dealership) finally picked up the car - some of the issues
could only be sorted by the main dealer, so they delivered the car to the main
dealer, but rather than pay for the issues to be fixed, the…
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Aviva Car Insurance
Just cancelled a motor policy (lease car returned) and paid a £56 cancellation charge. Had been previously told there was no cancellation charge if this was done online. Daylight robbery!
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Car hit the the grill while parking in my bay. What to do next
So I hit the grill on my wall while parking in the allocated parking space in my building parking lot. There is no damage to the grill or any other thing except for my car and from what I understand the repair should cost less than my insurance excess. Can anyone please suggest how should I proceed? Please don't be harsh,…
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Non fault accident help
Hi So I'm looking for some advice save myself stressing about something I don't know anything about. So the other day someone drove into my parked car outside my house. I have had the car 1 month on finance. The car is waiting for an inspection to be done from the 3rd party insurance company but they believe the car will…
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Car insurance question
My friend owns a car (V5 is in his name) He went abroad for a long time. I want to apply for car insurance policy for myself to drive that car (he allowed me and my partner to drive his car). My question is: am I allowed to add my partner as a named driver to my policy to drive a car of which I am not the owner or my…
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Exercising VT option due to negative equity
I was contacted by BMW sales last week regarding replacing my 2021 BMW for a new one. After lots of sales chat we got down to numbers and the even the salesman was shocked to find my current finance agreement (with BMW FS) is currently 'upside down' to the tune of about £15,000 negative equity and in fact the car is…
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Clutch and crankshaft went on M20
Last Thursday, husband's Volvo broke down on the M20. He gets free breakdown cover with his insurance and only had to wait 20 mins. RAC ran a diagnostic and his clutch had gone. RAC towed the car to a Volvo main dealer. Normally, husband gets his car serviced by Halfords. He had booked it in to this main dealer for a…
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Autoglass Damaged my wifes car
Hello All, I am hoping somebody will be able to advise on the next steps for my wife to take towards auto glass. In January (yes this has been on going for a while now) my wife had a new windscreen fitted by auto glass. Once work had been completed and signed off she noticed there was now a dent in her dashboard and…
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Insurance Incease after buying a house
Its that time of year for getting insurance qoutes. Im just going through process of buying a house. So i was comparing prices for my current address and my new address. The new address is around £150 extra . Its a different area so it is what it is . I dont like it but i accept it. But if i do a qoute with the yes i am a…
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Can we get a refund for a car purchase
Hi all, I'm asking this on behalf of my wife, it's a long story but I'll try to keep it as short as possible. My wife purchased a used car last Feb from a mainline dealership. As soon as she got the car there was a number of issues the main one being a collision detection error resulting in cruise control not working. She…
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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