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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…
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car insurance auto renewal
It is 3 weeks before my renewal and i got an invitation to renew via email, this also informed me that my compulsory excess was going up from £450 to wait for it !! £5,000. Had i not seen this email warning me then my insurance would have "auto renewed" and when / if i were to make a claim i would then have to stump up the…
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Car insurance - recording a claim on named driver
I am trying to get insurance for my wife to drive her car, with me as a named driver. Last year my wife had an accident driving my car, that was decided as her fault, but claimed through my insurance as she was the named driver. Now she is insuring another car, with me as a named driver so I have recorded the accident…
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CAR FINANCE FIASCO
Good afternoon, I would like a manager to get back to me ASAP regarding this complaint. I was advised by Daniel by text on Tuesday 12/06 that my finance application had been FULLY APPROVED with Lendable LTD, I also recieved and email from yourselves stating my application had changed from Pre Approved to Approved. I went…
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Garage done work without authorisation to the tune of £5320
Hello all fellow fighters of avoiding being ripped off Never used this garage it was first time as it was an engine rebuild. Audi A5 cabriolet, Based in Scotland. Garage done work which wasn’t authorised they quoted £6000 (engine rebuild) then dropped it to £5320 after I said that’s a lot of money. I asked what other…
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Court summons in a different name for driving without due care
To my dismay, I now get a letter mentioning court summons,@ A magistrate has decided that you should be summoned for a full court hea
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disel claim
in 2022 I started a disel claim with a company called poghurst goodhead, recently they have been bombarding me with emails asking for personal details, they want a copy of my passport/driving licence,log book, proof of address and other forms of id. has anyone delt with this company and sent these types of identity to…
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Is it legal to charge for repairs but not do them when returning a vehicle ?
hi all i am excersing my VT right on returning a van, i am the 5th user of a van bought at 90k now going back at 120k, i have taken good care in my time, however when returned the finance company are treating me like the second user, as saying it has not been serviced since 45k miles, i bought from small back street…
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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