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Damage to car caused by road - claim submitted
Hi I've submitted a claim for compensation, my car was damaged due to missing bollard warning flags. So ended up driving over the bollard base damaging the underside of the car - quite substantial damage. The council have emailed me asking me " * Please confirm if you accept that at the time the incident occurred, you were…
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Car insurance 🚗 help
My partner had to renew their car insurance a couple of weeks ago. Shopped around as you do and settled with the company, 1st Central. All seemed fine, however, a week after the insurance start date received messages from the company saying they needed proof of no claims discount and also a phone call. Assumed all would be…
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Buying a caravan - What to look out for?
Hello! We are in the process of moving house and are considering breaking the chain by moving into a caravan on my parents farm as low cost temporary accommodation. We were wanting to purchase a caravan for future holidays, so it seems like a sensible option for the house move and this purchase to go hand in hand. We have…
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Help needed with car breakdown
Car suddenly started loosing power on the motorway on 25th June (1.2 petrol Juke on 17 plate). Initially it cut out completely, but when the recovery service got to me, it started back up again. RAC said it was not firing on one of the cylinders. I asked for it to be recovered to my local garage, but they said because it…
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Car Hire - Pre-existing damage to front spoilers
I recently hired a car for a weekend with Europcar. I purchased a separate Excess insurance policy, and therefore didn't take their CDW and ignored their hard sell to purchase one. Collecting the car was a nightmare as they only had one car available with some damage to the front spoiler. They pushed me to take the car as…
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Evoque major transmission problem but just 26k miles
I've got a Range Rover Evoque from new. 5 years old (in June) and just 26k mile. Regularly serviced. Yesterday a major transmission problem occurred. Don't know about cars but AA told me differential broken and propshaft. This should not happen to a car of that age and mileage. Land Rover said I have to pay £200 something…
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Car Dealer cancelling an order for a new car
Can a car dealer cancel my order for a new Car after signing a contract ,paying a deposit and getting the finance approved ?
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Impossible to pay Dartford Tunnel charge!
I went through the Dartford Tunnel/Bridge both ways on Sunday 30th July. Unfortunately this was the weekend it is being handed over to a new company and there have been horrendous problems around actually paying. They have extended the deadline for this last weekends crossings to be paid for until the 14th August as a…
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Motorcycling Gear Ideas
Hi everyone I don't know if there are any bikers out there, but I'm about to buy a motorbike for the first time in many years. Can anyone suggest a good place to buy helmets, clothing, lock etc? I'm thinking of discount/outlet shops online or anything near to Warrington, Cheshire. Basically where's the best value? Thanks…
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Box junction - fault - Camberwell new rd/denmark hill/camberwell church street - exemption?
Travelling from Denmark hill into Camberwell Church street Will appreciate help - foolishly stopped at a box junction today when turning right - not sure if an exemption applies as cars ahead were also turn right but wasn't stopped due to oncoming cars Dashcam front and rear video here - will I get a fine for this? Assume…
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Car rights
Hi looking for some advice. I have an electric corsa bought new 1 yr old on a pcp. I took it for a service at Arnold Clark and they have given me a courtesy car stating that when they were doing a software update (car was recalled for software update ) the car would not start and they would need to call Vauxhall company. I…
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Hire car waiver £20 a DAY?
My car broke down and I got a hire car for three days from the breakdown/ warranty company, from a national car hire company. The lady mentioned the £500 excess and said it could be zero if I paid £20. Surely it can't be £20 a day? My car could take weeks or maybe months to fix. I've been quoted up to £1000 to hire a car…
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Car Insurance query
It's that dreaded time of year again when I start filling in on-line forms for my car insurance. My previous car wouldn't fit in my garage, but I've changed the car this year and the new does fit, but only just. When you request a quotation you're asked if the car is garaged overnight. My query is, what would the situation…
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Classic car MOT failure...
If a classic car over 40 years old that doesnt require a MOT has one and fails, does that mean it cant be used on the road till the faults are fixed and achieves a pass?
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Teenage motor insurance nightmare
My 19 year old daughter has just totalled her car by backending somebody on the motorway in stop start traffic. Fortunately, nobody was hurt and the lady she crashed into was very reasonable. My daughter only had TPFT insurance (I told her to get fully comp, but that's another story), but there will be a claim against her…
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Used Car Values !!
Just thought I would share this as I was shocked at value drop. So story is June 21 I bought a new Fiat panda 4x4 for £12500 decided I would like to change to EV so in Jan22 I traded it in for a pre reg (3 weeks old) Nissan Leaf + the one with 62kwh battery and 230 mile range cost £30500, got £14k for panda so more than I…
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Buying a car?
Hi, my dad wants to buy another car and has put down a £2000 deposit on it. It’s with a reputable dealer. Whilst dealing with the paperwork they said they can’t go forward with it at the moment as he’s waiting to get his driving license back. He’s driving under section 88. Does anybody now if they can actually stop him…
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Kwikfit battery needs replacing still under warranty
Had a flat battery this morning. Called out breakdown and said needs a new battery. Had my car booked in for an airbag repair this morning anyway so just got them to tow it straight to the garage and tell them to sort the battery. Found my invoice from kwikfit and it has a 3 year guarantee and I bought it two years ago.…
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ULEZ Charge - Expansion
Hi can anyone help and clarify? I have a 2009 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 SXi car and when I entered it's details in the ULEZ checker, the results showed it met the requirements. This means I do not have to pay the ULEZ charge when it's expanded to where I live. However, a friend mentioned I would need to pay the ULEZ charge when…
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Dumped cars removal
Hi We have an issue with many cars being left on the local streets that are a variation of untaxed, no MOT, SORN or even no plates at all, and taking up spaces that residents could use, not to mention that many look scruffy and may give rise to "broken window syndrome". We suspect that some are left by local garages for…