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What to do after a no-fault crash? Can you ever claim for the cost of future insurance increases?
After the thread on
comprehensive vs TPFT insurance for motorcycles, something happened to my car!
And no, I don't have comprehensive there, either. I was home, heard a
noise, walked out, and saw someone had smashed my passenger mirror. Got the
phone out and managed to take pictures of the other car having just smashed…
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Dealer Refund - Non Existent
Hey everyone, I tried to purchase a car from The Car Group on January 5th, paid deposit via direct debit and they asked me to transfer the remaining sum via bank transfer, deposit was £99, transfer was £13,176 for a total of £13,275 The 11th January the salesman I originally dealt with cancelled the sale, he said there was…
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2018 Peugeot 308 GT Line - HP w/ Engine Fault
Good morning all, Please do bear with me whilst I try to explain this. I took out a HP agreement from my local dealership for a 2018 Peugeot 308 GT Line. Car was nice, drove great and I didn't have any mechanical faults with it....until December 2023. I was driving down the motorway taking a mate to the airport for her…
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Black Cabs Contact?
Hi would anyone know the email for London's Black Cabs pls, can't find anything that works on line. Last visit all the drivers were exceptional. Appreciate any help
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Pothole
Am looking for advice. On the 21st November my sons partner hit a pothole & knocked the tyre off the rim making it unrepairable. It was 9pm & she had her 10 years old twins in the car. It was a diversion onto a rural road due to night work on the A road. The pothole was 125mm deep, 510mm wide & 970mm long. We have…
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GAP Insurance - Reputable Providers
Good morning folks, Currently in process of purchasing a car via PCP and have been quoted almost £700 by dealership for GAP insurance provision. I've done a quick couple of searches and found alternative providers who are quoting the more reasonably figure of somewhere between £190-£230. Before I jump, can anyone advise a…
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Suing a car company: need help with N271 notice of transfer of proceedings
This discussion was created from comments split from: Actions before small claims court with council.
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Appalling Customer Service from Ford UK
We bought a 2017 plate Ford Galaxy in May 2019 with 12,500 miles on the clock from Motorline direct in Leicester. In July 2019 (2 months after buying the car) it broke down when we were in Belgium. Ford Ghent replace 1 fuel injector but couldn't replace a 2nd faulty injector. The car was repatriated to Sleaford Ford where…
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Potholes or Open Storm Drains/Manholes?
Regarding the potholes issue, template letters etc… does the same apply if you hit an open drain/manhole and damage your car?
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How to proceed?
Hi, Last week, I scraped the side of my car against my neighbours low 3 foot high wall and some of the bricks from one of the posts fell off. There was some scratching on my car too. My car insurer requires any incident to be reported within 24 hours. So, I emailed them and outlined the incident but made it clear that at…
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Car insurance cancelled, complained, now stuck!
Hi, I’m at a loss as what to do and would ask for some advice. my sons car insurance is a policy with a black box. When he took out the insurance he used his home address (here); then he moved in with his girlfriend. the insurance company emailed him and told him to change his address on his policy by 26th December or…
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Sell car and use company van instead?
Hello! Hope you can help me. We purchased a car for my husband last September for £14,000. A high spec, but high mileage 2019 plate VW Passat . It is a great car, however he is due to start a new job next month where he will have the use of a van (which will be kept at the home address). He could choose to add personal use…
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Having to Pay For Car Software Update Only 5 Months After Purchase
First post so please be kind! We bought a 2019 plate Renault Kadjar in August 2023 from Arnold Clark Renault (hasty purchase after previous car died day before being needed for a summer road trip). A few weeks back I had to top up t he Adblue. After the top up, the 'top up' message remained, eventually getting to the miles…
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Company Car Vs Car allowance
Hello, looking for some advice please. Currently I have a company car, specifics below. Tesla model 3. Contribute roughly £180pm towards this. Drive circa 12k miles per year but cannot claim for any electric mileage from work. Income circa £90k Electric rate for charging is 9p kwh. Have to use service station charges…
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V11 Road Tax reminder not arrived
Hi all, I don't know if this has been posted and I don't want to get the poor people at DVLA bombarded with loads of calls but apparently there has been an issue with Royal Mail not delivering the V11 vehicle tax reminders out. Myself and someone else I know didn't get one so check your tax expiry as I really rely on that…
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Auto-renewal issue with Direct Line
I have been a Direct Line car insurance customer for years, insurance set to auto-renew, never been an issue. Yesterday, I was stopped by the police as I didn't have insurance, points, fine etc. On investigation, my "auto-renewal" came with a Direct Debit instruction which I ignored as I already had the direct debit I had…
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VW Polo Remote Key Fob - how to replace battery and synchronise?
Hi I have a 2016 VW Polo 1.2 TSi. The key fob has stopped working - not flashing when keys are pressed. I assume it's a dead battery. First I panicked, because now every time I open the car with the manual key the alarm goes off - and it won't switch off until I start the engine. It's noisy and embarrassing. Is there a way…
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Comprehensive vs TPFT, and what to do in case of no-fault collisions (motorbikes)
I
am about to renew a motorcycle insurance policy and wanted to ask a couple of
questions on comprehensive vs third-party. Bear in mind that, unlike for cars,
the difference in price can be significant, and I understand it’s much more common
for motorcyclists than for car drivers to get TPFT only. * Is the only…
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Hyundai ix35 2011 cut power
ive seen a number of blogs and watchdog threads about the Hyundai losing power in cold conditions. i was driving tonight on the M5, I believe I hit 3000 rpm’s and lost power completely reading online talk of the fuel in the colder weather being an issue. I’ve seen a previous post here also reporting and talks of waxing…
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Section 75 claim on new car.
Brought a new car & its been back 5 times so far for the same fault & still not working properly. Thinking of going down the Section 75 route on my credit card. Has anyone done a section 75 claim on a new car. If so how easy/hard was it?
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