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Discretionary commission good result
Blimey, Toyota have admitted to this in their email reply and say they will be contacting me in September.
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Car hire excess insurance claim experience
Thought I would feedback on my experience claiming on my car hire excess insurance. I have an annual policy as I rent fairly regulaly. I did some minor damage to the hire car rim and tyre by scuffing it on the kerb. Total cost was about £200, which was assessed by the rental firm about a week after I returned the car, and…
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Shared app to snapshot mileage monthly
Does anyone know of an app that you can put on multiple people’s phones to prompt them to record the current car mileage say monthly please? And possibly to also record fuel spend per car? And maybe notes? Don’t need to track individual trips but looking to keep an overview to inform decision making and monitor trends in…
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Toll road to Stansted Airport?
Hi all. Apologies in advance for the strange question! I will be driving to Stansted airport from the East Midlands and using google maps, every option includes a Toll road. Even when I tick the option to avoid toll roads, the options are the same and include toll roads. I have done a search and can't find any information…
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fed up with euro car parts prices
They used to have these expensive prices before and then youd have to use a 30% coupon to get an acceptable price. Now it seems, they dont care about hobbyists. they're going to charge use halfords prices for a trade service. I used to buy h7 bulbs for £1.50 or therabouts. Now they are charging full retail at £4.50 a bulb.…
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New Clutch Toyota Aygo
Hi I've been quoted £750 to replace the clutch on my Toyota Aygo is this a fair price please?
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Car insurance claim and car hire
I was in a car accident in Dec 2022. No fault claim through my insurer went through straight forward. Car was written off, I got paid out for the car, and personal injury costs. I had throught that it had been all resolved. Today the car hire firm contacted me to ask me to fill out a questionnaire, questions include: Was…
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Salary Sacrifice - Car scheme
My employer offers a salary sacrifice car scheme but I am not convinced it's good value and I think that the lease company are benefiting more from the reduction in my tax than I would be! Here is an example: AUDI Q4 Q4 E-TRON ESTATE 210kW 45 82kWh Sport 5dr Auto the GROSS cost (excluding insurance but inc maintenance) for…
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Operation Snap
So I have just received a police notification asking to identify a driver of my vehicle. Apparently they want to charge someone for driving without due care and attention on a certain date. It appears a member of the public has reported my vehicle with possible video footage being driven without due care and attention. It…
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Cazoo won't honour my 12 month warranty. Can I do anything?
I purchased a car with Cazoo in January. There were immediate issues with the car and eventually they fixed the faults and offered, in writing, on numerous occasions an extra 12 months warranty on the car as compensation. This was accepted by us in witting. We hadn't heard anything back from them so chased and received an…
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Yet another RAC compensation claim....
So car broke down, rang RAC at 5pm, was given an ETA of 6:30 to 8pm. This soon changed to 10pm-1am. Now I had to work the next day, so rang them back to say I will get a taxi to my hotel (was working away) and we agreed to the engineers visit for 8am to 12 noon the next day. They rang at 7:30am the next day saying they're…
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Admiral insurance, should i go through admiral law?
Hello I got rearended while I was stationary on a red light by another car insured by admiral. admiral have me the option of paying my excess and dealing with it or not paying excess and going through admiral law. what is tge best choice, to be honest I haven't looked into either options very well. I'm very busy so I just…
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Defamation/Libel statement by Third Party after RTA
Hi, I am having considerable problems getting the Legal Cover supplier, Minster Law, to take up my wife's case for Defamatory/Libellous statement by TP involved in RTA, whereby he initially denied liability and made 2 statements which cast aspersions on my wife's integrity/honesty! I believe, and insist, Minster Law, as…
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No-Fault Accident & Injury - Make a Claim Through My Own Insurer?
I am wondering if anyone had experience/guidence. I had an accident where someone ran into the back of my car while I was stationary waiting to come onto a roundabout. Massive crack running almost the whole length of the bumper. Their insurer (Hastings) has telephoned multiple times and left a VM/SMS offering to repair. I…
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Body shop prices - advice/experience requested!
Hello all! I have a 2017 VW Golf estate. There's no major issues with it, but in the course of 90k miles, it's acquired some battle damage. I was hoping to get a body shop to touch up three minor bits of damage, but I've been left absolutely astonished by the range of quotes and wondered if anyone could maybe put this into…
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Help please - false accident allegation
Hi all, I got an email on 25 February 24 from my insurer saying I collided with an ‘unmanned parked car’, unknown time, unknown or unevidenced damage, on 19 January 24. I’ve had no accidents at all this year and followed up with a phone call and email with photographic evidence - my car albeit old is immaculate with no…
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Should I buy a Toyota Yaris hybrid mk4 (2020-present)?
I am looking for a reliable car and hoping to keep it for a long time. Ideally low and cheap maintenance. The car that is always mentioned for its reliability is the Yaris. I also like the new look of them. However, now onto my concern is the battery issues which I’ve read online, it seems to be common. I drive once or…
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Blocked sunroof drain with a lease car
I have a bmw x3 on lease. I reported a leak in the boot a few months ago and the car was booked in to check it out. After two weeks I’m told it’s a blocked sun roof drain and that I have to pay for it. I’ve been told it comes down to an act of god. I need to get them to tell me under which part of the contract they are…
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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I ask for money if people charge their electric cars when they visit?
This week's MoneySaver who wants advice asks... Given the massive rise in energy prices over the last couple of years, I've been wondering whether I should ask family and friends to contribute to my bills when they charge their electric cars at my home when they visit? I have a petrol car and when l visit others I…
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Speeding in company van
This discussion was created from comments split from: Speeding fine.