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New to the Motoring board? Start here
🚘 Here are some threads you might find useful: * A compendium of car maintenance tips 🚘 And here's some relevant content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Cost of living crisis help * Cheap Car Insurance * Cheap Breakdown Cover * Cheap Petrol & Diesel - Cut prices & improve fuel efficiency * Cheap MOTs * Motoring MoneySaving -…
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Returning EV after PCP
Hi - my car was due for collection at the end of our PCP contract. It’s a 2017 Nissan Leaf, but they refused to collect it as the battery only charges up to 60 miles. When we got the car 4 years ago it only had 86 mile range on full charge and I presumed this was standard fall in battery condition. It’s been serviced…
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Inspection report to change engine number
Hi, after engine failed my local garage sourced and fitted a reconditioned engine for me. The receipt they gave me only shows 'engine supplied' with no engine number or confirmation its like-for-like and same cylinders. I want to sell the car asap and need to update the v5 engine number before I can do that. I asked the…
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M6 Toll - Glasgow to Southampton. Do I need to use it?
Hi All, Is the M6 Toll on the main M6? I plan to be passing through Birmingham around 4-5am. Do I need to use it? Thanks!
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Pay Off Car Faster or Sell For Cheaper Car?
I need some advice please as what's best to do. I have a 20 Plate Leon. 4.5. Years left on a loan at 3% interest but it's depreciating faster than I'm paying it. Currently £230 a month. There 11.5k left in the loan I was thinking of selling it. I think I can get 10k for it and pay the other 1.5k reminder from savings. Then…
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Keep Tesla Model 3 after settlement figure on company lease or take out a new private lease?
Hi All, I have been given a settlement figure on a June 2020 registered Tesla Model 3 standard range plus of £18,500 - mileage aproximately 25k and in good condition. I am no longer elgible for a company car to be leased by the company but have a company car allowance of £5500 My company car allowance is £5500 and I would…
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Transmission problem Fiat 500L- high price quoted!
Hi all, I have a question regarding a transmission issue that I have with a fiat500l (2013). The car broke down the other day (started up, but wouldn't move off), taken to a local garage (official fiat dealer) and has gone through an initial diagnosis. It has been identified that the transmission fluid is leaking (as…
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Nissan Qashqai maps update
My 65reg Qashqai sat nav is somewhat outdated.The obvious easy option is to connect it to Google Maps but sadly, it won't link to Android Auto.I see I can buy an updated SD card to plug in for £110 but surely, there must be a more MSE way?
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Morrisons Pay-At-The-Pump Warning
Saturday 13 April I am a
pensioner. I needed petrol so I went to
my local Morrisons petrol station. I
knew I had a balance of £102.58 in my HSBC current account (I don’t have an overdraft). I decided to go to the ‘pay-at-the-pump’
pump. I only needed about £25 worth of petrol and didn’t want to use my credit
card, I’m…
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Air Con isn't working....again
Hi folks, I have a VW Polo. In Summer 2022 the AC stopped working. I took the car to a mains dealership and paid for an AC diagnostic and AC service. I believe they used some kind of dye to check if there were any leaks but none were found. The air con worked for a few days but then the hot weather went and there was no…
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Breakdown cover where annual full service isn't required?
A lot of the providers I find on comparison websites have in their terms, that you need to have the car serviced annually, and they may ask for proof before coming out. Does anyone know any providers that dont require this?
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Abandoned car
A friend has a car near his house, it hasn't been taxed for 2 years. He lives in a terraced house behind a main road, there are houses facing the main road.This car and my friends house is reachable by a short dirt track, so anyone can drive down this track. Does this car need to be taxed? The council council says it…
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Unwind PCP agreement within cooling off period
Last week, I went through the process of buying my first car from Cinch, something I'll never do again. However, I purchased the car on finance with a PCP loan. Everything was fine until I received a phone call from Cinch stating that the car would be delayed in delivery due to multiple imperfections, such as rust and a…
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NIP M25 J9 to 8 no gantry illumination!
Got NIP for going over the limit by 10 mph while overtaking vehicles that were slowing down ,no limit was advised on the gantry before the junction and after the junction.
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Expired driving licence
Renewed over 70s driving licence in December and have just realised didn't return my old licence. Do I really need to do that or can I just shred it?
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Speeding
Got a speeding letter and admitted I was guilty . I was said to be doing 35 in a 30 zone. N Yorks police letter says they give leeway of 30 plus 10% plus 2 so 35. But they start prosecuting at 35 shouldn't this be 36 ?? 56 years of faultless driving 2ithout a fault so I am cross with myself
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Accident. Legally, whose at fault?
Hiya, Had a little accident this morning. Wasn't my fault but wondered if legally it wasn't my fault. I was turning right into a car park. There was a stationary car waiting to pull out of car park. As I turned in I passed the car and our wing mirrors didn't touch so there was space between us. I then heard a crunch…
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Unresolved claim affecting insurance price
Hi I'm just looking for some advice please. My daughter has been driving for coming up to 3 years now and in June 2022, a lady reversed into her in a supermarket car park. There was very minimal damage and the lady admitted at the time that she was at fault (they were both reversing at the same time but my daughter had…
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Autotrader - excluding/blocking Cinch
I’m currently looking for a replacement car and want to be able to view given the plethora of options (and Covid spec cars). When I search on Autotrader the first couple of pages are cars from Cinch available with a mile (because they’ll deliver to my local WBAC site) which leaves me trawling for the non-Cinch cars that…
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Can I claim for damages against a car repair firm for refusing to honour their 2-year warranty?
Can anyone help? I had a new exhaust ‘fitted’
just over a year ago by a well-known Nationwide auto care company. From day one
I had problems as it was fitted with very little ground clearance. They tried and
failed to rectify, but for me some other more important life events took over
and this was not my priority.…
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No claims bonus and mobility car.
My disabled mum is needing a mobility car. I will be the one driving it. I have my own car but it’s not suitable for her needs and has no space for a wheelchair. The plan is to get a mobility car (she qualifies) and give up my own car since I live with her and have no need or space for 2 cars. However the mobility car…