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You used to recommend a used car inspection company (not the RAC or AA). I can't find anything on your current site about car inspections, have you gone off them?
My daughter recently bought a car from a dealer. At the same time she paid for RAC breakdown cover. About six weeks later the car lights were left on and the battery flattened. My daughter called the RAC...
I have been a member of the AA for several years but since they were taken over by private equity, the service seems to have sharply deteriorated. This is a pity. The AA was always a good organisation...
I have just been reading what happened to A.L., of Sevenoaks. In November 2008 I received my car renewal from the AA who I had been with for over 15 years. Considering that at the time I had 20 years NCD,...
I am just renewing my AA roadside Roadside/Recovery Cover and I was wondering whether the AA Breakdown Repair cover for parts and labour is worth taking out. It’s not expensive for what’s covered, about...
I always understood that if it was necessary to stop on the hard shoulder that it was advisable to point the steering towards the kerb. This would help to prevent that car being pushed into the moving...
My Jaguar X-Type 2.0 diesel stopped and I called the AA. They said it was starved of fuel with the tank half full. They also said there was no fuel coming from the tank to the filter as this was dry. Can...
I want to tell you about my mother-in-law's Peugeot 206, which she bought in March 2004 and in which she has driven just 13,800 miles. In September this year, she drove from Liverpool up to the Lake District....
6 weeks after buying my 2008 CR-V 2.2 EX diesel, I parked it at Gatwick Airport for a 2-week holiday. When we returned to the car, the battery was completely flat; no lights, no unlocking on the fob, nothing!...
 

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