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  Repossessed cars and buying from autousedcars.co.uk 28 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I recently saw a website autousedcars.co.uk selling repossessed cars at unbelievable prices. Is this site genuine and are the cars safe to purchase from...
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  Are the people repairing our car deliberately delaying the process? 13 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I think we are victims of a scam. My wife was involved in a car crash just over two months ago. Our insurers, Acromas (formerly Saga), arranged for the...
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  Credulust - the credit hire scam 19 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Back in December 2008 I was involved in a minor road accident. A white van reversed into my stationary car damaging the front. The driver admitted liability...
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  Why did my BMW 320d's service indicator extend its estimate to the next service? 28 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My BMW 320d saloon is still under warranty as a 57 reg. It had an oil change at 40,196 miles and has now done 47,000. The services indicator behaved normally...
• Weird Insurance Scam?? 1 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  Today I received a text message and missed called from an insurance underwrite asking me to call them about an alleged incident I was involved in. ...
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  Selling jeep 29 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am selling my Jeep and someone is coming to view it on Sunday. They are from Zimbabwe and working over here. They want to send the Jeep back to Africa....
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  Leaned on 27 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have just received a fine in the post from the municipality of PISA, for an alleged infringement of circulating in a restricted traffic zone without...
• Minicab (RR etc) Scam To Avoid Congestion Charge 5 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Private hire loophole sees luxury cars escape daily fee An investigation by Clean Green Cars claims to show that a large number of expensive luxury cars...
• n/a - HPS Enterprises 19 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  Has anyone bought a car from hps enterprises?   They do seem legitimate but would like a bit more concrete evidence that it's not a scam.  Afterall, we are about to send money to a company we don't know for a car we haven't seen (you can't be too careful these days
• Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost - Brake Fluid & Engine Flush 18 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  done less than 11500 miles since new on 27th Feb2013. The cost for this work was nearly £65. Is this a scam for dealers to earn extra money ?
• Something Smells Fishy 1 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  delivery of the car and that he doesnt want it registered because its not needed in Malaysia. This obviously has MASSIVE SCAM written all over it, but wanted to see if any of you had experienced anything similar too?
• Gang jailed for £1.2m car thefts 7 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Five members of a "car-ringing" gang who stole, sold and re-stole dozens of cars in a £1.2m scam have been jailed. The gang stole 37 cars, forged their registration details and re-sold them. They then stole the cars again, selling each car up to three times. Mastermind Nokhiaz Khan, 31, from
• Water as fuel - hoax, isn't it? 22 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  A link somewhere else took me to http://www.gas4free.com ... and it looks to me like it's either a scam or an out-of-season April Fool's joke. I am no scientist, but I thought that: a) the electrolytic separation of water to hydrogen and oxygen required as much energy as was available through
• Cumbria Scammer Vans - New Threat! 6 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  watch out! Yet another money making scam from the Safety Scamera Partnership. Don't forget to flash your headlights to oncoming vehicles if you pass one - just to indicate your presence in accordance with the Highway Code of course.
• I've recently bought a car - no log book 2 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  hi this is a tough one i think ive being scammed on a car . brought car in early nov person i brought off did not give me log book. been in touch with the dvla they told me had no record of me owning the car and previous owner keeps insiting they have told dvla dont know what to do as need log
• Bora's bulbs 25 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  A friend of mine has a VW Bora - seems a nice enough car however now one of the brake lights has gone. Look in the book to find what bulb to buy and it says that all bulbs should be replaced by the dealer. Is this a scam so the dealer can charge £15 for a £2 light bulb? Or is it really impossible
• claim following a scam insurance claim against me 8 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  ever came to my house,  some weeks later i recieved a letter from my  insuance company informing me a claim against my car had been recieved by them  and they wanted my instuctions, i told them not to pay anything because in my opinion it was a scam,shortly after i recieved a letter
• Sold a car overseas 20 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  this is a requirement. Really reluctant to do this, does it sound like a scam. Keen to hear people's views on it. As far as I'm concerned, car has been sold and registered as exported with DVLA, he has all of the paperwork so why does he need my ID??
• Nissan Qashqai 2014 model - Rear Bumper 1 May 2015 (Forum)
  is about £200 then the prep and spraying of the panel and fitting. Sudenly it's nearer £500.  Its only a black bumper for goodness sake. Where can I buy just a bumper? Is this yet another make a load of profit on spares scam?
• Incorrect Car Parking Fine 5 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  I received a letter from Town and City parking saying that i was being fined for car parking in Scotland. This is clearly incorrect as i have never been to Scotland. Is this a scam by the company or an indivdual in the organisation to get a bonus? Or has my car registration