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  • Slippery custom 17 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
    This month was our Polo’s first service. On the receipt the long life SLX Oil was priced by the VW Garage in half litres at £6.90 each, they claim to have...
  • Scamdalous behaviour 31 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I hope you will pass on a warning to those selling their cars privately. Unusually for me I was persuaded by telephone to register my car with a "seller/buyer"...
  • Mac, the strife 28 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I've read stories before about McDonald's fining people for taking too long over their meal, but I've just found a new variation. I went to a McDonald's...
  • Tester-money 11 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I have just had my Citroen C5 MoTd. As always my neighbour is a mechanic and we go over all the MoT requirements before the test. Today it failed on excessive...
  • Wafty drafts 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I seem to recall you writing in one of your columns to watch out for being paid by bankers draft as they are not certain to be honoured even though it...
  • Scamiano Italiano 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Like P.T., we too have received details of an alleged traffic offence; in our case via Hertz who promptly charged my credit card 18 Euros for providing...
  • Unbelievably cheap 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    My 22 year old daughter is hoping to change her car and has been looking for a Ford Fiesta. She has found three on the Internet that seem to be amazing...
  • Honderable gentleman 30 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Two days ago I received a letter from a solicitor in Essex stating that my car - and it then gave the number plate of my car, but described it as a Honda...
  • Mass Whiplash 6 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
    A few weeks ago my wife, when exiting a dual carriageway, 'nudged' a stationary car in front of her on the slip road. There was no visible damage to the...
  • Numbers blame 18 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
    My mother (aged 70+) has received a letter from her local police containing an accusation of dangerous or careless driving at 7:15 on Saturday May 16th....
  • Con-stand-he-noble 15 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
    You very kindly helped me overcome hesitancy on buying my 1yr old Jaguar XF S V8 back in March this year. All has gone well. It is as you said a fantastic...
  • Scrappage scam? 22 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I note your response R.W. of Wiltshire regarding the Government Scrappage Scheme, and in particular the policy of crushing perfectly good cars. I too subscribe...
  • Collusion damage waiver 29 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
    In May 2008 I was on holiday in Florence Italy and hired a motor car from Avis. I picked up the car in Florence and before leaving the depot asked Avis...
  • Taking the Pisa? 5 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I read your letter from P.V., Trowbridge with renewed hope. We were sent a ticket by the Pisa Municipale well after a year had passed since we were there....
  • Separate featurette: 3 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    On July 25 2009, you answered a letter by P.M. of Kineton who had received a "penalty" for overstaying while parking to eat at McDonalds. You advised the...
  • ISA scam? 24 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    In addition to the many errors, misrepresentations and examples of wishful thinking I identified in the ‘Intelligent Speed Adaptation’ report advised in...
  • Accident Mismangement 12 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
    My parked RAV-4 was hit by a car that did not stop. Fortunately the incident was witnessed and on being confronted the driver admitted responsibility....
  • Scamdal in the wind 26 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Is there a scam going on with insurance companies? Two have tried it on almost one after the other. I changed my car to a different spec vehicle and updated...
  • Carnapped 2 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I have had a second vehicle stolen in Derbyshire and whilst I was in the process of sending an email to the police requesting them not to use their contract...
  • Stop me and try on 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I draw your attention to an absolute scam involving parking tickets. Read www.flashpark.co.uk This shows you how to become a freelancer for a parking enforcement...
 

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