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On 20th January, our son, who now lives in Switzerland, agreed to purchase a 2006 Land Rover Discovery advertised by a Trade Seller in Auto Trader. A price of £ 14,500 was agreed and a deposit of £500...
I write to echo your advice regarding hire car scams when taking a car in for an insurance claim. I have recently been involved totally innocently with one of these claims companies for a repair that was...
In 2007 I purchased through eBay a Ford Galaxy 1.9TDI with 98,000 miles on the clock for £4500.00. Having spent about £1500 in two years on various mechanical parts I decided to get rid of it using a well-known...
Emma Wall (Your Money, January 30th) attributes rising motor premiums to fraudulent claims and uninsured drivers. I suggest that the third reason is the increasing involvement of accident management companies....
You referred in the past to people being able to reclaim money back from cheques that they have issued, even after the cheques have cleared. My mother-in-law is selling her car and wonders how she can...
Another insurance con is that if someone hits your car and you are fully comp then the other driver turns out to be uninsured it is counted as a "your fault" accident at renewal time if you claimed on...
I recently replied to an Auto Trader on-line ad for a Land Rover Defender. Despite taking as many precautions as possible, including viewing at the seller's home (name and address on V5), doing an HPI...
During the past year my wife, a named driver on two policies, suffered 2 no fault incidents. In both incidents the other drivers paid for the damage. My wife out of courtesy informed her insurance company,...
I had been looking for a car for sometime when I saw one advertised in the Auto Trader. I phoned the mobile number and asked the guy who was selling it if I could arrange to view the car. He told me that...
Do you come across many issues with the National Mileage Register? I have just put a deposit down on a used Porsche Boxster with a local dealer. It is a July 2006 with 26,900 miles for sale at £19,995....
 

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