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In the course of a month, I ride a motorbike, drive a car, a transit van and a motorhome. Do you know of any roadside recovery/breakdown organisation that would cover all these vehicles?
I had a minor accident in May this year when a guy hit my car in the rear bumper while I was waiting at traffic light. There was minor scratch, but I reported the incident to my insurance company. When...
I have an Audi A7 3.0TDI S-Line that suffers from appalling tyre ‘hum’. The hum is unfortunately right at the pitch and frequency of my upper-tier hearing range. When I first asked about it you suggested...
The local dealership where I bought my SEAT Ibiza 1.2 TSI 2 years ago has given up the franchise. I now have to travel an hour to a SEAT dealer. That would have been fine if the car had not been dogged...
My wife was recently involved in a road accident, which wasn’t her fault. The other party accepted liability at the scene and offered £800 to fix the car. However, after speaking to a mechanic, we found...
My father recently bought a used car from Evans Halshaw. His own car broke down and he needed a car urgently as my mother is in hospital 20 miles away and my father likes to visit daily. His own car...
I bought a 2010 Volkswagen Fox last week, privately. I have since had a diagnostic test done by Volkswagen and the results show that cylinder three has excessive low compression resulting in £2000+ of...
The time has come to renew my insurance with Direct Line and their policy wording now states that they may use parts not manufactured by the car maker. As my car is less than 1 year old and under warranty...
I recently had my car serviced and I asked the garage to fit a replacement tyre. When I picked the car up I was told that the tyres had been rotated and the new tyre fitted. The next day the tyre warning...
The air conditioning compressor has failed on my 2008 Volkswagen Passat 1.9 TDI, with 27,000 miles on the clock. The car has a full service history and has been well cared for. Is this a common problem,...
 

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