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Long gone are the days when the only decisions you had to make when ordering a new car were colour and model. We recently spent several hours deciding on the options/packages for a new BMW X3, a pleasant...
My wife had an accident and wrote off her own car, and two others. One of the other cars was mine. She had protected NCD (75 per cent). I claimed for my damage against her. Despite her NCD remaining at...
My son recently acquired a new SUV; this was after a long delayed wait. Sadly, after two months' ownership, it was damaged while road parked. The driver responsible admitted responsibility and an insurance...
For the last two years I have tried without success to renew my road tax online. The problem is that my insurance runs out on the same date as the licence. On both occasions I had renewed the insurance...
I was involved in a accident two weeks ago and it was not my fault. The third party has claimed responsability my car has been deemed a write-off my insurance are offering me £3625 for the car but I can...
My son and his partner purchased a pre-reg Clio Music with zero miles last October for the advertised price of £8,500. In December, whilst stationary in a jam on the motorway, they were hit in the rear...
A few months ago I scraped the left-hand rear door and bumper of my KIA cee’d against a wall. No other vehicle or person was involved. I decided to have the car repaired, but as I had not used my insurance...
We are getting some interesting cases at the moment that probably should be written up as articles. The first one concerns Enterprise rent-a-car that tried to charge a reader £1,675 for repairing a credit-hire...
I was involved in an accident whereby a lady hit my vehicle from the back and admitted fault. I passed the details onto my insurance company and I got a call from enterprise rental who supplied me with...
I have been buying car insurance for many years and considered myself to be very experienced in driving down the costs. I have just been informed by my wife's insurers that her policy will be less if she...