Re-done dent

Recently my wife had the misfortune to park her 08 Focus Zetec near a jetwash where elderly gentleman reversed into it. Minimal damage was caused to the front spoiler, which a local garage estimated could...

The Rentalist

I negotiated on my daughters behalf the purchase of a Toyota Verso on the basis that the salesman said the car had been owned by Toyota and was an ex staff car. Though previously registered to Toyota,...

Snow business

On Sunday February 1st 2009 my third-party insured Suzuki Baleno was written off by a Mercedes taxi sliding down a snow-covered hill out of control. The driver told me he was late to pick up his fare due...

Channel Ire land car

I am hoping you could help me with this problem I am having with my Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec automatic, which I purchased on 16th of April from a local dealer. The car had only 2,266 miles on the clock, and...

More credit ire

I read an article last year about accident claim settlement companies in which you highlighted the undisclosed aspects of their ‘service’ that can lead to significant liabilities for car hire. I had a...

Credit Pariah

I will keep this as brief as possible but I thought you might appreciate some clarification of what goes on behind the scenes with these 'after accident' claim firms. As an insurance broker for 30 years...

Credit ire

I would like to make everybody aware of the hassle that can evolve from accepting a credit hire car after an accident. My first advice is, don't. Mine was delivered a day later than asked for, came with...

Crunch credit

Earlier this week a BT van ran into the back of my two year old BMW 525. I immediately contacted Footman James my brokers who then handed the matter over to Helphire. They have sent me hiring agreements,...

Inci-dent

My Focus was involved in a minor crunch whilst parked in our local doctor’s carpark, a car reversing out of a parking slot backed into the my driver's door. The damage was very minor, two very small creases...