A cyclist is claiming against me for injury

About 2 years ago I was heading out of a cul-de-sac onto a dual carriageway. Just before the dual carriageway is a cycle path. A cyclist crossed his give way lines and went into the side of my car. The...

Car not fit for purpose

I am currently going through a bad experience with a car a purchased from a local dealer and has never been right. It is a 52 ('03) BMW 323ci msport, purchased for £3500 on the 25th April '12 (£3000...

Buying and registering a car in England for use in Italy?

Knowing that I am in the market for a small car here in Italy, a friend has told me of her colleague here in Italy who has bought a left hand-drive, UK registered Ford Ka off eBay for £900. This has been...

Who pays for this repair?

I have a 2008 Ford focus 1.6 Zetec petrol, manual gearbox. Purchased this car in April this year from ford main dealer. car had done 7400 miles. It has now done 11500. Just had to get garage to look...

Dodgy dealer - do I have any recourse?

Do I have any rights? QA finance company advertised a Discovery at just under £15k. I drove it on a Friday and on Saturday agreed via text a price of £14,750. I was told an invoice would be emailed and...

I'm a trader and I sold a car with a stolen engine, unknown to me.

I'm an independent car trader and I buy and sell two to four cars a month as well as doing my day job. I recently purchased a car from a private seller that was advertised through eBay. I carried the...

Stopping someone making a fraudulent claim for whiplash?

My housemate and I were involved in a minor collision last Saturday (My housemates' car and she was driving). The other driver drove into our car, not at speed at a roundabout and is now claiming for whiplash,...

Should the dealer pick up this bill?

I purchased a vehicle VAUXHALL VECTRA DESIGN CDTI from Halesowen Motorhouse in the West Midlands on 2/5/2012. I had never purchased from a dealer in the past because of the greater cost however, after...

Penalised for reporting an incident to my insurer despite not making a claim.

My Insurer, LV has recorded an incident which I reported to them as a claim even though neither they or I have been contacted by the 3rd Party. The incident occurred in January 2012 and LV confirm they...

Can I insist the insurer replaces certain parts?

My car (2012 Mercedes-Benz E250 CDI - 4000 miles on clock) was swamped whilst travelling on a flooded road. My car insurers have agreed to pay for a new engine. The Mercedes authorised repair garage wants...