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Last Saturday's Telegraph column discussed problems with the operation of electric handbrakes. The 1978 Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (regulation 13, para. 2 (b) (i)) say that the parking...
I bought a car at auction today (BCA Manchester) - An Audi A3 2.0 TDI (140). The auction catalogue, web description and screen description all said air conditioning. Sadly the car is a far-from normal...
In August 2007 the bonnet of my Volvo XC70 was written off by a large tree branch brought down by a high lorry travelling in the other direction. My insurer, More Than, eventually agreed to settle the...
What are the laws about minimum signage and road markings necessary to indicate that parking is prohibited on a road side? My wife has just been ticketed after parking in a car park off a Leeds suburban...
Two months ago, I bought a 2nd hand Jaguar XJ6 and was told it had a FSH but the Service Record booklet was "missing" and a photostat for the first few services was supplied. He said he would retrieve...
My beloved 10 year old Ford Galaxy has been 'written off' by my insurance company as an uneconomical repair following a non-fault accident. Basically my car was driven into whilst parked and unattended...
I bought a brand new VW Golf in Lincoln, but at the time of supply it had no less than 5 faults that I could identify (scratched radio, loose cables in the engine, crooked gear knob, rear washer jet leakage,...
Took delivery of 11 plate Navara via lease company in May 2011. It had approx. 300 miles on clock. Passenger door handle was sticking, causing door to fail to shut on first two attempts to close. Decided...
I read somewhere that any vehicle seller, whether private or trade, is not allowed to sell a vehicle that is unroadworthy and that if a fault develops within 6 months it is presumed that it was there at...
Thanks for earlier reply about Gatso camera at Chideock, Dorset. The Dorset Police have again failed to reply to my second letter points, but have sent a curt letter telling me they will be prosecuting...
 

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