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I have just purchased a brand new Toyota Aygo Go MMT which I collected on 7 July 2011. On Friday I took it for its first real run - West Wales - West Sussex. Upon unloading the boot I noticed dampness...
A timing chain fitted by Ford and still under warranty has failed, blowing the head. Ford say they are liable only to repair the timing chain. I think they are liable to repair the rest of the damage as...
On 13/07/2011 I parked in an almost empty retail park carpark at 19:12 hours while attending a nearby theatre, returning at 23:02 hours. Unknown to me parking restictions had been recently introduced...
I bought a '97 100k mile Merc S500 retail from a 2nd hand dealer for £2,750 5 weeks ago. The car has an LPG system I was told was working, it isn't. We've agreed £850 cheque to me and I'll sort it out...
The clutch was recently changed on the car at about 70,000 miles. The new clutch bites very sharply and right on the floor of the pedal travel. I have run the car for few weeks and the garage has bled...
I took an insurance policy with eCar for myself and two sons. I was asked to provide copies of driving licences (both parts) for all named drivers. I have provided everything except elder son's photocard,...
I attended court as a witness on the 30th March. I parked in a bay that allowed two hours free parking. Due to the timing of the case I was unable to leave within this time for fear of being in contempt...
I parked at Birmingham Airport on the 21 May 2011 at the end of a parking row between a fence and the last marked parking bay, I did not feel I was damaging property or obstructing or inconveniencing any...
My wife was in the third car of a five car accident over a year ago. Our car was written off. We believe that the car at the back was responsible for the accident and evidence points to that. However,...
I was driving off a small private car park (which serves a Blockbuster Video store, to which I had just returned dvds) when a large, steel security gate at the end of the building, (which is supposed to...
 

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