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My experiences regarding courtesy cars have always been where the car was provided by the accident repair company. My 87-year-old sister has recently had an incident where a van has shunted her parked...
If you are insured with Norwich Union/Aviva and have recently renewed your car insurance, have you read your Certificate of Insurance carefully? A few years ago, third party cover for comprehensive policyholders...
At our home, we often have very restricted access to our driveway due to a neighbour who parks a commercial van in the road opposite. There are no parking restrictions in this quiet, residential street...
Last November my new car had its bumper dented by a reversing car. The driver drove off but my wife had witnessed it all and noted its registration. I immediately informed my insurance company giving them...
I recently visited the Asda supermarket at Shipley, which operates a two-hour parking limit policy, but unfortunately I was late in returning to my car and found a parking notice attached to my windscreen....
A speed-warning device was attached to a lamppost outside my daughter's flat: the kind that flashes up a driver's speed. Immediately she began to experience problems with her mobile phone, which would...
In 1990 or thereabouts Wandsworth Council installed road humps - one directly outside my house. The vibration as cars and large vehicles fail to slow down on it really shakes the house. I noticed that...
My son bought a 2006 BMW 330,on Friday from a private vendor. The car came with car tax and MOT. He insured the car and was stopped yesterday in Brockley, South London, by traffic police. The police told...
I purchased a new Volkswagen Golf 1.4TSI Match from a Volkswagen franchise on 24th November, 2010. I bought the car for £16,600. On 27 November 2010 I received the V5C, however my name was spelled incorrectly...
I work within the car body repair industry and you are right in branding it a semi-legal rip-off. It is becoming virtually impossible to run a car body repair business without being bullied into using...