Hello All,

I recently recieved a "You havn't paid your parking ticket, so now pay double" letter in the post.

The letter claimed I had parked in a "Residents Only Bay".
I wrote back to the Authority concerned and explained that I hadn't paid it because I've never received a parking ticket in the first place. I did explain that it's true I work in the vicinity of the address concerned but have access to private parking less than 15 minutes walk from the location of the alledged offence, at the time they quote I am normally driving home along the M25 and tehre is nothing in my diary to suggest that date was any different.

They have written again and this time say that I've provided no proof that I wasn't parked there ( True, but how can I prove I wasn't there? ) but if I send a copy of my Tax disc they'll reconsider my case.

So apart from re-iterating my case as previously, what else can I do?
Why do they need a copy of my Tax Disc? and surely I would be breaking the law if I were to make a copy of it anyway?

I know lots of people will always try and wriggle out of fines etc, but this really did come out of the blue and I havn't parked my car anywhere other than outside my office.


Any Ideas?

TIA
JaB

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I bought a lovely new A2 1.6 FSI in September last year, paid top wonga to {dealers name deleted} as I had the Open Sky roof and other lovely bits added.

The sale part was well handled, had a couple of after sales calls etc, all very impressive.

Then, towards the end of Feb a little problem started. The Hazard lights would come on of their own accord whilst driving, it would take repeated pressings of the Hazard button before they would stop. I would also wake up in the morning and the Hazards would be flashing, they could then only be turned off by pressing the Hazard Button, so not a dodgy alarm? In any case, this happened during the week and I thought I would take the car into {deleted} over the weekend to look at the problem.

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Another week goes by, no calls from Audi. I phone them up, leave messages with the secretary, with the Service department Secretary etc. No one calls me back.

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Which of course never happened.

7 and a bit weeks later, after numerous calls and telephone tag with assorted buffoonary, I am informed the car is ready.

I pick up the car, grovellingly grateful to have it back. Its Thursday, almost 2 Months to the date since the car went in. The wife and I take a trip down to Cornwall, starting on the Saturday.

By the Sunday, the old problem had reared its head again.

It woz not flipping fixed!!!!!!!!

As soon as we are back from Cornwall, I take the car back to the dealer. That was a week ago. Despite promises that the car would be checked and myself updated by last Thursday, I have not heard a thing!!!!!

And I have done the whole telephone thing allready today. The promise that my call would be returned is now 5 hours old.

I am tempted to tell them to use the car for a suppository.

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I apologise. I really do.

Suffice to say I will be whipping the headlamp out this evening to sort this. I'll probably post something pithy about the moron that designed the lamp access on the 156 as well.

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