Folks,

I am new to this forum and looking for some help. I bought a car on the afternoon of the 30th June. It was untaxed by the garage as they advised me to get it taxed over the weekend and I would not 'lose' a month of tax. I had no chance to tax it on the Friday, because of work. I went to tax it on the saturday maorning and forgot my insurance certificate, and couldn;t make it back before the PO was closed (this part is not relevant, I just want people to understand that I tried). That afternoon, my wife spotted some police officers examinignt he car in the road. she wnet out and they pointed out the lack of tax disc. She explained and the policeman left a card with her, saying that we would not be fined but to tax it first thing on monday. I immediately tried to tax it online but was unable due to the engine size (?!?). So I went first thing on the monday and taxed it. Yesterday (29th September) I received a £149 fine for this offence.

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As per the Touran Ad on the side ,,,, what does realigned model mean?

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Hi

Some may have read my thread on the real/fake cop warning re speed.

I've just contributed to a thread where a member here was side swioed by a push biker at traffic lights as the biker jumped the lights.

A few weeks ago I was watching one of thsoe 'accident' 'Police Stop Cam Action' progs when they showed footage from cabs and cars which had cams installed to cut down insurance costs and settle cases quickly!

The hard drive cams run as you drive saving a certain amount and then delte and restart unless saved. The hard drive cams can have footage saved by a press of a button if a driver has seen bad driving or nearly in an accident. In the event of a front collison, the cam saves the footage itself and then the footage is used to determine who is at fualt.

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My car has just been side-swiped by a cyclist who ran a red light at a crossroads(as I was moving forward on green). Unfortunately there are no independent witnesses to the lights - however, the lights do appear to have red-light cameras.

Two questions;

1) Can I use the lack of a penalty notice (as I'm sure the lights were green) as evidence that the lights were in my favour? I've written to the council asking if the camera was operational.
2) Would a cyclist passing a red light trigger a camera, or do they only respond to cars?

any opinions appreciated....there's no suggestion of personal injury, however the cyclist is angling for money for repairs. Read more

Hi All,

I am considering replacing my car shortly and one of the cars i was considering was a Toyota Yaris. As i do 18-24 k a year i was considering the possibility of a 2nd hand diesel. However i have a number of queries with a diesel- never had one before..... and this model any advice would be much appreciated

1/ If i bought a diesel one and if someone had filled with petrol could it suddely fail- pumps injectors etc- say 6-9 months down the line???. Is there any tell tail signs that to look?? for eg round about fuel lines, tank that would indicate its been removed to drain petrol.

2/ Does this model have a particle filter and diesel addive that has to be changed after so many miles and if so what would the costs be and at what millage should the filter, fluid be changed at??? im sure i heard some horror stories on the costs involved with this on a diesel although it wasnt a yaris.

3/ What would a typical life expectency be of a tubo unit - assuming serviced correctly and engine left to idel after hard run

Petrol engines

4/ Is the 1.0 ltr yaris a 3cylinder like the aygo??? and if so is it not a bit noisy??

5/ In hj's car by car breakdown it mentions the posability of heavy oil consumption after 40k miles does anyone know what caused this eg rings, bore wear, seals??? and if this is common.

Sorry for the amount of questions but appreciate specialist advice

Cheers


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