October 2006
I received a penalty charge notice from TFL (Transport for London) yesterday - yes Friday 13th.
The car was NOT in London on the day in question (it's been there about twice this year).
I 'phoned them, and they said the car booked was a Vauxhall, mine is a Nissan. They confirmed this very quickly, and agreed there was a conflict between registration number and manufacturer of car booked. Do they have a direct line to DVLA?
I asked for photographic confirmation of the offence, they said ther was none available.
They told me to ignore the charge.
Oh cynic that I am. Why do I think this is likely to go pear-shaped, and involve me in an awful lot of time and expense?
I eventually got a four-digit reference number, and first name of the person I spoke to. I have a note of the date and time of my call. I asked for written confirmation of the withdrawal of the penalty, and told "it would be sent in the post".
What else can I do, or should I have done?
Has anyone out there got experience of this sort of thing?
A couple of weeks ago in London, a passenger got out of my car, and took a photo' of three parking attendants parked in an ambulance bay, while a fourth booked a car that was parked across a dropped kerb that led to a brick wall. Yes it was parked illegally, but the parking restrictions were obviously applicable before the property was demolished and a new place built. Am I being paranoid?
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was wondering if any one can help ive polished my car ie a white one and cant seem to get a nice shine on the paint work it seems a bit dull i tea cut the car about six months ago then polished it and polished again today
but still looks dull
was wondering if any one had any ideas cheers tom Read more
Reason I asked how long you have had it, maybe with it being white then its earlier life might have been as police or some other use that may have resulted in it having graphics etc on the car? Which could in turn have taken away all the shine from the paintwork?
Hi, I have the chance to buy a Nissan Primera 2.2 dci 2005 for £5990 but it has a CAT C Insurance mark on it and has been fully repaired, how bad is this? should i buy or avoid at all cost? Don't know what sort of damage it had. Oh and also it has a V.I.C passed certificate. Car has done 13000 miles.
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I bought a 2 year old Passat many years ago in the same position. All the documentation was tip top and I bought it fully aware of everything. Mechanically it was a good car, but I never felt the body was right. The boot always leaked a bit. It was OK but I would not do it again. I resold it 2 years later for the market price, but the chap who bought it didn't know or care about it's big crash.
Really risky, and why bother, there are 2 million second hand cars for sale in the UK.
Buying a car is always risky. This justs adds to the risk and worry.
Good evening all,
Hopefully one of you knowledgeable kind souls can help me please. I`ve just bought a 98 R reg Ford escort 1.8 estate for work from my wife`s best friend.
The clutch is on its way out (i knew this when i bought it) and will be replaced shortly (any idea how much this is likely to be please?)
I took it to work on monday, a journey of 38 miles and noticed a problem, it runs and accelerates fine but when i come of the gas it veers fairly heavily to the left?? It runs fine in a straight line when driving normally.
Any idea`s please?
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I've just done these on my Orion which had exactly the same symptoms and now its fine.
They are quite easy to fit but as Oldman says the back bolt is a bit tricky.
They cost £130-00 a pair from Ford (its best to renew in pairs as the new arm has a beefed up rear rubber mount).
This includes the new pinch bolt and nut for the bottom ball joint.
The worst part is that you have to torque, then loosen off, then torque again when the car is back on its wheels. Try getting under it!! I cheated and drove mine onto wheel ramps to torque up.
Its nice to drive a car that doesn't feel like the front end is on castors!
Scenic has done 30000 miles and is on its second set of front tryres. When washing it today, noticed that the outside edges of both front tyres is badly worn but the rest of the tread is fine.
Is this a simple alignment problem or something more serious? I had the car into the garage a few weeks ago as there was a slight clunking noise coming from the steering when it passed through the straight ahead position. They fixed that under warranty but now I feel that it is slightly pulling to the right? Would that explain the tyre wear? Read more
Independent checked and found the alignment out so has adjusted it. It was out by 3, not sure if that is degrees or what?
i know this is a car forum but ive just seen one of these bikes for sale and ive never heard of it and i wondered if any of you have?
a search on google turns up the californian motorcycle company but nothing else.
regards ann
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the bike is in my local cruiser bike sales shop.
i saw it in the window and it looks really nice.
ive looked at jap cruisers and not very impressed. looked at harleys and they ok but this cmc bike looks different and have found info on the cmc company.
started in 1996 and bought out by indian m/c company. they did custom choppers. when open monday i'll go and have a proper look. its a 1998 up a t 8k which seems a lot for a bike but dont know what effect the rarity will have on its value
Am fairly sure I will buy a Mondeo Mk3 diesel, which is the considered choice of engine? I have been told the TDDI is the one to go for as its not computerised. I can spend up to £6k. Read more
The TDDi is a good reliable workhorse and is mechanically similar to a TDCi though uses older injection technology, the TDCi 115 produces similar power and torque to the TDDi though the TDCi 130 is a lot more powerful, produces 25% more torque and is a lot more refined, chalk and cheese. Yes, if it goes wrong the TDCi will cost more to fix and they are not entirely trouble free though mine has been pretty much excellent over 110,000 miles and still drives like new.
Hi,
My neighbours got a 02 plate 1.6 Megane 5 Door with 45k on the clock. Its going to trade it on Thursday. Tax is April and its got a long MOT.
I know its been looked after with a FSH. Its also a decent model (not sure which one) with all the toys in Silver.
Whats it actually likely to sell for as a private sale?
regards
Baz
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A quick look on AutoTrader suggests an asking price of about £3k if you don't want it hanging around for ages.
Need some advice from you guys here: yesterday (yep, Friday 13th) the clutch apparently was burnt out in my Golf. I lost all transmission and the clutch peddle stayed depressed until the engine was switched off, which was also the only way to change gear.
Called VW roadside assistance and they took me off to get a hire car and had the car transported to a small local VW garage, which have become the most utterly obtrusive people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. Basically, the clutch burn out did not fall under any of the warranties and they said if I wanted to sort that out, I'd have to get my home garage to contact them and so I ended up being a go between for the whole day. To add insult to injury, I've got to pay the lot and they've scheduled the job so late into next week that I'll no longer have the 48 hour use of the VW hire care, and they, despite the normal policy, have refused to pay for any increase in the rental time for this nor will they lend me a lease hire of their own.
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If you bought the car from a trader within the past six months then that is the party responsible for sorting it out. Don't do their running around for them. Sounds like they are trying to mess you around so I'd say it's time to send them a carefully worded, concise letter explaining that the car they sold you has a fault and quoting the relevant part of the Sale of Goods Act. Get some advice on how to do this from your nearest Citizen's Advice Bureau. Good luck and let us know how you get on!
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andymc
Vroom, vroom - mmm, doughnuts ...
I've acquired a moped with a V5, for free. It doesn't run, but I think could be made to, but that 's incidental.
My daugher will be 16 soon. I thought about getting a TP only policy for the moped, which will then give her a year's no claims bonus when she comes to drive for the first time a year later (we'll get her a cheapy banger in her name). Based on daughter 1's experience, the first year would cost around £850, and so I'm guessing that a years NCB will bring that down by perhaps as much as 20%. So if the the moped insurance costs less than £170, I'm in profit.
Anyone tried using an NCB from a moped policy for car insurance before?
And for those who say why get her a car in her own name - a) I did it for the first so I'm duty bound, and b) she's not driving mine or my wife's - full stop. Read more
Last I heard was a few years ago.
You could transfer NCB from car to bike but not bike to car.
This may have only been my broker so phone the ins companies and ask
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Agree with TVM - it part of life's rich pattern.
However, when a few years ago a bank cashed a cheque to an account other than the one I'd made it out to, it took some sorting out, I sent the bank, (not mine) a bill for two hours of my time (I'm self-employed), pointing out they they had enabled a fraud by their sloppy actions. They paid the bill in 24 hours.