October 2010
Hi everyone, Gap insurance is a con! Why you ask, well this is what happen to me when i claimed on my gap insurance. I brought my car 3yrs ago from a dealer for £6995 with gap insurance costing £299, but sadly the car was a a total loss a few days ago. My insurance compamy will only offer me £3100 less my access £450 (=£2650) for the car, and i thought as i was sold it by the dealer, that the Gap insurance would pay the rest, well NO they don't! They give you a market value for the car which was £4385 and pay from that price to your invoice price £4385 to £6995 (=£2610). So i ended up with only £5260. Thats down by £1735 form my purchase price of £6995. So i went back to the dealer yesterday and asked why they had miss sold me the gap insurance, which they were shocked to hear about what happened and belived that this is wrong and are helping me with my claim. So please bewere when buying Gap insurance. Read more
Hi all. I have a 2005 astra van 1.7cdti (z17dtl). Can any one tell me when it's due a cambelt change? It's done 92k now and im sure I read it's every 100k but not 100%. Thanks
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80k would have been advised but now would be best.
This is a reasonably complex situation so i'll lay it out in steps. In summary I part-exchanged my previous car for a new car from a car dealer a few weeks ago. In the process I asked for my private plate from my p/x car to be retained and filled in the relevant forms when I collected my new car and handed over my old car.
Here is the timeline of what happened from oldest date to present:... Read more
One of the exemptions from the CC is that you were not the keeper at the time of the incident.
I would consider writing back to tfl explaining that fact as you have done in the post above ^^^^^ ...
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I think it may be a loose nut on the pump output pipe to the common rail. Has anyone tightened one of these in the past? It is in a really tight spot.
Andy
I've been a muppet and misfuelled my focus.
I realised after about a mile when the engine was juddery, but still going, just. I had it towed and the tank drained. I then read on tinternet how much it could cost and panicked and called my insurance company. They said they would pay out, but my no claims discount was gone. Since then it started sounding okay and is now with the garage, being sent to the ford dealer.... Read more
My TDDI died at 30K. I'd bought it second hand. Injector pump failed!
So to thousands of others nothing to do with mis fueling just a rubbish unit.
As from today all premium ix35 models will have a £700 increase on 2wd models, and a £1000 on 4wd versions. karl. Read more
Can you blame them,the far east have been looking after the far west for a long time and they are starting to put the squeeze on Supply and demand Out for Nout,:)
my ford fiesta is not good. it generally starts and runs but dies when i approach a junction in first or second gear. it does restart but is a tad dangerous. any help appreciated ta
When was it serviced last.?
Throttle body may require some attention like a good clean etc.
Hi all,
I have a 1998 Mk4 Ford Fiesta but have been having some trouble with handbrake efficiency. Sorry it's a long story! My MOT was due and the rear brakes were getting worn so my girlfriend's dad fitted new rear brake shoes, new pistons, a new handbrake cable and adjusted everything as best he could.
Took it for it's MOT last month and it failed on handbrake efficiency, the reason the garage gave was "you fitted a non-genuine handbrake cable, it's too short which affects handbrake efficiency".
This seemed a little odd - how can a cable being to short make the handbrake less efficient? Anyway, they cleaned and degreased the drums and it squeaked through the retest.
Unfortunatly I live in a hilly area and often have a full car which can make hill-starts rather exciting as the handbrake won't hold it. So I'd quite like to get it sorted.
Following the warning from the garage I went to the Ford garage and explained my situation, they couldn't explain how a non-genuine cable would affect efficiency and said either a cable fitted the car or it didn't.
So what could my problem be? Any suggestions on how to solve it?
Currently my handbrake travels around 8 clicks if I in a standard amount of effort - but goes to around 11-12 if I try harder. Could simply readjusting this solve my problems? Read more
The brake shoes have a automatic adjuster which is well known to be rubbish!
They wear and often don't work very well automatically, Your supposed to pump the brake pedal and they move into position but often they don't...
hi guys,
my focus is losing powering then cuts out. but when i stop it starts again. very strange. can it be a sensor? i took it to a garage and got new exhaust and cat, but didnt solve it.... Read more
hi guys. its petrol yea. dont know if this helps but when i got my cat changed the mechanic said that it was very dirty?? its like total loss of power. u know its away to happen as the revs start decreasing on the rpm counter. then it cuts out. after few mins it starts again. the relay sounds promising.
Browse
Just a comment, we recently bought a car at about £16,500.00, the gap insurance quotation was £300.00 for 3 years, which i thought good value, and certainly proportinally better value than you appear to have got.
we did not take it out as our insurance replaces with a new car at up to 2 years of age....