Hi there, Can anyone offer any advice how to fight a fraudulent motor insurance claim when the insurers will not?

My wife was involved in an incident whereby the car in front reversed back to allow a car to turn right across them, they almost caused an accident but my wife stopped in time. The other driver refused to get out of their car .My wife rightly checked both cars and confirmed there was no damage. She gave her details to the other driver but the other driver refused to give her details and drove off leaving my wife in the middle of the road. Two days later we get a communication from a claims handler representing the insured who advises that their car is a write off. Having already advised our insurance company we rang them to warn them this was a bogus claim. Our insurers (Direct line) own assessor noted that there was no damage to our vehicle and that he had already seen the other car and " the damage was totally inconsistent with he claim" he also offered the opinion that it looked as if they had drove into a post and missed the 1st time and scored the side of the vehicle and then tied again.... Read more

My wife wants to buy a used Smax. How much discount do you think a main dealer could offer off one worth about £18k (1yr old) ???

What should I offer to end up with this :? Read more

Got the dreaded VW rear door deadlock problem,can any one advise.

Keyfob wont open it,cant open it manually.cant open door at all.anyone managed to solve this ???... Read more

rear o/s wheel locking, so car cannot move forwards or backwards. handbrake lever is off.

was parked on drive last friday and discovered this on monday, working ok before.... Read more

I'm having problems with a 1990 (G plate) VW Scirocco 1.8 8v which has a Weber carb fitted, a job done by a previous owner, and manual choke. It has only started recently but I've found that i don't need to use the manual choke on first start up. Even though no choke is being used the car will run fine 99% of the time ie not cut out, stutter, stall etc but when its been driven for around 15 mins or so the engine will start to rev high (2500-3000+) - feels like cruise control! Found that if I pull the choke out it pretty much cuts the revs and feels like the car is coughing - assuming thats due to too much fuel because of the choke being opened. Also found that slipping the clutch and revving up to pretty much redline seems to solve the problem but only temporarily. That said the car has also now decided it will do the opposite on occasions and will drop revs so when slowing down and down shifting the car will get to stalling point and it has stalled on occasions. Have also noticed that the temp gauge shows the car is only getting to around half of what it usually showed (Usually the gauge would be vertical or just slightly back from vertical but it now only goes to around half of that). The car has been serviced and a cam belt change done a few weeks ago.

Read quite a few forums and the waxstat is something that comes up most frequently but not sure if this is just for the pierberg carbs or is also relveant to the Webers.... Read more