After a recent success through the Small Claims Court process I discovered that sending mail Recorded Delivery, does not necessarily mean that the addressee has to accept delivery. The dealer in question had refused to sign for delivery. This explains why I did not get a single reply to any of my letters. Royal Mail had to open all my correspondence to find my address and then return the letters which obviously caused some delay before I became aware the returned letters had not been read. It was only when the dealer received notification from the Court that there was any response. Fortunately my claim was successful and my money refunded in full. Read more

I hope someone can help me. I have read the previous posts but would like help on the specific issue of driver details.

My car was parked outside my home (public road) and a driver damaged my car and fled the scene. My car now has a set of scrapes and dents.

Luckily the car number plate, colour and make as well as the gender of the driver was all noted down by a neighbour. Phoned police straight away and said that they would put a marker on the vehicle and also to make a formal report at the station.

It turns out that no such marker was done or even possible, and it is the job of one single police officer to handle the incident and that it could take up to 2 weeks to deal with. By which time, the driver could have fixed any damage and deny any wrongdoing.

Just annoyed that with so much detail to go on, and it being quite a serious offence (failing to stop and report?), that the police do not have much sense of urgency.

Phoned insurance co. but they need a name or an address of driver for legal dept to get going.

Has anyone experienced this type of incidence before, and does anyone recommend any steps to achieve a good and prompt result.

Thanks. Read more

im in need of some advise, i brought the car a couple months ago she runs fine but occasionaly she missfires and looses power on pull away. i have had advise from a few garages includin mitsubishi themselves and was told to give it a full engine flush and oil change, new spark plugs, new coil pack, air filter, red x and injection cleaner has been put in it but shes still missin occasionaly. She has just had a diagnostic check and i was told that shes got a fault on the valve timing or a mechanical fault and that its missfiring on cylinder 3. But another garage has said that if the timing was out then she would miss fire on all 4 cylinders. I have contacted the previous owners and they said that they had a problem with it clogging up with carbon on the throttle body, he had it reconditioned about 18 months ago and was workin fine again. im at a loose end now as i dont want to spend out on replacing parts if its stil not going to cure the problem. can anyone advise me on what to do please Read more

Good day. I have a 1985 W123 running on M102 2.0 engine on Pierburg 175CD carburettor with a red damper cover. I notice that my car is severely underpower and heavy on fuel (less than 18MPG average). Also, when i accelerate in full, there will be a lot of black smake coming out from the exhaust. Ive adjusted the air/fuel mixture on the warm water autochoke but is still the same. My car start very well (1 kick start) whether on a hot or cold day and idle very well. What can be the problem? thanks. Read more

bought before xmas,and was anon starter,replaced battery and checked all basic stuff and after it one day cranking and not firing and then another day not even cranking it finally sprung into life...runs and drives great,but engine light on in dash,but only runs and starts when it wants too..when it starts and runs the light is on,then it will just stop either on a run or while on spot,and not start again,just crank and not fire,at this point the engine light will be off,then when it decides too a few days or longer after it will start again and be great untill the next time.....with the light on again! had code read and got p4020(catalist not effeicent to bank 1) reset engine light and guess what? now its off it wont run again...and sometimes not even crank over all decides on its mood. no fuel pump charge on ignition on when its like this and strangely the air con light glows slighty with ignition on when the car is a non starter...yet when its a runner it dont........my head truly hurts!!!! please help!

keith Read more