April 2011
got a 2006 vectra 2.2 sri direct .29000 miles .just brought it 2 weeks ago .noticed there was mayo on the oil filler cap ,and upon investigating further, in the breather pipe to the cam / engine cover .cleaned these out .now no problem .( apparantly the guy who had the car before me from new ,did not go very far in it )
anyway
this morning i started the car and it sounded like a diesel .rattling from top of engine like mad .drove off still rattling .took a good 5 mins to go silent ..could the tappets have the mayo in aswell ,thus blocking the oil when cold ??
car has had full service history .. Read more
Plese help....
I parked my car in a private car park in December. The ticket machine was out of order so I put a note in my window. I returned an hour later to find a £80 fine had been left on my windscreen. I wrote to the company and explained that the machine was out of order and I had attempted to make the payment. The fine has now increased to £120. The company is called V.C.S Vehicle Control Services. Their letter reads...
We acknowledge receipt of your challenge to the above Parking Charge Notice. Despite careful consideration of the circumstances, we have not found sufficient ground to cancel the charge.
Whilst we understand your concern at receiving a Notice, it is entirely the responsibility of the motorist to ensure that they are not parked in contraventionof the terms and conditions prior to leavong their vehicle on site.
On the day in question a Pay and Display ticket was not clearly visible when the contravention occured. Therefore the Notice was issued correctly. We appreciate that there may have been a problem with the ticket machines on the day in question however it is not acceptable to leave a note in the windscreen. You could have utilised the helpline number on our signs to inform us of the situation or made alternative parking arrangements. Whilst we sympatise with the situation described , the fact remains that you were parked on private property without displaying a valid pay and display and therefore in contravention of the terms and conditions of the site.
Whilst you may not have intentionally breached the rules of the car park, the fact remains tha you were in contravention of them. We regret to disppoint you but unfortunately the circumstances you described give us no grounds to waive the notice.
Unfortunately as we did not receive your appeal within 7 days of the notice issue date the charge has now been reverted to £120.00. The required payment of £120.00 is to be received within our office by 19th April 2011. Failure to comply may result in the issue of court proceedings wherby further costs could be incurred.
Yours xxxxxxxx
If anyone has similar experience or legal knowledge on this please advise. I have until Monday 11th April to reply - only seven days, surely that's not legal notice!
Thanks for your time. TonyP78
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They can apply for any order they want andt a "Norwich Pharmacal Order" which - if granted - would provide a court order to compel the keeper to reveal who was driving.
A Norwich Pharmacal Order would normally require the applicant to show that revealing the information or forcing it to be revealed was in the *public interest* - ie to the benefit of society - not the private interest of the parking company.
Furthermore the substantial costs of a Norwich Pharmacal Order must be paid by the applicant (ie the parking company) and while they are recoverable if granted the application for costs is subject to a further hearing.
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