June 2015
How do I rest my clock on my ford fiesta lx yr 2002? Help would be appreciated. Read more
Hello,
Just looking for some advice over a 2007 Corsa Diesel. It has developed a squeak over the past few weeks. Generally loudest when idle and speeds up, usually disappearing as it gets faster.... Read more
Whats the point of that.It just links back to this thread.Doh!!!
I have a PCP with Mercedes UK. The agreement allows me to end the contract early provided that at least 50% of the finance has been paid.
Having spoken to MB (to confirm this) they said that they would be obliged to put a marker on my credit record saying I had terminated the agreement early and that this "might make it difficult for me to take out finance in the future and at a higher APR and with a larger deposit".... Read more
Credit expert says pay off credit early is a good thing and there no negative impacts of early release that I can see.
Missing payments or late payments would be far worse. I would advise to take the safe option rather than the risk of missing payments
Has any one taken on the DVLA in Court and won.. Road Tax Sorn Fine.
Summing up the facts….
We had a car that broke down canbus ,ecu failure.. all the nice easy repairs :-/ , NOT!
Anyway the first garage sent off the ECU and they couldn’t fix it.. so it went to another and they did.. then it didn’t work still, so had to wait for a mobile VAG comm.. Guy who was on holiday then he couldn’t fix it and then the original garage had the car towed to another garage who had just moved to a new unit and they sorted the problem but had to send away for parts.. They parked the car up out side their unit on the road on an industrial estate.
It was clamped by the DVLA as it was by now SORN due to the length of the time of repairs!
The garage owner paid the release fee. Then a few days later we as owners got a letter to say we had been driving our car… clearly we had not! It was news to us..infact I didn’t even though the car had been moved to another garage for repairs till this came to light.
We wrote to the DVLA and at first we knew that they would see common sense and either direct the fine to the garage or end the matter there..
OH no! they the DVLA have bounced letters back and forth, until they then put all the work on to us..
“ Get the garage to write a letter to say they where the ones who parked the car on the road “
Now, our ties with this garage have been severed because the bill I was expecting for the car went up by £160. So to be honest I knew the garage where talking advantage by adding it onto my bill their fine ( the clamp release fee )
So It didn’t end well with the garage as I ended up chucking money on the counter and taking my car keys and driving off.. the money I chucked down was less than the bill because I knew and it was clear as day they where taking the pee…
So for me to go in and ask for them to write a letter to hang them selves on a DVLA hook is clearly not going to happen.
I have asked the DVLA on a number of times to look at who paid the DVLA release fee… it will clearly be the owner of the garage..
And that is my point…..
Why would I pay for a release fee of my car when its in the hands of a garage I didn’t even know it was with??
Surely seeing that the garage owner paid the release fee shows it was in their hands!
I wrote to the DVLA to explain this.. eg you look at the facts in front of you. But they are not interested.
I now have a letter from the DVLA who clearly just sent a standard letter pay or be in court..
I am thinking of going to court.. after all I didn’t drive my car as it was able to work!
I didn’t park it out on the road
I didn’t pay the DVLA release Fee the garage owner did.
I feel the DVLA have not listened to the facts and infact have just asked me to do all their work for them.
Should I pay the fine or should I go to court.. If I have to pay the fine I will with out doubt contact BBC watchdog about this in the hope at some time this is featured as an issue.
I feel really angry they can’t see the facts in front of them.. it's bad enough the car has taken 8 months to be repaired ( and it's still got issues now ) we have taken the time by correctly SORN the vehical once the MOT and Tax ran out.. we didn't park it on the road the garage did ( pushed it out waiting for spares )
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To answer your subject line, the answer is yes, and the details have been posted on this site.
As the reistered owner you are liable for the offence....
I recently had the garage replace a broken front spring now it seems the upper mount has gone too. Is it easy to replace this myself ?
Any step by step guides would be helpful !... Read more
unless you have spring compressors then i'd leave it to the garage, why didn't they replace the top mount at the same time?
I can't remember the last time I replaced a top strut mount on a Mondeo, which is a reasonable indication that they don't normally wear out, Not saying this isn't the case...but...Bit of a coincidence that you've just had the whole thing apart to replace a spring, and now it needs changing......
Please can somone help. I had my battery discnnected on my ford giesta lx 2002 an now my stereo does not work as its asking for a keycode. I brought the car secondhand in private sale on Gumtree last year an the paperwork an books that I was givem do not have a keycode written down. The steteo is built in so not sure how to find serial number. Hope someone replies. AMARAL15 Read more
Thanks for your help well appreciated an it worked.
hi iv got a vectra 1.9 cdti 120 on a 55 plate its a sxi model and i was just wondering if it has a dpf and how can i tell thanks Read more
Vauxhalls fitment of DPF on Vectra-C was a bit variable - certainly the 2006 1.9CDTi 150 Estate has one - when it went bad at 90,000 miles we had a pattern part fitted but our trusted independent workshop had difficulties getting it to complete a regen cycle for about a month afterwards, despite changing both the DPF again and all the sensors - eventually sorted itself out though.
Hi Guys,
Bought an 06 plate Focus 1.8 TDCi today, which I wont get for a few days.... Read more
Thanks for that.
The electric mirrors have to be fuse fed though, maybe sharing one with another option....
We are an established TV production company with a track record in motoring. We are looking for some fresh on-screen talent. Is that you? We need the following:... Read more
Too late, Chris Evans has been snapped up.
As you will possibly remember the wife has been a very happy Kia Ceed SW CRDi owner for nearly 5 years. Last October she "inherited" my dads 7 1/2 year old Nissan Micra when he gave up driving. Since then we have been coping with 4 cars in the household reasonably well but space is tight and about to get tighter (loosing a garage and carport in house move) so something had to go.
Selling Caterham is not an option.... Read more
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Disconnect the battery, Wait until midnight then reconnect :)
To reset the date...follow the above procedure, but wait a little longer before reconnecting :)...