January 2018
I SORNed the car, via the DVLA.gov site, on 31st December ( a Sunday). Tax was up to the end of April so I expected 4 months refund. I only got 3. I notice the wording on the letter with the cheque is "...from the date we received notification..."
Are refunds calculated by humanoids, and therefore they are claiming they received notification whenever they went back to work after New Year? I would have thought it would all be automated and my SORN would be acknowledged by "the system" on December 31st.... Read more
Hi im after a car ill be doing 17k miles a year, ideally a petrol, space is not important. I have a 2 budgets in mind around the 4k mark and another option 6k max. Economy is essential because at the moment im only getting 36mpg part motorway/part A roads.
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17,000 miles a year implies lots of motorway and dual carriageway driving. Why specify petrol? Diesel will work just as well if not better and in the current climate, you may pick up a cheap one because people have been scared into avoiding them.
Sounds like a job for a typical Focus/Golf size car with a 2.0 turbodiesel. ...
Thinking on buying a 2012 Audi a4 2.0 tdi 136bhp 6 speed model. Ex-company car done 120k but has full service history and receipts etc
How reliable is this model of a4 with this engine fitted? (b8 model)... Read more
When is it due a timing belt or chain?
On a 6 year old car with 120,000 miles on the clock it'll be due whenever you decide to do it.
Any one recommend a place near Basingstoke that fits and supplies reversing sensors? Read more
I'll second Steelmate sensor kits, my sparky fitted a full kit on my then Hilux, the bees knees.
Just had an Interesting time in the works owned L200 pickup,
Does get used on construction site tracks so quite a rough life. bought new by the company and now just over a year old with 12000 miles. ... Read more
Had brakes fail on a fire engine once. Coming down a steep hill full tilt, rapidly approaching a T junction...applied firm pressure to the brake pedal and nowt. Turned to the officer in charge and just said "no brakes". Didn't really have time to try changing down through gears (automatic) or pulling on the handbrake, but shot out into the main road (which was generally busy but on this occasion turned out to be totally empty of traffic).
Same thing happened to several other drivers in the same machine, all of whom avoided serious consequences through luck or better reactions than me. ...
We think that we may, just MAY have found the car we want. I won't go into details until and unless we actually buy it, not least because folks must be mighty bored with me droning on about my search.
However, its at a main dealer, and a clue to their identity might be that they have a service called Move Me Closer, where if you find a car at any dealership across their group, they will move it to the branch closest to you for a refundable fee. And we've arranged that. ... Read more
Thanks for that.
Its a used car which is five years old this May, so I don't think there's much point in taking out GAP insurance. ...
the ignis colour scheme reminds me of the a-team's vandura! hehe. Read more
where's the 1.0 turbo engine we were promised for this generation of picanto?
humbug. Read more
Have the 2014 Nissan Qashqai, must say there was no problem with recall at Northampton Nissan, they were very friendly, and done the job in no time what soever, they even done a free video health check ,plus the car was washed and cleaned inside , I am a Audi driver in the past ,and this was my first Nissan I have ever bought ,was sceptical at first but its a very good used car with all the equipment you get for price Read more
I have a Nissan Qashqai 2015 I have just been told that the rear electronic brake cables are broken,this is the second time in a year along with the ABS cable.What can I do??
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For the sake of closure, here's the outcome - my error. I could have sworn it was taxed until the end of April, not the end of March.
Anyway, the lesson here is that I did succeed in declaring SORN on December 31st, which was a Sunday, and not infringing January as I suspected I had. The three months refund was therefore correct, as pointed out to me by the DVLA, in a polite and patient tone which suggested to me that they are well practised in dealing with idiot queries like mine all the time........