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  • Best way to finance a 13K Toyota Avensis 3 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    over 26000 miles as a rep-mobile!!! The car, for you info, is a D4-D T4 2.0 Diesel. Any tips on haggling with Toyota Financial Services to get the price down and most importantly, what its the best way to finance this purchase? Thanks all. Mike
  • Car Finance Laws 23 Jan 2005 (Forum)
    to send finance documents out, Anyone know if this is the case or a made up story? Thanks Chris
  • BMW X3 triad of lights, 4X4, ABS and Brake 29 Apr 2017 (Ask HJ)
    I have a 2006 BMW X3 2.0d sport, bought through finance. I've had it since 2014, but since the DPF issue I seldom use it. In the first quarter of 2015,...
  • Broker Cancellation Fees - Read the small print 25 Jan 2017 (Forum)
    We have just taken on board a customer who was originally going to go with Company A. They filled in a finance application form (and were also told that to apply for finance they would need to sign the order form up front) and went on their way. They also approached us for a quotation
  • Dealer Messing Me About 22 Feb 2007 (Forum)
    , that they were happy to lend on. At first viewing, I put down a deposit on the car and sat in the dealership while the finance was arranged and agreed. I signed the paperwork which was faxed back, and I arranged to come back about 6 days later to collect it. On the day I was due to collect it, they called
  • Dealership is refusing to give back my deposit 15 Sep 2012 (Forum)
    Hello all, I put a £500 deposit down on a car over the telephone. I haven't seen the car because it's almost new and was a very good price at £12,300). I told the dealer before paying the deposit that I didn't have the cash to pay for the car outright, and explained that I would require finance
  • corsa 07 reg sxi cdti - finance on written off car ?!? 19 Feb 2012 (Forum)
    with insurance companies writing off cars willy nilly i don't hold much hope for them repairing mine which is pretty heart breaking for me i paid half when bought 2 years ago and the rest was on finance now i know the insurance will pay my finance but what about all the early repayment fees?!? for what i have
  • Why are there so many leased cars on the roads lately? 31 Jul 2017 (Ask HJ)
    I have noticed there seems to be an unprecedented number of newly registered, German brand, premium cars on the roads around my neighbourhood. They're...
  • Main dealer ? 4 Sep 2004 (Forum)
    Someone got talking to me yesterday about car finance . What he was basically saying is that if you where to go to a main dealer for a used or new car citroen being cit , ford being ford etc..........................you where more likely to get finance there than if you where to go to a used car
  • Who is legal owner? 4 Sep 2004 (Forum)
    Hi folks If a dealer sells you s/hand car on p/x without clearing previous outstanding credit to finance company (or telling you), who owns the car? If the finance company writes to buyer after two months of purchase saying they are repoing it due to unpaid credit of previous owner, how do you keep
  • Scratching for money 1 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
    Regarding the recent email from SF of Ledsham, Mercedes-Benz Finance has been operating this scam for at least 5 years and it is time they were prosecuted...
  • HPI Check: Is it bulletproof? 13 Mar 2009 (Forum)
    documentation to proove this. At the end of the viewing, I said that I would definitely buy the car subject to my own HPI Check and would pay cash the next day. I did not leave a deposit. When I got home, I carried out an on-line HPI Check; Shock Horror: It came up as having outstanding finance
  • Outstanding finance problem 1 Dec 2011 (Ask HJ)
    Got a 2006 Vauxhall Corsa C on Finance from Evans Halshaw and through Black Horse, I was 18 just passed my test and wanted a good first car, was willing...
  • Sourcing & Finance Broker - Q&A 12 Aug 2017 (Forum)
    I'm aware alot of you hold a certain amount of animosity towards brokers and also understand a reasonable amount of it is well founded, but some is not. Thought I would give you all the opportunity to ask any questions you have of a Finance and Sourcing Broker (me) who runs a proper FCA
  • Vauxhall Astra Coupe/Convertible - Garage stating negative equity payment was deposit 5 Feb 2017 (Forum)
    Any advice welcome please. Close friend saw a second hand car they liked and were trading theirs in. Their car had £200 negative equity which the garage stated would be paid to the finance company. The week they were due to pick up the car it was not ready due to too many things wrong
  • Finance advice needed 1 Sep 2004 (Forum)
    as long as the Saab which has served the family for 9 years. I'm baffled as to how to finance the purchase, given the vast array of options on the market. The car will be mainly for family use, although SWMBO is Vat registered but doesn't do nearly enough mileage per annum to call it a company car. Leave
  • Finance advice: Repo-Depo man 15 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I went to visit a second-hand car dealer to look at a Volvo V50. On the advert it said 1 owner and 47k. When I went to the dealer I looked over the car...
  • FIAT Panda 59 reg - end of finance agrement 4 Jun 2013 (Forum)
    not sure what to do  my finace agrement with this car ends in sept i have 3 options  pay the setlement figure £1800 and keep...
  • saw this and thought of 18 Feb 2005 (Forum)
    negative equity. what happens if, say, someone bought a car at £20K 6 months later trade in value is £15K but they still owe £16500 on finance. can they ring the finance company up and say... look i cant afford it anymore. i cant sell it for less than trade in. can i just hand the car back to you
  • I unknowingly sold a car that had outstanding finance - what can I do? 24 Aug 2018 (Ask HJ)
    I sold a car three months ago, which I’d bought privately two months prior as a fixer upper. I occasionally fix cars as more of a hobby than as a money...
 

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