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• Parking scam in High Wycombe? 15 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  Hi I packed in the Eden shopping centre in High Wycombe on the weekend only to come back to my car and find a 60 quid fine on the window from UK Parking Control because apparently I was "not parked correctly within the markings of thr space". These markings were yellow lines about 9 inches thick on either side and I was about 1 inch over the left one.
• Motorway service station time limits 6 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I've read or seen something recently (can't remember where, thought it might have been Watchdog, but 'the boss' says she doesn't remember it) about a chap who parked in a m/way service station when driving from Cornwall to Scotland overnight and copped a fine because he stayed in a service station car park for more than 2 hours whilst having a nap...was zapped on a camera.
• VW PASSAT 2.0TFSI - 2006/56 - Passat Parking brake fault 27 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Ok, thats that - now, today on the way to work luckily only 5 mins away i had 2 warning lamps appear, one was the "P" to state a parking brake fault and the other is the ESP. You lot got any ideas what to do? or what it could be? Do you think its related to the noise? Oh, the electronic handbrake is working fine. I still leave it in 1st gear to make sure though.
• Peugeot 207 - Parking Charge Notice On Private Land 5 Sep 2013 (Forum)
   The guy on the other end of the phone laughed and said "Needing the toilet is hardly seen as a valid reason to park where you shouldn't."  I have 14 days to pay or the charge rises to £100, should I ignore this?  Can they enforce the fine?  Or do I have grounds to appeal?  
• Rows of perfectly parked cars for sale. 11 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Its the perfection of the display that i find irresistable, perfect slant angle, the senior at bumper level squinting along the line of vehicles judging the fractions of the inch that might upset the fine balance of the line. When parked, a flag pole that needs to be trapped under the wheel will be placed against the wheel, now the driver will move the car, and after carefully pushing the flag pole inwards the car will be mover again to trap the wheel in perfect position, its wonderful to see.
• Ford Fusion - Parking Fine 22 May 2015 (Forum)
  Hi I parked my car on or at Polegate Railway station and received a Fine from CIVIL ENFORCEMENT LTD on the 22/04/2015 This is the letter I wrote to them. I am sure they havent wread it at all. Allthey want is money!
• Vauxhall Astra Mk 5 1.8 Life, hatchback. 2008. - Auto gearbox stuck in park - Gear lever moves 9 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  68000 miles. No problems with the car prior to this event which happened quite suddenly in a supermarket car park. The car was towed to a garage. The engine seems fine and is working, apparently. The car belongs to my daughter who lives 100+ miles away in Thetford, Norfolk.  I have not been able to inspect the car myself but find the above diagnosis hard to believe.
• Vw passat - Ukpc charge notice 3 May 2012 (Forum)
  Hi have just read your item on Wed 5 Aug 2009 05:09  UKPC parking Services Fine - Honestjohn I was sent a charge notice for parking at a McDonalds in Skegness it was my wife driving , I sent this reply by iPad have I done wrong and ware do I go from here? To uk parking control ltd I am writing to concerning charge notice I received on the 25th April 2012.
• Dubious Edinburgh on-street parking sign 11 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Thought, fine be alright here for the duration of our stay. Ten minutes later, returned to car after stowing luggage in hotel to find a fixed penalty parking ticket on the screen. Re-read sign which actually read, "Restrictions apply Mon-Fri 8.00- 6.30" and then below this, "Sat 8.30-6.30".
• stolen number plates 27 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  He is now waiting for the speeding fines and parking tickets to arrive. My stuck on number plates on my scenic fell off the day the car was delivered, I ended up using no nails so at least they have to be broken off. -- rustbucket (the original)
• Regular customer - Parking charge pain 12 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  (I did not go as Docs talking shop bores me) Hotel has put up signs to say give your vehicle reg at reception or you will be fined. swmbo did not see them in the dark car park and missed the ones in the hotel entrance. Have now received  a parking charge notice for £60.. Called and explained, told "tough" so said ok, but you know us, you know we are regular, have paid, because need to pay within the timescale or charge goes up..
• Mercedes C220 CDi Sport Auto - 2006 Mercedes C220 CDi Sport help needed.... 30 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Drove it back home and it was fine. Came to it this morning and the same problem. I'm trying to release the parking brake, pulling hard on the lever but I cannot get the red warning light to go off. I keep applying the parking brake lever hard with my foot, then pull hard on the release button but no luck.
• peugeot expert van 1.9 d - starting problem 3 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  won't start when it is left for a prolonged period i.e park up after work 5pm won't start in the morning with out a bump start , rest of the day when using it it starts fine and runs fine. I have had it in the garage as the first time it struggled to start it was frosty so I assumed glow plugs , they cannot remove as a alan bolt has been rouned off , the advice I got was to try pumping the small push button to prime the fuel, This has had no affect 73k on clock w reg well serviced ..
• My commute's fine - how's yours? 15 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  A 150 mile round trip commute was mentioned in a recent thread. Couldn't think of a reply to that, other than comiserations. But it set me wondering...
• Honda Prelude (1983 - 1992) - Idling speed reduced and lumpy 27 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  The idling speed appears to be half what it should be and is lumpy. This suddenly happened. RAC man whipped out the plugs and they look fine. He apologised for not having exhaust gas analyser but they don't carry them. The carb controls all seem to be free, nothing sticking as far as I know. Engine seems to run fine through rest of the range.
• 97 Astra Rear Drum Size 8 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  97 P Astra LS Estate GM Turbo Diesel Having returned from 3 weeks away, the Astra Started fine, but my wife had parked it with the handbrake on, so there was a little friction from the sticking handbrake (I normally park in with the brake off following advice from other threads on this forum).
• MOT advice please 10 May 2019 (Forum)
  My MOT runs out tomorrow and I can't drive my car to get a new MOT (and it will fail anyway plus will never go back on the road again). I have road tax and insurance at the moment but am worried I could be fined for not having a valid MOT. Please note that my car is parked in my driveway, not on the road. Can I be fined for not having an MOT? I was planning to get the car SORN but cannot find my logbook.
• 2005 VW Golf S - Instrument Panel 13 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  i drove to the park today and the car was fine but when we got back in to drive home the instrumental panel wasn't working - so no movement on speedo, revs, fuel and temp gauges.  everything else was working - is this a fuse probem or sometheng else?
• Tax disc checks in Colchester today 31 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Regular every year just as the clock changes. Colchester traffic wardens quadrupled tickets to 18,000 parking fines since council took over. Only 42 incidents of abuse reported. Council expecting financial surplus in 2006/07 after paying off all startup costs.
• renault grand scenic - renault grand scenic 6 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  wanting info please on my nightmare car faults....just been to the garage for brake pad change and new key initiation now the dash is saying theres a parking brake fault and the red triangle symbol, the mechanic has tried to clear this but cant so has told me that the whole unit needs replacing as its obviously a fault along with the dephaser at a cost of £1000, the warning wasnt there and parking brake worked fine before this, can this be cleared without replacing the whole unit???