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• Dodgy dealers 14 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Looks like the "excellent customer service" isn't perhaps as good as claimed then ... Any other stories of scams ? This is my first new car purchase and I've been a little surprised by a couple of the antics.
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  Volkswagen emissions scandal - early business lease termination 21 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I'm a plumber and back in June 2014 I leased ( on a three year deal) a Touran through my business. It's fitted with the EA189. I'm thinking about approaching...
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  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...
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  Why are accident management companies able to charge huge rental charges to accident victims? 4 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I read with interest last week about insurance scams. I had an accident and was supplied with a BMW for five days during repairs by HelpHire, a management...
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  Car higher costs 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Are we obliged to go to the insurance company's preferred garage for repairs, or do we have a choice? My reason for asking is they seen to want the car...
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  Unbelievably cheap 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My 22 year old daughter is hoping to change her car and has been looking for a Ford Fiesta. She has found three on the Internet that seem to be amazing...
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  Slippery custom 17 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
  This month was our Polo’s first service. On the receipt the long life SLX Oil was priced by the VW Garage in half litres at £6.90 each, they claim to have...
• Tyre centre scam? Nah, just a co-incidence guv 22 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Well, with 27,000 miles up on me Vectra (and look peops, despite what our good friend HJ says, I actually quite like it - value for money and all that)...
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  Veho-Alliance - can I trust them? 14 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I Also saw this site, as you know the company mentioned sells cars at very appealing prices. And as of writing this are still up and running: http://veho-alliance-lp.com There...
• Servicing Scam 27 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I was more astounded to find out that a friend who also bought her car from the same dealer at around the same time (who didn't allow herself to get roped into this scam), had her 'long life' service facility disabled by the dealer, meaning she would have to go and have her car serviced annually (long life oil or not) !!! It would appear to me that the dealer is using the good technology that has been developed by VW (which should be of benerfit to the buyer) to make considerable amounts of money off trusting customers like myself.
• Where to buy used cars nowadays? 5 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  Autotrader - usually overpriced by private sellers and salesman if you do see a bargain it’s with a garage with terrible or no reviews in some dodgy area Gumtree - see autotrader and doesn’t seem to be as popular as it used to be for used cars Facebook marketplace - everyone knows about this one. Mostly scams. The odd genuine seller but have to be extremely careful and wade through loads of r******. Shpock - seems less scammy than Facebook but not a huge amount listed. Does everyone tend to scan all of these sites hoping to find a gem or do you tend to go to a known dealer you trust and pay the premium for it?
• Italian Traffic Violation 5 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  I wasn't aware of driving anywhere prohibited, but may have done so in error. My questions are: Scam or genuine? (It's printed on plain copying paper) Any risk if I pay by bank transfer? Why has it taken 5 months and do I therefore have a getout? Thanks Peter PS It came a week after a £50 for sitting in a box junction so I'm feeling a bit miffed!
• Honest John’s Motoring Agony Column 09-12-2017 Part 2 11 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Remember the Nissan (Datsun) franchise owner in the UK walked away from customers of failed dealers in the '80s. It all sounds like a scam to me!
• Got Civil Parking Notice 7 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  I went back look at that road where I have park before there is no white or yellow line on road and no sign on every lamp post but the only one sign was on pole up to a 8 foot high on very sharp bent on junction that everyone can missed it. My friend said ticket type Civil parking notice is cowboy and scam I should be ignore it, but before I decide to ignore I want like advice if I should or should not ignore before I end up mind go to court.
• All - Crash for cash 20 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  I recently read that the crash for cash fraudsters have come up,with new scam, flash and crash. Unsuspecting drivers are targeted by by crooked drivers flashing them at junctions, car park or petrol station exits, to proceed only to then speed up and crash into them. Without an independent witness, that actually saw the crook flash their lights, it becomes the standard he said, she said scenario.
• Ford Fiesta - Drive Assist claiming damage to loan car. 24 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  It didn't look like a new scratch to me and I took a clear close up photo, and wrote on his PDA that we disputed the damage ( my daughter was at uni and thus not present). Somehow I wasn't in the least surprised, I suspect this is a nice little scam charging for old damge, but wondered if anyone else has successfully fought such a charge.
• 57 plate Golf GT TDI 170 - Time for a cambelt change? 19 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I was surprised and said the cars only done 35k, surely its good until 70k.  Comments/thoughts please, is this just a VW scam wanting people to spend money.  To top it all they ended the conversation with 'is there anything else we can help you with', I said I never wanted any 'help' from them in the first place, it was them that rang me!
• Jeep Grand Cherokee - winter tyres all year round on a 4X4? 15 Sep 2011 (Forum)
   I can't afford to buy a set of four extra wheels/tyres, especially after paying the monstrous road tax that's been imposed in the name of the biggest scam in the history of civilisation, namely man-made climate change.
• Number plate mystery 7 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  The motoring link here is this, the daughter, Lorraine B**** ran an Audi TT with the number plate LOZZIE B..now I've racked the old brain cells and havn't come up with anything that might make this up...I tried a tenuous Irish LOZ 2138 but that doesn't come up on DVLA vehicle check. Any ideas ? Mind you, how stupid can you be ? If you're running a huge criminal scam, why pick a number which is going to alert every patrol car and anpr camera in the country ? Ted
• Snowmobile in Warwick! 7 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  So, anybody want to buy some South African number plates, international ZA stickers and faked-up tax discs?? Growler, could we turn this into a money-making scam, or what?? Ok, Mr da Lima of Queizon City won't be too pleased, noe will Mr van der Merwe of Bellville, but ...