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• TOWING: Can you give me some general tips about towing?  (FAQs)
  They will have changed the automatic transmission fluid. Find out where to check the ATF and how to top it up. Buy a can of ATF. 
• LPG: Where can I get my car converted to run on LPG? (FAQs)
  Now with more than 1,400 Autogas Limited refuelling stations across the UK, LPG drivers are never far from the cheaper fuel from the UK's number one supplier and now it's easier than ever to find the most convenient outlet. The launch of a new online site locator and route planner tool on www.autogas.ltd.uk UKLPG have produced a pictoral guide to filling your vehicle tank with autogas.
• INSURANCE WRITE OFFS: What do different insurance write off categories mean? (FAQs)
  To support his view of the car’s value he sent us copies of a number of newspaper and magazine advertisements for the sale of similar vehicles. complaint upheld The advertisements Mr W had sent us were not particularly persuasive. Apart from anything else, they featured many different models – including convertible and turbo Saabs.
• PARKING FINES. What are my rights regarding parking penalties for parking in private carparks? (FAQs)
  Latest update 7-1-2020: Drivers who key in their number plate incorrectly when buying parking tickets will no longer be charged fines of up to £100. The British Parking Association (BPA), that represents private parking operators, introduced new rules to write off fines when a 'minor error', such as drivers typing in their registration figures incorrectly, has been made when buying a ticket (Daily Mail Online 7-1-2019).
• SPEEDING DEFENCES 1. Is inadequate posting of a speed limit a valid defence to a speeding NIP? (FAQs)
  Contact us Any Traffic Offences www.trafficlawyers.co.uk , www.roadsidelawyer.co.uk Contesting Fixed Penalty 'Offences' www.PePiPoo.com Help over Road Traffic Offences in Scotland Michael Lyon Solicitors w: www.theroadtrafficlawyer.com e: ml@theroadtrafficlawyer .com o: 9/1, 3 Templeton Court, Glasgow G40 1EF t: 0141-550-1074 Non Profit Making Getting and Keeping a Driving Licence Advice Sites www.yourdrivinglicence.co.uk and www.nopenaltypoints.co.uk/home.htm New Income Based Penalties From August 2008 www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk PDF Guide to Fixed Penalties and Court Penalties from August 2008 www.sentencing-guidelines.gov.uk/docs/magistrates_court_sentencing_guidelines_update.pdf Speed Camera Locations with Accident Stats for Each : www.saferroads.org A little publicised change to the way motoring cases are dealt with in court shows that the government wants to put more pressure on drivers to meekly pay up, by denying them free legal advice from the Duty Solicitor and making it difficult to request adjournments while a defence is prepared.
• CREDIT HIRE: What is it and how can it affect me if I am involved in a crash? (FAQs)
  Postscript The Court of Appeal declined to consider the issue of whether the Claimant should have claimed the value of the damaged vehicle under his own comprehensive insurance policy and used the proceeds to buy a new car. Whilst Underhill LJ recognised that t
• DPFs: What are they and why do they go wrong? (FAQs)
  But it is an offence to drive a vehicle that has been modified this way, as it will no longer meet the emissions standards the car achieved when it was approved for sale in the UK. Roads Minister Robert Goodwill said: "I am very concerned that vehicles are being modified in a way that is clearly detrimental to people's health and undoes the hard work car manufacturers have taken to improve emissions standards.
• SMART REPAIRS: Who repairs minor damage to my car, its trim and wheels? (FAQs)
  Dentz ( www.dentz.co.uk , Andy Rose, 6 Howton Close, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH10 4LW - 01202 571536 or 07967 142855 - email: sales@dentz.co.uk Wales and South West www.smart-wizard.com covers Dorset. www.dents-2-go.co.uk Mobile dent and light scratch removal service in South Wales and the South West, tel: 07977 069149 or 01495 756985.
• VEHICLE EXCISE DUTY: How much is the tax on my car? (FAQs)
  What are 'First Year' VED rates?:- From April 2010 anyone buying a new car will pay a different rate of Vehicle Tax for the first tax disc. From the second tax disc onwards they will then pay the standard rate. This will only apply to new cars, not already registered cars.