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• vauxhall engine - frozen engine 15 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  my starter motor had packed up so the car was parked up when the weather was really cold i ordered a starter motor but when we tried to bump start it it just seized up and is dead it was parked up for a week it had been running fine up until it not starting and has just been mot,d we think there was no anti freeze in the car any suggestions much appreciated
• Department of the bleeding obvious 16 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  A smallish inside page item in today's Telegraph informs us that parking in London is the world's most expensive. Please: tell us about it. And about the clacking robots, strangely bearing human identities, that pursue the enforcement of countless thousands of unjust parking fines, many based on nothing but a photograph of a number plate taken from a moving van, with a nerveless zeal worthy of their nearest moral equivalents: the pimps who used to run Soho clip joints.
• Audi A3 Sportback - Intermittent failure to start - weird! Help! 12 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  It will never start. However if it's parked all night or all day at work it's fine. Just seems to be if it has been on and then parked for a short time. I've had it to a garage but they were useless. Can anyone help me pleeeease! Thank you, Gemma.
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  Do you know how the law works if I park outside the gate of my own driveway only obstructing myself? 8 May 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Do you know how the law works if I park outside the gate of my own yard, only obstructing myself? The pavement ends, then there is my yard entrance, then...
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  Am I required to supply the name of the driver of my vehicle after a parking enforcement notice arrived? 9 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Regarding an APCOA Parking Enforcement Notice at East Midlands Airport, I have been asked for £100 for dropping off/picking up in a no stop zone - "The...
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  I left my van's engine running when I parked and got a ticket for it. Is this fair? 17 Nov 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I recently left the engine running when I parked my van in a private car park at Tesco to go to the cashpoint. A police officer asked if it was my vehicle....
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  Car Parking Penalty 20 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I recently parked in a car park on a Sunday; the ticket machine was out of order and no other machine was available. On return there was a parking ticket...
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  I had my parking fine from an M6 service station cancelled after threatening to ban my sales force from using them. 20 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  You have helped me with this info in the past, but on the last occasion with an unfair £80 fine at an M6 Moto service station, they refused my offer of...
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  We've decided to pay our private parking penalty rather than contest it. 21 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  We have decided to pay a private parking penalty and put it down to experience, but I'm still annoyed that they make so much profit from such minor infringements....
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  When is a car park sign unfair? 12 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I visited a Volkswagen dealer in Victoria Road, Ruislip. This road has many small retail parks. I parked in what I thought was the retail park in which...
• parking in a private car park 18 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  The spaces do not have any white lines round, and there are no yellow lines or any 'no parking' signs.  When I park here the 'car park police' leave notes on my car. These started as (quite rude) hand written notes, grew into polite printed notes stating I was 'not parked in a designated parking space' to a 'WARNING you have parked in a no parking area' sign which was glued to my window.
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  Why does the DVLA sell vehicle owner's addresses to private parking enforcement companies? 10 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My wife recently parked in a shopping complex in Saltcoats, Scotland - the total time she was parked was one hour and 43 mins (the time allowed is one...
• VW - Towing in Brent 12 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I went back inside resigned to paying the fine.  At lunchtime I went back outside to get the ticket in order to pay the fine, only to find that the car had been towed to a pound.  Brent parking people are saying that they are entitled to tow a car if it is not moved within 30 minutes of receiving a ticket...
• How to enforce parking 27 Oct 2018 (Forum)
    We've been told we can't fit a gate due to the complexities of comings and goings and the right of way, so some form of permit parking + enforcement seems to be the only way forward. A fully contracted parking service would be very expensive.  This appears - on the face of it - to be a relatively cheap parking solution: https://www.flashpark.co.uk/HowItWorks.aspx We rent parking signs, send them photos of cars which we *know* are parked without permission, they send out parking fines, and they keep any revenue.
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  How can I dispute a parking charge notice I received due to a faulty machine? 7 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Yesterday I received a Parking Charge Notice. I put the money in the machine and did not receive a ticket. I put a notice in the windscreen to that effect....
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  I sent a cheque for £10 to Parking Eye adding disabled appeal, but they've rejected it. What now? 22 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Since my last email to you I sent a cheque for £10 to Parking Eye as you advised adding disabled appeal, my age (80), 13 mins over time limit etc. I've...
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  Why an electric parking brake? 26 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  We have a 56 reg Passat TDI 140. It's been a really good car for the four-plus years we have had it. Spending money on wear and tear is fine and the £1000...
• "Parked" for 5 seconds! 13 May 2014 (Forum)
  My husband was driving my car and I received notice of a parking fine yesterday.  He was truly bewildered by accompanying photo, so we went to view the video.  The camera car had followed him along the road and took a picture of him as he pulled to the side of the road (next to double yellows), to let the traffic come past, before he parked his car on the street.
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  Why wouldn't the DVLA allow me to contact a driver who damaged my car? 21 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  In your October 12 column you responded to a query about a car scraped while parked on private land. You recommended that the owner should ask the DVLA...
• PCN for not entering your car registration 10 Nov 2012 (Forum)
   Went to vist my nephew who just had major heart surgery at childrens hospital.  I entered car park, took about 20 mins to find a parking space, eventually parked, i did attempt to put my car details in but machine didnt accept for some reason, neverthelesss still accepted my payment for parking.