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• All makes, all models - Coved-19, Overstaying parking limits in managed ca 9 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  I had the misfortune to visit a large diy store last weekend, parked and walked over to join the very long queue. I would have turned around, walked back to the car and left but my wife insisted in joining the queue. 50 minutes later, we got into the shop. Whilst in the queue, I saw signs stating that the car park is managed by a parking management company and any stay over 2 hours would be subject to a fine.
• debt and ccj's-mainly parking 16 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Just read an article that reports hundreds of ccj's being awarded without the knowledge of the so called offender. As you can guess the parking sharks are head of the queue. One man had a ccj against him for an unpaid parking invoice from Parking Eye. He had sold the car 5 years previously and had proof of this, but had moved house. He only found out about the ccj when he applied for a mortgage, and was refused.
• Parking fine quashed 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Should you receive a similar ticket in the future, we may not be able to cancel.' So that's all right then, if I park my legal car with my legal badge in a legal bay then I might get a fine because some half-wit attendant thinks he has forensic training ! I've a good mind to write to the paper ! Ted Edited the original post in so as to give some context
• VW Golf 2ltr cabriolet year 2000 (MK4 front end) - Headlights 28 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  My dipped headlights have suddenly stopped working. Everything else is fine, side lights, full beam and parking lights.Can anybody help?? Thanks.
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  Hooked, line and cheater 28 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I recently parked in a NCP car park in Bolton in a bay marked for vehicles with young children. My child was not with me at the time, although I was collecting...
• Bmw 320i - Smoke from bonnet 21 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  I have a bmw 320i 2006 year when I got the car there was oil dripping on exhaust manifold from rocker cover so had this done the car was fine for 3 days after this  I left the car parked on drive for 3 days and tonight when driving to shop there was smoke coming from under bonnet with a burning oil smell opened the bonnet couldn' see anything obvious    When leaving the shop the car drove fine no smell no smoke any ideas would be a great help 
• Peugeot 307 SW 2 lt turbo diesel - Car will not start 17 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  my peugeot 307sw 2lt turbo diesil will not start? was working fine no warning lights, parked it up went out next day turns over fine but does not start. so i have put new battery in nothing checked fuel lines all pumping diesil up to injectors and now i am stuck. only thing i did do the day before was top up with diesel.if any1 could help
• Parking Firm Doctor Photo Evidence 2 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Didn't see this mentioned last month when it was in the news, but heard last night throught the Air Cadet grapevine about NCP falsifying photographic evidence in Bury in order to make an illegal £60 fine stick. Police are now looking into making criminal charges. Think the moral is to always demand to see photo evidence, no matter whether for speeding or other offences. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-974970,00.html A MOTORIST has won his appeal against a £60 parking fine after an independent adjudicator concluded that NCP, the car parking company, had faked a photograph to prove its case.
• MkII DCi - Scenic - Parking brake fault after pads changed! 20 Jan 2012 (Forum)
   Now, have a "Parking Brake Fault" warning, red stop indicator flashing on dash, parking brake lever LED flashing, and car beeps when first entering. Parking brake functioning perfectly, as always. Will hold fine on a hill, will auto-release etc, and apply automatically when engine turned off The garage took the car to main dealer, who charged £55 to hook it up to attempt to clear the indication, which they were unable to do!
• Querying a parking ticket 1 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hello All, I recently recieved a "You havn't paid your parking ticket, so now pay double" letter in the post. The letter claimed I had parked in a "Residents Only Bay". I wrote back to the Authority concerned and explained that I hadn't paid it because I've never received a parking ticket in the first place.
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  Want to contest a parking ticket, but employer won’t let me – what should I do? 31 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I recently received a parking charge notice from parking eye for over staying my break at Corley services on the M6. I have appealed and got a reply saying...
• People who think they own the street - Parking 9 Mar 2023 (Forum)
    And if you park in the same public spot regularly, IT STILL DOES NOT BECOME YOUR PARKING SPOT.
• Vauxhall Corsa - Parking Eye Parking Charge Notice 15 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  Hi My son has recently been added to my car insurance and two weeks ago he parked in a hotel car park to go to a local centre and didnt check the signs (easily visible when I went to check and loads of them and well lit).  Parking Eye signs are everywhere stating parking is for hotel clientele only and if not you will be fined £100 and there are cameras recording activity.
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  Parking at an airport - will the alarm cause trouble? 18 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I will be leaving my car in a airport car park for a few weeks shortly and am worried about how the alarm works on this model (Ford Focus 1.6 Titanium,...
• Mercedes e320 - PCN notice 9 Oct 2012 (Forum)
    He got a PCN through a few days later, and there were a couple of mistakes:   1) He was given a fine for parking, where he wasnt parking just turning round.   2) The reg number of the car was right, but the make of the car was wrong, he was in a Mercedes and the make of car on the ticket was Toyota.
• Fines for idling engines 11 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  One of the councils up here are running adverts on the radio saying the usual, how bad it is for the environment etc if you leave your car engine running whilst parked up, so you will now be fined if caught doing this. But how bad exactly is it? If you are sitting stationery at side of road and a car drives past at 30mph who is polluting the most? If your car is warm surely it is more efficient and less polluting than if you switch it off and let it get cold again?
• £100 fine at Liverpool Airport 23 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Got back off hols late last night. Picked up car from car park, left wife and v tired kids with bags at arivals. Pulled into a layby outside where they were waiting, jobsworth arrives and says 'you've just been fined £100, it will arrive within 7 days we'll get your details off DVLA'.
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  Cold Starting problem 1 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I've had my Fabia vRS estate since February and it has been great until recently. When cold in a morning (5deg or less), I try to start the car - the dash...
• 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.
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  Could you inform your readers that the Administration of Justice Act 1970 covers harassment by private parking companies? 15 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
  The ongoing saga of private parking companies is a regular in your column. Your advice to pay a small amount in full fair and reasonable settlement is...