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• Loss of no claims 5 Jun 2025 (Forum)
  For example it says to get the uninsured drivers details ‘where possible’ and doesn’t state this as a condition for upholding the promise. Also, am I correct in saying that by definition a driver of a cloned car will not be insured? What policy would cover someone to drive a car on false plates? My policy allows me to drive other cars, but with strict conditions. Having said all of that, is it worth my while pursuing a complaint with the insurance company?
• Golf Mark 7.5 / 2020 - Owned used car 1week, sidewall puncture cheap tyre 8 Aug 2024 (Forum)
  The car comes with 2 years used approved warranty which as usual doesn't cover tyres, as classed as wear/tear .... but could we have any come back given we're within the initial 14 days within which no quibble exchange is possible?
• Renault Clio - Claiming back excess 28 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  My wife who is the main driver had a accident on Saturday night when their was a cow on the main road and she swerved to miss the cow, But the cow caught the passenger side mirror and which caused damage to both doors on the passenger side. Luckily my wife was OK and the car we are able to drive the car. Police report made and insurance informed telling them what had happened Luckily we had dash cam footage and reported the accident to the farmer who was sorry for what had happened and gave us his insurance details to claim from Speaking to my own insurance company , They didn't seem bothered, Told me to take the car to one of their repairers and to pay them £300 Excess.
• Citroen C4 BlueHDi100 - Potential power steering fault 14 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  I have recently bought a C4 BlueHDI100 new from a Citroen dealer simply because it was well equipped, comfortable and had exceedingly cheap finance after all the discounts (what can I say, cheapskate). After having a Peugeot, Citroen and Renault before I've never really had problems. The car has covered 2200 miles in about 1.5 months from new. I have noticed in my last trip to the midlands, the steering feeling abnormally heavy. It doesn't feel like the car is actively fighting me it simply feels a fair bit heavier than it did when I bought it.
• Vauxhall Corsa (2001) battery Removal? 23 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi guys, I am the \"proud\" owner of a vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXi (the actual car pictured here - http://www.funkymonkey.plus.com/cars Now basically, before I actually got the car, I purchased a newer battery for my Nova (the car I had before getting the corsa as the Nova had gone kapput).
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  Volvo XC60 misfire 10 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I run a 2010 Volvo XC60 and find it hard to get any really truthful in-depth information relating to them. The problem I have is ether a misfire under...
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  Can you recommend a used car with good fuel economy? 6 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I’m looking for a quiet and reliable car for long motorway work. I cover 15,000 – 20,000 miles a year. So far I have driven a 2012 Honda Civic 2.2 DTEC...
• Peugot 106 1999 modle - Dodgy car dealer or bad luck? 8 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Hello all - I'd really appreciate your thoughts on this... We bought my son a car last week from a "part time" car dealer - 600 quid, ran ok on test drive and seemed ok for the money. Needs some new tyres & brake pads which we knew about however, in the week since we bought it, the radiator failed, we took that on the chin so to speak and its been fixed, then one of the rear light clusters failed as there's water in there.
• Ford Mondeo - warranty company wont pay 21 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  im a small time car dealer ,i sold a mondeo diesel to a customer in feb 2010.The car wasa 2002 model with 79000 miles on the clock. the purchase price was £3000 The customer took out a warranty at his own expense independant of me .After 4000 miles and three months, he says the dual mass flywheel and pressure plate fingers failed.The warranty company refused to pay out saying that his driving style had caused the problem.
• Dartford toll increase from 2200 GMT on 15 Nov 14 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  The new Dartford Tunnel and QEII bridge fees, which include free access between 2200 and 0600, will be officially introduced at 2200 GMT on Saturday. Day-time crossings will rise from £1 to £1.50 for cars. Lorries will be charged £2 or £3.70, depending on their size. However, local car drivers will be able to join a scheme for 50 free crossings and a 20p rate for subsequent uses. The discount scheme is available to people who live within areas covered by Dartford and Thurrock councils.
• Mitsubishi Lancer (2008 - ) - New Mitsubishi Lancer - Why poor fuel economy? 18 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Then I looked at the fuel economy .... and ..... great disappointment. 44mpg compared with the 51mpg on the heavier Skoda with the same engine. Thats 7mpg difference, which is one hell of a difference over the 125,000 miles + That I will cover in my next car. At todays fuel prices thats an extra 390 gallons costing £2106, and we all know that will be higher with the speed that diesel fuel prices are increasing. So sadly that is telling me that I am probably going to be sticking to Octavia's (which are great cars .... but don't look like a 2008 Lancer) So what is with the poor (in comparison with VW/Seat/Skoda/Audi) fuel economy?
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 2001 2.0 hdi cooling system management problems 22 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all Had this car mot ed last week as earlier announced and sure enough got problems now first one got bill for £257 rear brake pads and discs to fix handbrake which now does not hold the car on a slope failed also on wrong colour rear repeaters which has not been mentioned in previous three tests with same bulbs, they had to be orange also high emmisions for turbo deisel engine corrected by new fuel filter and engine flush collected friday wife drove saturday no apparent problems but today going to dads for fathers day and all lights on dash going mad specifically stop sign flashing with audible warning for about 30 secs red warning light above temp gauge and temp gauge not registering any temp.stopped car got out opened bonnet cooling fan running when engine cold no loss of coolant and they managed to break one of the rubber mounting pylons for the engine cover that I only changed six months ago What is causing all these problems?
• Is this an insurance scam 27 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I have recently had to change my bank account details as someone started setting up new car insurance policies online and paying via direct debits on to my account. They used my name but a different address and obviously not my car number plate. Have others experienced this? I can only assume it is a scam to get cover on a car for a few days/weeks to avoid the new cameras for automatically checking whether a car has insurance?
• '99 Accord - oxygen sensor 6 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  It's still under a 3-month used warranty (not with Honda, but supplied by the dealer), but they reckon the warranty people say it's not covered (as "the exhuast system" is excluded). Any ideas gratefully received - I am thinking about calling up another dealer to get the price of the sensor itself for starters, but where I go from there I am not sure - don't want to be driving the car about if it will eventually damage the catalytic converter.
• Hyundai Tucson (2004 - 2009) - CRTD Blue smoke from exhaust all of a sudden 27 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Hi I have had my CRTD CDX 6 speed Tucson about a year now and covered 14,000 miles. I first had a problem after about 4,000 miles . without warning the car would give out lots of blue smoke. The engine had plenty of time to warm up and their was no significant loss of power .
• Whats this worth, which should I sell ? 23 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi All on yet another wet saturday night. Right, Sadly my father has recently died (84 bless him) any-way, kindly he has left me his car. I already have a car and cannot decide which one to keep, and which one to sell. (My dad would not bothered either way) The car from my dad is TOYOTA YARIS VERSO T SPRIT D4-D. 1.4 DIESEL. REG 16/8/2003 ON A 03 PLATE.
• Why buy diesel cars? 20 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  I've sat down and worked out (yes it's sad I know...) that to repay the £984 difference in list price, bearing in mind diesel being around 4p/litre more expensive (as is the case in my neck of the woods), you'd have to cover nearly 50,000 miles before the diesel engine started paying for itself. Add in the higher servicing costs of a diesel, and that figure may well rise to 60-70k. So, why on earth would Mr Average, who drives 10-12k a year, wish to spend his hard-earnt cash on a diesel, when he won't see any money back for over 4 years, by which point he will have most likely sold the car?!
• BMW 1-series disappointment 10 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I have just covered about 2000km of driving in Germany in a new BMW 1-series 'pool car'. What a disappointment! I am a pretty big guy (nearly 18st and 6'4") and found the 1-series very uncomfortable. The A-post is wide and sweeps back which made entry and exit difficult for me without banging my head.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - aircon stopped working - fuse? 8 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  The car has never been topped up. In addition I took the car for its intermediate inspection at a Peugeot main dealer. They alerted me to the fact that my one of my cooling fans are not functioning correctly.
• BMW offset pedals 16 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I tried very hard to get the pedals modified but BMW wouldn't do it. So the car had to go back. Has anyone ever tried returning a new BMW?....I wouldn't recommended it. BMW say they've never had anyone with this problem, however since returning the car I've found info that other people have had problems caused by the offset pedals.