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  Faulty ticket machine 17 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I parked my car in a Borough of Newham car park and inserted £4 in mixed change into the ticket machine for payment for a three hour stay, when I went...
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  Fast feud - parking dispute at McDonalds 14 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  After more correspondence with Met Parking and their escalation of penalty charges for ‘overstaying’ at MacDonalds, I have now received a Notice of Proposed...
• Vauxhall Vectra C 1.9 cdti 120 bhp - Vectra 1.9 cdti 2004 120 bhp hard to start please 1 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Help!! My Vectra was running fine until Saturday. I parked it up and when I came back 4 hours later it would not start. The engine was turning over and tried to fire up, seemed very lumpy and when I pressed the accelorater it died.
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  Insurance, premium rise after 'no fault' incident 17 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My car was hit whilst parked outside my house. The driver was traced after two independent witnesses came forward (she did a runner). The Police prosecuted...
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 2000 1.4 cutting out problem 5 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, for a few weeks now I've been having a problem with my petrol 306. If if park overnight with the nose facing downhill (quite a steep hill), when i start it in the mornings, it starts fine but then seconds later sounds like its spluttering (like it's not being supplied with enough fuel).
• Ka knocking sound at wheel 12 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I have test drove it and there is a knocking sound that seems to come from the wheel. The shock absorber seems fine. I am scared it might be some parking/suspension damage that could be costly to repair. The car is a late 97 with 55K on the clock. Has anyone heard of faults like this or does this seem like accident damage?
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  Can contract law-governed parking enforcement companies pursue me for a parking charge notice payment? 14 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I just received a parking charge notice from an enforcement company for overstaying my welcome at the MOTO Trowell services on the southbound M1, during...
• Range rover L322 auto 2003 - ignition key stuck in the switch 10 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  Hi John I hope you can help me with this problem in that when I got into my car the other day, put the key in the ignition and started the engine, I tried to move the gear stick out of park and into drive. The gear lever seemed to be stuck in park, it's only when I really pushed down on the brake pedal it moved. I checked all the gear positions before moving off and everything seemed fine.
• Motorbikers - A special case ? 15 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  'Motorcyclists have disrupted traffic by riding slowly through central London in protest at parking fees. Since August motorcyclists and moped riders have been required to pay £1.50 a day to use West End parking bays. Around 100 bikers rode from Golden Square around the West End as part of a campaign to have the fees withdrawn and for any fines to be refunded.
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  Cars keep parking over our driveway and blocking us coming and going. What can I do? 10 Mar 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I live next door to a children's day nursery. For the most part, this is fine. Unfortunately, some parents park over my drive. I was late for a dental...
• Ford Focus Estate - Ford Focus mk3 one side parking lights problem 24 Apr 2020 (Forum)
      Recently though my Focus developed a problem, which I have not yet found a solution to. I own a left hand drive car and my driver side parking lights (1 in front, 1 in the back on body and 1 on the tailgate) are not working. All the other lights work perfectly fine (including brakelight on the broken side). On older Focus models there seems to be separate fuses for parking lights, but on MK3 there are none.
• The old chestnut- need chapter and verse 17 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  During a conversation recently a friend insisted that it is good policy to completely ignore the letters from parking companies that follow up their penalty charge notice. She said her son told her it is fine to do this. I was sceptical in view of the laughably named "Protection of Freedoms Act" that has been enacted for some years now.
• Nissan Micra 02 - Could using a copy key mean car won't start? 18 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  We bought a Nissan Micra 02 reg from a local garage as our 2nd car - has all been fine except it won't start easily first thing in the morning or when it's been parked in a multi storey car park all day. Took it back to the garage and they said it's because we're using the wrong key - the 2nd key will open doors etc but won't start the car.
• Peugeot 306 1.4 - Screeching noise / power steering failing 18 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all I'm getting a horrible screeching sound when doing low speed turns for parking etc, and it just got worse when the power steering seemed to fail at these low speeds, resulting in me heaving and wrestling the wheel just to get the car out of the car park. It seems to be much worse when starting from cold, and once I get over about 10 mph the steering becomes light as a feather again.
• Sticking clutch - Golf Mk2 9 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Yet, after a while, it will work fine again. For days. Then I'll park up, start up a while later, and it's red-face-no-gears in the middle of the street again. Clutch changed about 30k ago. Did it myself, used the little packet of grease on the splines.
• What's the purpose of side lights? 4 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Fine for a parked up car but why use them if you are driving? They don't save on electricity by not using dipped beam. Dipped beam don't dazzle other road users. It seems strange that as dusk falls some drivers will move to side lights before dipped beam when it gets really dark.
• Golf Windscreen Icing (Inside!) 28 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  I bought a new Golf early last year and it's been fine until now. During the last few months, it has been prone to inside condensation, especially on sunny winter day's, which, to be honest, I have put down to changes in temperature whilst it's parked.
• Taffy Cop strikes again!!! 1 May 2002 (Forum)
  From Ananova today. A policeman has been booked for parking illegally as he sat in a van trying to catch speeding motorists. The Pc from Gwent Police was on duty in Cwm, Ebbw Vale, south Wales, when a member of his own force issued him with a £30 fine for parking on a single yellow line.
• Ford Transit Connect - Accident advice 17 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  So at approx 3pm today I got caught at a closed road junction which I had to reverse to turn around parked cars on my left and with no cars behind me I started reversing I had a quick look down the road behind me nothing there so I was watching the parked cars while reversing so I didn’t hit them and out of no ware a van came and parked right behind me as Iam reversing causing me to hit him.
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  Vauxhall Vivaro 1.9 CDTi just won't rev... 12 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2003 Vauxhall Vivaro 1.9 CDTi van with 95,000 miles on the clock. It has been running fine but after having been parked up and not run for a few...