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• Red Letter Day at MIRA 22 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hi All, I've got a drive of a Ferrari at MIRA soon (Birthday present from the wife) and the accompanying letter says that for security reasons no photographs are allowed and all phones, camera's etc must be left in the car. A colleague at work reckons that's a bit of a scam so they can sell
• diesel dilema 18 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  just been watching the local news a diesel scam has just been uncovered red diesel was been bought by a garage in birmingham then had an acid/bleaching agent added to it then sold as full price diesel on the forecourt whats the big deal you may ask? 2 local taxi firms that used this garage have
• Internet car advert scam 8 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Just thought you all ought to know, someone out there obviusly thinks I came down with the last shower. I advertised my car on Findit Freeads and received...
• Any - We Buy Any Car websites 26 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  I have placed an advert to sell a car and have had several "We Buy Any Car" type websites contact me. Having read their terms and conditions I see they charge an upfront admin fee of about £50. Is this a scam? Do they just take the money and not show up or are their offers genuine
• Car rental in California 16 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Going to California next summer, collecting and dropping a car off at San Francisco Airport. I have annual car rental insurance and annual worldwide travel insurance. Any advice, recommendations etc about car collection, drop-off, upgrades, insurances, scams etc etc? Gentle note - whilst I
• Where are your old tyres ? 9 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  removal and disposal. This scam has also been worked on small lock ups so if thats your business, I'd keep a closer eye on them.
• Any - webuyanycar.com 1 May 2010 (Forum)
  they deduct; my question is, does anyone here have any direct experience of webuyanycar? Any problems reported anywhere?  Any scams I should be aware of? All answers gratefully received. SD
• Which type of diesel fuel?! 12 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Should I be filling up my new diesel engine with the more expensive "low sulphur" stuff, or will good ol' regular diesel suffice? Is it just a marketing scam, or will the low sulphur stuff really protect the engine, make it do more mpg,... etc? In the 5 weeks that I've had the car i've alternated
• fraudulent insurance claim 18 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  where it was.Now i am informed that i may lose my no claim bonus of 27 years. Does this kind of scam happen a lot.
• Nitrogen Filled Tyres? 12 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  like a good scam on behalf of garages to charge a premium to fill a punters tyres with a low cost gas. Look forward to replies from someone with experience. I'll try and keep an open mind until then!
• Weird Insurance Scam?? 1 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  Today I received a text message and missed called from an insurance underwrite asking me to call them about an alleged incident I was involved in. ...
• Minicab (RR etc) Scam To Avoid Congestion Charge 5 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Private hire loophole sees luxury cars escape daily fee An investigation by Clean Green Cars claims to show that a large number of expensive luxury cars...
• n/a - HPS Enterprises 19 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  Has anyone bought a car from hps enterprises?   They do seem legitimate but would like a bit more concrete evidence that it's not a scam.  Afterall, we are about to send money to a company we don't know for a car we haven't seen (you can't be too careful these days
• Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost - Brake Fluid & Engine Flush 18 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  done less than 11500 miles since new on 27th Feb2013. The cost for this work was nearly £65. Is this a scam for dealers to earn extra money ?
• Something Smells Fishy 1 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  delivery of the car and that he doesnt want it registered because its not needed in Malaysia. This obviously has MASSIVE SCAM written all over it, but wanted to see if any of you had experienced anything similar too?
• Gang jailed for £1.2m car thefts 7 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Five members of a "car-ringing" gang who stole, sold and re-stole dozens of cars in a £1.2m scam have been jailed. The gang stole 37 cars, forged their registration details and re-sold them. They then stole the cars again, selling each car up to three times. Mastermind Nokhiaz Khan, 31, from
• Water as fuel - hoax, isn't it? 22 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  A link somewhere else took me to http://www.gas4free.com ... and it looks to me like it's either a scam or an out-of-season April Fool's joke. I am no scientist, but I thought that: a) the electrolytic separation of water to hydrogen and oxygen required as much energy as was available through
• Cumbria Scammer Vans - New Threat! 6 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  watch out! Yet another money making scam from the Safety Scamera Partnership. Don't forget to flash your headlights to oncoming vehicles if you pass one - just to indicate your presence in accordance with the Highway Code of course.
• I've recently bought a car - no log book 2 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  hi this is a tough one i think ive being scammed on a car . brought car in early nov person i brought off did not give me log book. been in touch with the dvla they told me had no record of me owning the car and previous owner keeps insiting they have told dvla dont know what to do as need log
• Bora's bulbs 25 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  A friend of mine has a VW Bora - seems a nice enough car however now one of the brake lights has gone. Look in the book to find what bulb to buy and it says that all bulbs should be replaced by the dealer. Is this a scam so the dealer can charge £15 for a £2 light bulb? Or is it really impossible