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I purchased a car in May 2010 from a private seller. I conducted various checks including HPI and all came back positive, matching the info the vendor supplied. After about three months the police recovered...
At a recent show, we paid £1000 deposit on a Carioca 746 Motorhome on 16 October 2009 at a price of £40,000 (plus extras of approximately £2000). The van was the latest Carioca 746 model and had green/cream...
Hi, my wife and I had our 30-month-old Mercedes-Benz ML320CDI collected the other week following a lease we took out. The car had only covered around 16,000 miles against an allowance of 25,000. The car...
I have a claim on an extended warranty for a broken-down ECU, sensor and wiring harness which had to be replaced. The cause on the invoice was "Thermister failed, causing coolant to travel up wiring into...
I sold my car to a really nice guy who drove it round the block. I suggested going further to "open it up a bit" and he went a little more, but not far. He offered me a cheque, slightly below the asking...
Is a local authority extorting money by false pretences when its pay-and-display machine takes your money and issues a ticket for a time when parking is actually not permitted? I was recently issued with...
I received a PCN for parking on private land from Civil Enforcement Limited. After reading all the various online comments about private parking and the legitimacy of the fees, I chose to write back telling...
In January I received a speeding ticket for an alleged offence in November. I wrote to the authorities asking for the photographic evidence they informed me they had twice, and got a reply the second time...
I was stopped on 30 August 2010 and the police officer said my licence was revoked in 2004. I have been stopped numerous times before and have always been legal. They impounded my car, even though my father...
I am about to go to Small Claims Court on the 21 September and I am terrified. I feel there is a claim to be heard. It started last August when I purchased a Ford Focus diesel 1.8-litre from a local garage....