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My unoccupied car was hit in a car park. The third party filled his report accepting blame but advised me he was instructed not to admit liability. My broker (Swinton) put me on to carcare who wanted...
I purchased a VW California brand new from main dealer in Sept 2009 for £37,000. So far I have had 12 visits excluding regular services for fairly serious failures - from pop up roof seizures to electrical...
I had a Freelander 2 internal gearbox failure at 55k. Car bought from main dealer as pre-owned vehicle and serviced at main dealer according to service interval. I was informed that I do not meet their...
On Friday 1st April I was driving along the road in my 2006 Audi A4 convertible with my three year old daughter. All of a sudden I started to smell an intense smell of burning and smoke stared pouring...
Bought the car new in December 2009. It has always only averaged 25mpg and several other road tests show the same. Have had a go at BMW but no joy. Have tried OFT to get this gross misrepresentation examined...
I was recently involved in a car accident. The other driver pulled out of a side road and hit my car which was on a main road turning right into the said side road. The other driver is now lying and...
I recently bought a Mini Cooper S (R53 2005) and had some work done on the brakes. On inspection the technician queried whether the car is a cut and shut as he saw what looked like a weld on the underside...
My girlfriend’s car was recently hit up the rear, whilst stopped at lights by a closely following car. Her insurers Quinn direct are having difficulty defending her as she is only third party fire &...
I agreed to buy a Fabia 2 from a main dealer in September 2008. The agreement said that the vehicle was first registered on 2nd August 2008. In fact the car was registered in February 2008 and is now out...
Last November (2010) a car skidded into the back of me on a wet road. The driver admitted responsibility and we exchange insurance details. My son who was in the car with me witnessed the whole thing. The...
 

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