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Fri 12 Jan 2018 18:20
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When my car died after filling up, water was found to be contaminating the petrol. I reported this to Trading Standards who visited the filling station and confirmed water contamination. Filling station no longer had a leg to stand on after initially denying any problem.
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Sat 13 Jan 2018 11:54
Selling car - Chris C

Some of the car buying websites are notorious for quoting a buy price and then finding "faults" on inspection and knocking the price down. Evans Halshaw's business model misses out the auction step and I found they offered a more competitive price when looking at trade in alternatives but putting the car straight into auction directly or selling to a long established independent dealer specialising in good used cars would probably be best.

Edited by Chris C on 13/01/2018 at 11:55

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Sun 14 Jan 2018 13:04
- Eudo H.
M.N might have a valid point there about the Polo's sharp
door edges. Checking out a new Skoda Octavia combi in a dealership
i let my hand trail over the edge of the right front door and was
promptly struck by its sharpness. Coming out of a Vw Golf MK4
the difference was remarkable, enough for me to make a mental note of it
and buy something different. Vag cars both of them.


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Sun 14 Jan 2018 14:28
- clavs
Suggest the lady with i10 Premium automatic with only 5200 miles contacts her local Hyundai dealer and ask their advice.
My wife is now on her third i10 Premium auto and each time we have wanted to update dealer paid very very good money for the part exchange.
The dealers probably have people waiting for such examples and would be able to place the car straight away.
Use "webuyanycar.com" and similar sites only as a guide to measure other offers agaist
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Sun 14 Jan 2018 17:47
- jchinuk
Cutting edge technology...

It should be easy, just be careful, to check if the lower edge of the door is sharp, it sounds like the outer door skin is not properly fitted.

As it an alternative, look for a car with plastic mouldings over the lower part of the doors.
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