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  Is there any way I can dispute a parking charge notice issued after I stopped outside a shop for 15 minutes? 15 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  In early July, as a lady was closing her small shop for the evening, I parked on her small forecourt after asking her permission. I left some 15/20 minutes...
• Ford Focus Saloon - Ford Focus TDCI 55 Plate Rain/Electrical issue? 15 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  , hoping the car would work fine which it was until we parked up and came back to the car 10 minutes later. The car unlocked fine, PAT light was flashing as usual etc.. put the key in, turned it to ignition and it immediately died. Back down to 4.7ish volts on the battery. Got a jump start and drove
• Court Summons for Parking Offence 18 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  it and posted it off in good time. Now I face a court appearance with a potential for a fine and already there are £35 costs against me. I find it staggering that a) the police can waste so much time and money running around hand delivering NIPs and b) that a parking offence can go straight to requiring
• Porsche 911 997 - Station runs in my 997 13 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  I now have a job that involves commuting from our local station.  In winter months I will not be cycling to the station so will drive.  I'm not concerned about theft or damage in the station car park as a few people have told me that it's fine for that, but am more concerned about
• Vectra P-Reg - Dash & Brake Lights Failure, Not A Blown Fuse 20 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  and parked it there.  I checked the fuses, they were all fine and nothing blown, the headlights work, but thats it! Any help?    Thanks alot. 
• Blue Badge 9 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  could not cancel the ticket but to write and explain what happened. This I did, but the following day I got a email saying the council would not cancel the fine as we can not park in a disabled bay without displaying a badge. Do I have grounds to appeal? The photographs taken
• Parking Ticket 7 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  that the traffic warden needs to pay a visit to the optician too, as he had got one of the letters wrong, and nowhere on the ticket does it mention the make, colour of vehicle etc. So what are my chances of avoiding paying the fine ? Surely if the warden couldn't read the letters on my numberplate - 3 inches
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  Taking the bully by the horns 5 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I thought you might be interested in my David v Goliath victory. Last January I inadvertently overstayed my welcome at the Forster Square Retail Park,...
• Mercedes-Benz AMG GT 4-Door - Car parking over my drive - Reg doesnt exist DVLA 18 Oct 2024 (Forum)
  I have an issue where a Scummy bloke keeps parking his car over the driveway on our street, Bit of background - We live on a main access road through a village and not much parking available. He seems to feel its fine to just park over our access white line and dropped kerb
• Nissan Micra lx L reg - wiper problem 19 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  Hi all, Have a problem with the front wipers. On two occasions now they have come on and wont go off. I left them overnite and the next day they were fine ... now they wont go off again. The car is on the parked and doesn't have road tax so i cant drive it ... i thought it might
• PCN Notice 28 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  A friend has just received a PCN notice after parking for 3 hours in a M4 motorway services whilst taking a rest and eating a meal inside the said services. She did not notice any signs but when I visited the services there are signs all over the place stating that you can only stay
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 98 1.25 Broken Speakers 23 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Ok so at dinner time my speakers were working fine, parked my car and that was that. I finished work 3 hours later, jumped into my car, engine on and no sound was output. Now ALL my speakers are completely dead, the radio says it is on and I can see the visualizer going up and down
• Fixed penalties illegal? 13 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  ://www.bwmaonline.com/Legal%20-%20Proforma%20letter.htm if you wish to test this when you get your next speeding or parking etc fine! Telegraph article is here (registration is free I think) http://tinyurl.com/53kyg Phil
• Clio dci reverse gear 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I've just noticed that when I select reverse gear and hold the clutch in, the 'throttle' has quite a sluggish response. Its fine in neutral and the forward gears. I presume there's a reason, any ideas? Other dci owners? I had noticed this the odd time during cold weather, as I reverse uphill out
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  Should I leave an auto in neutral when stopped at traffic lights? 11 Nov 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Ford Kuga automatic. When stopped for a couple of minutes at traffic lights my habit is to put on the handbrake and select neutral. My adult son...
• Peugeot 306 petrol 1998 R reg - engine missing 6 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  the large petrol filter  under the car  but it is still the same i am not sure what to look at next and would like some advice ,.when you drive it one time you go out its fine and if you park it for half a hour or so then go out again its like it is only fireing on two cinlinders but if you rev
• KIA Pride (1991 - 2000) - slow clock 10 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  I've got an old ('95) Kia pride, and the clock keeps losing 'chunks' of time. It's fine while it's being used, but park it up for a few days, and the clock's probably 'lost' a couple of hours. I'm wondering if it's a low voltage problem. It always starts fine, no slow churning on the starter. I've
• Vauxhall - movano van - 03 2.2 not starting 9 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  OR TEST. van was running fine when it was parked up before work started on gearbox, Cheers
• Diagnose my Carlton's hot start problems 22 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  For months now my 2.0 Carlton Diplomat Auto had trouble starting after long journeys when it has got really hot. After it had cooled a bit it would start fine. So, I was convinced it must be the starter motor, so last week a sourced a replacement from a scrappie for £12. He tested it on a battery
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  No see parker 26 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  For your files, the company exposed by the Sunday Times on 25th September was Shoal Enforcement. The story was essentially about a motorist, Nick Raymond,...