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Yet Another green tax then on all motorists in reality.

Just had my renewal through for the 330d M Sport, last year £377, this year £590 with RAC Insurance. Best on comparison sites is around £550.

Can’t beat having an old Mad Max car for leaving on train station car parks etc. I use an old 2007 Focus with rust holes at the bottom of the front wings (covered with gaffer tape and painted over) for parking anywhere I don’t fancy leaving my BMW.

Yeah, my F30 330d was Written off in April and the Salvage was auctioned off by copart after the third party insurers had paid out. I noticed recently it’s now taxed, MOT’d and insured again. It was a Cat S. I was given the option of keeping the salvage for 4K taken off the 15k payout offer...

Agree You won’t get much today for £700 since used car prices have gone up a lot recently, but you could get a reliable car for 2k if you do your homework first on the make and model and get something a little older. I wouldn’t be pumping any money into that, you should have gotten rid of it...

Around 21 days before renewal usually gives the cheapest quotes, don't leave it until the week before it’s due! Try all the comparison sites, money supermarket was cheapest for me. Try tinkering with a few options like job description, annual Milage and voluntary excess etc. Sometimes changing...

Yes that’s a regular occurrence with the MOT I’ve found. Last years corrosion on the spring magically disappeared along with the slight play in the ball joint!

Always good when you find an honest garage/MOT tester to use regularly. Luckily I’ve found one local to me,.... they might look like they’re out of the 1972 film Deliverance, but... they’re cheap, honest and know their stuff.

Other reasons and send a cover letter back with it. Regarding changing your plate. The main risk with not changing it is that the cloned vehicle could be involved in something much more serious in the coming days/weeks. It could be used for a serious crime, or you could get NIP’s for multiple...

That’s exactly right. You fill in the form online to put your current registration on retention and pay the £80 fee, but because your car needs to have a registration attached to it they have to issue it a new one which they do instantly and email you a pdf of the certificate you need so you...

One of my cars was cloned recently. I purchased it in April off FB marketplace (so it had been advertised online with the number plate showing), and a month later I received a NIP through the post from Thames Valley Police saying the vehicle had been caught going 36 in a 30 in High Wycombe...

Agreed. I really noticed it during the first lockdown in 2020. Before COVID I thought about 10% of British people were scum.. during the lockdown it became apparent it’s much closer to 50%.

Agree^ I took a chunk out of the rim protector once, tyre was fine for another 2 years until the tread wore down. Just an advisory on the MOT.

It’s always best to try all the main comparison sites because there are differences in the quotes. Moneysupermarket brings up the cheapest quotes for me followed by compare the meerkats, but I’m 51 and it all varies depending on age and circumstances.

I went with Aviva Zero recently, they were the second cheapest for me after go skippy on the price comparison sites. Added the breakdown cover on top for £15 too (it’s with RAC).

Does it smell? I’m sure brake fluid is supposed to smell like fish oil?

Depending on the age/price of car you’re looking for, there’s some right rubbish going on AT on the lower end of the scale. I helped a mate of mine find a cheap Focus MK2.5 for around a 3k budget last year and every car we looked at off AT was from a trader selling beaten up cars with no...

I was only thinking the other day... Actual Cost of living seems more like a 30% increase over the last year.

If the battery is 8 years old and it’s gone flat twice I would recommend changing it.

Might add a few grand on top and look for a 440i (my car was an F30 330d).