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Do the Police randomly stop vehicles after 12 midnight, for No real reason?

What grounds do the Police need to STOP vehicles after 12 midnight? This happened to me recently. There seemed to be no other traffic on the road.

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What is going on in West Yorkshire?

For the last month, a private car seller but who is actually a dealer, has parked 4 cars outside his house on a local road. He had "For Sale" signs in them and they were lined up on the little piece of...

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My RAC Cancellation Experience.

Hi there. Please R E A D This COMPLAINT and be A W A R E about RAC. My Experience...I am a RAC member until the end of Sep 2014. Have been a member since Sep 2010.Received my new policy for another...

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Do I need insurance for car on driveway?

Switched insurance over to my new car. My old car is sat on the driveway waiting to sell. It's taxed and MOTed but I don't want to insure it as I'm not using it on public roads. Do I need to insure it...

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Need help with timing

Hi everyone , I have the vauxhall Astra G 1700 dt year 1999 with the GM engine, I got to renew the cambelt and head gasket, so I started with lining the marks up for doing cambelt by hand and the belt...

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Starting/parking car - advice required

Hi Folks I have a Seat Ibiza 2011. When you park the car at (say) night time, do you leave the gear stick in the neutral position or 1st gear (if uphill) or reverse (if downhill). What is the best...

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Brain dead drivers!

I had the misfortune to have to get back in a hurry from the lowest reaches of Galloway on Saturday owing to a family emergency. Because of my starting point I had to circuit Ayr on A77 heading north...

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Advice on Driving test Appeal

Hi Guys, I need some advice regarding the Examiner filling out the mark sheet correctly. The Examiner didn't mark down on the sheet that I completed a manoeuvre in my test therefore does this mean that...

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Help! Daughter's 2010 Corsa Ecoflex 1.0 S not starting!

Hi there, bit of a problem with the above car. its done 35000 miles and it turns over absolutely fine, but just will not start. The breakdown recovery said that the car has fuel pressure, spark, the...

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Mitsubishi L200 tailgate!

I need to change the tailgate on my L200 and can't get the security nuts off that are securing the brackets. Is there a socket set available to remove these very fine splined nuts and what's the...

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Mondeo 2.0 tdci 115 euro 4 2006 injector question

Hello new here I have done a leakoff test and it showed injector no 4 the one furthest to the right as you look head on had a massive leakoff. Ive taken it out to replace and looked at the part no...

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What to do when falsely accused of scraping car?

Hi, Have a bit of an issue.. Was reversing from outside a shop and as I was about to drive off the man near the car next to me ran out to me and accused me of hitting his car. Even before I got out of...

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Thank-you Tom

I had a flat tyre today and couldn't get my wheel nuts off to put on my spare so called RAC. I was told someone would be with me within 50 minutes. As I was actually at home that was great About 5...

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RTA - Disputed Liability

Hi after some advice, last week whilst driving over a country lane another car scraped mine. The details being I was driving down the lane, the other car came round the corner and instead of stopping...

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another roundabout collision

OK new here so hi all. Just needing to blow off some steam really. Lol Had a collision on a mini roundabout in 4. 2011. I was giving my boyfriend lessons. It was the day before his driving test, which...

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All quiet on the RAC Forum, Why?

Was this Forum exceptionally quiet yesterday, Or were many other sites down or off-line due to maintenance? What on earth is going on?

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Renault Clio 1.4 16v (2001) Electrical/Immobiliser Fault?

Electrical/Immobiliser Fault - Renault Clio 1.4 16v (2001) My car was working perfectly until this morning when I went to start it, I couldn't turn the immobiliser off, hence this wouldn't let me start...

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Choice Vehicles, Hinckley - BEWARE!

Choice Vehicles Ltd. of Hinckley, Leicestershire, is a car dealer who sells cars on behalf of customers for a fee and then hands over the balance to the seller after commission. Well that is how it is...

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Petrol light

I have a Peugeot 307 1.6L 2003 plate, my petrol light came on yesterday, I went to the petrol station and put in £19.98, however the petrol light is still on? and it still beeps at my to tell me my...

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2003 Nissan Micra SE 5 door

I have recently acquired a used Micra. It is eleven years old and has 120,000 on the clock. It came from a Nissan Dealer. It has a remote fob and an ignition key built into the car. To start the car I...

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