Motorcycle ownership dispute - what can I do?

I work in a scrapyard and a two years ago I couldn't believe my luck when a man in his 50s dumped a Honda C90 frame and wheels. I asked him if he was dumping them and he said he'd had it in his shed for...

Customer damage

I supplied a £7000 1996 Mazda Bongo campervan to a lady who happily test drove it along with her nurse friend on the day of delivery. It was a tad slow to start, so I advised, and paid for a new set of...

Trouble buying a second hand car off eBay

Bought via a classified ad on Ebay, underneath the seller's name was the 'Motors' icon, which when you roll over it confirms that the seller is a motor dealer. The classified ad invited 'best offers'...

Claiming compensation from trade seller

I bought a Ford Focus 1.8 (2000) 75,000 miles roughly two months ago from a Trade Seller - one guy owning a fully registered company. I was generally happy with the vehicle, test drove it for 5-10 minutes...

Was my vehicle really serviced today?

MacRae and Dick (Inverness) serviced our car today - or did they? Our 2011 Focus went for its first 12 months service today. When I lifted the bonnet upon getting the car back, its was obvious nothing...

Gear box failure after seven months - who should pay?

I bought a 52 reg BMW X5 from a independent dealer, Oxfordshire Motor Village. The car worked fine for seven weeks and then had a transmission failure. I took it initailly to a BMW main dealer who said...

Faults found in second hand vehicle bought less than 48 hours ago

I bought a second hand minibus less than 48 hours ago. Queried sluggishness and black smoke coming from the exhaust with the buyer on the drive home (over the phone), he said if it was something like the...

Problems with a new van

I bought a van three weeks ago and it developed a fault. I took it to Ford near me and left it with them for 2 days and they said there was a problem but they don't know what it is. I took it to the Ford...

Parking on an APCOA Railway car park - can you help?

I paid £9 at Oxford station ticket office for a car parking ticket and the receipt was timed at 9.25am. I travelled to London by train and on return found that I had a Civil Parking Notice from APCOA...

Parking fine - where the legal owner is not the driver

I parked my wife's car in a shopping area which previously had not been subject to parking restrictions. I was not aware of the notices. My wife has received demands for payment from UKPC and Debt Recovery...