Parking fine - incorrect registration recorded

A friend of mine received a parking fine from NCP of £50 (£100 if not paid within 14 days). She went to pay it online and noticed that the registration was incorrect by one digit. If she ignores it will...

Parking charges - should I ignore?

I recently received a parking charge notice from parking eye at burtonwood services on the M62. This was not a pay and display car park and it was dark so the driver could not be identified. After looking...

Car Park rip off - what do you suggest?

I recently received a £60 parking fine in Grasmere Lake District. Having payed £5 parking charge and clearly payed and displayed i have no idea what the fine is for? They state how long i was there and...

Parking Fine At Services

I have today received through the post from CP Plus a CHARGE NOTICE. This is for parking at the Clacket Lane South Services for 39 mins over the allowed / free 2 hour time limit. The payment requested...

I need a small, narrow automatic car to fit in my small parking space - any suggestions?

I have driven a Toyota Yaris automatic for the last nine years and have been very satisfied with it, but the time has come for a new car. Since getting very used to the Yaris I have moved and my parking...

Council car park with coloured zones

We have received a parking fine from a multi storey car park at a train station for parking in the wrong coloured zone. The black zones were for private users with permits, the green zones for users of...

Insurance costs

We are shortly moving house and our 4 year old cars will no longer be parked on our driveway but in a secure undercroft car park. My wife's Astra is insured with Tesco Insurance, my Audi with LV Insurance....

Car damaged in car park - is there anything I can do?

My car got scratched, presumably by another vehicle, whilst in the long stay airport parking at Heathrow. There were no CCTV cameras in the vicinity. I reported it to the front desk and they just shrugged...

My car was clamped and towed despite being in my friend's private space - must I pay the penalty?

My car has been towed away by a private firm. It was parked on private land. I parked it at 22:30 and it was clamped at 22:39, and towed at 23:05. On their website it says vehicles will be towed that have...

Holding parking tickets in the screen

Why don't manufacturers provide a clip or similar simple device for securely holding parking tickets on the dash to avoid them being blown off or disappearing below the windscreen?