I am NOT some young girl driving her first car!!! I am have been driving for 10 years and have never had an insurance claim or an accident!!!! I would like to thank Lee for his comments!!! Maybe I would agree that if driving tuition was better then maybe this would not have happened, i may have been better prepared, however in the situation on an extremely busy road, the last thing i thought was going to happen was my car cut out!! As for the comment of pressing on the breaks a little harder - I am aware of how to do an emergency stop, however the problem was NOT with the breaks but more with the steering - the sudden change in weight made it virtually impossible to make the turn with the junction being so tight AND so BUSY!!! (Maybe its just a female thing!!) As regards central locking - I now have ALL the answers, it make me shudder to think I have been trapped outside my vehicle wondering what the key does! P.S I wonder why women's car insurance in cheaper than MENS. Any MEN who would want to comment in future I would appreciate constructive comments and NOT Derogatory comments. THANK YOU!

Got my car back from the garage and it seems they may have fixed the mechanical fault - we'll see in the morning when its a cold start!!! They are still refusing to repair the bodywork - they gave me a quote of about £1000 to repair the sill damage - they told me I would ned a whole new section it would need to be sawn off and a new part I assume welded into place. I have taken advice from the employee assistance programme that is ran at my work and they have said it is a consequential loss from the original breach of contact - they did not provide a car that was fit for the purpose!! If anyone could me any advice on if they have had this problem it would be much appreciated!!!

Thanks for that chasin sunsets! I will definately do that for any future repairs / services that I have!! The car is in at the garage at the mo being repaired - apparently!! They rang me yesterday saying that they have repalaced the air filter, the oil filter, fuel filter, replaced the spark plugs - I will definately be able to tell on the air filter as it so so dirty and clogged up - it should be clean!!! They have doen a dianostic check and deceted 2 mis fires - they ordered a new coil pack and it has today been sorted - so I can pick it up tonight! Have another question that possibly someone could help me with - when my car broke down when I was turning the corner and totally cut off and the steering jammed and the brakes stopped working - I couldnt steer teh car properly so I hit the curb and damaged the underside sill of the passenger side of the car. The garage has said that they will not repair this - my argument is that if the fault would not have been there then the damage wouldn tno have happened - does anyone know if I am in the right for asking for this to be done aswell??

It could be a good idea to go off on the sick with Stress - then at least if it does go to Tribunal then you have proof she has been off with Stress!! I assume it is a small practice and they dont have any HR advice as such! Its such a mine field - I really wouldnt like to advise exactly what to next - it might be worth taking some legal advice- some of them do free half a hour chat and advice.

Update - Suzuki have taken my car and they are "repairing" it - they have given me a courtesy car - a Suzuki Swift with the garages name plastered all over the sides - it is like a little tank I hate it ! I Definately NOT as cool as my 206cc!!! Will let you knwo what happens next!!!

Hi, I work in HR - and am doing the CIPD qualifications in HR - so I might be able to give you a little advice. Firstly, the fag break before they start is known as "custom and practice", ie the way things are done around here - which to stop this would invlove consulatation with all teh staff and ultimately negotations on who they can change this. Your wife was right to go to the practice manager and see if there was any way to change this, he was wrong in saying it was a breach of confidentialty - whos confidentialty?? From my point of view she needs to put in a grievance against the perosn doing the bullying to the person above the practice manager and see if that can help - she should not have to work in an environment like this and I sure wouldn't! I would say DO NOT hand your notice in! As for gross Misconduct - they should have it written down to say what constiutes Gross Misconduct. I dont think anything that your wife has anything to worry about - from what you have said she has doen anythign that would constitute gross misconduct. A disciplinary is NOT a punishment!! It is supposed to correct behaviours and a chance for the mangement to offer help. I would suggest that you have a look to see if they have disciplinary and grievance procedures in place - they should do if they dont they have to follow the government basic procedure. I thi nk if they dismiss your wife then she would have a good case for unfair dismissal!! Hope this helps!!

I did and they offered to replace the air filter free of charge! Which isnt going to resolve the fault! Have researched on the internet and apparently it is a common problem!!

Forgot to add - they sold me the car stating that they would do a service and it had full service history, the only thing was that the last servcie done by a Peugeot dealer hadnt stamped the book but there was a receipt in the book - checked the receipt after all the issues I had, it wasnt for a service but it looks like the replacement of a exhaust - rang up peugeot and they stated that they did a service but it was a basic change of oil etc... as a gesture of goodwill to the customer - they didnt expand on this!! Makes me wonder! They have agreed to stamp teh book, but the suzuki dealer that I bought it form only did an intermediate servcie again the change of fluids etc... Therefore it hasnt had a full service since 2005 - 3 years ago!! We found this out by taking out the air filter - it was that clogged up it was making the engine flood!!! I would appreciate any help that you can give me in this matter!

Hi bought an "03" plate Peugeot 206 cc on 3rd March - my baby!! Love it! Bought it from a suzuki dealers not far from where I live! So had just over a month, bought it with just over 22,000 and I have put on it about a 1000 miles now. Until over the weekend it started bringing up a anti pollution fault and today low and behold it has brought up a a Catalytic Converter Fault! It has been running very "lumpy" and my other halfs says its only running on 3 cylinders - quite sick of it at the mo! Also, it broke down on a corner and wouldnt turn at all! Panicked as I hadnt took my phone out with me, managed to get it going again, but was well scared!! Have read on the forums about the Sale of Goods Act - can anyone help me with what I should do? Thanks Cx