Who We Are
KnownIssues.co.uk is an independent used car buyers guide website written and operated by Kelly Jones, a car enthusiast with over 30 years of hands-on ownership experience. All guides published on this site are original works based on personal ownership experience, research, and community knowledge.
Our Content and Your Rights
Copyright
All content published on KnownIssues.co.uk — including buyers guides, articles, photographs, and written descriptions — is the original work of Kelly Jones and is protected by UK and international copyright law. Copyright remains with the author at all times.
Creative Commons Licence
Our guides are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
In plain English this means:
You are free to share — copy and redistribute our content in any medium or format — under the following conditions:
- Attribution: You must give clear credit to KnownIssues.co.uk as the source, name Kelly Jones as the author, and provide a direct link back to the original content on this site.
- Non-commercial: You may not use our content for commercial purposes.
- No derivatives: You may not remix, transform, adapt, or build upon our content.
Full licence text: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
What This Means in Practice
You can:
- Share a link to any guide on KnownIssues.co.uk on forums, social media, or in conversation
- Quote a short passage (a sentence or two) with clear credit and a link back to the original
You cannot:
- Copy and paste guides in full or in substantial part anywhere without written permission
- Republish our content on any website regardless of whether it carries advertising
- Use our content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models
- Remove or obscure authorship, copyright notices, or site attribution from any content
- Share downloaded PDF guides with third parties — guides are licensed for the personal use of the registered individual only
- Forward or post download links — these are personal to your account and expire quickly
Downloaded Guides
When you register and download a guide you are granted a personal, non-transferable licence to use that guide for your own private reference. Each download is logged against your account and IP address.
Accuracy and Disclaimer
The guides on KnownIssues.co.uk represent the personal experience, research, and opinion of the author. Content is provided for general information and guidance only and does not constitute professional mechanical, legal, or financial advice.
Always have any vehicle independently inspected by a qualified professional before purchase. KnownIssues.co.uk accepts no liability for any loss, damage, or expense arising from decisions made based on content published on this site.
Reporting Misuse
If you find our content reproduced without permission please contact us at support@knownissues.co.uk
Contact
Email: support@knownissues.co.uk
Website: knownissues.co.uk
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