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Buying a car from someone who has died
A family friend died recently. His ex-wife and grown up children wish to sell his car. I am interested in buying it. How do I do this? Because obviously he's not here to sign the log book over. Any help appreciated.
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Cheaper petrol with Pipelinecard?
I see that this has already been mentioned in the other forum: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=1473372#post1473372 I thought it would be a good idea to post the article here incase anyone hasn't seen it.... http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1136559784,69078, I've just signed…
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second family car
I need a second Car to get my son to school , now he's at Big school.I am looking to spend around £5000 ish . want something with a lowish insurance as i have never had car insurance before tho i am a named driver on other halfs car. Was thinking if i got something around 2002/2003 could get something nicer than going for…
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Freelander 02 36,000 Service
Hi All A mate of mine has just been quoted £500 for this. My beat up old mini dont cost anything like that is it about right? Thanks in advance Catch
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Forgot to get an MOT
Help! Just realised my MOT was due 3 months ago. I completely forgot. (Think I expected the garage to write to me - like the dentist does!) Furious with myself and I know I've been driving illegally. Does anyone know *how* illegal this is? Do I need to own up to my insurance company? Will I be charged a penalty as well as…
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Performance tyres opinions.
Despite turning down all of my other car expenditure to near £0, tyres is one area that I'm happy to pay the money. I normally use Goodyear F1s all round on 195/55/15 I've just been to Protyre and they're asking £145 for a pair fitted inc VAT. MY local independant place want about the same. I'm considering alternative…
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Best Taxi Insurance Company?
Hi does an one know of any good economic taxi insurance companies...?
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car warranties??
Are car warrenties bought from a company other than the place you bought your new/used car worth having??
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Company Car Tax
Hi All After a little loose advice here please!! I have to select a company car, I have only ever had a car allowance before so I am unsure how much it will cost. I will choose a diesel which will be at about the 159 ommissions mark and the value will be approx 19K. Is there a quick way to tell me what the car will cost me…
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25% hidden discount on the AA membership
This might interest all those dedicated followers of the AA. Just recently i closed my membership with the AA to go for the cheaper recovery firm. Over the phone to find out that since i was a loyal member i was entilted to 25% discount off my membership which they claim would only cost me a mere £65 a year and thats for…
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Free 1st Class VIRGIN Train Tickets
If you have flown Manchester to London recently VIRGIN are offering to exchange your ticket stub for a free pair of 1st class return train tickets. Click on this link and scroll to bottom of page and click on PLANE RELIEF http://www.virgintrains.co.uk/default.aspx
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Season Tickets..not necessarily the cheapest...I saved £75 a month!
Hi, Discovered today that getting an annual season ticket is a waste of money for my kind of work. I realised that i start and finish work at 'off peak times' and decided to see if a 'travelcard' is dead money, as it seems you pay for all zones, every day, on peak, when in fact I only needed zone 1, off peak, 4 days a…
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Car tax due.....can i be a week late
My car tax is due at the begining of Feb. I forgot that I have a very large payment coming out on 1st Feb. This means I can't afford my car tax that week. Can you be a couple of weeks late renewing your car tax or will I be fined? Thanks & I will start to buy car tax stamps if they sell them!!
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Cars - which would you buy?
Renault Scenic sports elise 1.6. X reg 2000 and 44k miles on clock. Asking £3995 Audi A6 1.8T SE W reg 2000 and 82k miles on clock. Asking £4250 Which would you buy and if so how much would you pay for each. I think Renault is over priced by about £600 the Audi - not so sure.
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Ford Focus Clutch
I have a Ford Focus 2ltr (00 reg) which is in need of a new clutch :( any ideas on the cheapest place to get one? Thanks :)
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private reg..
Anyone have the 0800 or geograhical number for DVLA private reg department??
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Lost your car radio code
You can save money if you lose your security code for your car radio. Instead of contacting the main dealer (this will cost you from £10 upwards) you can have it unlocked / decoded over the telephone. You will only need the serial number of your radio. You can have your ford, becker, blaupunkt, clarion, delco, ford,…
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Cold Air From Heater
Hi All. Hope somone can advise on this. Not really a problem but is really really annoying me!! When i am driving and have the heater on everything is fine but as soon as i stop driving (pull up to wait for my girlfriend at her work for ten mins) cold air starts coming out of the heater and car becomes cold quite fast. Any…
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Changed the battery on car - now can't find code for radio
Hi Guys. Can anyone help me. Due to the cold weather I have just changed the battery on my Peugeot 206. I now can't find the code for my radio - after extensive rumaging of every single draw and cupboard in my house ! Any idea's or codes that can sort this out. Cheers Billie 19
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some car advice please..
Bought a ford puma. Went to collect it from the garage today. Last week when I choose this car, I asked the salesman if / to give the car a service and an mot, along with a few other jobs which he agreed to carry out. Didn't get to check out the service book or mot info till I arrived back home. I noted that the service…