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Drive assist / broker assistance/ credit repair/ credit hiring
Someone reversed into my car while it was parked outside my house. I have got the person's details, and reported it to my insurance company. I have now been contacted by an "affiliated" company who says they are going to deal with things, offer me a courtesy car, and recover the costs of repairing the vehicle from the…
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travel in style from £2.50!
There are no excuses not to get out and about in Britain this year as Virgin Trains and The Daily Mail have teamed up to offer you great value fares to around 100 cities and towns across the UK. All you need to do is collect 3 tokens from The Daily Mail between 21 – 27 January to take part. Fares are as little as £2.50…
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Toyota Avensis Contract Hire Nightmare
Hi Guys and Girls Some may have seen my last thread regarding my Toyota Avensis and being 10 months into a contract hire agreement of 3 years. Basically I wanted to get rid of the vehicle back to Toyota but they would not let me return it without paying them 6.8K. Well after lots of advice and lots of emails, the result is…
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Toyota Corolla 2002 or later - used car advice
Hi Does anyone know of the best ways to buy a used car? Checked on ebay and was wondering if there any other decent websites that anyone knew of? Preferably, i am after a Toyota Corolla, 2002 or later with reasobale mileage (about 30000). Also, is there a way of checking the market value of a car online, i was thinking…
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Vehicle Check - HPI/Stolen, etc
Picking up a car and paying full balance on wednesday, private sale and I want to know which is the best and reasonably priced check to get done on it. It has a privater plate so details on that I want. A lot of checks either omit this, while others include it but omit whether its a Cat D or whether it was stolen in the…
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2 day insurance for 19 yr old
Friend of mine is looking to insure a car for 2 days later in the year. Any suggestions?
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First Call Breakdown, opinions?
I'm after UK and European breakdown cover as mine expires in a few weeks time. I am currently with Norwich Union who are cheap at £105 for the next year but MoneySupermarket recommend First Call at £69.50 for the year. Has anyone heard anything about them? Good or bad? I don't want to part with my hard earned on a duck…
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Saxo VTR Steering problems
Right i own a 1999 Saxo VTR that i have owned for 6 years with very little problems. My driving style is that i do drive my car very hard, (please read into that boyracer but im 28 :o ) The problem with my car is is that when u drive it normally the steering is fine but there is a little bit of play in the steering wheel,…
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Naughty car
Morning all, My 12 year-old Primera won't start this morning. :( Would someone be kind enough to pop round and fix it for me? I'm in Walsall, but I've got a meeting in Birmingham in -5 minutes :eek: , so can you really, really, hurry? Cheers, MBE Oh yeah....dunno what it's problem is :confused: it seems to be turning over…
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How much does a car service cost?
Hi, I have a Vaux Astra 52 reg, jsut wondering how much should I expect to pay for a car service? My apologies for the lack of details but next month will be the first ever time I've had my car serviced and I'm not sure what to expect as far as price boundaries are concerned. Thanks.
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Stena discount (Harwich - Holland)
Me and the current Mrs C are off to Holland in February. Please please please does anyone know of any discount codes to be used on their site? Alex
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oyster card
can someone tell me what an oyster card is please.
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Used car valuation sites?
anyone know of any free website where i can get a valuation for my car with the mileage etc?
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Pre-purchase vehicle inspections
Hi, As you will have seen from my other thread I am in the process of buying a BMW 330D from a private seller. I will be getting this HPI checked (£7 ebay) obviously but I also want to have it checked over independantly. I have looked on the AA website but they want £222 to conduct an inspection. I know that some will say…
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Discount petrol:
Hi! Long time no here. Hope everyone enjoyed the festive season. I signed up to "Pipeline" in hope to benefit from petrol discounts in the future: I did so via this website but I can't find the area or forum from which I was able to do so. Can anyone help?
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Vitara alternator problems
I have a '94 1.6 8v Suzuki Vitara & last week, the battery light started flickering on. As sure as eggs is eggs, the following day she died on me (lights started dimming then engine died). I managed to source a used alternator, had it fitted yesterday & all was well. I went to pick the wife up last night & lo & behold -…
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New option available for new cars
I stumbled across this option which is soon going to be made available for all cars. No mention of a price though. new option for cars this will open a small movie clip for you. MTC
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Car Insurance saving via manufacturer
After going through the whole palavar of getting insurance for my new car, I decided to contact the manufacturers Insurance department to get a quote. 10 minutes later and surprise surprise, they are £200 cheaper than any other insurer I could find, gave me £65 of Virgin Wine vouchers. Plus the policy is a lot more…
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Private owner selling a company car
In the process of negotiating to buy a bmw 3 series from a company MD he says it was bought through the company books. Would there be any possible problems with the purchase as far as I'm concerned? Thanks, Pete.
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FIAT BRAVO...look in
anyone got one? knowany goodplces to get accessories for it?
