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Car warranty & service schedule
My Hyundai Coupe will be 2 years old on the 1st March, and is ready to be booked in for a service. Hyundai's come with a 5 year warranty except for the clutch and a few other bits and bobs, which is 2 years. I've got a niggle with the clutch, which needs looking at. Due to work commitments, I can only book the car in for a…
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Aldi car offers on Thursday
http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/index.html Hope that helps some people
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District & Piccadilly line delays, refund?
As the District & Piccadilly Lines are severly delayed so far today due to over-running, over-night engineering works, does that qualify people to apply for a ticket refund as mentioned over the last week or so? My girlfriend uses this stretch of line, and had to wait more than 15 mins today. I used to use this line as…
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Dangerous driving charge - advice
Hi Folks, A collegue of mine has got himself into a situation I wondered if anyone could offer advice. He had a collision when turning right at traffic lights: moved forward, couldn't turn because of oncoming traffic, lights went to red, he made the turn to get out of the junction, but a car came 'out of nowhere' from the…
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Scotland to London with GNER and The Scotsman for £11.50
I sneaked a peak in yesterday's Scotsman to see this promotion. It's a password collect, has been running since Saturday and yesterday's password was "Aviemore". Anyone know 1. Saturday's password 2. Tuesday's password 3. The link to use for booking tickets. Here's a link to the explanatory blurb in The Scotsman:…
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Penalty Charge Notice advice
Please, no moral high grounders ;) I'm looking for advice - not a ticking off! I received a PCN yesterday morning, stating, "In circumstances giving me reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle was PARKED WHOLLY OR PARTLY ON A CYCLE TRACK"... However, where I parked there are no cycle tracks. I admit I parked on the red…
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Advice on cutting motoring costs
I know this may a bit vague, but I need help on minimising my motoring costs. I am getting mileage (36p per mile) and do between 100 and 180 a day. I have just bought a 1.6 petrol VW Polo, and am filling up using premium fuel. cost is about £41 for a full (45 litre) tank. Does anyone have any tips on reducing expenses on…
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Glass's guide
Glass's guide - does anyone know of a way to get figures from this? I want to make sure I'm not getting ripped off! Not too much anyway! Shona
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Parking Ticket wrong car details
I recently got a ticket for parking in a residents bay at the local court, however on the ticket although it has my numberplate correct, the make of the car says it is a Volkswagen when it is in fact an Audi. I read in another thread that someone thought this made the ticket invalid, but I am about to write a letter to the…
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Anyone claimed on a Third Party Car Warranty?
Hi I've been paying out for a car warranty and each time I have gone to claim they say either not covered, or it's Wear and Tear. Has anyone ever claimed on one of these policies? Surely most things that go wrong on a car 6 years old will be wear and tear, what other reason could there be for failure? I am sure you can…
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Help with diagnosis needed
Our 1994 Peogeot 205 has recently had new front shock absorbers fitted, but at 65 mph we still notice a judder, that gets progressivly worse the nearer to 70mph you get. 6 months ago our car cruised nicely at 72mph, but now we cannot go along at 70mph as its really uncomfortable for both the driver and passenger. The…
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Selling my car - guide price?
Hiya, I picked up my new car on Saturday so it's time to sell my old one :( Is there anyone in the trade that can help me with a price to pitch it at? It's a 2000, V reg BMW 323Ci. It's in pretty good nick externally considering it's age and fully loaded with full leather, electric everything, BMW sat nav, 6 CD changer,…
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Service & MOT £320!!
I'm getting my Citreon Picasso serviced for the first time and wanted to stick with the dealership to make sure it has a FSH if we want to sell, but we have been quoted £320 for a service and MOT, does this seem right? Wanted reassurance that i'm not being ripped off so any help gratefully recieved.
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Road Pricing
If you own a car - read this and be afraid ! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.jhtml;jsessionid=MZ0JBJJSQLKGNQFIQMFCFFWAVCBQYIV0?xml=/motoring/2007/01/13/mntolls13.xml
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Car Mechanics - Advice needed!
I think the clutch cable snapped on my '98 Freelander tonight. Any estimates on how much this could cost me? ...Just want to be prepared for the quote gathering tomorrow! Thanks Fat_Jedi
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PocketGPS Camera Alert Distances on TomTom
Not sure if I should post here or on Techie but here goes. I've got a shiny new TomTom 510 (yay Santa!) and just installed the latest PocketGPSWorld 'Safety' Camera Database. I've just been starting to set up the alerts and was wondering about what would be the best sort of distance to set for the various warnings. Anyone…
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Anyone bought a car without a V5?
Yes I know the one BIG rule of used car buying is never , ever, EVER , buy a used car without a V5 logbook present but has anyone here actually done it and if so what were the circumstances and how did it turn out for you? I can't believe I'm really thinking of doing this.......
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RAC, AA or another?
2 adults with home start and onward travel £140 RAC £155 AA £157 Tesco vouchers (£39 worth vouchers) These are my options unless any of you good people out there can help me otherwise. My wife is not keen on the pay first claim later services but i would like your thoughts please on any and i will see if i can compile a…
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Drivers, Sign The Petition, Only Days Left
Firstly, I apologise if this is in the wrong section.... If you are against the planned Tracking and new Road Pricing Policy then please sign the petition on 10 Downing Street's website. http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/traveltax/ at the time of writing there were 347,944 Signatures .... lets make it a lot more!! We are already…
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Car tax increase
Hoping someone can help here ive just had my tax renewal in and its jumped up to £190 and im not really sure as to why exactly, ive had a look on dvla and the aa and both state that its down to omissions but how do i find out if they have got it right? and that im in the right band? Ive got a 52 plate 1.8 petrol mondeo and…
