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Bought a car with no log book
Hi I bought a car about two months ago and have still not recieved the log book in order to tax the car.I have had to insure the car for obvious reasons and the car has been stuck on the drive for the last seven weeks so I have lost nearly two months insurance , and extra travelling costs. Firstly is there some sort of…
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1.9 jtd fiat punto.diesel injectors
Hi does anyone have any tips on replacing/where to buy the diesel injectors on a 1.9 jtd fiat punto? It's in the garage at the mo - but wow what a pricey job. Thanks for reading!
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Vehicle Leasing
I am thinking about changing my car but I have been led to believe that leasing a car might be a better way forward. I currently average about 20,000 a year and the cost of motoring what with wear and tear hits me quite hard. I was wondering if anyone can give me any advice on this topic or point me in the direction of a…
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Car CD Players
Some delightful specimens of human beings thought it would be fun to break into my car last night and take my CD player. The car is a Ford Fiesta (yr 2000) so the unit was built in to the dashboard. I have looked on ebay and you can buy a complete unit for around £90 which I would be able to fit myself (done it with an old…
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Rubber Neckers!!!!
What is it with this country, My usual daily commute of 25mins up the M1 today was 70 mins, all due to a crash, Then we very slowly crawled past, making sure all rubber neckers could get a good look. Then on the southbound lane, they start slowing down to get a look, what are they hoping to see a coprse being cut out of a…
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HELP! Vauxhall Vectra Engine Management Light
Hi, I'm having a bit of a do with my 2003 Vauxhall Vectra..... First of all a light came on and in the manual it says its to warn me the brake pads are wearing thin. Had it in the garage (well 2 but thats a whole other story!!) and they told me brake pads are all OK had all the wheels off and had a look. They're going to…
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Car tax cost
Are you able to find out the cost of car tax if all you know if the make, the year and the engine size, is it possible to do this
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Company Car Tax - Can I avoid it?
Hi. I'm a company director and want to lease a car through the company for myself. I don't use it for work (apart from commuting) and have a budget of £500 a month. This will get me something quite nice like a Honda S2000 or Porsche Boxster. I've looked at carbon emissions, etc and the tax for something like that is nearly…
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Juddering in 1st and 2nd gear? Any ideas?
Hi I'm hoping someone can help me, maybe give some ideas as to what could be causing this problem and how costly it will be to get fixed!!! I brought a renault scenic alize about 5 or 6 weeks ago it's 9 years old. Has just developed a really strong judder (I call it kangarooing) this started yesterday and was only when…
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Free parking
Most town centre/shopping centre car parks will charge you by the hour for parking, and all the surrounding streets will have restricted parking or meters too so unless you're prepared to walk a fair distance free parking is difficult to come by. However something we've noticed over the years is how often free parking can…
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Ford/Skoda: Mud sticks
Had an interesting chat with some of the guys at work today. The two cars mentioned were the Skoda and the Ford. Back in the 80s, both produced truly dreadful cars ... one was the butt of all jokes and the other were known for making awful cars but still sellign them by the bucket load. The jist of the chat was that even…
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Shock ... Diesel cheaper than Petrol
A couple of days ago I saw a couple of petrol stations selling unleaded and diesel for the same price .... but today, for the first time in many years i saw Unleaded at 96.9 and Diesel at 95.9!!! Came as a bit of a shock. If I'm right, the last time diesel was cheaper than unleaded was back in the early 90s. Is this likely…
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intensive driving lessons? week courses?
i am looking for an intensive driving course for my brother who has ? a mild form? of autism - (there are many reasons to state this, which i wont go into yet but as he is 40, has never been diagnosed -despite many years of intervention with loads of professionals). my brother can drive competently as he has driven before.…
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Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 Timing Chain Recall?
I drive an 04 plate Vauxhall Corsa Club 1.0 Twinport. It has 49k on the clock and is still under finance with GE Motor Finance. It is now 2 days out of it's warranty and I noticed a rather loud clicking noise from the engine bay, it was serviced and MOT'd on Friday (not at Vauxhall) and it has been into Vauxhall on…
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Cheap New Car Companies
Hi, Have been a long time reader of the various boards and this is my first post so please be gentle. We are in the market for a new car. Was going to go 2nd hand but think we have found a way we can get a new one at the price we are looking for. Still toying between people carrier (VW Touran, Sharan) and a passat estate.…
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Advertisements on cars
I remember some time ago that someone mentioned that you could get paid for having an advertisement on your vehicle. Does this still exist? Does anyone have any details about it? If anyone has any details could they please post them here? I did do a search but I could not find any details about it.
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Petrol station measurements - are they right!
Hi I thought I heard something on the news the other week about how quite a few petrol stations have pumps that are not measuring correctly. I filled up my tank the other day and I paid more for my fuel that usual. It was unfortunately only as i got home I thought about it. I was only given a credit card receipt which…
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Citroen Saxo comments?
Am being offered an X reg in what appears to be good condition. Does anyone have any comments for or against (based on personal experience)?
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Driving Licence Revoked
Hi Peeps Hoping somebody can give me some advice. For one reason and another I hadn't opened any post for over 12 months and when I finally did it I found out my Driving Licence had been revoked as I hadn't sent it to DVLA to have some points added. I was allowed to continue driving for 12 months but this time has now…
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Fitting used engine in the car
Unforunately my car's engine died Link to how it happened => http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=5174122#post5174122 A local garage offered me to fit a same spec used engine (67k miles) while my car has done 70k miles, for £650 (incl. labour). Other options are to fit a new engine (£3000 cost) or to scrap…
