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Freeby for anyone with an Audi
Found this while reading about the big race this weekend: anyone with an Audi who is thinkng of heading over to France this weekend for Le Mans 24 Heures race can stop off on the way down to get free refreshments and a massage, as well as get a preview of the team for this year's race. Might be really good for any car…
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Claiming for car reapair's. Need some help.
Hi. I'm wondering if anyone could please help me with a little problem me and my girlfriend are having with an insurance company we're trying to claim off. Cheers. Here's the problem. A couple of weeks ago our neighbour reversed into the rear of my girlfriends car. Now there's was quite a bit of damage to the back quarter…
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Parking Fine - Error on Letter from Council
I recently picked up a parking fine for parking in an area that had one hour free parking. What I didn't realise was that I had to obtain a ticket to show what time I had arrived. Whilst I was there for less than an hour I was given a ticket. I wrote to appeal which was turned down. Their letter to me was undated. The…
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Private Parking Fine
Hi I wonder if anyone knows anything about private parking fines, rather than ones you get from the council for illegal parking etc? I have had a couple for parking in a university car park. One was for parking on the grass (not in anybodies way and only because there were no proper spaces available, I even got a ticket…
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Alloy wheel repair
I live in Alfreton Derbyshire and I am having real problems finding anyone who will repair three curbed and one corroded wheel. Same day service would help too since the only guy I have spoken too seems to think three to four days is reasonable. Can anyone help and give me a guide to a price?? Thanks in advance
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Post Office want to charge £20 for docs that never arrived
A few months ago bought car insurance from the Post Office. I got my £50 rebate some time later but the insurance documents themselves never arrived. Anyway, I thought I'd call up today to ask why I hadn't received them and they're telling me I need to pay £20 admin fee because I didn't call within 7 days of taking the…
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Arnold Clark Citroen
Hi all....just about our on going saga with Arnold Clark Citroen in Aberdeen. We purchased a C8 and in the bargain we got parking sensors and carpet mats and the superguard. Citroen offer FREE 7 days insurance to help with picking the car up BUT Arnold used this to register the car BEFORE it arrived in the UK to up their…
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Am I going to court ? Please help !
Hello all I stupidly rushed through junction on my way to work a couple of weeks go and got stuck in the junction in a jam over the white lines. I've just received a notice of prosecution for traffic misdemeanor. The lights must have only just been on red, cos I would never go through red lights. (in my old clio it's hard…
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car not legal but renault can't fit me in for 2 weeks
Hi, Got a problem with my car, the drivers side seatbelt won't click in, so only option is to drive without seatbelt on, which is illegal and very stupid, Just spoke to the garage and the car is still under warrenty but they cannot fit me in till end of the week, with the seatbelt being such a important safty issue…
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Please Help, Parking Ticket?
Today me and two collegues pulled up outside an area where we had to visit a few customers. We did not notice that this was a permit only parking area and when we came back after just 10 minutes we all 3 had parking tickets on the window. The only difference was that mine didn't have the ticket in the pouch, now i don't…
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"Gap Insurance"
I am about to buy a new Polo and have been offered "gap insurance" a one off payment of £299. it means if my car is written off within 3 years VW will top up my insurance payout and replace my car with a brand new model. Sounds great in theory, but is it worth it? I am buying the car outright from new, not on finance.
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VW Protection Pack - Autoglym LifeShine
I am about to buy a new VW Polo and have been offered the protection pack for it - pre-delivery hard wax of exterior stain guarded interior fabric, upholstery etc. Just wondered if anyone else had it and if so is if worth £299? If not can it be done cheaper? It allegedly protects the paintwork better than standard waxing…
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Motor Insurance includes Personal Accident
My mother has mentioned that her Motor Insurance Policy rules state "Personal Accident Benefits Excluded". Does anyone know anything about this?
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car written off
i had a lorry go into the back of me (while i was stationary) nearly 2 weeks ago and have just found out from the garage today that the car is going to be a write off, what happeneds when they send me an offer and i refuse if i think its too low? i only brought the car 2 months ago for just over £8,000 i have been looking…
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Mercedes CLK Command Sat Nav Retrofit
Has anybody got any experience / thoughts on retrofitting a Command Sat Nav into a CLK? Is it a good or a bad idea, if so why. what is the likely cost? Thoughts welcome.
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Any Advice? Need to buy a new car
Hi all, I'm starting a new job in a couple of weeks which is a 15 mile drive to work then back again five days a week. My current car is an N reg Ford Fiesta Ztec with 110,000 miles on the clock, a squeak under the bonnet which two out of two garages have failed to resolve, a back tyre that's almost new but keeps deflating…
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tyre pressure
i went on a long roadtrip and increased the tyre pressure as instructed in my manual for a fully loaded car. should i now try to empty the tyres and get them back to the recommended small load pressure? I guess i just want to understand the reasoning behind the different pressures (one for the brainiacs)
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Misprint in Halfords Catalogue = BARGAIN!!!!
There is a misprint in the Spring/Summer catalogue and the picture next to a £149.99 MP3/Radio head unit is of a £249.99 version. If you go in expecting to pay £149.99 for the £249.99 model thay will sell to you as a gesture of good will. I suppose you have to have the balls to do it. Sorry I can't be more specific but I…
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Bargain 0Top SPec Car Speakers
JBL GTO936e 6x9 speakers with 100W RMS and 300W peak music power for only £17.49 at Halfords. Specification: - 6x9"(160x230mm)3 way triaxial, 4ohms - 100w RMS - 300w Peak - 50Hz-21KHz Frequency Response - 91dB/W/m Efficiency This is available in store only - they are discontinued as the GTO937 replaced them. I've just…
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removing lacquer scratches
hi,does anyone have any tips on how to remove lacquer scratches on silver metallic paint.my 7 year old daughter decided to clean my car with a scouring pad while i was at work,luckily my wife stopped her before the entire paintwork was wrecked and fortunetly the damage was limited to just the lacquer on one panel being…
