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cheapest place to buy a car battery for a
citroen AX 1000cc. thansk in advance.
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Buying Online
Has anyone bought a new or used car online? What site did you use and would you recommend? Thanks :T
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VW Fixed Service Maintenance Plan
Hi - I'm looking for some advice. I bought my new VW Touran in Nov 2004 and with it bought a fixed service maintenance plan to cover the cost of servicing the car for three years. The plan was sold on the basis that doing an average of 10k miles a year the car would need servicing three times during the three year period.…
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Low labour charge.
I have a small one man garage near me in the backwoods of Northern Scotland who charges £30 + VAT per hour for labour which I'm told is reasonable, although I think it must vary quite a bit throughout the country. Only thing is I think he bumps up the price of the parts and sundries. How will I know if he is charging more…
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SOS... my car won't start!!
I have a 1999 Ford Puma and unfortunatly it won't start. Has been working ok, no signs of trouble so can't really understand it. I tried to turn it over this morning and it just made a clicking noise. I tired again.. same noise. The lights are working and the cd player is working, but could it still be the battery?? My…
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PCP - How would I find out if there is a 'hand it back' clause
I am just over 2 years into a 3 year PCP contract with Lex. A few years ago I bought a Daewoo on PCP and there was a clause stating that after I had paid x amount of months I could basically hand the keys in and walk away without any settlement fee. Could anyone let me know whether that is a standard PCP clause? Or whether…
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cheapest place to get good/medium tyres with the
following measurements 235/75 or 80/R15. thanks in advance. we are based middlesex/london/surrey borders. ideally balancing and valve all inclusive would be great. might be too locally specific but thought worth a try!
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our diesel engine now running on vegetable oil with diesel...
our diesel engine is now running on a mix of diesel and oil and not only does the engine seem to work better but it is also cheaper! i just need to find the cheapest oil supply now! it has halved our price of diesel consumption!!!so if this helps anyone please try it but check first maybe with bio diesel supplier if can…
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Type of engine oil to use - VW polo (petrol)
Hello, Yesterday my car beeped at me and flashed up the oil lamp - a great feature I'm not used to having driven an ancient car before this one. Having looked at the manual it's telling me to buy some VW engine oil and giving me a code for that. In true moneysaving style I would prefer to get my oil from Tesco or Halfords…
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Latex Gloves
They are a godsend when doing DIY on a car, but I refuse to buy them at inflated prices. I bought some from a Vauxhall dealer for about £0.80 a box of 100. They don't sell them anymore and it was a special offer and a trade price - normal price was about £1.50 at the time. But it illustrates how much these things should…
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Car insurance repairs not to my standard.
The garage whom my car insurance chose to repair my car (following someone reversing a truck into it) returned it today. However they have not polished/T cut or whatever it is a garage does to make it all look the same colour. It is clearly evident it has a new wing. I have rung Drivers Assist who arranged everything to…
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save on parking tickets!
:eek: you've just come back to your car and you've found a ticket there for £40, £60 or £80 (depending on your local council and when you pay) and that money could have paid for legitimate parking many times over of course the most obvious answer is dont park illegally - it does normally take a bit more effort to drive…
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sun visor or blind for drivers SIDE window
im fed up of having the sun in my eyes coming through the side windows, not the windscreen while Im driving. I move the front visor round but it doesnt cover enough of the window to shut out the sun. I have been trying to look for visors or blinds or something to cover about 2 inches along the top of the drivers side…
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Removing Deep scratches
Hi, this morning I had a prang in my car (only passed 3 weeks ago) and reversed into a metal fence, resulting in a deep scratch at the back. It seems to have gone down to the metal. I dont know much about car care, dont really even want to know much to be honest but dont want my car to turn into a rust bucket so I know I…
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need to hire a car to take to europe cheap
hi hope someone can help, i am travelling to europe on 1st oct and travelling round a few countries, does anyone know a car hire company that is not to expensive that they can reccommend. thanks ken
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New Car Advice
I bought a 2006, 1.0 Toyota Yaris over the weekend for £6k with 9.8K on the clock.. Was this a good deal? :confused: (Not very good with cars) Also, what things should keep in the car? (First Aid Kit, Map..Etc..) Thanks in Advance
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hp on car
hi i was wondering if anyone could help us my partners dad passed away this year on april 13th he had a renault megane and only had it 3 weeks we rang dvla and they told us on how to put the log book in my partners name which we have done and insurance , we now what to get rid of the car as its not suitable for us so my…
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Keys stolen
Have had my car keys stolen and driving license was also in my bag so my address is known. Brand new vauxhall on the driveway so although I have my spare transponder key I need to get it re-programmed and another one done. Any idea how much, having a bad time here, have lost all faith in human beings and just had a glass…
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Help Buying/Budgeting for a Used Car
I'm thinking of buying a used car soon by paying so much every month and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips or advice on places to go and how I could actually budget for it since I'm usually crap at budgeting and a car loan is one thing i couldn't be late paying for. I would be looking at an 04 plate probably a…
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High cost of punture repair.
I recently noticed that one of my car tyres had been punctured by a small screw. On telephoning about 6 tyre dealers (mainly national known names) it appears that a repair will cost between £15 and £20. The price includes rebalancing and a new valve. None of the dealers would attempt a repair without these, in my view,…
