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Help - Getting a car but so confused - Please help!
Hi all! just wandering if anyone can help me decide on a car. Here is a few details: I have approx £6000 that i can budget in time (hopefully less spent the better though). I am only able to drive in automatic transition (*sp). Also i am looking for something that is grade 1 insurance if poss and has a decent amount of…
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2 cars - BOTH soon to be mine ... what to do?
Hey, Recently bought myself a Seat Leon - love it to bits. But, I'm due to start a slightly different form of work for 3 months. This work provides a company car to use for the travel, so my car is going to be sat around alot. Not completely, but it's going to be used very very little. Is there anything I should be doing,…
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Advice please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My hubby is changing jobs soon and needs a decent car as he will be doing probably around 500/600 miles per week. He only wants a small/ish car with decent mpg. He has been looking at a Fiesta for around £7k on the road (new). He will get 28p per mile from his employer which should cover the cost/devaluation. So, what car…
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Just Bought New Car, Now Seen It Cheaper
I just put down a small deposit on a new car this afternoon. However, doing a little search on it when I came home I see that another local dealer has the same car for £1200 cheaper albiet without A/C. As I have not signed anything as yet, only paid my deposit, can I cancel that and order from the other dealer. I realise…
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Oil filter and new oil
Hi I cannot find which company was running the above offer. The offer started at £10.00 raising to some £20.00. Can you help??
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mbna car ins. is this legal????
hi, my wife's insurance documents have just arrived. the policy auto-renews at end of every 12 months. a 14 day cancellation period exists but with this caveat: 'no refund of premium will be given in respect of Uinsured Loss Recovery' - which in this case is £22.05. my OH has decided not to renew this policy, having left…
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Oyster card warning
Transport for London seem to be having problems with the Oyster card system. According to the Oyster website, my balance was £4.70 on the morning of 24/01/08. I then made two journeys at 12:16 and 20:56. When I checked my balance later that night it showed £2.90, which I agreed with. However, just before I topped up my…
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Nectar/Tesco Club Card or Other for Fuel?
Wonder if anyone has any views on this. I have a company car with a company credit card to pay for fuel, just recently stopped off somewhere for fuel and asked if I had a nectar card. Which got me thinking what is the best card to try and get something back, thinking either nectar or tesco club card. I tend to shop at asda…
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cheap cars at car brokers
Hi not sure if ppl are aware of this, but today I went to my local car brokers (to replace sun visor I snapped off, £5 for part and fitting) and found out they sell cars dirt cheap! Cars that have been repossessed because ppl don't have insurance and then the police sell them on dirt cheap from £250 upwards, they had a…
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Help just bought car and problems already!
Hi ive just bought a focus 1.6 from a garage near to me which sells used cars, when test drived it we noticed the speedo wasn't working so the guy said he would get it fixed, fine. Bought car and within 1 day the car shudders slightly when its sitting (clutch isn't in or anything) people have said its maybe the revs are…
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car heaters question?
Is the power for heaters, rear window de-mister, air-con, cd player etc ....FREE power from the battery which charges as you go along anyway, or is it actually using extra petrol?
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Car Depreciation
I am contemplating buying a new car in the next couple of months (small family car) and wondered what the best models are for depreciation. I bought my current car (Peugeot 307) 4 years ago for £11.5k and now its worth trade in about £3.5k - so over the 4 years it cost me £8k - or £2k per year. When I get a new car I will…
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Decent mobile traffic information service?
I'm looking for a traffic information service which is available whilst in-car, and is priced to suit the occasional user (typically once every couple of weeks). I have a TomTom device, but I'm told that the TomTom traffic service is often very late in reporting delays. I also have access to the Orange traffic service on…
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new tyres needed, cheapest place please
i am looking for 4 new tyres for my peugeot 607. i need 225 x 50 z r17 pirelli cheapest i have is £86.50 each fitted. Anyone no any other place i might try, possibly mail order
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Where to get a value for my newish car that I need to sell
Hi, Due to a change in circumstances, I need to sell my newish car. However it is too new to appear on all the valuation sites that I have been on. It is a 57 plate Seat Ibiza 1.4 Formula Sport with 7K miles. Cost new £9K. Does anyone know a website where I can get a valuation for private sale or realistic price for…
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moped or scooter for my 16yr old son
:confused: I am at that stage of deciding whether to get my son to be more independent with his time & transport!! He starts college 9 miles away and is also involved in daily football training/games in a different part of town, so it makes sense to get him a little runaround. Can anyone give me advice on a couple of makes…
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Will there be another cheap train ticket newspaper deal this year?
Dear All, I think the last two years there have been cheap train ticket offers with a national newspaper at this time of year. It certainly happened, two years ago, and I thought it happened last year as well. I found it one MSE in 22 Jan 2006 http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=140142 Buy the paper and…
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Warning to Motorcyclists - RAC/AA Tyre Repairs.
This is a common problem for motorcyclists, the dreaded puncture. It can leave you stranded at work, at the side of the road or outside of your home. I've twice now suffered this, last summer the RAC placed a temporary plug inside the tyre so that I could get home and have the tyre permanently repaired the following day.…
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Help needed from car mechanics
I'm looking for an ''accepted'' definition of - complete engine overhaul. It may ( we'll see what happens ! ) be needed for a court case. The thing is, I've spoken to a few garages and I understand what the term means. I also appreciate different places will interpret it differently ie include more or less work. I've asked…
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Faulty car returned - now finance company won't update our credit file
Advice please: Bought car on finance last month and garage have accepted that the car is too faulty and they will take it back and clear finance. They have done this but now the finance company say they cannot update my records to this effect for c4weeks and until then i cannot take further finance elsewhere? Is there…
