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New car Tax details
Not sure if anyone has seen this http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/ but it gives the details for the tax (RFL) on all cars for now and future years. gary
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Tomtom cheap camera updates from Tesco
Tesco Direct.... email yesterday shows offer on their speed camera update , at half rrp = £9.99 I had an email from tomtom just 3 weeks ago announcing this latest update .. and bought it at their special price of £16.60 Feeling somewhat miffed about this !!.. i emailed tomtom yesterday and politely made the point that i…
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Petrol!
! Quick! Grabbit while you can! Available at the moment accross the country at between £1.05 and £1.30! Get it quickly it will be gone by next week :j :j
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Caught speeding with expired provisional.
My brother was caught doing 90mph on the motorway recently, he's got a provisional but it is expired. Is he looking at a jail sentance?
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Sat Nav car power
The lead I have for my Garmin Sat Nav has just blown it's second fuse, I'm sure it is down to the car I was using it in as it has been fine in my own car but Does anyone know which fuse I need to get to to replce the broken one, it is for a Garmin i3 Sat Nav Thanks
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Virgin Train/Mobitix
Has any one else had problems using their cards to purchase tickets on mobitix website? I have reccently discovered that whenever i enter my payment details into the website the payment always fails returning error code 101. When i have contacted Virgin Trains about the problem they directed me to The Trainline who then…
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Ford mot for £50 and get a £25 Debenhams giftcard.
Im not sure if this is of use to anyone :o I just got my creditcard statement from Debenhams and there was a leaflet saying If you own a ford that is over 3 years old,come along to your local ford authorised repairer or rapid fit before 30th june 2008 for a £50 mot and receive a thorough check up. What's more,because it's…
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Rail, fares to be "simplified"
According to the media, the system of rail fares is to be "simplified" and "rationalised" so that we can all understand it. (Isn't that what they said about the tax system when they doubled the 10% band - but I digress !) The present system can be a bit complex, but if you use the most user friendly site it isn't that bad,…
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Car radio code
Can anyone help? I have a Ford Fiesta and had to disconnect battery to do some work on it and I do not have the code for the radio. Serial number is M166520. And do I just put the code in or is there a system you have to follow Thanks in advance. Colin
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I need your advice Re:Van i bought
I need your advice on this guys and girls. I bought a van about three weeks ago. This was bought from an Car online auction house that I have been registered with for years now. All vehicles are sold as seen and they are either Vat qualifying or not so depending where they come from they would add VAt at the end of the…
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Virgin are offering London to Manchester during May for £3-£9
I got this offer via travelzoo (I look forward to their weekly email as it has some really good offers). http://uk.cheap-flights.travelzoo.com/european-flights/399168 Basically if you can travel M-F before the end of May, you can get your ticket for £3-£9 !!!!
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New job Reading - London zone 1 train or car?
I'm trying to find the cheaper option, whether that's using the train or the car. I'm looking to move down there in a couple of months so yearly tickets are out. My car has a low Co2 output of under 121 and can do over 55mpg and is exempt from the congestion charge and I'll be going from central Reading to Earls Court…
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Car buyer wants to check car before buying
What is the best way to do this... A buyer's husband works in a garage and wants to take it to this garage (15 miles away), check the car, then return it... So far the have only paid £100 deposit. I've re-mot'd it and had an HPI check done for them. They were talking about doing an AA vehicle check - until they realised…
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Loop Hole in Fuel Card - 2p less on fuel
This may be worth a look - there's a new equestrian fuel card that's just come out. It's by an equestrian breakdown provider and it’s supposed to be for horse owners, but apparently there’s a loop hole because you don’t actually need to own horses to apply for one. That means that anyone can get hold of this card and they…
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Full tank fuel or half ?
On Martin's tv programme motoring special the RAC man suggested that using a full tank was not a good idea due to extra weight- i can see the point of this However,. i use a full tank of fuel, but if i used half a tank it would mean another journey and therefore extra uncessary mileage . So is it still worth putting half a…
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Another DVLA question - you're help much appreciated!
Hi there, Firstly, I have searched previous posts and havn't found anything directly relevant to me and was hoping you guys may be able to help. So, thanks for reading this far: basically, my situation is this: I bought a car a year ago, had a technical problem in January and sold it to a scrap dealer man who came to my…
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AVIS long term rental scheme.
My bfs parents rent a car from avis monthly. they say it works out cheaper for them. Recently their local Avis have been taken over by a new manager, who charged the money to my bfs mums credit card when she usually deals with them in cash, and are now asking her to pay £30 so they can close her account and then open it…
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SORN advice please
Hi folks - friend of mine went away to HKong in 1980s and drove his personal car into a garage whilst he was away, expecting to sort it out on his return. At this time there was no thing as SORN so no probs. However, he is still abroad and is still leasing the garage (from Council) with the original car still inside!! He…
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Pollen filter thingy on my car
I had my car serviced two days ago and when OH collected it for me the garage said that something on my pollen filter was broke and something wouldn't screw in. OH asked him if it was covered under warranty (car is 2 year old) and he said no and that it wasn't important. OH meant to check it out but he's been working since…
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In hysterics - and really embarassed about it!
I hardly ever cry - probably once a year on average - so when it does happen I really go for it! I dropped by Kwik Fit on my way home to book an MOT, feeling a little nervous as the mechanics were sat outside having their break and I always get that twinge of paranoia when parking that they're judging me as a "woman…
