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Speeding fine (what the law says?)
Ok, i was traveling up a road today when out jumped a police woman and directed me into a layby. i thought it was a routine stop so i pulled over. she told me to stop the engine and go to sit in her car, of which i did. She asked me 'what is the speed limit on this stretch of road' i replied 'I think its 30 miles per hour'…
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National Express - Where are the funfares?
Hi Can anyone help? I am looking to travel from Birmingham to London Victoria on 11th October. I have used the funfares in the past. These now only seem to go up until end of Sept. Does anyone know if they are stopping the funfares? If we have to pay full price does anyone have a discount code? Many thanks
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Best place to get replacement bodywork
On my fiat punto i've got a dent to the right hand side of my car but i'm unsure of the correct term that the bodywork is called. *picture is not my car but exact model* the dent is on the panel just below the lights and i was wondering if anyone can tell me what the name of the bodywork is please? Also what places or best…
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Engine coolant
Hi, do you know of a good engine coolant in a relatively cheap price for my peugeot306? Also do I have to mix water with the coolant/antifreeze? I have heard that in cold countries like UK, water can freeze in cooling system. Thanks in advance.
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Train ticket help please
I'm planning a trip to Manchester from Cambridge soon & I've realised that by splitting the journey into 4 separate singles (Cambridge to Birmingham, Birmingham to Manchester & reverse) that I can get ticket price down to under £40 return which is great, but I'm a little worried.... I've given myself ample time to change…
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Reserved Seat Allocation on Virgin Trains
Have just got my Virgin train tickets for 2 of us hoping to travel together from Liverpool to London and the seat numbers are 27A and 23A. Does anyone know if these are together or if not can we change them?
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Sellers/Buyers Rights
I sold a car privately about 6 weeks ago, complete with 10 months MOT and alot of repairs done on it. Yesterday, the person who bought it came back to me and said that they have had problems with the car. They said that they had to relace the clutch cable a few weeks, and now the car has died completly and is in a garage.…
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Delay repay train help!
Hiya! This might go on a bit so sorry! Firstly, don't think of me as someone who wants to get every penny I can off a company, I don't do this often (as you can tell by my querying how to work things out!). Ok, last week I was getting a train back from London to my home town. First train was cancelled, second train was…
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Buying a car (Tax and CATC/D etc)
Evening all if i were to buy a car untaxed how would i go about taxing it in the quickest way ?? also , what is the danger in buying a car that says `was a cat c or cat d but is now all fixed officialy` ? Cheers
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Brake Discs
Hi all I hope someone can help with a query. Just had an advisory on the MOT that the car has only just met the front brake imbalance requirements, and may need adjustment or repair. I'm guessing this means the discs may need to be changed, so my question is this - how much can I expect to pay? The car is an 8-year-old…
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Problems with Renault Megane
I don't know if this is the right forum to post this query on, but hope that mods will move if necessary. We bought an 05 reg Renault Megane cabriolet with 6,500 miles on the clock, three months ago from Renault Liverpool and paid £10,000 which included a 12 month warranty. The car looks very nice but on driving it there…
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Oyster card maximum fare ripoff
Anyone know if there is a way to reclaim maximum fare charges going back longer than 2 months? I have only just noticed that the Waterloo reader does not always read my card correctly, so have been charged the maximum fare quite a few times in last two months. I have reclaimed this, but they say they cannot go back any…
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Bad garage repairs
I can't find any information on this forum on what to do if you have had bad service from a garage. The story goes: I had my car MOT'd at one garage (opposite where I work) and they failed it saying it had a lot of rust and needed welding. I took it back into them to be welded and it passed and I thought it was all fine.…
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Car insurance for loads of cars?
Well, 'loads' might be pushing it a tad, but I might end up with five cars before too long and I really want to keep insurance costs down to a minimum. At the moment I've got three all insured on seperate policies, but was wondering if there's a more cost effective way of doing it. I know of multi-car policies from the…
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How I got upgraded to First Class on train
This will not apply to all journeys, but I just thought I would share with you how myself and some other passengers upgraded to First Class for free on a train recently. Basically if your train is overcrowded (mine was, due to another train being cancelled) and you can't get a seat, go and check if there are any free seats…
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worried about losing driving licence
hi i wonder if anyone can help me.my doctor told me to inform the dvla about my medical.i did and they send me a questionnaire,but now i worried they take my licence of me.i on10 mg olna.Has any one had this hap to them.
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New driving licence
Thinking of getting a new licence to replace my tatty paper one and get some endorsements off. I think SP30s are automatically removed after 4yrs? Does anyone know if it is worth it, or if there are plans to integrate it some other licence or compulsory identification cards in the near future. Don't want to pay twice!
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Complex one - taking ownership of an abandoned car
Hi There, I was wondering if someone could offer some help with this - our neighbours from a few doors down have done a "moonlight flit" to Spain (actually in February) and their house has been repossessed. Their car is still on the drive and has recently been tagged with a sign which states that it will be towed away and…
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Insurance Documents - how long to arrive?
How long do insurance documents take to arrive? I got a new car this afternoon, got the insurance online this morning, and just discovered the tax expires at the end of August. We're off on holiday friday, so need the insurance docs to arrive in the next 2 days, so we can get the tax disc, as the post office will be closed…
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Honda civic 1995 automatic judder
My beloved 1995 Honda civic 16esi auto is starting to judder when i drive away from stationary. It doesn't matter if it is in D or S and it also does it in Reverse, as soon as it is moving there is no problem and the box shifts up and down freely. Creeping forward at the lights is becoming painful ! My local independent…
