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No Credit Card Car Hire
Hi Fellow Money Savers.... I left a message beginning of August about our experience in booking car hire in Murcia without a credit card. Well, the outcome on contacting Valuecarrentals is as follows, just got the reply today.... Since you sent your original email we have been emailing Solmar customer services regularly to…
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Headlights converters for Europe.
:hello: I'm off to France tomorrow. I've got the headlamp converters, but lost the instructions so not sure exactly where to stick them on. Anyone know if this information is available online? I know it's a long shot because it's vehicle specific, but if anyone can assist I'd be grateful. It's a Volvo S60. Cheers! MBE…
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Leicester-Birmingham train prices shot up in price
I used to go to Birmingham on the train for shopping about once every three weeks - a month. It was £8.50 day return (after 9:30am weekdays and all weekend). Checked on the internet, the price has gone to £13.10 - 54% increase. Why is this? I last used the train service either 4th or 5th August. I will not be going to Brum…
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RAC Recovery insurance, What happens if you move house?
Daughters renewal for roadside recovery and home is due soon but she will be moving house soon as she has got a job in another city. Will they just alter her details once shes moved and wll they charge for this change or will she have to start another cover?
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Selling a car via Vehicle Trades UK?
Hi all, I currently have a car for sale and it is advertised locally in the evening paper and also on their associated website. I had a call this a.m. from a company called Vehicle Trades UK telling me that they had 4 potential buyers for my car. They wanted a one off registration fee of £79.95 to allow them to send my…
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Used car mileage query
Hi everyone :wave: Just a quick question. A friend of mine has been looking at a car which is for sale privately in the area. When he ran the check with the RAC, they said that the mileage he'd entered into their system was inconsistent with the data that they held on it. The clock says 39,000 - the registered mileage was…
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Wheel change costs
I want to swap one of my alloys out with the spare, so 2 alloys switch tyres and so new alloy and old tyre onto car and used alloy fitted with spare tyre and into the boot. Steering was checked last week as part of MOT so would tracking need to be done or just balancing? How much would I be looking at?
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Virgin Trains Ticket Advice Please
I am going to London from Manchester in October. It's very rare I use the train outside the Manchester area. Virgin Trains website are offering four tickets:* Advance * Semi-Flexible * Flexible * First Class I phoned Virgin because I wanted to go off peak (leaving Sat after 10am,returning Sun after 10am) I also have a…
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Driving 90 miles to an auction - good idea?
Thanks to Happy Chappy on the BCA thread I've managed to get some info on the auction prices of the car I'm looking at and went to my local auction today and watched 4 go for decent prices although I had just gone to watch and didn't bid. There don't seem to be too many near me in the next couple of weeks and with my…
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Beware great yarmouth parking , fined disabled driver
Beware today i drove into market square council car park, placed my blue badge in the window as usual came back to the car only to find a parking ticket for £65 along with loads of other disabled drivers as apparently from today they stopped the free parking for disabled drivers , went straight to the council office and…
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Student Train Advise - Ticket
Help, I'm confused in working out how to obtain the cheapest ticket for a month or longer. I need to travel from glenrothes (with thornton) to Edinburgh Waverley each day M-F , from 7:00 returning 17:30 any ideas on how to get the cheapets student price? aged 32 thought of getting a 16-25 young card , and paying daily…
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Cameras and points and fines
Just wondered if anyone had any idea how long it takes to be issued with fine/points etc if caught by a camera on a traffic light. (red light).
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Just a question re car insurance?
Hello all My daughter is a newbie driver and up until she passed her test (yippee!) last week her insurance was £550. This was third party fire and theft, with me and her dad as named drivers - the car is a nissan micra, called Ruby :D When she passed I knew I had to phone her insurance company (Quinn's) but was left…
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Replacement Windscreen
A 15 inch crack in my windscreen forces a replacement. And with the MOT due soon I need to get it done. My windscreen excess is £60 but I have found a place that will do it for £85. Does anyone know of anywhere that may do it for less than £60? I'm looking for somewhere in South East Kent. I'd be grateful to hear of…
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Focus radio losing reception
I have an 02 Focus.A few months ago the radio started turning itself off (I just thought it was the front plate working itself loose) About 5-6 weeks I then started to lose reception on the radio after about 20-25 minutes of driving. Happens on all stations and AM/FM. :( I searched the net and it seems other people have…
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Best driving experience buy?
Hi, I'm looking to purchase a driving experience for 2-4 of us, ideally at Brands Hatch, but anywhere in the South East really... I've found the site for the main Brands Hatch experiences, but have no idea if they're any good, or good value... I'd like something really fast, where we get to drive ourselves, for as long as…
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How do I prove it?
My neighbour knocked this morning to say shethinks I hit her car when I backed out of the driveway this morning, my car hasn't been on the drive for 2 days but my husbands was. I said to her my car wasn't on the drive but she wouldn't listen. She said there are some scratches on mine she hadn't noticed before. The…
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car parking at earls court
Does anyone know if there is anywhere to park at or near earls court.I am going to see George Michael on bank holiday monday,it would be so much easier for me to drive.thanks:j
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megabus complaint
helllo, On Friday, i used the mega bus on a long haul journey from London Victoria to Aberdeen to attend a friends wedding. from start to finish the journey was a complete nightmare - the double decker coach that was due to take us on our journey broke down en route to london victoria, so we were provided with one single…
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central locking key
i've lost the central locking key for my boyfriends car does anyone know how much a replacement will be we only have a spare which is just a manual key you have to put in the door. Its an 2006 corsa and also how do they do it do they need the car or the manual key and how long will it take? any ideas? Thanks
