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Car Tax disc colours?
Can anyone tell me what the colours are for recent tax discs? How often do they change?
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New car does anyone know about Renault Senic's
Hello, just a quickie we've been looking at buying a new shape renault senic but can anyone tell me what ones better the Expression version or the Dynamique version? i think they make 3 types but cannot remember what order they go in (in terms of betterness) Thanx if anyone can help. Kelly x
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London to Glasgow return by train
Hi - I need to make frequent return trips to Glasgow leaving on Thurs or Fri late afternoon/eve and coming back Sunday. I much prefer the train but find I can't find anything cheaper than £40 per ticket each way. :confused: I've heard about fare splitting but don't know where to start! I am quite happy to change trains,…
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Free Car Checks
Removed as per site policy. Sorry! Who is the board guide for this section?
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Selling car/number plate help..
Odd one this! I have a Nissan Sunny, an old one, 1989 I think that I want to sell. It has no tax or mot as it hasn't been driven for about a year... will need battery charging, brakes unlocking etc.. I know that I won't get much at all for the car.. BUT.. I have a cherished plate on it. The plate is similar to a name…
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On Employee Car Ownership Scheme, can I claim business mileage?
I currently run a car provided by my employer on an Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme. The benefit includes a fuel card that is settled by the company. Therefore I do not pay for any fuel, whether private or for business (except a little tax - the benefit, not the amount paid, is calculated at 9p per private mile).…
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VW Golf making loud bang when put into reverse
as the title suggests, my hubby went to drive to work, put his p reg golf into reverse and *BANG* anyone got any ideas????
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New Car
Hello All, I'm thinking of buying a new car but already have one on finance. The dealers have said they part ex they would offer will leave my car in negative equity which would be added to the balance of the new car. I've been advised by someone though that if I'm half way through my payment terms on the car I have I can…
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Cheaper Rail Travel - Book Direct
I've just looked at booking some rail tickets from Manchester down to london and looked on a search website trainline. It showed me that Virgintrains were the cheapest so went to book... However just out of curisity i looked at the same booking under www.virgintrains.com and it was cheaper!! The actual price of the ticket…
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Speed camera in Brighton
I was in Brighton last night, heading south on the A23 (next to Preston Park for those who know the area) and went past a speed camera. I knew it was there so I made sure I did not go over the 30 limit, yet I still got flashed. Has anyone else been flashed by this camera despite knowing they weren't speeding and if so, did…
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I need to lease a car....
I need to lease a car to be used for driving tuition. Therefore it needs to have dual controls fitted and I will have my signage put on it. I do around 30K miles per year. I want the car to be a Mini. Does anyone know where I should look? Thanks in advance.
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train ticket expiry
basically i have an unused part of a "saver return" now called "off-peak" that gives a expiration date of 2nd november. can i still travel using it ON the 2/11 or does it have to be used before this date. Thanks
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Indicators have stopped working
Does anyone know what might be causing this? Thanks.
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Win 10 Free Driving Lessons worth £260
A monthly competition to win 10 free driving lessons with a driving school in Bristol (so only for those in Bristol or Bath). Next draw is 1st November 2008.. http://www.momentumdrivingschool.com/win10
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5% off transport in London
I'm not sure if this is perhaps better off in a credit card forum - but I see that Barclaycard are now offering a cashback version of their Onepulse card which offers cashback. The 0.5% isn't anything to write home about, but there's a much nicer 5% cashback on all TfL spending - so your travelcard, bus pass, Oyster…
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Balding tyre advice
I have 2 tyres that I think are just below minimum tread allowed. Our police have announced a week long vehicle safety check/inspection where random drivers will be stopped and tyres, wipers etc will be checked. I passsed one of these checks late this afternoon and they were pulling in every other car. Luckily I wasn't…
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MOT Advice Needed
Hey guys It's coming up to MOT Time and I'm pretty sure that to pass I'll have to have some work done. There is a rattling coming from the underside of the car that sounds suspiciously like a loose exhaust (despite having work done on it three times since I bought the thing eighteen months ago) which, AFAIK, will fail an…
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Air Fresheners for Cars
Which are the best? and where can I buy them cheapest (in quantities of 10 to 20 ish) Ta in advance, :beer:
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Declaring points on car insurance for additional driver
If my ex who is insured to drive my car (wasn't ex at time insurance taken out and not removed him as hadn't really thought about it got more pressing issues to deal with) has subsquently picked up I believe 6 points through 2 offences on his driving licence (one of which he misinformed me about - read it in the local…
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Negotiating price on used cars?
We've been looking at nearly new cars recently, at a range of dealers and trade/car supermarket type places and have found that they don't seem to be prepared to move on price at all. Is this typical nowadays? I'm used to negotiating on any large purchase, last time I bought a car from a dealer (ok a long time ago, back in…
