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Help with my 125 scooter (gets cold)
Hi with this cold weather my bike gets cold and someimes is difficult to start in the mornings-it is in the communal bin shed so is undercover, but it does take a while to start , i am not a bike minded person so don't understand anything to technical- would putting a sock over the exhaust once it has cooled down be any…
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Advice - electric windows open by themselves
Hi I parked my Zafira at a large event car park (02) in London last Saturday. I know my car a was locked and all the windows shut when I left the car as I checked drivers side door was locked. On retuning all the windows where half down fortunately nothing was stolen but rain did get in all the seat where wet.…
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Car kettle
Hubby wants a car kettle (he's a cab driver). Found this http://www.t2retail.co.uk/Appliances/Car_Kettle_To_Go/ The time for a 12v to boil is 18 mins:eek: I guess thats full & from cold, if he brought a thermos of hot water it would be much quicker. So is are all boiling times the same (depending on volume of course)? Are…
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1st Car help!!!
Hi everyone! I just need to know the legal side of the following: My very close friend has a car i can buy off him. He has 2k left to pay on finance. The only way i can buy the car off him is to pay monthly - (we are both happy to do this) he then pays the finance company. trouble is i dont know if this is legal? and what…
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Where are these cheap cars ?
Hi chaps ... I'm VERY vaguely looking for a new car, super mini type I'm thinking, Corsa, Yaris, Clio. All the chaps in the pub say "...dealers are giving them away..." - well, not the ones I've spoken to. I haven't pushed very hard, I'm afraid I'm not very good at driving a bargain, but none of them seem desperate. I even…
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206 heating problems
I noticed the other day my heater on my 206 doesn't work, it will blow hot air for a few minutes then go cold, any ideas as to what it is or could be
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MOT engine warning light
My engine warning light is on (I know why) will the car pass the MOT with it on? I think that it will.
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Tyres - it pays to shop around
Christmas isn't a great time to have to splash out on two new tyres for my wife's car (Yokohama GO35) so I was keen to get the best price possible. My local suppliers quoted me anything from £115 to £140 each. Online from companies like Blackcircles I could get it down to £110 using discount vouchers / Quidco etc. However,…
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does anyone know about tyres?
hi guys and girls, need a bit of advice. had my m.o.t this morning and my 6 year old stilo scraped through, needs new brake pads at the front (worn but legal-they will get fixed asap) and two front tyres. with brake pads its easy, we have a very good motor factor close by, i can get them very easily, but the tyres are…
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Grrrr... get awf my land!
I have office premises in town with a long drive with walls either side. It's enough for two cars side by side and - at a real push - perhaps 3 cars deep. Today, I left the car at home and ran to work. My wife was going to park at my work later in the day, in order to take our 2 boys to an event in town. My work colleague…
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Help - Megane suspect engine mount
While driving OH's car the other day I noticed that there was a lot of movement in the gear leaver when acelerating/decelerating. This doesn't seem right to me and I am suspecting there is a problem with one of the engine mounts. Can anyone confirm if this is likely to be the case or do all Meganes do this?
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Buying a stolen/recovered car
We have used this particular salvage company before with no problems. They gave us (not a very good) copy of an hpi check that was done on 03 December and have told us that its not recorded as stolen/recovered. We would like to verify this but not sure that a basic hpi would show this up.
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Brake Light Switch ARGHHHHHH!!!
Hi everyone, Im having problems with my brake light switch (it keeps on sticking and the brake lights arent coming on!) Ive got upside down and into the footwell to have a look at it but i cant see a way of removing it! My car is a Peugeot 306 (1999) any idea how much it will cost me to have it repaired / replaced?
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Whats the punishment for a non working speedo?
Car isnt being used as speedo isnt working but what is the punishment for being caught with no speedo? Thanks.
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£3 Southern Trains!
Southern trains have extra cheap tickets (usually £3 one way) for London to Brighton and vice versa. They may include other destinations but I've never tried. Thing is, you can't buy these off Southern's website. You can either: 1) Go to a participating Southern trains railway station and buy the tickets. You have to ask…
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Corsa gearbox not working properly
Hi. I'm hoping somebody can clear this up for me, but I think my Corsa '04 gearbox might have had it. I was waiting at a set of lights on a roundabout at the start of a bypass. My foot slipped off the clutch as a moved off and the wheels spun a hell of a lot and I heard a clunck under the car when I went into 2nd gear. As…
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Mondeo electric window not working
One window (passenger side) on OH car won't go back up. It's an O2 2.00 Zetec. All the other windows working. Is there anyway to get the window up manually till he can get it to garage tomorrow?
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Looking for insurers which provide car hire CDW
Hello Folks Does anyone know of any UK insurance companies which provide FULL CDW (Collision Damage waiver without any excess) insurance on car rentals? I know there's a few companies around such as https://www.insurance4carhire.com but they only insure you against the CDW excess, they don't actually provide the CDW cover…
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British Car Auctions- Auctionview Promo Codes
Hi, Anyone know where to acquire a Promo code to use the Auctionview service on the British Car Auctions website? Thanks for any help.
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Skoda Felicias?
Hello again :hello: Thanks again for all the helpful advice given regarding my Rover. I plan to put it through it's MOT in January, and hopefully run it either until something goes drastically wrong or I have the money for a runaround. :) Anyway, in the interests of research, I have been looking at Skodas on ebay,…
