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Poll - Speed Cameras: Are Swindon doing the right thing?
Swindon's council has voted to press ahead with plans to pull out of the town's safety camera partnership and restructure road safety. The cameras will go from June and be replaced with vehicle-activated signs. (link) Do you support this initiative? Please vote and add comments below. GG
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MPV - opinions please
I've just read the thread on the Toyota Verson vs the VW Touran. My prblem is slightly different so I hope nobody minds a new thread. I teach music and need to cart a double bass around 2 or 3 times per week. DD1 plays the cello & sometimes we need to take both together. I have a Renault Grand Scenic now which has been a…
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Government Allowance for business miles?
OH has heard that you can claim tax relief for business miles if you use your own car. Can anyone tell me how this works? He has been offered a job with car allowance & fuel allowance and does around 40,000 miles per year. TIA :D .
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Looking for a VW Polo - any tips
I am looking for a VW Polo for my son. There are quite a few around locally including diesels and various sized petrol engines. He is not fussed whether it is a 3 or 5 door and has a budget of £1500. Looking about it seems that with that kind of money he should be able to buy something like a W or X reg. If anyone has any…
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Returning A Faulty Car?
I'm not sure if this is the correct section of the forum but it's the closest I could find! I have a bit of a dilemma at the moment regarding a second hand car that I bought a week ago. I bought a used car from an independent dealer last week on finance and used it to take me away for a week long break the day after. The…
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Car finance firm reneging on settlement figure.
6 weeks ago, i was offered a revised settlement figure on my car. This figure was roughly a grand under what was contracted as the final balloon payment. I have spent this time looking for a buyer to clear the finance at the agreed lower figure. I found someone prepared to take the car off of me at more or less this value,…
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Fixing mirror glass, best adhesive?
I need to fix a new mirror glass on a Nissan Micra. It has had a replacement glass in before but the double sided sticky pads failed and the glass came off. I have bought a new glass and would like to know which is the best adhesive to fix it back with please. Fortyfoot
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Engine 'squeak' noise at start up?
Hi all, Ihave a Skoda Octavia 1.6 Classic 2002 with 54k miles on the clock, hope someone can advise me on this problem.. There is a 'squeaking' noise coming from the engine when I start the engine from cold. It squeaks in rhythm with the engine running and increases in pace when I touch the accelerator. This noise will…
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Parking Ticket
I have received a parking ticket for parking on a disabled space. However I did not know this was disabled space as there was no road markings. I have a permit for this street as I live close by and obvioulsy would have not parked there if I knew it was a disabled space as parking is free for me anyway. I have since…
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Selection criteria for cars
Having now to replace an 11 year old car, I am totally out of knowledge both of the car market and what is available. I have of course read Martin's article on car buying as a start. In that Parkers have on their website a feature where you can select certain features relating to your prospective car - it's essentially…
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Car insurance claim - no motor legal protection
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Parking Ticket Help Needed
Hiya All, Over easter I was staying with friends in Stoke and parked outside their house. On Bank Holiday monday I came out to find a parking ticket on my windscreen (the street has a residential parking scheme). Having checked the parking signs it turns out my friend was wrong when she said it'd be fine to park there as…
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Car tax
I have a Ford Mondeo (2000 model year; W reg) for which I had to pay £101.75 for car tax for 6 months. Is this a reasonable amount? Or would you say that there may be an error in calculations by the DVLA? A friend of mine, who has an R reg ford mondeo pays less that I do. Does anyone know what factors go into deciding the…
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Rail Travel Advice Req'd Please
Hi All, Im hoping someone can help me here. Due to work constraints i cant get a flight to edinburgh on the 22nd of May so can only fly to london late that night. I need to get to edinburgh for the Heineken Cup final on the 23rd. So looking at getting a train at 6:15 is the earliest i think. Has anyone any advice on how to…
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vw beetle help please (chairs exactly i think )
hello i am a female and dont really understand and thought i might get a reply quick than texting my partner. anyway he has asked me to look for seats for our beetle she is called betty :) anyway i'm googling seats for betty and am now confused as to why i can buy seperate seats but then come across all in ones. she is a…
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Buy used Zafira now or wait till budget next week with ?? Scrappage Scheme...
Hi All Looking to move from my 9+ year old 2 litre Mondeo to a newer Zafira mummymobile. My budget is around £6,000 and currently looking at a 3 year old 34k miles jobbie for about £5,500. Question is will the possible Scrappage scheme coming in at next weeks budget help me at all? - Is a scrappage scheme likely to include…
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Best rail card for foreign visitor to UK
Hi I have friends coming over from USA to UK in June. They will be travelling around the UK using the rail system. Can anyone please recommend the best type of rail discount card for them. (2 adults) TIA
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Help! Worried about a car insurance settlement offer
About a month and a half ago, my parked car was the loser after a lorry and another car involved in a crash collided with it. The insurance co supplied me with a replacement car & told me they’d be in touch, I’d keep my no claims bonus and not need to pay the excess. Heard absolutely nothing until last night I got an email…
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AutoAid - Watch Out!
This is a breakdown recovery service that isn't... We broke down last Saturday, and tried to call them for assistance - no number. We tried various 118 no's, no assistance no. We got someone to go to their website - no assistance no. So we were stuck. We eventually (after 20 phone calls) tracked down a local repair…
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How to Sell a Car with Negative Equity
HI, Registered this morning becuase I need some advice. I have a 2008 Honda Civic Type R GT on a 3.5 year PCP agreement that I got last september. Unfortunalty the petrol costs of this car are now killing me as I work 44miles away from where I live so an 90 mile round trip everyday is not ideal for this type of car and…
