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Tax Exempt ? Help please!
Hi folks, I'm thinking of buying a well loved little car that was first regestered in 1986 from an auction. My dad's just said that if its over 20 years old then it will be tax exempt - is this true?? and if so does that automatically happen or do you have to regester for it or something?? Many thanks in advance for your…
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hydraulic problems on tractor
Hi, My OH has a tractor mounted chipper that has a problem with the hydraulics. The 3 point linkage is stuck in the up position no matter what you do with the controller. He is pretty good at fixing things but doesn't know about this problem. We can't afford to get it looked at at the mo but need to get it sorted. If…
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MPG performance?
Hi I currently have a Yaris SR 1.3 and my mum has offered selling me her 1.6l Audi A3 for a decent price which I'm tempted to do due to the increased amount of motorway driving I'm doing at the moment where the Yaris feels a little underpowered. Should I expect my MPG at motorway cruising speed to be better in the Audi due…
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replace rear shock
I need to replace rear shock on merecedes C class and wondered if it is a job I could do myself. Any experts out there that can advise me. Thanks
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Buying a bike from halfords..
Hope in the right place wasn't sure where to post! guess it is a type of transport!..anyway Halfords have a nice bike i want but it is only available in store miles away from me so i can get it delivered but it says sent ready for home assembly? how hard will it be to put together as not great at these type of things!…
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finding the best PCP provider
Is it possible to get quotes for PCP finance independantly? I have priced up a car on Broadspeed and Drive the Deal whic are equally impressive and save a fair bit on List price. The car would be bought directly from a dealer (after being introduced from one of the above). Now I'm guessing most dealers are tied to one or…
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Best car to hire to carry 6 people
Hi all, I am looking to hire a car to carry 6 people including driver. Basically, myself, my partner and both our parents. What's the best vehicle to get - not used to driving large vehicles. What's the best place to get it. I figured that Enterprise might be good as they come and pick you up and drop you off. Not sure if…
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Car repair question - broke down again next day - should I pay?
I have a question about my car repair recently I broke down with an engine management fault - left it at a garage and he said it was a wiring problem which he fixed - but it broke again the next day with the same problem - he said that he had just fiddled about with the wires a bit and that the problem didnt show up when…
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Midland Mainline: No weekend Advance tickets? London St Pancras to Leicester
Hi all, I am looking to book some railway tickets from London St Pancras to Leicester on the last weekend in May at around 9pm and can't see any Advance First tickets. It seems like for most weekends there aren't any cheap tickets either? Why is this? Has Midland Mainlines stopped cheap tickets on weekends? Or are they…
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Are petrol stations open today?
Title says it all but anyone been out and are they open? Hardly any petrol left and dont wanna run out getting there if its not open!!
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Macclesfield-London (thank you and more q's-sorry)
ok so thanks to all you helpfull people on these boards i managed to get my train ticket to london for 1st july for just £8! :j off the virgin website. It was an advance ticket and i signed up to the advance ticket 'alert' as advised. im very pleased! so thank you all! :T:T:T:T:T but i also need a ticket to come home…
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Help with Train travel ..please
Hi, can anyone help me please ......Im a muppet when it comes to arranging train travel- maybe as -I have never done it before !! What I would like to do is - On the 18 April ,go to the Stamping show at Alexandra Palace in London. I live in Lincolnshire and can travel from either Boston or Skegness. I would like to get…
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Is there a way you can find out road traffic accidents statistics
Hi, Sorry if this is the wrong forum, But I am looking to find out how many road trafic accidents there has been on the road I live on in the last five years, is this possible or will it come under the data protection act? If this is possible how do I go or were do I go about getting this information, Thanks in advance,…
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Carcraft
A friend is thinking of buying a car from them. We went along yesterday and I was shocked by there tactics. No discounts, heavy salesmen etc. Anyone have any experience with them?
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Driving a hire car with out of date tax ..
This week my OH had an accident and the car was towed... now he eventually managed to get a courtesy car on Friday PM.. he drove it yesterday and then this morning when I went to get in I noticed the tax ran out on March 31st. OH rang the hire car firm and the woman said oh its not a problem , Head office will have the…
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Best car can buy for under £2000?
Looking at getting another car due to having so many problems with mine at the moment, looking to only spend £2000, just seeing what is the best car I could buy second hand for that amount. Was thinking something quite reliable such as a honda or toyota, but want something that looks half decent also, any ideas? There are…
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Moped/Scooter insurance for 16 year old
I do realise that cheep is not an option here but rip off is an understatment, does anyone know we could try
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Car keyed. Very upset.
Some little !!!!! has keyed my car. Its been a few hours but I'm still really fuming :mad: I don't get why !!!!!!!!s do such a things on purpose. Parked it on the next street, about 50m away. Two big marks running through both the left side doors and a medium squiggly mark on rear door(kind of like a 's' or snake). Is it…
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Nationwide AutoCentre- Avoid
I felt compelled to report a very poor experience with Nationwide Autocentres. We needed an MOT on our son's car and were using them for the second year principally because we had taken out an MOT Guarantee with them. Last year's experience wasn't brilliant and very expensive but I put that down to our inital purchase…
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sold a car and 1 week later the tyres have no tread
bought a car from a dealership last saturday and have just had the front tyres off today, my dad says they are illegal as they have no tread along either edge of the tyre and that it was illegal for the dealership to let me drive off with the car in this condition is this right? im going to get in touch with the dealership…
