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Fitting roof bars to focus estate with no roof rails
I have an 09 focus estate with no roof rails. I have been told I can fit foof bars with a fixing kit in to the threaded holes in the roof (after lifting a cover in the channel). My question is these holes are covered with a mastik type material, does this all have to be removed, I have taken a bit out on one side and it is…
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Isofix in new style Ford Focus
Hi, Bought a new style Ford Focus 2 years ago (2nd hand, 06 plate, Ford dealer). One of the things we were very clear to the salesman about was that we wanted it to have isofix (to fit baby seats to). He wasn't sure, checked with someone and assured us they were there. Its taken a while but we now need them (due August :D…
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Car Insurance Fiasco and advice seekoing!!
Hi All, I need some advice as to what could happen and what I need to do. Basically I live in a properrty situated on a hill. I have a lack of parking space and have to park my car on the side of the road in front of the house. The road is quite steep. On friday night my car was vandalised and taken away by police to a…
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Car insurance, what a con
Some idiot who wasn't concentrating on his driving, drove into the back of my husbands car last Thurs. Already the insurance want to write it off, which means were going to get next to nothing for it. So were without a car, and not enough money to replace it. I'm refusing to borrow the money to buy another car, so where's…
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Want to sell my old car, but no MOT
Hi all Took my car for an MOT last week and it failed Its an old VW Polo (R reg 1998) its cost me so much money just to keep it going and now I just want to sell it on. I’ve put the specs into Auto trader and the prices that came up were £700, then £875 etc etc. It has Tax until end October. Seeing that it has no MOT, what…
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Parking ticket
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Anyone taken delivery of scrappage scheme car yet?
Hi, I ordered an i20 from a dealer a couple of weeks ago. He told me that it arrived in the show room the following week. At the time of the deal he told me that I would be able to collect it on the 18th and he took a £500 deposit. Now all I am being told is that they are waiting to find out the next step of the scheme and…
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Car Scrappage, should I? or shouldn't I?
Hi folks, I wonder if I could have some advice! I've got a car that is eligible for the car scrap page scheme, it's a estate car, 1.8 diesel, so I'm used to a car with lots of room! What I would like to get, is a small car, 4 door, that has low enough emissions to be eligible for the £35 a year road tax, and is in a low…
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Cancelling RAC for internet and Quidco offer
Just got a renewal form for RAC of 124.00 joint personal. To have home (which I want) it takes it to 178.50. This would be 13.75 on the internet and with 35.00 back on Quidco. The best negotiating could get it down to is 153.00 I was advised that if I cancel and rejoin it would be counted as a renewal. My husband is the…
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Cheapest way to get to HEathrow from Swansea
Hey all I am flying from Heathrow to Toronto on June 6th at 14.00, returning June 14th at 12.00. I need transport to Heathrow, either train or bus. Can anyone help me find a cheap price. £45 by National Express is cheapest so far. TIA x
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Car insurance for drving abroad.
Hi My wife pays £250 for her fully comprehensive car insurance with sth like £250 voluntary excess (6 years old Peugeot 406). Now we want to go for 2weeks holiday to Europe by car so called the insurer (Sheilas Wheels) to check if we are covered. Hey said that we would need to pay £45 to be covered. I think it’s a bit…
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scrapping a car price
I've jsut got a price for scrapping my car of £40 (paid to me). This include collection and the correct paperwork (certificate of destruction). Is this a fair price? My MOT runs out on Friday so I cannot drive the car on a weekend and there are no scrap yards that I can easily get to on a weekday when I'm working, so this…
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Limited Period 25% Year on Year discount on RAC Persona Membershop
XXXXXXLIMITED PERIOD OFFERXXXXXXX There is an offer available to RAC employees friends and family where if you ring 0800 197 2047 and quote reference code EB0003 followed by 816364 you can get personal based membership of RAC for 25% off year on year. This is not vehicle based membership which is cheaper and only covers…
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Any opinions on VW sharans?
we're thinking about p/x our M reg audi 80 against a v reg vw sharan. hubby needs something reliable for 40 mile commute to work and we also use this car as our runabout as our other vehicle is a 13 seat minibus! (for when we go out as a family as we have 6 kids) audi currently does 50+ mpg, it only cost £500 6m ago.…
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Cheapest way to travel from Chorley to Mancester (night shift!)
Hi everyone, I hope someone can help me out here I'm sersiouly struggling with the cost of rail travel which i find stupidly expensive and no incentive whatsoever, but that's another rant!! I need to get to work at 8pm and get back from when i finish at 8am, i work shifts for 4 nights then 4 off so this can be any day of…
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Aldi Mig welder £139.99 from 24th May
Aldi often does cheapie arc welders for about £40 to £50 (which apparently are no good for car bodywork as they tend to blow holes in the thin metal). Here is a mig welder for a change. Apparently Power Craft mig welders are usually rebranded "Wolf" ones. Unfortunately people's experiences of the wolf brand seems less than…
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Phillips rover stereo code needed PLEASE
Hi there im really desperate for a code to unlock my Phillips car stereo, the car is a rover and my radio serial number is RG745WX1025308 thank you so much for any help
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leasing versus buying - advice required
I want a Vauxhall Zafira car and I have been looking at leaseing I am confused:cry: :( If say I buy a car for £10000 in 4 years it will depreciate sya £1000/year so I am left with a car valued at £6000 ......................................................................£6000 less 4 years tax @ 170 = £680 Must insure both…
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i10 vs Aygo/107/C1
Hi all If all cars (in my subject line) were the same price, would you opt for an i10 or an Aygo/107/C1? The later three being made in the same factory. i10 has 5 year warranty with aircon/electric windows as standard. While the Aygo/107/C1 cars don't have these extras and come with 3 years. What do you think? Worth going…
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Peugeot 205 Exhaust
Hi all, The exhaust on my car is not in a good state, it's just been welded by the garage but ideally the whole lot needs replacing. I'm having problems sourcing the spares. I'm pretty sure this is my exhaust system, however not all of the parts are avaliable: http:// www.…
