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Car service extortion?
My car recently had a full service and a new cambelt, it's a Skoda Octavia TDi. It seems expensive and I seem to have been double-charged vat on the parts. I've typed it out below, can anyone in the know let me know what they think? (It was at 100,000 miles.) Labour: Carried out full service. Stripped brakes. Cleaned out…
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TFL Travelcard tip (I think!)
I don't know if everyone knows this already (born and bred in London and I had no idea!) so apologies if I'm behind on this, but if you have a travelcard (i.e. weekly, monthly etc) the greater London bus network is covered, regardless of what zones you have on your card. So, I (for the past 14 years) have used a zone 1-5…
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Am I being too tight here guys?
Well originally local VW dealers refused to offer anything off list price other than scrappage. Ive gone to a broker who was at first £1300 less than the dealers, this has been eroded due to the then extra scrappage input by VW. I havent signed order for broker yet and Ive tried ringing all the local VW dealers asking if…
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Good deal or not??
we just put a deposit on a 54 Skoda superb 1.9 elegance. its on sale for 7.995 but they will px our 12 yr old 270 merc, its 27000 miles high spec and comes with a good warranty etc etc, before we do the 300mile trip to go see it, i wandered if anyone had any real problems with the skoda? i dont know anyone that owns one.…
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Train Penalty Notice
Hello, I've never been to this board before, so I hope somebody can advise me. My daughter aged 13, uses the train Monday to Saturday term time to go to school, and I buy her a half termly ticket. The other Saturday, she used the ticket the day after it expired...completely forgot she had broken up from school. Whilst I…
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Best online train-ticket retailer
I use the Cheapest Fare Finder on the National rail website to find the cheapest available fare, then buy my tickets from Virgin to collect my tickets from the machine at the station. I've had some problems with the Virgin website lately, where it was impossible to complete my booking and I had to do it over the phone. The…
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Free Breakdown cover!!
I filled up this morning at a Total Garage and was given 14 days free breakdown cover as I filled over 30ltrs of fuel. You get Roadside Assistance - Local recovery in the UK Home recovery in the UK Keep your reciept for if you need to claim but you can also pass this on to a friend if you have cover already. You activate…
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breakdown cover
my breakdown is due for renewal next month, im currently with the aa paying £160 a year which gives me everything except for european cover. its also joint cover. with them they will take the car anywhere in the uk unlimited miles but every other company ive looked at only takes your car 10 miles to a nearby garage and…
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Can or Should I claim for this?
Hi - can someone possibly give me some advice on this? I was coming out a friend's driveway and as I was doing a 3 point turn, I pulled away and caught the edge of my rear bumper on a sticky out bit of barbed wire on his fence. Their is a fairly deep scratch but the bit of the fence managed to somehow catch the rear bumper…
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"on the road" price
I'm thinking about buying a new car. Well 2nd hand but new to me IYSWIM :rolleyes: What does "on the road" price mean? And more importantly if the garage aren't advertising the on the road price .... what hidden extras should I be aware of? I mean is it just the cost of Taxing the car? or there something more I should be…
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peugeot 306 can be put into reverse whilst driving
Hiya I've just bought a geat peugeot 306 diesel estate but it has one fault, it can be put into reverse in error whilst driving. Surely there should be something tio stop this and if so is it easy to fix? Also the gear change is very clunky is this common too? Thanks guys
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best rail fare birmingham
i want to travel from birmingham to london on friday 28 august and return back to birmingham on tuesday 01 sept can anyone help me find the best prices by train because when i look at virgin the fares are around £60 each i need 2 adult tickets ta if anyone can help me because i've no idea how to find the cheapest fares and…
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Nissan Almera Cutting out
I own a P reg nissan almera, it has been a great car & never given me any problems. About 3 weeks ago, i though i had stalled the car in traffic, & re started the engine & drove off. It now appears that the car is cutting out. There is no warning that the car is going to cut out. It only happens when i am coming to a stop…
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Petrol prices
Petrol is getting above the £1 mark per litre. infact its 102 at my local garage. Why isnt there a stink about the price of petrol on the news. I remember last year was it?? there were blockades and protests before the price was up past 119p. Its funny that the price is creeping up everyday and no one cares!! strange in my…
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Getting a spare key for Ford Ka
Anyone know how to go about this. I was supplied with two keys but I seem to have misplaced the 2nd which is somewhat annoying. I'm fairly sure it's in my house somewhere but stuff has a habit of going into a black hole! Is there a cheap and simple way to get another replacement key made? My car is a bog standard Ka from…
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cheapest way to travel from sunderland to coventry
hi ya all just need some help my sister is wanting to come to visit me on 26th june she has 2 young kids aged 5 and 2 , which way is it cheapest for her to come down without making any changes , do any of you rekon she can get down for less than £40 , as shes not got much money , she needs iether train or bus from…
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C2C Monthly ticket student
I need to get a monthly train ticket to travel between Upminster and Southend Central on the C2C line. I will only be making this journey for a month monday to friday. I have found the cheapest to be £187 which I still feel is a little expensive. I'm also a 20 year old university student, so I don't know if I could get…
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Urgent help please with first second hand car purchase!
I've just passed my driving test, (I'm 'mature') and looking to buy a first car. I have arthritis, walking causes hip pain, so I need to buy a car asap! I have a budget of up to £1600 (less preferably) and I need an automatic, something reliable, low tax & insurance and comfy to ride in. I don't have my own insurance yet…
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Speeding
Advice needed We have a pool car that is used now and then, today we got a speeding tick for the vehicle, 36 in a 30. We have asked for a photo as we dont know who was driving, it could be me or two other people. If I get a fine, can I ask the company to pay as it was in company time and I was doing the company a favour by…
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Ford C-Max or Renualt Scenic??
We are in need of a bigger car and can't put it off much longer as current car is about to die lol. I want to know if any1 can recommend either the Ford C-Max or the Scenic? or if any1 knows which is better value for money? A Scenic would be cheaper so need to know if its worth another 1/2k for a C-MAX Thanks Debbie
