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Cold call from no win no fee company
I wonder if anyone has come across this before. We received a cold call from Accident Assistance on Wednesday. Our car was written off on the motorway nearly 2 years ago and we both suffered abdominal pain and general aches for about a week after, but there was no need to visit the Dr. We didn't have whiplash. We had all…
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Lessons and used cars
Hey, I hope you knowledgeable people can help me. I'm looking to start my driving lessons in November, and hopefully pass my theory in January before doing my practical test in around May. I know this is six months, but I'm hoping I can do it (Owned a scooter, have road sense, have hada few lessons before) I'm 26, so under…
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Trade Cars Direct
Has anyone heard of Trade Cars Direct? I believe they are located near Liverpool.
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Check The Full MOT History Of Your Car (Free)
This is a really useful if you purchase a second hand car at any time with an MOT (Or check the MOT History of your car back to its first MOT) Not only does it show the DAte of Each MOT and the Mileage of the car (Useful for checking clocking). But it also shows the full history of each MOT, including any reasons for a…
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Wheel sizes for rover metro
Hope someone can help here. My daughter has a Rover Metro (F reg - 1987) with metric wheels. She needs new tyres & we are unable to find any. We have found a set of wheels with tyres which are 155 65 13. Hers are 160 65 315. Will the first set of figures be ok with her second ones? Many thanks, Suzi xx
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Cat D insurance car ?
My daughter was thinking of buying a small car and really likes one she has seen. She was told by the dealer that it was a "Cat D" insurance vehicle, but it was a recovered stolen car and had not been in any sort of accident. She did a vehicle check on it and it just said that it had been an insurance write off, so, is…
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car deposit is it legally binding
my son paid a deposit to a private seller for a car, the seller has now changed his mind, the seller signed a receipt for this is it legally binding
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Company Car
Hi I'm hoping to get a promotion at work, if I do I have the option of opting out of the company car, and using my own, however my personal car is not suitable and so would like to get a new/second hand one more suitable for my new position within the company, my problem is I'm on a DMP my question is what are my options?
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Taxing a car near the end of the month?
Hi just a quickie... If i was to apply for car tax today (28th) would it give me the next few days or should i wait til 1st November? Don't want to lose almost a month just for the sake of keeping it off-road a few days! The car has no tax at present, it ran out end of Sept i think.
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Quick question about car tax
This may be a silly question, but can I tax my car with a week left on the MOT? I've been getting work done and can't get a retest done until the end of next week. Also is it ok if the is only a month left on the insurance?
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xsara failed mot and retest
after the retest today it failed AGAIN 1. offside rear parking brake recording no or little effort ( ive had on both sides wheel cylinders and new cables , the shoes looked new according to my mechanic) 2. service brake below requirments (only showing 45% effort on the brake test sheet)this is a new fail 3. parking brake…
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Going to Greenwich, London
If I want to travel to Greenwich with an Oyster Card (originating from Euston), I know I can travel to Bank on the Northern Line, then on the DLR, but as the DLR trains are every half hour, if I go for the Charing Cross Railway Station -> Greenwich route will this still also be £1.60 It does seem to mention Zones 1,2 on…
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Insurance help please!!!!
my ex partner had an accident in my car. She was going throught the process to make a claim against the other party involved in the accident. We had a bad split and now she has said that she is cancelling the claim. Hsa anyone got any idea where i stand and how i move forward in making a claim myself. She was making a…
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Whats happened To Mobitix Train Fares
Have they finished? Booking Page is showing a past date? Thanks for any info you may have..... http://www.mobitix.thetrainline.com/vt/advancePurchase.aspx
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car dealer telling the truth re. taxing a new car
the situation is this, a friend is buying a new car from a dealer taking advantage of the scrappage, scheme and buying new car with cash not finance - everything is in place and going to plan until........ the dealer tells my friend they can not collect the new car until they have given the dealer a paper insurance cover…
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Avoiding the VAT rise on new car
Hi (Hoping this is in the right place...) I'm just about to order a new car and because it won't be ready until after January 1st I've been told that I will have to pay the VAT on it. My question is this; if I order pay for the car in full now can I avoid the VAT rise? Cheers for any thoughts.
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LPG Cars with good mileage
I've recently moved house and am commuting around 140 miles a day by car. I bought myself a Mondeo diesel to help economise which has been good so far average around 60MPG but I'm wondering if LPG would be even more economical. I've looked into this but it seems LPG cars are less efficient that their petrol equivalent so…
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Is there anything i can do apart from get an apology, Faulty Hire car??
Well we have got a Motability car and during our travel for a weekend away with the car it started pulling back so rang RAC who where amazing, had our car towed back to our local garage which was in Exeter from Kent, Anyway he did his best to get us a hire car which would take our daughters wheelchair and with alot of…
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DVLA Problems V5 Since 2006!
Right here goes: I bought a car from a dealer on 14/10/2006 it was a mere 2.5 years old. I signed the paperwork for the V5 (which I never personally recieved after). The car had 12 months tax - becomes important. At this time I had two cars including the new one. The old one has to be scrapped which it was a couple of…
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Help needed car to be taken away
Hi first post I missed payments on my 54 Audi A4 which was on a payment plan with VW. The debt has been passed to another company. I have caught up with the payments but now (from September) owe the £5k balloon payment. I am £50k in in debt and can't raise the £5k. I the meantime the car went wrong last December and has…
