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Car Accident My Fault: Direct Line Insurance Question
Hi all I recently had an accident whereby I veered a little onto the other side of the road and hit another guy's wing mirror off. My wing mirror came right through my window! At the time he said he'd get one from a scrapyard and let me know the cost. This was a week ago. In the meantime I've had my car fixed (not through…
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MOT failure on Escort 1996.
Hiya. My beloved car failed its MOT today on the following: Front (pipe) exhaust has major leak of exhaust gases. Offside rear parking brake recording little or no effort. Parking brake efficiency below requirements. I'm a so called typical woman and don't understand any of this. Can anyone help. How bad is this? How much…
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Sat Nav / Road Angel Advice
Hi Again, Still looking which Sat Nav to get, am inclined to get a Tom Tom with Safety Camera alert facility so any recommendations for these please. Which Safety Camera Sites/Software is best and reasonably priced! Also which Tom Tom, again reasonably priced! Have read that road angel have laser detection but by the time…
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What's wrong with my car/what does this dashboard light mean?
Looks like my car is !!!!!!ed... It wouldn't start first time, but did second time. When it did, it had the below light on, and I've no idea what it means - any ideas? I mean the one in the middle below the petrol light. The engine then started revving itself slightly for no apparent reason when I had the clutch down. Then…
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Need glasses to drive, do i inform Insurance Co.?
Hi all, I have recently been prescribed glasses for driving, and for distance etc. I know i will need to check my insurance policy, which i will do later, but was wondering if anyone knows off the top of there heads, if it is a pretty standard thing that insurance companies must be informed and also will it make a…
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I want to strangle my mechanic!
The same back street garage has looked after my cars for the last 12 years with no complaints from me. I put my car in for MoT on Monday and particularly asked for him to look at why it was using so much water when I couldn’t see a leak. I had a call saying some work was needed for the MoT and I said to go ahead up to…
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I want to strangle my mechanic!!!
The same back street garage has looked after my cars for the last 12 years with no complaints from me. I put my car in for MoT on Monday and particularly asked for him to look at why it was using so much water when I couldn’t see a leak. I had a call saying some work was needed for the MoT and I said to go ahead up to…
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Peugeot Finance Problem!
Hi Guys, Need advice with regards to a vehicle contract. Basically my business partner took out a finance lease on a 4 year basis with a baloon payment at the end of the agreement on a Peugeot Bipper van in 2008, under the name of his old limited company, he acted as the guarantor with his name present on the V5. We have…
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Paying for fuel using uk credit card whilst in the usa
Does anyone know of a work around for the problem of paying for fuel at gas stations in the USA with UK credit cards on automatic fuel pumps? At one time this was easy to do, now you are requested for a ZIP code to enter similar to using a pin code here in the UK. However if you are a visitor to the USA you obviously don't…
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Taking Car Off the Road ... What To Do
I'm moving into a city for a few months, but I have a car. I therefore need to get rid of the car until I know how things work out, but I need to hang onto the car until things are settled in case I move out of the city in a few months (I'll be there looking for a job, but have to think about what happens if I don't get…
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Pre-pay/ Credit card just for petrol?
Hello :) OH and I are in a bit of disagreement about how to pay our petrol bills. But I won't go into it too much. We basically want to be able to pay for petrol from our joint money but want it so that ONLY petrol can be purchased with the credit card/ fuel card. This is because of a few disagreements about where money…
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Total dismay!!!!
I bought a car this year and started having problems with it 2 months after buying it. I am at a total loss at what to do next.... believe me it been a long 7 months trying to get my car back on the road. However my question although it's an extremely long shot. I bought the car using money from my credit card, but didn't…
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smell of damp in car when it rains HELP!
hi there i have just saved like mad to buy myself a little ford focus. i have noticed that when it rains there is a terrible smell like damp washing in the car. i can't feel anywhere that is damp , and sometimes it hasn't even been driven in the rain and this happens.also the inside has lots of condensation on the…
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confused over claiming
hi, my son reversed into a car. There is some damage to both cars, but my son isn't bothered to get his own fixed, but the other driver wants to get his fixed. My son only passed his test a year ago, and his insurance is very expensive and the excess is £500, so he is keen to settle without insurance, paying the other…
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Vauxhall combo van
Hy i have a vauxhall combo van 04 reg 1.7di first of all i had a new gearbox put in eversince then it takes ages to start but once started it will start 1st go once warm but from cold still takes ages, i have just replaced all glow plugs, air+fuel filters, alternator belt and had battery and alternator tested there ok…
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I think I have a flat battery.....
my lovely car has never let me down, I love my car, yet tonight, in the freezing cold when my partner phoned to say he is stranded due to signalling problems an hour away, the car dont start!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think it is a flat battery as the battery light is on with another yellow one. Its a nissan micra 55. I…
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Petrol vs Diesel - advice please!
We're in the market for a family car to transport DD and all her kit about (buggy, travel cot etc.). Have around £3k to spend and looking at the Ford Mondeo estate. I can get a 2001 petrol model with around 55k on the clock or a diesel with 83k on the clock (also 2001 model). What should I go for? In the long term is the…
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Car insurance issues!
Hi there, Im new to this forum but find myself in a tricky situation! I cancelled my car insurance with elephant.co.uk on 27th september 2009 as no longer use the car. I was paying £100.18 per month via direct debit. Upon cancelling it, I was told that I had a £49 cancelletaion charge which they would take in 7 working…
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Does our Transit van have an immobiliser?!
Hi, So I clearly don't know anything about immobilisers, but I'm renewing the insurance & want to save if I can. It's a 1999 Ford Transit TD LWB, and has a flashing LED on the dashboard. Is that it? Feeling particularly stupid...! Thanks in advance!
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VW DSG gearbox
Can anyone tell me how this works as it states semi-automatic. Do you have to manually select each gear or do you just put it in drive like a normal automatic ?
