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Archives for December 2009

Legal Advice!
Sorry if this is the wrong section - posting on behalf of a friend ... this is the story I sold a car about 2-3 years ago and about 6 months later i got a letter from the DVLA saying they had fined me due to not sending the log book off . I rang them and told them that i had sent it off within a week of selling the car and…
Warning!!!
Just having been out to refuel I noticed that my VAT receipt showed that BP have already increased their VAT rate, which I'm pretty sure must be illegal. I intend getting on to their head office, as the station manager was utterly uninterested in being helpful and was bordering on rude that I'd dared to question it, to…
Which Car? Please help....I am so confused.
I am so confused....where do I start? Due to financial reasons we are having to sell our car and buy something cheaper. We are looking at buying something for around £3k ish but the less we can spend the better. We don't want to go too low as whatever car we buy now needs to last around 4 years as we don't think we will be…
Radio included when you buy a car
Twice I have bought a car from Ebay. Both at (what I regard) excellent prices, and have in fact been great deals for me. EACH time - I go to pick up the car, and the radio has been removed! Both disucssions about it - the seller has said something of the line "oh, you dont get the radio included its worth x amount".…
dodgy prices Halfords?
Was going to buy a cd player to install, seemed a good deal at the time (sale) but refrained from doing so. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_548107_langId_-1_categoryId_165474?cm_mmc=E-Mail-_-Dec09Wk5-_-SALE-3112-HTML-_-sendaicd889 Have a look at the price…
51 Plate, Ford Focus - replacing headlight bulb
Can this actually be done with any ease?? I've only had the car three months, and have to replace a headlamp. Well, I say *I* - what I really mean is I've sent my husband out to do it! He says it's virtually impossible. From reading the handbook and following the instructions to remove the battery cover to gain access, he…
Best way to get to.......
Hi Everyone I need to get to the Charing Cross area in London from the Wirral area (Liverpool Lime Street and Chester are the nearest main stations to me) on 9th January. We have a car but don't know the London area so the main problems with that are parking and the congestion charge. OH reckons we could drive there with a…
Petrol Stations - NYD
I assume motorway petrol stations will be open?
Urgent help needed regarding train season ticket
Can anybody please tell me which train companies will allow me to purchase an annual train season ticket by monthly direct debit? Thanks for reading :o
Just received a cert of destruction, vehicle not mine
Got the post and it was addressed to someone who doesn't live here, house number and street name was correct, which is why it came to my place, but post code was wrong. But with no return address on the back, so opened the letter. So did a search of the post code on royal mail website to see what address it matched up to,…
UK Carhire companies that accept Debit NOT credit cards???
Any ideas?? Thanks
Southern. Advanced £3.00 tickets March
Hi. I am hoping to get £3.00 single tickets from Brighton to London for March 16th and the reverse journey on 19th March. The current £3.00 ones end on March 14th. Does any one know the date (or approximate date) tickets after the 14th willl be available? Do hope somecan can help. Thanks. Vegie.
I went to Nationwide Autocentre and my car needed...
Nothing! They fitted the two tyres ordered via Blackcircles and didn't even offer to check my tracking, even though I'd rubbed off the outside edges of my old tyres. I'm shocked :eek:
Sheffield to stafford and back once a week, cheapest?
Hi all. I live in Sheffield and need to be in Stafford one day a week, 9-5. I have a car that does around 30mpg. The trip is 90 miles each way. Reading the MSE email earlier got me thinking, can I do this cheaper by train? I had a look on the rail websites but they do not work well on my phone, and I can't start calling…
Any reccomendations for 4x4's that have 7 seats?
I currently own a citroen grand picasso which can not handle the terrain i live in!! At just 11 months old the suspension packed in and the dealer decided to mention then (not when i bought it from him) that it might not behave as well as it should in the welsh mountains using farm tracks often. Grrr! So im having a look…
Free named car insurance???
Hi All basically i wanted to put my lady as a named driver on my car insurance, i rang up more than and they said it would be just over £200 for rest of policy, i told her this and we waited till she got paid. i then rang up again and the guy on the phone put her on it and didnt even ask for payment, i have received the…
K Series engine - head gasket
Hi I own a late 1999 Rover 414 hatchback and am wondering if it is worth replacing the head gasket. I believe this is a familiar problem for this model of car - specifically, I think, the K-series engine. I was told several months ago that the head gasket was beginning to 'go', very slightly, and that I would probably need…
citroen c3 eating the petrol!!
please can anyone advise me, I have bought a c3 two months ago and cant belive how much petrol it goes throught!! It goes bout 75 miles on £10 of petrol. Is this normal? Its a 05 plate, the garage said there is nothing wrong with it as they ave put it on the dignostic computer.
Cheap Oil Change
Hi, don't know if anyone can help, am trying to book my car for an oil change. We called Nationwide Tyres, and was asked if we had the half price voucher from the paper. We don't have it and have scoured the papers for one. Does anyone know if there is a recent voucher for them? Thanks M.
Annual Rail Ticket - Wakefield to Kings Cross
Hi All, I need to travel from Wakefield Westgate to London Kings Cross every day for the forseeable future. Is it cheaper (and practical) to buy 2 Monthly Passes i.e. 1 from Wakefield to Doncaster and 1 from Doncaster to Kings Cross? Also, is there somewhere where I can park cheaply in Wakefield which is within walking…

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