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How Toyota lost a sale
I just had to share this! My car was stolen in December and last week I banked the cheque from my insurance. Today it had cleared so I decided to go looking for a new car and visited the Toyota garage in Colindale. As I pulled into the forecourt an employee ran over and asked what I wanted, so I said I was after an…
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Private parking enforcement notice
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Hit & Run
Today,while going down the town I witnessed a hit & run,Basically between two row's of houses off a main road is a large,wide ally with resident parking at each side which leads to the rear of these property's. The's also a path leading up to my estate at the end of the ally. While coming down the path on my way to town,I…
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Ford Focus MK1 Brake Pad Change
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young marmalade
I have just come across Young Marmalade as a scheme for insuring young drivers at a more affordable premium and also combining it with new or nearly new car purchase for young drivers. My daughter has just started driving lessons. I wondered if anyone has had experience of this company and had any advice as to whether it…
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Just found water under my carpets
What with the ice developing on the inside of my windscreen once or twice over the last few weeks, I had a spare five minutes today and went out and pulled the carpets up in my footwells - as I thought could feel that the layer beneath the carpets was pretty sodden with water. Pain in the !!!! :(
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Company car v private car
Howdy all. HELP! And I hope this is in the right forum-seems to fit! Mrs P works for the local authority and is an essential car user as she visits clients. She brings home £900 per month. On top of this she gets paid £75 per month for using her own car and gets 33p per mile doing around 100 miles per month. Her bring home…
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just found out my car has been in accident
Just wonder if anyone can advise. I purchased a 2007 ford focus from a small independant dealer just before christmas (ive literally had it 1 mth, taking into consideration holidays) It came with full service history and i was advised there was 8mths left on the ford warrenty. There was water leaking into the boot, and a…
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Car Insurance - nearly 18
Hey, Unfortunately I cannot be put as a second driver on my parents car, so I'm looking to get some seperate car insurance which will cover me on their car. I've looked around and found out that it is very expensive, and some of the cheaper options mean installing a GPS device in the car to ensure it's not being driven…
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comparison websites - waste of time ?
So I've gone through the many comparison websites looking for a cheap deal as my renewal quote was laughable compared to last years. but when I've gone to talk to the actual company to iron out the finner details their quotes shot up ! .... then there was a new question never raised before which was the one about having…
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warranty - courtesy car?
I'm after some advice - our car has been at the garage since tuesday waiting to be fixed. The bit that's wrong with it is being fixed under warranty. Should we have been entitled to a courtesy car, and if so is it up to us to ask or the garage to offer? My OH took the car in and I told hi.m to ask but he was put off when…
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Jamjar Lease
Hi all i have a jamjar lease car and have had it now for 13 months (3yr lease) i will be getting a company car in 5 months and cannot afford to keep both, how can i get out of the lease? Thanks
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Car Accident: whiplash
Before christmas, my wife was driving my car and was rear ended by an HGV on a roundabout. They accepted full liability and extensive repairs were paid for by HGV's insurers (+hire car for me whilst it was off the road). My wife suffered a very stiff neck in the days that followed the accident - whiplash. She was in…
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I dont know the name of this part
I've lost the little black platic button (from both sides) that fit into the hatchback door of my Vauxhall Vectra and have the strings from the parcel shelf clip onto I want to get replacements from an online breakers yard but I have no idea what they are called or where I might be able to locate a part number for them.…
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IMO Car Wash question
Hi all! Just a bit of a daft question but something i've never known :rotfl: At IMO car washes, after you've been through the brushes, wax and dryer, just before the exit it's got some long blue strips of rubber on a rotary mechanism, so as your car goes through, these strips go over the windows/bodywork of your car. They…
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Good headlight bulbs..
Anyone know of any nice bright white headlight bulbs?
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Vauxhall Warranty
Hi looking for any help with this. I have an 09 Corsa (aug) and the wipers have started to hit the ouside edge of the window which is very noisy and could be damaging to the paintwork. I took the car to the local Vauxhall garage and they have quoted me £330 to get the wiper system replaced as it has been bent. The mechanic…
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Failed MOT - separate garage did not do the repairs I requested and paid for
Guys, I took my 12 year old SAAB to be MOT'ed at a local Council Test Centre (no repairs). It failed on a number of small points (nearside anti-roll bar rubber, petrol cap seal, one of the brake pads, and the number plate bulb). I took the car to my local garage (at the bottom of my street) for the repairs, which took a…
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Citroen Hire Purchase return problem
Hi! I was wondering if anyone could help. I had a citroen c1 on hire purchase which was returned to them after 2 years in November. It was inspected by Manheim, and at the time they claimed that the drivers door was a different silver to the rest of the car. I disagreed with the report and this was noted. I then received…
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micra won't start
hiya i have a nissan micra n reg which won't start all the lights come on the dashboard and the headlights are working but the engine won't start when i put the key in the ignation and turn it once all the lights come as normal on the dashboard but when i turn the key to start the engine it just clicks there is no cranking…
