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Young Persons rail card
Hi A few questions. I'm 25 and turning 26 on 22 June. My Young Persons railcard is due to expire on the 26 March 2010: - Can I renew for another 1 or 3 years, whichever I choose? - Is there still a discount for renewing for 3 years rather than 1 year? - Are there any promo codes currently going around? - In terms of…
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Value of First Great Western Train Tickets
Hi I've got 2 x First Class Return Tickets valid on any First Great Western Train route. I've decided I more than likely won't use these and wondered what a fair asking price would be if I on sold them (they've said this is ok). I'm obviously not selling anything in these forums (purely after a rough price guideline). What…
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Selling a car for scrap
Not sure I am on the right board but does anyone know the rate for scrapping a car at the moment. My daughter got £180.00 about eighteen years ago. My Dad is going to stop driving and wants to scrap his car which although goes and has an MOT is a 1989 model, we were wondering if the value of metal had gone up or down. Can…
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Ford charging for fault finding under warranty!?
Hello I'm a newbie, be nice! :) I have booked in my mk7 Fiesta tomorrow as I have an issue with the cooling system, the car is loosing coolant somewhere. The car is still under warranty, and only done 3800 miles. Now the nice lady on the phone told me that I will be charged £50 for fault finding, if the mechanics cant find…
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electric bicycle kits
Hi ,all, just wondering if anyone has fitted an electric bike kit to their bicycle, I have seen them on ebay with motors ranging from 200-1000w, i was wondering what sort of speeds they produce and how good they are, any advice would be much appreciated, sounds like a good solutuion to a small commuting problem i have .…
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Car insurance premium more than value of car
Hi all, I have a 15-year-old Volkswagen which is still in extremely good condition (passed its MOT outright this year) and only 80,000 miles on the clock. According to various expert sources its open market value is £300. Running through all the comparison sites (as well as following Moneysavingexpert's article) the best…
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C3 1.4HDI Dashboard failure?
Hi, I was just driving along this morning when suddenly the digital speed started reading zero, the trip computer vanished, all the lights on the dahsboard lit up, the fuel light flashing on and off (full tank) and the radio making a high pitch beep.. beep.. beep. Car drove fine still. Pulled over into work car park and…
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Car not starting despite new battery
Hi, About a month ago my sister's car (P reg Vauxhall Vectra) wouldn't start. It turned over but the battery seemed to be flat. Dashboard lights on but gradually getting dimmer as tried to start. Tried jump starting but that didn't work. Then tried charging the battery several hours with a charger and that worked a couple…
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Don't buy RAC breakdown if you actually may need to use it !
Today my partner has broken down 07.45 i call RAC to be told by a lady my cover was cancelled january the 11th............. news to me as it expires 11th febuary, They had cancelled my cover !........I paid for this cover in full so as you can imagine im not happy with this and they (after checking with me on hold) put me…
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58 Plate VW Fox Anyone Had the Free Service?
When I bought my brand new VW Fox from my local dealership in January last year, there was an offer on at the time stating that if you took the solutions finance you would get 3 years free servicing. To be honest I just through they would ring me in Janurary this year to book it in. Now I have tried phoning the garage to…
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Which website for HPI car check?
I have put a deposit down on a second hand car and would like to check the history, but when i put HPI check into google, it gives me a lot of different choices, i imagine they all do the same thing, but obviously i would like to use the best one which will turn up everything about the car. I did search the forum, but i…
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Hyundai - £250 Voucher off New Car!
I recently bought a new Hyundai i30 (Love it!!)... I have been sent two "Refer a Friend" vouchers. This will give you £250 towards the cost of a new car (and me a £50 M&S voucher!). If you are definately about to sign for a new Hyundai, please PM me, and I will send it off for you. Please only do it if you are definitely…
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breakdown service = crashing your car?
If you crash your car into another car, or a wall or whatever.......is that covered by the breakdown recovery service (AA, RAC whatever) who will try to fix it, if not tow it back to your house or do you use police to move it away with their tow truck thing?
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Bit of advice re: breakdown, AA, possible trip to the garage.
Hello everyone, you were so helpful last time I thought I would come back. Im afraid Im a stereotypical girl and I know nothing about cars and have no one to ask so please could you help at all? My 1998 Fiat Cincqucento developed a problem yesterday, a couple of times the reverse didnt engage and then the gearstick became…
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Pre paid fuel card for private individual
! We want to give this as a gift to a friend to help out with their costs involved in getting to and from hospital. The monthly spend will be no more than £200/250. Is there such a thing or not, as all the ones i’ve seen so far seem to be aimed at companies and also involve a fee? Thank you
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Car sale Problem
Hey guys just a question you may be able to help with. The Start I need advice for my dad he sold a car two months ago to a asian couple who originally agreed to pay £700 on ebay for the car. When the couple came to collect the car they were insistant that my dad reduced the price as they had to travel from Swansea to…
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6 or 7 seater, "bangernomics"
Hi. We just bought a car at the weekend after not having needed one for 7 years. We were considering (=being talked into by friends) doing a leasing deal as it would be cheap(ish) monthly payments, under warranty etc. In the end we reverted to type and bought a 1999 Nissan Micra for 600 pounds from a mechanic friend of a…
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Advice on 7 seater car hire
I've searched every car hire compare site and the prices I get are just up the roof (no less than £450) I need a vehicle for 8 people, that's including the driver. For 8 days. Can you recommend anything?
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Buying a new car. What can you ask to be included?
What can you realistically expect to try and get included for free when buying a new car? Once you have haggled down the price to something you are happy with, what can you then try to add without being too cheeky? I read that a lot of people get them to include a full tank of petrol, but I have also read about servicing…
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Online car brokers
Has anyone got any experience of using online car brokers? I'm looking to purchase a Nissan Qashqai 2.0 Acenta Auto and have seen via Autotrader that there are some good deals to be had with these brokers. The ones I've seen so far that seem to be the cheapest are: Buyanewcar UKcarbroker Buyanewcar. Any advice welcome.
