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Cashback dont bank on it
I took out car insurance with RAC via topcashback and followed all the links straight through for £70.00 cash back. When I checked on the site after a few days, in the help section I discovered that I could wait up to 3 months from the start of insurance for the cashback. As that has just passed i have been looking itno…
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DVLA - never recieved V5
I bought a car in November and despite telling the previous owner to send off her side of the V5 to the DVLA its now Feb so im guessing its not coming. How do I go about sorting this as im sure not paying for one, as its not my fault. I still have the new keeper section i just need to get a new V5 in my name. cheers
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Good and bad car insurance companies
Looking for new insurance soon and dont want to just go with the cheapest because I've had bad experiences in the past (i.e. Swiftcover). At the moment, the cheapest are Kwikfit, Aviva, and M&S. Any opinions?
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Driving schools Derby/Leics
Can anyone recommend a good driving school to cover the Derby/Leics area? Looking to start driving after many happy years of travelling in air-conditioned luxury on public transport and on Shanks' Pony; if you've learned to drive in this part of the country recently and can recommend a driving school I'd be very grateful…
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Re-testing fee for MOT
I took my car to a local independant garage who takes your car somewhere for an MOT then repairs it and gets it retested. This time my car needs a new seatbelt in the back... fine. But now the garage tell me they can't get hold of the part (apparently it's on backorder even at the dealer) til next week at the earliest.…
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ToP Cash Back AA Deal
Following a suggestion in MArtin's newsletter, I used the Top Cashback site to purchase my AA roadside cover. See here: topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailThe_AA.htm (needs www. place in front of the link, since I am unable to post links) However, months later nothing has been paid out and there is no way of contacting anyone…
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Part prices rip-off
Talk about rip of Britian, I was quoted £135 for a car part at the dealers (dealer only part in the UK) went on line and ordered same part from a dealer in th USA and got for £31.70 including shipping BARGAIN :T:j:money:
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Astra Issues After Installing Car Stereo
Okay, so we bought an Astra 1998 a couple of months ago. It came with a Sony CD player already installed. OH didn't want this. He still had the stereo from his old car so he removed the old one. However, he's just installed the new one but now the car is doing weird things. It won't lock remotely anymore and whenever OH…
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AA Breakdown Cover - How far an the garage be ?
Hi, been searching, googling etc and cant find the answer ! our car is currently broken down, prob with engine...anyways had it checked out by local garage but it needs to go back to the original dealers garage which is about 25 miles away from us. Does anyone kow if the AA roadside/breakdown cover would still include that…
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Driving Licence Photo Renewal: New one runs for less than 10yrs from old one's expiry
I sent off my photocard licence, couterpart and application form to renew my licence which ran out in March. This date was printed clearly at the top of the letter from the DVLA, along with the threat in bold that I could be fined up to £1,000 if I didn't renew. The letter which contained the application form was dated…
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Train Fine - Question
This is for a friend (honestly!) She gets to the station, the ticket machine is broken. Employee at station tells her and her friends to get on the train and buy the ticket on the train (like several others in front are told). She gets on train, ticket inspector comes along and asks for their tickets - they explain they'd…
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Ford Fusion Service?
We purchased a car last year that was stolen and recovered, the service book was not recovered and our car is now due for its 3 year service (it was reg March 07 and has done 25k) Car is runinng fine but understand it needs its big service :eek::eek: Was quoted £260 at Tunbridge Wells Ford dealership and £270 at Crawley…
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Left Luggage in London
Will be travelling to London in the summer and need to leave luggage for around 6 hours in Central London while we explore and dine before taking tube to Heathrow (staying at Heathrow Travelodge Central) before an early morning flight the next day. Won’t have time to traipse out to Heathrow to check in at Travelodge and…
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Car insurance breakdown charges
Hi everyone, Just a problem that came up. I was involved in a car accident last January 09 - I hit a traffic island that was just erected (and unfinished) but was opened to drivers - on a very badly lit road. Accident happened at 6:00pm in January so obviously it was very dark at the time. This was in my wifes car. She had…
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voluntary termination
i wrote to the finance company (Santander) in january using the debtline template, which they got before next payment was due. they then sent own form to be filled in which i had to complete and send back with registration document, i have done this. it has now been a few weeks and i have not heard from them. can they…
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Halfords buys nationwide autocentres
Halfords have bought the Nationwide Autocentres Franchise.
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DVLA - Blind in one eye
Hello, Someone I know was helping his brother complete his DVLA driving license applincation form and when helping him he noticed a section in the medical part about if you have experianced loss of sight in one eye. The problem, he realised that when he completed his own form about 6 or 7 years ago he didnt select this box…
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Where to get Passat wheel bearing replaced
Never had to have a wheel bearing before, but I'm pretty sure I need one now! Is this best done at a main stealer or should I visit one of the many local tyre emporiums (?emporia) who claim to do bearings? I'm not in a position to do it myself....
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Swiftcover not paying out on claim help
I bought a mr2 roadster for £4000 and crashed it last month the car is a total right off, no one else was involved just myself. Swiftcover were insuring the car fully comp. They have now told me the car was a CAT D in 2008 I was unaware of this. They now say they are canceling my policy and are not paying out. please…
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Clubcard points versus cheap(er) petrol
Hope someone out there is cleverer than me (not difficult) and can work this out. I have a Tesco credit/clubcard which I use use when buying my petrol from Tesco. Current price per litre of petrol at Tesco is 111.9p. This gives me (I believe) 2 points per pound(?) and 1 point for every £2 spent on my credit card. But the…
