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Tips for buying a used car
I want to buy my first car and to be honest I'm feeling rather clueless. I was planning on buying a car from a dealer. Has anyone got any tips for things I should ask or check? I'm probably looking to spend 4-5K and I'm hoping to get something under 5 years old with no more than 30,000 miles (don't know how reasonable this…
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Which Car, 4 choices
We do about 4-5 thousand miles a year, I have looked and is confused, I basically can get the following cars for roughly the same price. I have looked and in order of looks (how sad am I) Corsa Yaris Hyundai i20 Peugot 207 Micra Pixo Which would you go for and why, BTW my wife likes the micra the best.
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Changing side light and main head light on 99 V Astra diesal
hello all was hoping someone could help... MOT tuesday AM and just discovered a dipped light out and a main beam light out , then had a look under the bonnet and it doesnt look possible to do it myself , nightmare... its a 2.0 diesal 1999 v ...any help welcome Dan
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engine warning light
i done a full service on my 2003 ford focus today. oil, filters and plugs. done a test run and the car was running lumpy and engine warning light come on! checked all the spark plugs again and i realised that the rubber gromet from the spark plug socket was on the last spark plug. i took it off and the cars running fine…
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New Car Issues
Last week I bought my wife a new car, its a 2004 mitsubishi colt bought from a franchised fiat dealer. I did something I dont usually do and agreed to the sale without seeing the car as the dealer where the car was at is based 90 miles from me. On the morning I went to collect the car I noticed that a headlamp had…
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Ford Fusion engine chip
hiya my dad has bought a 1.4 tdci fusion and has seen a plug and play chip on ebay to take the bhp from 67 to 83 are they any good, and do they work cheers?
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rail card- family and friends
I have just tried to buy a family and friends rail card on line using the latest offer of 25% off but the code is not reconised !!!! why??? ( code - promo25)
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Family Rail Discount Code!
Hi its probably me but I have tried to order a new family rail card with the discount code recently mentioned promo25 but it does not register! has anybody else had this problem? Thanks
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Just bought new car, still need to sell old car!
Hi I have just bought a new car which I have transferred my insurance over to cover my new car. My old car which I still have is now up for sale. I have just thought of 2 problems though, my tax expires at the end of this month on my old car and also it now has no insurance. Until the end of the month will my current…
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Which old estate car would you recommend
We need to think about a new car as ours has barely scapped its mot. We have an old discovery with many many miles on the clock.We were thinking of another old disco as we know what to look for, where to get parts etc but just a normal estate would be probably be better if we could avoid a dog It needs to be an estate for…
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Winter/all season tyres
Well the time has come for me to get new tyres - it won't pass the forthcoming MOT with the ones on it so I've been reading up on switching to at least 'all season' tyres, but starting to lean towards decent winter tyres that will take a British summer without too much of a hit. I realise I'll probably have to order them…
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Virgin Train Refund Help!!!!
Can someone help me? I book tickets on Virgin Trains website all the time, and since the change of design, it's a little tricky booking the tickets you need. I booked a return from Wolverhampton - London and wanted a travel card to go round London on the first day i'm there, and then have a return back the day after. I got…
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miss sold car loan
can anybody help,ford sold a ka too my partner 3 years ago and today we went to the dealer to find out when we could hand the car back, but we have dicovered that my partner has been sold a personal loan to purchase the vehicle we have spoken to the loan company (barclays) and unfortunately thay can't hep us. we don't know…
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Replacing Car Brakes BY YOURSELF
Hi. Anyone have adventured to change car brakes themselves? Checked some videos of how to do it, and can be done, but CAN IT REALLY BE DONE by an unprofessional? Brakes are an important factor for your and other road users safety. Anyway... anyone have done it?
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How to negotiate on used car price?
I'm ashamed to say that I'm fairly hopeless when it comes to haggling and would really appreciate your help. I've found a secondhand car that I like (VW Polo BlueMotion 2, 08 reg, 18k miles, £9987), but am at a bit of a loss to know how to approach the negotiations. I've got an old, knackered Vauxhall to part-exchange, for…
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Being consistently overcharged at Station
Good morning. I wonder if there's anything I can do about this situation. We infrequently travel to London from Burgess Hill and have noticed a trend. Namely, that we have looked at National Rail Enquiries and priced tickets which are consistently 3 to 4 pounds cheaper than those available at the station. For example,…
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Car left in street
A neighbour moved in the week but has left a car behind, now parked on the road (was always on their drive). It is not taxed and I know it has no insurance, if they don't collect it soon who should be told? council, police or DVLA? Don't know where they have gone to.
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Not staying in gear
Can someone give me an idea on why my car will not stay in second gear. Put it in second lift off the clutch and it drops out, if I hold the gear stick whilst taking the clutch off you can feel it trying to drop out but I can physicly keep it in if I hold the stick. Going in for service tuesday so no doubt it will get…
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Cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Sheffield?
Hi, just asking if anyone has any bright ideas about a cheap way to get between Glasgow and Sheffield as I'm trying to get down there in the middle of March for my friend's birthday and so far it is going to cost me £50 on the train, which frankly, being a poor student, I don't have! I've looked at buses etc but it takes…
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gap insurance
i have just got a new car and my insurance will replace car in 1st yr if written off. Can I buy gap insurance at the end of the 1st year>?
