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Personal Contract purchase (PCP)
Hi all, Im looking to get my first PCP, would anyone be able to help with the following... Deposit: Is this refundable? I assume so, but wanted to check? End of contract: Can you simply walk away with your deposit, or is there a fee? Thanks, Joe
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Volvo XC90 v Landrover Discovery
Hi folks. I am looking to buy a 4x4, secondhand, probably around 3-4 yrs old c £ 18,000 or thereabouts - partly because I now need a 7 seater but also because I will be getting a single horse trailer for towing occasionally and driving down rutty tracks to said horse. I currently have a Volvo V50 so towing a horse trailer…
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Cheapest Way To Travel on London Transport
Hi We're spending three days in London next week, and I'm wondering what the most cost effective way of getting around on the tube is? Years ago, when there were just Travel Cards - that seemed like the best way. But now there are Oyster cards - which I don't quite understand. Do they work out cheaper now? Seems to me to…
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Car due a service?
Hi, I bought a car at the weekend - its a W reg peugeot 306 1.9D its done 113,000 and has MOT till Jan 2011 (bought for £1100)... Anyway the car is running fine - I've had a look at the maintenance record and the car has had the following services: 5737 miles 8985 miles (type A) - whatever this is?! 19,196 miles 27,807…
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Where does he stand with this- car repair related
A friend of mine owns a 2002 vauxhall astra He took it to the main dealers for MOT about 3 weeks ago and while it was there they rang him and said it needed a new head gasket. They kept the car for 4 days then told him gasket done at cost of £700. He collected the car and drove home- about 9 miles Next morning started the…
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Any ideas on '04 meriva problem
I have an '04 reg Meriva and a couple of weeks ago the warning light came on whilst on the motorway. I took it to my local garage the next day and after they had read the code, was told that a new coil pack was needed, also the ABS light came on so was told a new sensor was needed. I had the coil pack replaced and am…
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2 NCBs 1 Car
Here is my situation, right now, I have a Nissan Cefiro which is almost up for it's insurance renewal. This car is my good car and it's not going anywhere. I'll have 4 years NCB come renewal time. It's insured with Direct Line I also have a Volvo 940 which is my spare car and probably going to be my commuter car too as the…
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County Court claim re: accident last year
Hoping someone here may be able to help me... Today I received a county court claim for about £1000 from a solicitor on behalf of someone who I assume is the husband or boyfriend of someone I was involved in a low speed rear end shunt with in February last year during the really icy conditions (the driver of the other car…
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Scrappage Extended
for another month. No extension to funds though. Another month for those who can't afford it to trade in their death traps for cars that will be reposessed within a year and then try and sue everyone and anyone because its not their fault. Good news.....
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Why do so few people cycle?
I was just wondering why there seems to be so few people on here that cycle/ask questions about cycling, especially as cycling is so MSE. :money: Do any of you cycle? If you don't, have you ever considered it? If not why not? What would help you to do it?
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Advice please car insurance
My dad has got a motability car at the moment that was for his late wife that died in jan 2010 , the motability people said he could keep for upto 8 weeks from the death for him to find another car . He has had this car only since july 2009.the quiestion is with the motability people paying for the insurance for him on the…
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Ford Focus Zetec ESP
I have a new focus zetec which was only registered a weeek ago Monday just gone. Everything has been fine until today with the snow today has been an absolute nightmare. The ESP anti skid thig kicked in whilst going up hill but instead if helping me to steer in a straight line like every other car it is pulling me into one…
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Head gasket job question????
Hi all, my car is booked in tomorrow to get the head gasket fixed, three garages have confirmed that my problem is the head gasket so I have to sort something out. My question is have any of you had your head gasket done and how long did the car last after the work? Thanks, Paul.
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any clue to what can be wrong Rav 4 D-4D
I have a Rav 4 D-4D 2001 I GX I just had it serviced and when driving home noticed the speedo wasnt working took it back to the garage and they said it was the speed sensor after checking some code on the computer? drove home it started to work again so cancelled the job for speed sensor,after a week it stopped working…
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Have I been done over?
Spurred on by the costly replacement car I currently have I'm wondering if the garage treated me fairly a few months back and wondered what peoples opinions are on this: I had a Toyota Yaris for 6 years, fabulous car, never really had to pay much out for it other than the standard servicing and MOT costs. Last summer the…
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How to tell when the timing belt on a Daewoo Lanos needs replacing.
Anyone know. Just taken my car into the garage today to get looked at as it is guzling petrol and costing me a fortune. They've had to service the car, the brake pads needed changing, the spark leads need changing and the coils to the cylinders need replacing, so far the bill is £378.00:eek::eek: I've read somewhere that…
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Controlled parking zone limits in London
Hi, Trying to find out how far out of London it is where controlled parking zones end. I'm coming in from Oxford to stay in the Kensington area and want to leave the car for the weekend, picking it up on a Monday morning. Was hoping I could park for free somwhere and get the tube in, can anyone recommend somewhere?
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No MOT , No TAX - What to do?
Hello, My father recently passed away and his 2 cars are currently not MOT'd or TAX'd they have not been road legal for around 6 months. They are currently sitting in the drive at his address and are a high attraction for burgulars as they are quite expensive cars. The house is currently sitting empty and unoccupied. I do…
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Car crash because driver couldn't stop car.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1248177/Toyota-recall-Last-words-father-family-died-Lexus-crash.html All very sad. In a manual you'd be onto the clutch and then coast to a halt or not overheat the brakes in the first place. I'm assuming that in an automatic you'd put it into neutral or try ramming it into…
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Car Advice needed
At the risk of starting a heated discussion... I am the current owner of a Ford KA. My parents had it from new and in 9 years it has never once broken down. The insurance is cheap as chips, it's easy to get it into the spaces on our busy road and it's economical on fuel. However, we are having a first child in 2 months and…
