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Cancelled trains
My daughter has started a new job and twice in the last week the train she needs to catch has been cancelled - this is from a Manchester suburb into the city centre. The trains only run hourly. Does anyone know if she can claim compensation? She has a monthly ticket, but her Dad had to run her in to Manchester so that she…
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Buying at Auction
If I buy a car at an auction, what is the easiest way to legally get it home? I'd buy one with some MoT, and I can ring a company and insure it immediately, but how can I tax it? No insurance docs to take to a post office, and it won't be on the MIB database to tax online. I've got a mate who has got trade plates he may…
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MG ZR touch up pen???
I have an MG ZR exactly like the one in the picture, now i have several bits of paint that have come off on the bonnet due to chippings on the road. Where can i get a touch up pen from with the colour that is shown.
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Nissan Nissan Micra 2005 - Chugging but not stalling. Any ideas?
Delete thread please.
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Broken Agreement?
I bought a nearly new car from a main dealer last year. My choice was partly influenced by the offer of two years' free servicing which the salesman confirmed. Now, however, the garage claims that I don't have this. Do I have any redress?
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I need cheap car insurance!
hope someone can help me. Any advice would be appreciated. I having being driving for 20 years and havent had an accident for about 18 therefore I have full no claims discount. but to keep my insurance low over the years I have been named as the second driver on my husbands insurance as he also had 9 years no claims…
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picking up a new car and insurance
We are picking up my Mums new car bought through the scrappage scheme next week. The car however will be in my partners name as it was her car that we used to get the deal. Can my Mum insure the car in her own name, stating her as the owner, as we will be transferring it to her name there and then ? My girlfriend wont be…
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New Trains too high for platforms - why?
Yesterday I had to travel across central London and out to Kent which involved several changes of overground train. At several stations there was work underway to provide improved facilities for wheel chair users on the concourse. This is all very well but fails to address another major problem - the current and increasing…
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HELP : Insurance Question
Hi - advice please? A colleague went over a big pothole last weekend in his Peugot 307 '04' plate. The engineer started revving up and then he switched off due to high revving. The car has not gone since, he was towed home by the AA. The car is now in his Insurance Co.s preferred local garage and they are doubting his…
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Any diesel experts out there??
Hi everyone, I have a problem with my Renault Kangoo Van. It has been to a diesel specialist who cannot find anything wrong with it. Wonder if anyone has any ideas, im running out of option beside scrapping it which cant afford to do and need the van for work as im a self employed decorator. My problems are... It puffs out…
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Revenge of the tailgated!
I get very wound up by tailgaters. Particularly when I'm abiding by the speed limit & The Tailgater is superglued to my rear bumper. Last week I was driving along a familiar road and I noticed The Tailgater getting closer & taking up position a few feet from my car. I was approaching a familiar and very deep pothole. A…
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Cancelling Green Flag
If I'm mid term with GF on a pay monthly Direct Debit ... can I just cancel? Or will I be invoiced for the entire year?
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Problem with car insurance
I received a letter in mid January stating that I had cancelled my policy when in fact there had been a problem with my Direct Debit in December and I never received the letter informing me of this. Long story short, policy was stopped on 1 January and I am in the middle of complaint proceedure with them. I took out a new…
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Advice needed re antifreeze please
Hi there I feel very stupid asking this so please go easy on me Where do i put the antii freeze in my ford focus? does it go in with the water? does it go somewhere else?
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Temporary Car Insurance
Anyone got any recommendations? Borrowing a friends car. Approx how much will it cost for 4 days insurance?
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Tax Disc and Private Sale
Hi Everybody, Excuse me for what may be a very stupid question. I am selling a car which I had bought second hand while learning to drive. It now turns out that I am giving up driving after a couple of disastrous tests, and am going to sell the car privately. I have discovered that I hate driving, so please don't try to…
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Free place to sell car?
sorry for caps, i need a place where i can sell my car its a non runner so thats why i need to be as cost effective as possible..gumtree? also do i list the car as a non runner?? the title? because the head gasket has gone but if that was fixed, it woudl be fine however its too expensive for me to repair and after adding…
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How much can you expect to knock off the price of a pre-reg?
I'm thinking of buying a car that has a list price is £14,500 but I can expect to haggle that down to around £12,500. Anyway, the dealer said he had some pre-reg cars with delivery miles on them. Baring in mind you can get £2000 off the list price, how much more should you expect to get off for a pre-reg with last years…
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Insurance for taxing 2nd car
Ive got fully comp insurance for my day to day car....Recently Ive bought a second car with the intention of doing it up.Its parked on the road outside my house and currently taxed until end of March and tested till later in year.Sometime in March Im going to have to tax it but wont be driving it any time in near…
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MOT failure - advice needed :-(
Took car to Kwikfit for MOT (probably not best idea). Failed for a few things:- 1. Headlight not secured. I know one of the fixings for the headlight is broken but are they being overpicky here. Its definitely not loose because 4 out of 5 bolts are still holding it. 2. Exhaust mountings. They are saying the bit that hangs…
