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MOT in Derby Recommendations
Hopefully someone can help. Having recently moved to Derby I don't really know too many places, and now that lovely time of year has arrived, the joys of the annual MOT. Can anyone recommend a decent garage to do this please? ie; one that won't rip me off. Much appreciated.
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I crashed my car !!!!!!!
Can anyone help me please.:eek: I have stupidly crashed my car this morning. The airbags all came out - the drivers wheel is all buckled and my friend said it looks like the suspension may have been damaged. How do the repairers decide if it is fixable or not? My insurance company use Nationwide and so far today they have…
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why don't car dealers negotiate over phone?
Simple q - why are car dealers so unwilling to negotiate over the phone, or give a fixed price?
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Small Tip
During these very cold spells, if your car is parked on flat ground, keep it in gear, however do not put on the hand-brake. The cold temperatures are freezing the brake-pads into the wheels, therefore it is a better idea to leave the hand-brake off if possible. A very small tip and hopefully some will find it useful.
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Lost Vehicle Registration Document, change of address and car tax due! Help!
Hello In October I moved house, and as I knew it was only going to be a very short term let (3 months) I didn't change the address on my vehicle registration document. At the end of January I moved again, and sent my vehicle registration document to DVLA with the change of address. I rang them today, as the 4 weeks they…
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Warranty won't pay!!
I'm new to this, so apologies for any errors. I have a high roof, long wheelbase large van which is 7 months old.It was bought new but had to be recovered back to the dealer 2 weeks ago stuck in 1st gear. I have now been told that the repair isn't covered by warranty, as problem is due to gearbox being full of water.…
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Sold car
Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me with relation to selling a car. I sold a car last year sometime and recently i have been sent a notification of SORN so i rang the dvla and they say the car is still in my name and i need to send off details of who i sold it too on the back of the letter they sent me. But for the…
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Tips for Driving in Snow and Ice
Hi all, just had some major snow up in Sheffield this weekend, went to sleep Saturday Night and woke up Sunday morning with about 8inches of the good old white stuff. Anyway I have a rear wheel drive Lexus and was fine over flat roads and small inclines but hit a hill nearly made it to the top and had to trun it round and…
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Unlawful private car parking "fine" - appealing
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Car insurance cashback via comparison sites
Hi, I was wondering regarding Martin's Cheap Car Insurance guide, is it possible to use the cashback sites such as topcashback/quidco with a comparison site? I ask because I have found the comparison sites to be cheaper than going directly through the dealer's website which is much more expensive! thanks
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Driving on someone else's insurance
Why do you need your own insurance to drive on someone else's insurance?
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anyone from taunton - i got caught speeding and usually careful
A38 Bathpool, Taunton, Somerset. Heading towards Taunton I can only imagine it is past Monkton Heathfield junction towards Creech Castle stretch around the Jaguar and Land Rover Dealer I always knew it as being 40mph once off the Dual Carriage way. Annoyed as I was doing 37mph thinking it was 40. does anyone know where i'm…
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project shoestring/bangernomics
I dont know if anyone is interested but I thought I`d share some pics for anyone considering downgrading on cars to acheive financial peace, me and the mrs are working hard at being mortgage free in our 30s and one of the places we were spending money on unnecessarily was fancy cars, a CLK320 mercedes and a BMW728 plus my…
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Dog hit by car
Hopefully this is the right thread to post in. I was in my sons car today and we had just pulled away from a house and were moving at about five miles an hour. A dog was on the pavement loose and as we passed it, it darted in front of the car with no chance to avoid it. It ran across road yelping and blood was coming out…
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Half Price MOT - £27
Just found this on the studentbeans website but it doesnt say anything about needing to be a student on the autotrader website- just print the voucher :) http://www.autotrader.co.uk/CARS/mot/mot_centre.jsp Sorry if this is in the wrong place but I hope it helps someone!
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Tax disk question.
I was just wondering, if your car is parked on the road outside you house and you cover the window screen overnight to stop the frost, do you have to keep the tax disk on display?
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Do HPI Checks Verify Against Insolvent Companies
My partners Dad has just bought a land rover for cash. He was given some business cards from the owner. We checked out the company with companies house and it appears the company has been declared insolvent. We are now concerned that the vehicle may not have been legally sold on. Does any anyone know if there is any way of…
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1996 Corsa Broken in to. Do i Claim or Fix
Afternoon all, I ahve a 1996 Corsa which was broken into last night. They have kindly prised my door open, leaving a 6 inch gap at the top of the door where it should close and snapped my steering wheel. Rang my insurence but..... I have £350 excess on the car which is valued at £800. What are the chances of them scrapping…
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Car's been keyed...
...all along the drivers side. Don't want to take it to be professionaly sorted, anyone recommend the best way to sort it? advice greatly appreciated.
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Business Car insurance query
I was wondering if someone can help me. I am an additional driver on my mum's car insurance which is insured with RAC for social, domestic and pleasure use. I will need to use the car for business use occasionally but calling up RAC, they inform me they cannot change the policy for business use for myself as they can only…
