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Rover 214 coolent fan eek!!
OK long story short my fans have packed up on my 214 rover cant afford to get it repaired straight away i am hopeing to offload the darn thing in 8wks as we have to upgrade to a 7 seater due to new baby on the way. My question is can i run the car for 2 short journies a day with out the fan or am i likely to completely…
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Help daughter almost 17!!!!
Hello everyone, I'm asking for help and advice as to how to get a good deal on car insurance for a soon to be 17 years old daughter, ive had a look and thought about buying her a small car ie ford Ka/Fiat Punto for around the £1000 mark but the insurance with me as owner and her name on it is coming out at around…
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Help/Advice
Hi Guys, I'm pretty new, not even sure if this is the right place to be posting but I wonder if anyone can help with this. My silly boyfriend has had cars on finance since he was 18, problem is he never kept them long enough to repay the finance, just trading them in and adding the outstanding balance onto new finance…
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WINDSCREEN REPLACEMENT - Car insurance
My father-in-law has just changed car insurance companies on 1st March. He has just had his car MOT'd and has found that he has a crack in his windscreen - covered under his new insurance policy. He inadvertently admitted to his new insurance company that the crack has been there for some time, but has been getting worse.…
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really need help fast please
I have dropped a complete boob, having a very bad day. And accidentally put diesel car oil in the diesel pump, not masses about half a bottle. What can I do? anyone
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Car Scrapping Problem
Hi I have a problem, not sure really what to do next. For the last few months some scrappage company have been going round to my mums asking if they can scrap my old vitara that has been cluttering up their drive for the last year. I kept saying maybe but eventually a couple of weeks ago I agreed to let them take it once…
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£8K car Volvo, Audi, Mondeo, Vectra ?
I'm looking for a decent second hand car that will double as a practical family shifter, as well as a nice car for my drive to work, I'm looking for something with a bit more luxury than the basic cars I've had in the past, any thoughts on my shortlist so far. Vectra estate CDTI SRI Diesel "58 2008 25000 miles £7500 Mondeo…
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Problem with my car (chugging?)
Hi, I have a Ford Fiesta 1.25 2005 Model, Recently had its Annual major service and have put 4 new tyres on it. Today while driving on the motorway I noticed a chugging sound and some clunking coming from the back of the car. It only seems to happen when going above 30mph, I have also noticed some clunking when slowing…
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Car/Van insurance questions
Hi, I am hiring a Van long term, which I want to insure but Direct Line do not insure rental vehicles apparently? Who can I use? Also I am going through a claim at the moment, on a current policy (hence the rental). I did have 3 years no claims, but loose 2 on the claim. As the claim does has not been completed where does…
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buying a new car, £1000 budget.
can anyone help me out please? dont know who else to ask but im in need of a car, my budget for the car alone is £1000, then i have set aside a fund for insurance and road tax which i estimate will be £500 - £1000 depending on car i suppose. where would i start? any help appreciated. thanks very much.
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Peugeot 106 Auto Eating up Petrol Quickly?
Hey People Can any Car Savvy people give me any advice. I my Peugeot 106 Automatic Unleaded is eating up my Petrol too quickly and I think theres something wrong with it! As it was only MOT'ed a few months ago. Currently out of £10 I can only get 50 Miles out of the Car, Is this very low For a Auto 106? It seems really…
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New car vs used car
I recently purchased a new vehicle on a pcp (the car is now 3 months old). It's currently costing me nearly 300 a month and I'm already considering trading it in and buying a used car (something that is cheaper per month but reliable). I'm looking for any comments/thoughts you may have and it anyone thinks there's any…
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Alighting at a different station than on return ticket.
My other half makes a return journey from layton (a minor "one-train-an-hour" unstaffed station) to bolton costing £7.40 with his railcard. The return journey at 21:07 involves going from bolton to blackpool North (one station past layton), then boarding another train (15mins later) to go back in the direction from where…
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cat c write off mot valid
hi there iv recently brought a car off a trader. after the 6 mile drive home the car ceased to work. called out the aa and was advised buy them the car had been in a bad front end smash, the cam pulleys were out of line which in turn chewed the cam belt in half. there were wires dangling showing bare metal basically car…
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Keep the paper driving licence
I have just got a reminder that my driving licence needs renewed, because i now have the photo licence this needs renewed every ten years!!!! just want to moan but what a rip off, so if you have the old style paper licence keep it as you never need to renew it, so you can safely drive for many years and it wont cost you…
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Can you help- cheapest rail fare. My mind is spinning!!
Need to travel Birmingham to Carlisle to collect my son (just don't ask, it's a nightmare!) on Saturday. Need to get there on the silly o'clock first train and back on the 9.08. Cheapest way to do this please! We have a F+F railcard, but this is only valid on the retuen trip as I won't have him with me before then!! Looks…
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Stop my OH buying this noddy car!!!
After looking for a new car for ages my OH is seriously considering a Toyota Urban Cruiser http://www.toyota.co.uk/cgi-bin/toyota/bv/frame_start.jsp?id=UrbanCruiser_LeftNav We are nearly 40 years old!! Please feel free to rip the p*ss to put him off buying it and stop me having to face the embarrassement of this going…
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Car Accident - Legal Obligations?
Hi, I'm looking for some advice please. Today, while in a stationary queue of traffic, a car drove into the back of me. It was a very slow impact and, on inspection, has done no damage to my vehicle. The driver of the other vehicle has incurred some superficial damage to the plates and paintwork. After some discussion we…
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Extension for the scrappage scheme??
Has anyone heard anything about a possible extension to the scrappage scheme? I miss the current deadline by 13 days (:() so am hoping there will be a further extension when the current scheme finishes at the end of March.
