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Selling your car...test drive insurance
When selling your car do you insist that the potential buyer has adequate insurance if they want to test drive it or do you just take the risk. How many of you actually demand to see proof of insurance, and should you also ask to see a drivers licence? Bearing in mind the asking price of the vehicle would be over £10K.
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Selling car ... cant find V5
I had disabled tax until Dec/Jan when my DLA ended i had to go to my local DVLA to change the class to non disabled so got a new V5 - but seem to have misplaced it Im coming to sell (sold) my car now but unable to find that one, I read i can apply myself for a new one for £25 by filling in the V62 form Or the new buyer can…
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motor insurance payments
:jshould i carry on paying my insurance premiums even though my car has been stolen.
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Nissan Micra IPDM problem!!
Hi there, My micra is DOA, it appears to be the IPDM. Have been quoted £700 for the part plus fitting and it may not solve the problem. Can I use the IPDM from a scrapped Micra on mine?? Cheers for looking in :D
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Advice on what is up with my car?
Hi, Looking for a bit of advice - my wife's car (focus) is only used to get her to and from work when required and so not used that often. Anyway, when we had all the snow this year, the battery went flat and we needed the AA to come and get the car going. Ever since, the headlights have been noticeably dimmer (not a real…
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Car leasing instead of buying?
My old banger failed its mot, im getting pretty fed up with it off the road half the time and costing me a fortune in repairs. I tried to apply for a loan to buy a car online, but was rejected. My credit report shows 3 late payments in total in 2006/07. I was wary about getting finance for a car that could break down…
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BMW 1 SERIES clutch judder
Bought an 05 1 series 2 weeks ago with 35000 on the clock and have now noticed a judder when the car is warm and in traffic, took it to a BMW specialist who tell me that it needs a new clutch and flywheel. Took it back to the garage from where it was bought who told me there was nothing wrong with the clutch and if there…
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Leisure Battery
Looking for a 85amp leisure battery,anyone know where there is any good deals on this item. ;)
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car economical write off
Advice needed as not been in this position before. Car we purchased 3 weeks ago has been written off after another driver went into the back of us. He has taken full responsibility and the claim has gone through. The insurance company has offered a settlement that is £270 short of outstanding finance. Can we ask the pay…
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Best place to sell my car?
Hello, I was just wondering other than autotrader and ebay, where is the best place to advertise my car? Preferably for free? Am I allowed to advertise it on here, I dont think I am but just checking? Thank You
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Injector Knock Advisory
I've just had my car serviced, it's an 04 Mondeo 2.0TDCi with 120k on the clock. I was told that there is some injector knock but not to worry about it at the moment. What is this and what are the effects? I can hear a noise when I accellerate that sounds like knocking but do I need to worry about it? The mechanic talked…
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Selling a Car advice please....
Hi, Some advice please on selling my car I still have 5300 to pay on the finance as Ive never sold a car before when people come round to look and say they want to take the car there and then what do I tell them as I will pay the finance company straight away the 5300 how do I go about doing this... Im hoping to get 6500…
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Right Indicator
Just wondering, last night i was out in the car and i suddenly noticed my right indicator started going quite fast and flashing fast aswell. I have checked and the 3 lights seem to be flashing on that side, Does anyone have any ideas why its flashing/ticking so fast.
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Insurance excess query. Please help.
Hello, My son got his transport stolen. He reported it to police who found his transport. They recovered it with a massive amount of damage. It was then recovered by insurance company to dealer. There was a 2 month delay in repairs. They were done. Son collected his transport and was told by garage no excess to pay as…
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Vauxhall Astra Mk4 - Catalytic Converter Problem?
I have a 2002 Vauxhall Astra Mk4 which is on about 97k miles. For a little while I've noticed it's noisy under heavy acceleration; I thought the exhaust was blowing again which happened once before (no, I don't drive it like a boy racer :D ). The other day, there was an eggy sulphur smell for a short period as we drove. As…
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Minimum age for insurance on 7 seater
Hi everyone, Could anyone tell me if I need to be a certain age before an insurance company is likely to consider insuring me on a 7 seater. I'm 20 and have been driving for 3 years and need to pickup a stranded Vauxhall Zafira 1.6 from heathrow airport before it runs up huge overstay charges in the Non BAA long stay…
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Looking for a car for £500
My work car has just broken down. The head gasket has gone due to a malfunctioning radiator and the repair cost looks like being £500 minimum and then labour. My garage said the safest option would be to replace the engine as the damage was so major. The car was barely worth £500 and now I'm looking to replace it with a…
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what will happen /driving on phone crash
friends b/f was on his phone (not hands free), has had a crash.... will he still be insured?
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OMG Insurance renewal......
Just had my car insurance renewal notice and my insurance for this year has gone up from £410 to £949.42!!! Needless to say I wont be renewing with them especially as ive been on a comparison site and can get fully comp cover for 1/3 of the price!!! And before anyone asks no ive not had any accidents or convictions and…
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Garage courtesy car. I pay for petrol?
I have to take my car into my dealer to get something fixed. I will drop it off in the morning and pick up late afternoon. Should the car be filled up when I pick it up and then I fill it back up? Do I not worry about filling it up? Or will they just give me a car with barely anything in the tank (I'm guessing this is the…
