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pot holes - help with repairs
over the weekend i went over a pretty big pothole, which has cracked an alloy, scratched another, and gave me a puncture. there is no way to avoid it, as the road is so narrow it forces one car at a time through and takes up a good portion of it. how do i go about asking the council to pay for repairs? i have taken…
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Hyundai i20 paintwork (look inside)
Hi all, I have a query. I bought an i20 last year in June. So it's roughly 10 months old. Done nearly 4k miles. It's been treated well as you'd expect for a new car. However, there is already rust showing up on parts of the car, around the joins etc. Parts of the paint has also chipped off around the joins of the boot and…
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Front and rear tyres - same speed rating needed?
Hi I need to get some new front tyres on my car. At present all 4 tyres are 'V' rating, but H would be cheaper and fine for me as I don't intend to drive that fast. Also my current tyres are budget ones and I plan to get a premium brand for the fronts. Is it safe to have V rated tyres at the rear and H rated at the front?…
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Front and rear tyres - same speed rating needed?
Hi I need to get some new front tyres on my car At present all 4 tyres are 'V' rating, but H would be cheaper and fine for me as I don't intend to drive that fast. Also my current tyres are budget ones and I plan to get a premium brand for the fronts. Is it safe to have V rated tyres at the rear and H rated at the front?…
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Front and rear tyres - same speed rating needed?
Hi I need to get some new front tyres on my car At present all 4 tyres are 'V' rating, but H would be cheaper and fine for me as I don't intend to drive that fast. Also my current tyres are budget ones and I plan to get a premium brand for the fronts. Is it safe to have V rated tyres at the rear and H rated at the front?…
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Nissan Almera help
Hi folks, We got something out of the boot of the Almera on Saturday morning and obviously did not shut it properly. The net result is that I guess the battery is flat. The key fob does not work and there is no "key hole" to override the key fob. Does anyone have any ideas how to access the car? All thoughts really…
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No vehicle registration certificate
We bought a car last year, approx July, the vehicle reg cert never arrived in the post. We have since changed address. I've looked at the DVLA site and tried to phone them (-impossible to speak to anyone), and it seems you can get a replacement paying £25, but my reg cert never arrived, so I'm not too happy about paying…
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Capital Bank Plc
Hi all, I am new to this site, hope i have posted this in the right place. I previously purchased a car with Capital Bank Plc but got into a bit of a mess when the car was written off and the finance was outstanding. Anyhoo this was passed over to a debt recovery company originally called BuchananClark & Wells (now changed…
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MOT - Is this fail legit??
Hi all, Need to pick some brains please! My other half took his car to the MOT garage I have been using for years, as they only did MOTs and had no reason to fail you. Last year, they joined businesses with the garage next door, but I still took my car there and my 10 year old car still passed. So, no worries. So last…
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Lidl Car Accessories Thursday 8th April
http://www.lidl.co.uk/cps/rde/xchg//SID-6F4E77DB-2C0DF9D1/lidl_uk/hs.xsl/4222.htm Just a heads up, might be of interest.
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bank holiday train fares, am i being unreasonable?
We took the family to the Natural History Museum yesterday. I had a leaflet about group saver tickets for trains, looked it up on the South Eastern trains site, and for 5 adults and 3 kids came to £40 for groupsaver tickets, or £40ish + £26 for a family railcard. You couldn't buy them online, only at the station. Got to…
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Tail-gating/Speeding
So satisfying doing the w**nker hand fist shake in the mirror to the bloke behind who was tail-gating and overtaking everyone dangerously on the A1068 today. Should of seen his face! :mad:
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Any Mechanics? Is this ok on a Picasso we wish to buy??
Hi all, We are looking to purchase a new car - its a Citroen Picasso 1.6i 16v Desire 06 plate 36,000 miles cost £4500 from a private sale which seems a good price. We've been to look at it - all looks clean, well cared for etc, I've done a HPI check - clear, checked the V5 cert - all ok. Full service history and service…
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New 17 year old Moped driver Advice
Hi MSE's :hello: I'm 17 and have just purchased a Yamaha Maxster 125cc :D I'm paying it off in bits and finish next month. I purchased it for £550. I also have my CBT to book shortly so thats sorted. So I'm asking for any advice you have for me from safety to maintenance in regards to riding a scooter/bike . I'm a total…
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Garage Damaged my car TWICE!!!
My car was in at a garage to be repaired after someone reversed in to me and caused a tiny dent in my door. Anyway when I got my car back, amongst other things which were not right, they had dented the back. They accepted liability and took the car back in to be fixed. I got the car back last week and now my electric…
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Ensuring the car is fault-free?
Hi Guys, I'm close to buying my first ever car and have found my perfect one on Auto Trader. My question is - I don't know much about motoring/mechanics etc and whilst I will do an HPI check, check the log book, service history etc, how can I ever be sure the car is fault-free before purchasing? Is there like a "hired…
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Import Volkswagen Golf Plus 07
Hi Everyone, Just wanted to pick your knowledgeable brains about a rough valuation for the above car, i have posted before on here. I am currently paying £269.69 per month and i am due to pay a balloon payment of £4593 in october of this year when my agreement finishes. My plan is then to sell the car and get something…
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Ford Mondeo Rear Springs - where to get replaced?
I know there are loads of Mondeos out there - anyone had their rear springs replaced recently, where was the cheapest place to go - just to save me ringing round them all. 2003 plate 1.8 LX model. I'm in Scotland, so no Nationwide Autocentres up here. Doing it myself is not an option, I have hardly any tools and hate lying…
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Brake trouble: what should I do?
I bought a Nissan Almera Tino in January 2009 from a car dealership. In June 2009 I had it serviced at a Nissan dealership and asked them to check the brakes as there was a grinding noise on the rear wheel. The dealership replaced the rear brake discs and pads (for a total of £430 with the service) and suggested that they…
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any advice welcomed please!!! my car been towed!
