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Forgot About Road Tax
Firstly, I've read through the other threads on this but they can't answer my questions. I moved house and forgot to tell DVLA, thus I didn't receive anything reminding me to renew my road tax. Realised today that it has been expired for 7 months! My questions are: 1. Will there be a big pile of reminders/warnings/fines…
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Extended warranty rip off
Having purchased a gold plus warranty for £500 when my propshaft went after only having the car for 4 months I looked in the T's & C's propshaft covered yes! Contacted warranty company who refused the claim saying it was due to wear and tear! Contacted the garage to be told not our problem you bought a warranty, I…
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ADAM BLAIR site
I have used the ADAM BLAIR site to download solicitors letters that will guarantee me winning my case against a speeding ticket - I LOST .. I asked for my money back under his guarantee - I DIDN'T GET IT - he gave me part of it back as a 'goodwill' gesture ... DO NOT BE CONNED BY THIS SITE AND ITS' GUARANTEES !!!!! :mad:
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Suspect Coachworks Firm Damaged My Car....Can't Prove it
I got some work done on my car today, the guy was lying down the side of the car and spotted that the car had been damaged underneath (looks like the car fell off a car jack and was dented) and the car resprayed with anti chip paint over the original anti chip paint to try and hide the damage. He immediately called me out…
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1yr StreetCar membership + 1hr free rental - £12.50
Good offer on today's deal on MyCityDeal: http://www.mycitydeal.co.uk/in/.jm3nle £12.50 for 1 year access to the Streetcar fleet and 1 hour of free driving in a VW Golf worth £66 incl. petrol, insurance and congestion charge - Save 81%!
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De-Gas addative...for Vauxhall Corsa.
Does anybody Know the name of the stuff that they use when they do a service. They say they have De-Gased the vehicle. As far as i know its just a petol addative but as i say i wanna find out the name of it so i can try to buy some. Dont realy want to pay dealers prices.
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Advice needed - Ford Focus Power Steering Pump Repair
Hi, I am after a bit of advice with regards to my ford focus, it is a 2005 reg LX model. Yesterday it started making a really bad noise every time I accelerated and called out the recovery people who immediately said it would need towing to a garage of my choice as it was leaking fluid. I got it towed to my local…
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car garage hourly rate?
I am curious as to how much a car garage charges labour wise per hour from region to region? I know that main dealers hourly rate is much higher than independant garages, and london is more expensive than most otrher parts of the country. many thanks
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Speed Limit Signs - do they have to be lit?
70MPH dual carriageway, without street-lights. Goes to a 40MPH speed limit. The signs are not lit in any way, a short distance further the speed reduces to 30mph again not lit, but there are street lights now. Are both signs legal, or are they supposed to be lit to be enforceable? I should add, I keep to the limit, but…
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Garage threatening to take back car after they forgot to get finance forms signed!!
My friends son has just purchased a car on finance and traded in his old car. The garage has now called saying that they forgot to get him to sign the car finance agreement and he must go immediately and sign it or the will take the car back. He lives over 100 miles away from the garage and has asked them to send the…
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Mechanical Advice.....Steering Problem
All Just wondered if anyone a bit more clued up on cars than me could give me an opinion...... About 7 months ago my car was making a kind of rubbing noise when turning right. I had a mechanic look at it and it turned out to be rust on the shoes which he sorted. Now the noise is back, but the car isn't driving very well.…
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juddering car in 1st gear
hi...I wonder if anyone can give me some advice with my car, I have a renault clio on a 07 plate, its done 19,000 miles and im the 2nd owner, 3 weeks ago i had to have new front brakes, the mechanic said they are not normally replaced on that low mileage, now since yesterday the car has started juddering when pulling away…
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is this quote reasonable?
Hi evryone, First time i have posted on this part of the forum but here goes. I had the checked out and i found out the alternator (fan) belt needs replacing and i think the CAM belt does to. Now i was recommended to the car to a certain garage which i phoned up and booked the car in. Now i was quoted £235 inc vat for the…
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radio code keeps having to be reset
Re: Factory fitted radio in 2001 Rover 25. Whenever the radio is switched off for more than five minutes I have to input the code again. I have checked the connectors on the side of the radio and the 10A fuse. No other parts of the car electrical system are malfunctioning. It must be thinking that the battery has been…
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no tax means insurance is void?
This is quite long winded and is really starting to drive me nuts! Last July my husband was hit by another driver, the only damage to our car was that the reflector at the back was knocked out so no claim was made. In october we recieved notification from insurance that the other dirver was claiming against us, however all…
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Honda civic starter motor 225 fitted
I needed a new starter motor, got a bloke in a van from gumtree to have a look. He quoted me 150 for a new one fitted, he took the old one off and said be back tomorrow with new one. He took 75 quid deposit and my keys, said see you tomorrow. He rang me last night saying the quote he got for the starter motor was wrong, it…
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Autoglass - exceptionally poor glass
I recently had my windscreen replaced by Autoglass. They used a Pilkington windscreen for the replacement which I always believed was a quality manufacturer. How wrong I was! The glass is (mostly) ok when looking straight ahead through it, but when you look through it on a slight angle (such as sitting in the drivers seat…
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cycle rack-light board
Hi all. well at the ripe old age of **** I have bought my very first bike! :jAm getting better and not so wobbly and have just bought a low mounted rear cycle carrier. The info says that I may need a light board. I have looked about and these are not expensive but they all seem to indicate an 18pin socket to be plugged…
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AA membership renewal con.
Last year I joined the AA through a MSE link and got membership for £35 plus £20 M&S vouchers. My renewal came this week for £50. I phoned to have a moan and they switched me to the "thinking of leaving us" department who immediately offered cover for £35. No vouchers though! So are they doing me a favour or were they…
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Car on pavement..
There's a car, its parked on the pavement..blocking half the path. There's a Parent with a pram walking down the street where said car is parked. On the Parent trying to squeeze the pram past the car the two scrape together. There is a mark down the car and also on the pram frame. The car owner wants the pram owner to pay…
