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Virgin Train Delay due to signal problems
My son and his GF travelled to see us last night but their train was delayed by 50 mins (on a scheduled 2 hour journey) due to signal problems. They had bought an off peak ticket (not advance) as they wanted a quick journey and were prepared to pay for that convenience. Can anyone advise are they entitled to claim any…
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Driver who was talking on her mobile phone
Im guessing theres nothing I can do here but if i witness a driver talking on her mobile is there anything I can do, im 100% certain she was on her phone as she drove past me on the roundabout as i was waiting to enter the roundabout and you could see her right elbow was on the right hand door,
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Train ticket Unpaid Fare Notice..Please help!
Hello All, Two weeks ago I travelled from London to Edinburgh. Just before getting on the train I realised I had lost my wallet with my train tickets in. I told the train guard, and he suggested I get on and appeal against the unpaid fare notice by offering proof I had paid to travel on the train. I sent my Unpaid Fare…
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Courtesy Car - Help!!
Hi there, Sorry if I've posted this in the wrong section, but I would grateful for some advice if possible?! I picked up a courtesy car this morning (mine is in for service). I have just been out to the car park where it has been all day, and have noticed a rather large scratch/damage to the rear near side wheel arch?! Now…
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Works lease car - counting the cost
I am on the verge of signing up for a lease car through my place of work (NHS). Its a 3 year lease so I wanted to find out the answer to a question nobody seems to be able to answer. The car, to me, will cost a monthly lump sum plus a monthly "car benefit tax at 20%". My question is; other than these two costs are there…
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Advice - cambelt & MOT
Hello! I took my car (Renault Clio 1.2 2001) for a service on the weekend. A few things came up - the fact that I had nails in my back tyre (got this replaced for a tenner!) there is no record of when, or if, my cambelt was changed (95,000 miles) also some other minor things. Anyway, I know it is due for a MOT next month…
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European Motoring Kit £14.99 at Aldi from Sun 16/05/10
With the summer coming up and some of us looking to travel Continental there's a European Motoring Kit available this Sunday from Aldi for £14.99: http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_14145.htm Tesco sell a motoring kit like this for around £40 and you can imagine how much an AA kit will cost at the ports.…
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faulty petrol pump
on my way home from work this morning (5.30am) I went into my local garage to put fuel in my car (my red light was on). I placed the nozzel into my car as usual for the first 30pence worth of petrol it was fine. There was then a noise like air coming out the pump and no petrol. I took my finger off the trigger and yet the…
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Another insurance question
Another 17 year old provisional insurance question (yawn) I'm afraid ! Just before anyone starts, have already tried a search on this. Firstly I'm sure there was a post, which I can't find regarding an insurance company that offered that offered a flat rate 1, 2, or 3 month provisional policy for about £90pm for any car up…
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Sharan Cam belt change.
Hi all I am just looking to buy a used car and i have narrowed it down to two. One is a sharan that has 64K on the clock. I think that this means it is up for a cam change. Does anyone know how much i am looking at to get the cam belt changed please ?? Ps the other car is the Mazda MPV If anyone has any owners experience…
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In Train Station overnight???
Hi Everyone, I am going away for a week and the fare was coming up at around £75 with our family rail card, however I realised that if I travelled overnight it was just under £37. I intended on staying with godmother, and she would collect us from the rail station and bring us back in the morning. However godmother is off…
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eurolines/National Express excessively late - help please
Hi all, On Monday I made a very long journey to Frankfurt, Germany for a job interview. I had arranged to travel by coach as it was by far the cheapest, ive used eurolines before and theres never been a problem, but i shall explain. I had booked a coach from Derby to London, this coach was slightly delayed due to the M1,…
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Nissan Micra Ignition Barrel Recall
Hi All Friend has a Micra 53 plate which has had an ignition barrel fitted by Nissan after it went faulty, they fixed it free as there had been a recall on the barrels, this was a couple of years ago. The ignition barrel has again gone, this time its ruined the starter as it was engaging as driving. Our question is should…
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neighbour hit my car and drove off_please help
Oppoosite my house, someone hit my car with their car, scratched mine up. My car was parked up in street. He drove off. witnesses told me, knocked on my door. (pedestrians, who live on same street) WHATS BEST THING TO DO? - GET CASH OFF HIM? - CALL COPS? - GO THROUGH INSURANCE....ring them up for advice? - SPEAK TO HIM…
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Megabus Help please
I have got lots of Tickets booked with megabus till Mid Sept to travel between Manchester and Middlesbrough but when i have tried to book tickets for another person to join me the times that ive got tickets are not on there site anymore and i have checked on there site for each day that they have on there and the coach has…
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railcard renewal
can anyone help, the daily mail did a promo with a rail card free for 2 months they gave you a code for 1/2 price rest of year, im hoping its not specific to a name but does anyone have a code i can try as im getting a card anyway. thanks. ive put this in codes as well but really need a quick response
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Recommendations for good places for selling my car for cash
Hi Have been offered a p/ex figure for my 3 year old Grand Scenic DCi but wondering if there any recommended places where I could perhaps get higher than trade price. Not interested in Auto Trader, but more 'official' firms that buy cars for cash (although ½ do sound quite dodgy!!). cheers :beer:
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Indicators
Sorry, feel the need for a bit of a rant! I have noticed that less and less car drivers are using their indicators these days, especially on roundabouts, which makes life difficult when joining the roundabout. Quite often even when they do use their indicators, they don't do what they are indicating. Also, people don't…
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spare part seat runners?
Ok i will start by saying i dont know very much about cars as you can probably tell by the title question. My runners under the driver and passenger seat are not doing their job and the seats are jumping back, the car is a 1995 106, this is the only problem it has had, so was wondering if these can be replaced, and if so…
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3rd party insurance saying speed of impact couldnt cause injury to my mother?
Hi all, I am here hoping for some advice and I hope this is the correct forum to post on. I was involved in an accident a few months ago. My mother was in the car with me. The driver reversed into the side of me reversing off a drive (rear end drivers side where my mother was sat) Luckily I escaped with no injuries but my…
