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Am i within my rights to ask TFL to compensate me for this?
Hi, i recently booked a journey to brighton via london st pancras. I had to change at St P's to make my way down to victoria. I had given myself 50 mins time to make this journey. When i arrived, i found that there was a "half service" on the victoria line, which was bad enough. But when i got onto the train, the train…
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Changing car insurance to include business use/commuting to work?
Hi, just got a new job which i'm not sure whether to use public transport for or my car- in london but sometimes a car would make it easier does anyone know how much my car insurance would increase by? i'm female, 22, been insured since my 17th birthday so currently have 5 and a half years no claims, in november paid for…
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Garage charged 3-10x parts markup - advice?
Hello all - after having to change garage after a move, my partner and I have just had unpleasant experiences with garages charging rip-off markups for parts - we've been stung for £565 for a Micra service (with wheel bearings + brakes) and £658 for a BMW (non-dealer) MOT + brakes replace! :eek: I'm hoping to get feedback…
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accident with uninsured driver
My daughter's car was in an accident yesterday with an uninsured driver. She has fully comprehensive insurance with a protected no claims. She is in the process of getting a quote for the repair work which is expected to be around £1000+. If she claims through her insurance she will have to pay the £300 excess charge, she…
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Keeping an untaxed car on drive.
I have just bought a Car and Insured it yesterday. My Insurance details are on the data base which I have checked but the Policy has not yet been mailed to me. I have been told they will take up to 5 working days getting to me. What I want to know is although I know that I cannot drive the Car yet and have to keep it off…
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maximum MOT retest fee
Took my little corsa to garage at bottom of the road today. I normally use council one but its a couple of miles to council garage and car is not insured as been in garage since mot ran out and insurance company wanted £50 to put it on my current policy for A DAY so took it to local one. Failed on couple of bulbs and rear…
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Shell Fuelsave
I notice that Shell are now selling a new type of regular fuel called Fuelsave. As far as I can see it replaces their regular unleaded and diesel fuels and sells for the same price. Now I don't know if their claims are correct, only just filled up, but nothing to lose.…
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Commuting
I am considering moving out of the big smoke. Nothing firm yet. The area I want to move to will add an hour on to my commute, making it two hours each way. Will I go mad?
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Cycle Superhighways
I've seen on of these Superhighways sprouting between Balham and the City but cannot find much information about them. As a car user I would like to know whether there any new rules relating to them for drivers. I have tried TfL website but it is not very informative. Reducing the traffic lanes from two to one going south…
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car accident - advice please
Hi all... I was in an accident this week and essentially it was my fault (rear ended someone) - what I'm concerned by now is the damage of my car and what procedures follow after an accident and whether I need to look out for certain things with the insurance etc. The car itself is quite damaged, it was only a 30mph crash…
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Parking near Highbury.
Hi,I am going to the Emirates Cup on August 1st,I am taking my wife,who has bad arthritis,she cannot get on buses tubes etc so will have to drive,does anybody know where I could park near to the stadium?Thanks very much in advance.
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Car allowance
Hi I wasn't sure whether or not to post on here, job board or debt board but if anyone can help i'd be grateful. In short my oh has pretty much been offered a new job, salary is £5k extra and it comes with a £5k cash car allowance so £10k extra a year (approx £600 net per month) which sounds a lot until you know he doesn't…
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cycle scheme voucher-how long does it take
am very excited. I have applied for the voucher through my works cycle scheme after trying out loads of bikes. I am just waiting now for voucher to be approved. Anyone any idea how long this takes- i knw some of it is down to how good your place is or not. Trouble I forsee is that all the new bikes come in starting…
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British Car Auctions
Has anyone used these before http://www.british-car-auctions.co.uk/ I know they are all around the country, but I am wondering if you can get a good deal here, or are they too risky to buy from. Possibly looking at something like these that have appeared on there, could I get something like below for a good price: 09 plate…
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Vauxhall radio displays safe
Hi Apologies if this has been covered before but I cant find a previous thread. I have a vauxhall radio which displays safe only just purchased car. The hand book reads to leave on for a number of hours and you should be able to re enter the code,this doesn't happen have left on 24hrs with no joy. Any ideas how to unblock?
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Ex Company Car?
Hi all, My wife and I have been furiously looking for a new car and following advice on here, have been looking primarily at Ford Focuses. We've found a really nice one, it's only a couple of years old and is a very high spec. The only trouble is the mileage. It's done 107,000 miles, which equates to about 35,000 a year.…
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Sold car on Ebay, a bit of a tax dilemma
Hi there guys hopefully someone will be able to help me. I have just sold a car on Ebay after agreeing i would tax it for the buyer at his cost. What i didn't know is that you need to be insured for a car in order to tax it. Is there an easy way to do this rather than having to buy some insurance and wait for the forms…
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radio locked please help!!!!
Hi, I hope someone can help me. My ford focus (07 plate's) radio is locked after my husband tried several numbers that were I the manual book all to be unsuccessful. I contacted ford yesterday to have a new code pulled and they have said that's its locked and will cost £150 to send it off to be sorted. Can anyone help, I…
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Is there something up with my brake hydraulics?
The other day my dad borrowed my (old) car, and commented that the brakes didn't feel as responsive as they should (or words to that effect) and that I should get them checked - maybe the fluid or the cylinder need. He did then comment that maybe it was just the car being old, he's used to a 56 plate low mileage MX-5 which…
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Mondeo fault - Advice needed
I've got a 2007 mondeo and its just gone over the 60k miles. I have only had the car 5 months and the instrument panel cluster has gone. The ford garage have told me its going to cost £900 to replace :eek: but are contacting customer relations to see if they can help. Warranty have said they won't cover it so I am hoping…
