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tyre pressure
would anyone know how much pressure to in the tyres of a citroen picasso 1.6 petrol i am driving on motorways the car will have 5 adults in and a boot full of luggage. thanks pitbull
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UK import Speedo requirements
Car registered in Uk in 2000, and is a 2000 model. Does she need to display in both MPH and KPH? Been through loadds of MOT's in UK, though 1st in NI- although she passed we were told she needs to display both- currently displays MPH only.
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Car nightmare - help needed please!
Hi Please be gentle - this is my first thread after having the weekly emails for the last few years! We have a Citroen Picasso and in January this year we were told that the turbo charge needed replacing - a cost of £1800. After two weeks it failed again and the garage replaced it, it went a third time and the garage asked…
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Car Servicing!
Did I read somewhere you no longer have to use the dealer the car came from for a service? We have a new Skoda due its first service next month, but Skoda garage is a long way away. We live too far away for them to pick it up. A free service they told us we would have when we brought it! Can we just take it into another…
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My first accident. Hel please!
Have been driving for 26 years and just had my first accident. I was on a fast moving large roundabout and was half way to my exit when I was hit from a car coming from a right hand exit onto same roundabout. His car hit the back door of my drivers side initially then the momentum caused damage to driver door too. We…
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Private HGV tax cheaoer than my car..!!
The other weekend i was at a steam fair with all sorts of interesting attractions including cider. It came to my attention that there was a good spread of vehicles like the one below which clearly weighs a lot more than a car and takes up more space but which only has to pay £165 road tax. A quick bit of research suggests…
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DVLA unlicensed vehicle fine x2
Hi all Basically I SORN'd my old car awaiting to sell it. It was gone one day when i got home from work - DVLA had impounded it for no tax I leaned after call to the police. I mistakingly thought our cul-de-sac was private land. In hindsight stupid I know. Anyway I taxed the car paid £200 to get the car out and a refunded…
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Wanted: a decent but cheap mp3/usb cd car stereo
I'm trying to decide on a car stereo which is decent but not too expensive. I want to be able to attach an mp3 player to it. Not sure what to buy, any recommendations?
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Sold a bike, broke down
Hi I sold a motorbike recently on ebay, which I stated had been off road for five years. The bike went straight through its mot, and had no reason to think there was anything wrong with it Now the person who bought it is claiming that it broke down on the way home (he bought it without test driving it first). Now he wants…
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Electric Cycling to Work, Experience Anybody?
Hi, Does anybody have experience of cycling to work on an electric bike? I am thinking of doing this but would like some views. My journey will be about 20 miles in total to and from work and I would say it is half is uphill and half downhill. Car journey is about 30 minutes one way, time of bike journey? Recommended…
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bmw E46: 318i or 320i - engines?
Hello, I am looking to buy a facelifted (post 2001) E46 BMW 318i or 320i. Mileage around 90,000 miles. I shall mostly be using it for town use, with the odd motorway trip of about 40 miles, twice a week. I do about 10,000 miles a year. 1. The two 318is i have seen so far, have had a noisier engine than the 320i. I was…
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Vehicle damaged by repair company
Appreciate some input on this from someone in the industry. My vehicle sustained damage to the bumper {colour coded} and went in for repair, on return the repair itself appears fine {gouges no longer visible} however I now have a much lighter patch of paint in that area about the size of a basketball where they have…
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Evans Halshaw, please help!
Two years ago I got a car on finance with Evans Halshaw. On the day of picking up my vehicle I was advised by the sales person that one of the Keys for the car had not arrived so I would only have one key for the time being. I was advised by the sales person that he would be in contact when the new key came in. Anyway…
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Quick MOT checks before test?
I know there was a post on MOT checks, but just wanted a quick run through on everything I can do my end before the test I have just inflated tyres, had oil, water, lights, windscreen wash check and all fine.. Anything else to get me through??
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New car problems - any advice?
Bought a new Fiesta last month. The roof liner developed brown spotty marks on top of having a big stain in front of the visor (hard to see so didn't notice it for a few days). When I took it back the customer service at the dealership were lovely and apologised that they hadn't seen the stain before they let me have the…
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Daewoo Matiz (51 reg) front wheel bearings
Does any one know if the Daewoo matiz (51 reg) 800cc are taper bearings. IE they are an advisory on an MOT for 'slight play', I want to know if I can tighten them up? Regards X
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Ford Focus 1.6 - 145 mph!!!!!
Whilst walking around our local "Chav haven" this lunchtime, I fear that I may have overheard a relation of one of the posters on here. A couple of young gentlemen (?) were walking behind me, and one said to the other, in a rather splendid Estuarine dialect: "I woz bommin' daan the mo'way last night, an' I got it up to 145…
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Worried about MOT, please advise?
Hi My MOT is due at the end of August and I'm really worried that its going to fail and costs me loads. There were quite a few advisories last year. I will list them below. The car is a Ford kA (X reg), I've had it a couple of years and its been fine, good on petrol, insurance etc. I started to save alittle for the MOT…
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Returning a car bought on finance
We bought our first car on finance a couple of months ago and have had a nightmare with the car and the retailer, Drive Better for Less, ever since. DBFL are a sourcing company sell themselves on the fact they will only purchase car with a full history and will do any reburbishing that is required because the buyer cannot…
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Advice Please Regarding Accident
As I was driving home with my son today, we was driving along in an area where there has been a lot of road works and due to this temporary traffic lights have been put up. Traffic was very slow moving for ages and I was going quite slow when the lights changed from amber to red in which I stopped and the van hit us from…
