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Volkswagen beetle 2001 petrol? mpg, tax, insurance?
Anyone got one? Have fell in love with a 16v petrol one but am very wary about the miles per gallon, tax and insurance. Looking for some advice. Thanks
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Logbook never arrived
I brought a van a few months ago, and the seller has told me he sent the logbook off to the dvla. Ive still never had it back, ive text him he says he sent it so hes done his bit, what can i do I havnt got his address or surname as it was so long ago. How can i prove its mine other than I have the van and all its service…
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205 gti parts
recently bought a cheap gti as a project and was wondering if anyone on here knows of some decent places online to get parts? need some new parts like head gasket set etc and also good used like bumpers and some trim. dont want to pay through the nose just after somewhere is a reasonable price.
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Can i tax car with no log or reminder?
I have neither for one reason or another? I read that you can take the old tax disk in along with mot and insurance? is this true? Thank you
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Got an hour or so to kill in London one evening. Need to use evening meal expenses
Ok a bit of a silly question this but I normally avoid the capital like the plague so I have no idea on this one. I have a set of railway tickets, the first is from Newport (Gwent) to "london terminals" and the second from "london terminals" to Aberdeen on the sleeper train. This is a split ticketing route which I picked…
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Driving newly bought car with no tax
Hi My daughter has seen a car she wants to buy, but it has no tax and the owner has transferred the insurance to a new car, so he no longer has insurance so can't tax the car. I have no problem getting insurance sorted, but have to wait for a posted certificate before the car can be taxed, so the car will be insured and…
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Rejecting a new car
Hi. I am looking for advise on next steps in rejecting a new car. Long story I'll stick to the facts. Bought a brand new Skoda Octavia Vrs in June from Oxford dealer. Two weeks old and ECU light came on. As I live in Devon I took to local dealer. They reset but after 24 hours it came back on. This happened 3 times over the…
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Car lease including insurance for 18 year old
My 18 year old grandson tells me that he is about to lease a car which includes tax, insurance etc. for about £200 per month over a three year period. I would have thought that the insurance alone would have cost about that. No further details given and no paperwork seen. Anyone (apart from cyclonebri) heard of these…
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car lease agreements, 5 yr deals, where to start looking only ever bought second hand
Hi my little mg zr went kaput on the dual carriageway today, pouring down with rain and i just dont think its worth me keep getting it repaired (possible head gasket). Was looking at lease agreements as alot of people at work have renaults here on 3yr deals and i quite like the sound of that. Just looked at car loans too…
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Buses in London
Hi We (2 adults, 2 kids) are going to London next tuesday for three nights, arriving at london euston by train just after 1pm. We're stopping at the holiday inn kings cross/bloomsbury which i believe is a little way away from the main attractions, and we're thinking of catching buses to get around. We intend on doing:…
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Oh no my car is dying...help
I have a 1.7 Puma which I love, however, I got bad news from the garage today. They said it needs quite a bit of work done on it & have suggested that I look into getting another car. It's been quite a few years since I last looked for another car, so I'm abit out of touch with what's out there. Unfortunatly, I haven't got…
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M4 into London, cheapest way?
I need to be at Kensington Hall by 1200 on Thursday. Whilst there though I might take the opportunity to nose around London. Coming in from the M4, where is a good place I can park for free/cheap and get a Tube?
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VW Polo - timing chain?
My car has been in the garage since Friday when the EGR valve went, and it has been fixed under warranty. I was also told that the lamda sensor was broken and needed to be fixed (and this was causing the car not to start intermittantly due to the engine being flooded with fuel). This was going to cost me £89 to fix. Today…
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Can anyone recommend a good garage near Fulham?
I am looking for a reasonably priced garage to service my Ford Puma - can anyone help?
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Should MOT Advisory Notes be given to you by the seller?
Hi, 6 months ago (end of December 2009) I bought a Vauxhall Astra which had to have an MOT before I could collect. My car passed and I was given a copy of the MOT Certificate. I have just had to put the car in for a service as it had done 50K miles. It has just cost me £800 as not only did it need a service, but it needed…
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help me find cheaper train tickets durham to london return
Official MSE Insert: If you've arrived from Google, our fully researched Cheap Train Tickets guide may be helpful. Back to the original post... i am going to london from durham 08/10/2010 ideally setting off about 8 or 9am and to arrive no later than about 2pm then returning 10/10/2010 after about 3pm but not getting home…
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Best 7 Seater?
Hi I want to change our zafirra, still need a 7 seater, but not really fussy on petrol or diesel. We only do approx 10,000 miles a year. Have just had the which report through the post and Galaxys didn't come off to well with users, nor sharons/alhambras. The one that came out best was the toyota, but looked quick on ebay…
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using laptops on cross country trains.
I have to undertake the long and arduos journey from Edinburgh to Exeter and find myself being on Cross Country services for both legs of my journey. I'm wondering if anyone out there can tell me if Cross Country provide power points to charge laptops in standard class as I know that Virgin Trains and NXEC both provide…
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Selling car on Ebay - am I being scammed?
Hi I have just put a car up for sale on Ebay and within 5 minutes of the listing I have received 3 phone calls. All 3 callers were very eager to come and view the car, offering my reserve price or, in the case of the last caller, £500 over that for a immediate sale (said he was in the area and had the cash and driving…
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Petrol pump failed to dispense but registered flow
A wierd and strange thing happened this morning. I used an unattended petrol station attached to a supermarket to fill my motorcycle up and found the first pay at pump didn't work. It authorised my card and did the actions of filling but never dispensed any fuel. However I tried another pump, card authorised for a £99 fill…
