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£114 Penalty fare!!
http://uk.travel.yahoo.com/p-promo-3359792 they had a super cheap ticket and obviously didnt read the restrictions.. ouch that has to hurt.
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Hand-brake failure - car just out of warranty - advice??
I have a 3 year old Freelander (3 months out of warranty period!), and the hand-brake has "failed" three times in the past week, in so much as I park the car, put the hand brake on, leave it in gear and turn the engine off and the car rolls backwards – we live on a hill. I took it straight to a garage who did a free brake…
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Cycling to Work any tips / stuff to buy
Hey, Thinking about cycling to work to cut down costs and get more exercise! Obviously I'll need the bike/helmet/lights, but can anyone else recomend anything I might need to buy. Also any good tips for those who cycle to work? :)
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HPI Check help!
Hi, I have done an HPI check but I need to know if the vehicle was a previous writeoff or not?? Is that under the termination date>> and if not do you know what that means?? Many thanks
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Southern Trains Advance offers & child fares
My daughter (15) and some friends want to go to Brighton for the day & I have found some great prices with Southern trains out of London Victoria. What I can't find anywhere on the website (& I've been hanging on the phone for ages) is their policy on child pricing. Child fares are offered but it doesn't say up to what age…
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Breakdown Cover
It's renewal time again.... AA and RAC are coming as £150 for roadside, at home and onward travel on a joint policy so that rules them out. Done a comparison and First Call are coming up the cheapest, can anyone tell me what they are like, are they reliable? Any other companies people can suggest?
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Personalised numberplate question
I am looking to buy a car that has a personalised numberplate that the previous owner did not transfer to their new car. Obviously this numberplate will mean nothing to me as it does not have my initials. Can anyone please tell me how I could go about selling it, and the likely costs, or changing it for one that would have…
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Damn dealers!!!
After having a car bought from a dealer for 6 days!! yes 6 the head gasket has gone!! he has said he will put new one in but we have to pay £160 for the parts?? should we be paying anything especially as in the ad for the car it says he has recently driven it 250 miles and has been thoroughly checked over and no mechanical…
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Citroen C5 heater rheostat - where? Thanks
Hello Wife has a Y reg 1.8l petrol C5 with air con, but without climate control. The rheostat has gone (bit of an assumption, but having had them go on my other car, I think its a good guess), the heater only works on full blast. I have found a smashed up C5 in the local scrappy, but scrappyman didn't know where to find…
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Car insurance pay as you drive
does anyone know if you can buy car insurance on a drive/pay by the day basis ,i need to see if this is available for my daughter who has been on my insurance for the last year and is at uni and only drives when she comes home and when we go and see her ,the renewal has gone up too much to warrant the xtra layout for just…
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Advice re: Mini Finance
Hello I wrote my car off a little while ago and I have £3000 to play with. I am interested in buying a Mini One and have been to the local dealership. Initially I was interested in a reasonably new second hand one, using the £3000 as a deposit. The dealer, no surprise, is trying to sell me a new one. I am no money expert…
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Short term insurance for an 18 year old
I was wondering if anyone has there car insured with a company which allows them to add a young driver aged 18 at short notice? My daughter is just about to start at university and has been insured for the past year as a named driver on my policy but as she will only be at home to use the car now when she is on holiday…
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Will the new Govt scrap the cycle to work scheme
They are scrapping every other scheme that benefits employees. Will they scrap this aswell?
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C3 sidelight faulty message
About 3 weeks ago, this error message flashed up even though all sidelights were working but one headlight bulb wasn't. When I took my car in for its first MOT, they changed the non-working headlight bulb only to come to rhe conclusion that it wasn't the bulb but the fuse, which they changed and the headlight worked.…
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wind deflector
hiya can anyone suggest where i can buy wind deflectors from for a nissian primera?
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7 seaters
Hi were looking for a cheap second hand 7 seater and have been told to steer clear of galaxys or zafiras? any advice please?? thanks
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what are my rights?
Bought a car from a guy that is a motor trader and has given me receipt with all the garage details on and 6 days after buying it the head gasket has blown we have phoned him and he says he doesnt know what we want him to do about the problem? i have to get to work 40 mile round trip every day and now have no vehicle so…
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Can a brand new key be reprogrammed to another car?
Short story: My Renault had an intermittant immobiliser fault. The dealership said I needed a new key £108 + reprogramming £45. I ordered the key. Have subsequently traded in the Renault (owned up to the fault before anyone asks), and no londer needed new key. Renault say that I can't have refund as the key was ordered to…
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Car insurance just for weekend?
At the moment are car is off the road and so our own car insurance has been cancelled. We have an urgent trip to make in 2 weeks and a neighbour has offered to lend us a car which he presently has up for sale. Thats if we can get it covered by insurance. He says you can cover a car just for a couple of days but Ive never…
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Dvla registration dates
Any way of pre registering new plates or do you have to wait for new ones to be released at date x on dvla site?
