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New tyres?
My car has just been for an MOT (it passed) and the mechanic said that my rear tyres are getting low on tread and will need replacing in the near future. Does anyone know of anywhere in the Nottingham area that does good deals?
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Is extra car warranty worth it?
Were looking to buy a used car. We are thinking of a 02-03 Saab or VW passat. We've had problems before, usually a year down the line. Eg the cylinder head gasket on out W reg Passat went after having it 8 months. We were thinking of getting a separate warranty to help cover some of the bigger things that could go wrong.…
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Crash Courses
We are going on holiday to Blackpool next year (May) and my wife is interested in lesarning how to drive and has spoken about the opportunity to do a crash course the week we are away. Can anyone shed any light on these crash courses. I learned how to drive the conventional way so have no experience of them.
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Car longevity-Mazda v BMW v VW
I intend to purchase a two-year old car and keep for about ten years. The three choices of car - disparate, I know - are: BMW 1 series coupe diesel Mazda 3 diesel VW Scirocco diesel Having reviewed the last few years' Which? reports, the Mazda seems to have the best track record but I really like the style of the BMW…
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AA & RAC no cover for small business
Hi Everybody, I've just been informed by both the RAC & AA that as my wife and I run a small business we are not covered by their breakdown cover 0 after years of paying in and not claiming! I'm trying to get the word out to everybody running a small business who uses these two companies that you are not covered. Please…
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Help with train tickets please
Help! I am trying to book tickets to go from Leeds city centre train station to get to Harrow on the Hill station, Harrow. we want to go on the 27th November to arrive before 10am and to come home leaving 28th November around 5pm. I have never booked train tickets before and are really stressing now as I cant seem to…
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Good Garage Scheme - Beware
The Good Garage Scheme - sounds like an independent scheme, possibly a quango, established to ensure that motorists can take their cars to somewhere trustworthy for servicing and repair, right? Well that was my assumption and I advised a relative to use a local member of this scheme 2 years running, in the (false) belief…
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What am I doing wrong????
Been trying to sell my car for over 3 weeks. Started off at £4400 now down to £3645 with no interest whatsoever! Its been listed on Autotrader, Ebay and Pistenheads. All I have had is 2 emails asking about condition and thats it! Its not overpriced at all if anything I thinks its a real bargain. Anyone give any pointers on…
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White Van Man Eclipsed
A survey of 3000 drivers by GoCompare has revealed that more than half of them have suffered a 'bad experience' at the hands of BMW drivers, such as tailgating, speeding or abusive gestures. The poor standard of the drivers of many of these cars is quite remarkable. Most modern cars are perfectly capable of exceeding all…
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Which breakdown cover?
It is the time of year where the RAC send my a high quote and I ring them up and tell them I'll move unless they match the AA's new customer quote. But this year I went on moneysupermarket.com and there seem to be lots of other companies out there offering much better packages. For example, rescuemycar.com - I've never…
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Engine Stall when on full lock
Hi all, I've got a quick question about my fiesta. When i put it on full lock to the right to pull into a car parking space this morning it stalled the engine. I tested it to make sure it wasn't my driving and it did it again, and again when I was stationary. Any idea what could be causing this, and likely costs to get it…
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Getting a motorcycle
I did my CBT Sunday, awesome fun as I've never even sat on a bike before! 2 other blokes were doing it who had ridden before some years ago, so progress was fast. I was lone with an instructor on the road which was nice, my bike broke down as well (battery knackered) so I had to kick start it on a hill approaching a…
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Cheapest £35 road tax cars?
This low rate applies to low CO2 cars after 2001 AIUI, so some fairly old cars should qualify by now? What second hand cars from 2001/2/3 qualify?
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Aquiring a "dumped" car
Hi, This is going to sound really strange but here goes Basically where i work we had a guy who worked here up until 9 months ago when he decided to go home (Africa) and has never returned. In the end my company wrote him off from their books and no-one has seen or heard from him since. He has dumped his car here and tbh…
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Accident last year advice needed
Ok.... Last year I had an accident i went into the back of another vehicle. I was going down a hill where further infront of me there was another accident the police came over to me and said a lorry had spilt alot of diesel all over the road so my trees didn't stick to the road when I was breaking luckily no car went into…
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Used car buying advice
I am looking into buying a used car and was after some general advice as to what I should look for. I will probably be buying a ford focus about 2003 reg. I was just after advice on what to look for notable areas of rust, defects etc and nay general used car buying advice. Cheers
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car superstore problems
Bought a car from large superstore in Doncaster.Whilst having interview with a business manager I happened to mention about some paintwork we would like to be done before collection.The gentleman jotted it down(which we have copy of) and said he would see to it. Guess what ? NO PAINTWORK done.Contacted Customer Services…
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Best car stereo under £100
Can someone recommend a car stereo under the 100 pound mark that gets good reviews -OR- where I could find reviews for them?
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accident - no claims bonus insurance
so the OH has managed to write off the car by the looks of it (male bloody drivers...i knew this was on the cards but they won't listen..grrrr). luckily no one hurt just our car a bit mashed at front and tow bar on car infront bent. insurance has been him as main driver for last few years and me as named. he had no claims…
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webuyanybike
Has anyone used webuyanybike.com? Not using my CBF600 and with a young family looking to trade it in and buy a second car. Any thoughts would be welcome!
