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Best place to sell cats in bulk
Hi, I'm breaking quite a lot of cars and expect to have about 20 cats a month if not more. I know I can just take them to the scrappy when I weight the shell in and get paid for them seperate (as with batteries) but has anyone experience of selling large numbersd and getting a better price? The majority of stuff I can find…
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Cyclists - Gearing, what's more efficient?
Something I've been wondering about for a while - whats more efficient when it comes to selecting a gear? I can select very similar gears on my road bike by using either the big ring at the front and a larger ring at the back or I could use the small ring at the front and a smaller ring at the back. In both instances I…
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Car insurance questions
I am due to renew my car insurance & have been searching online for qoutes using moneysupermarket.com My qoutes are coming back quite high, with the lowest quote having the highest comp/voluntary excess. I have read that putting down higher voluntary excess could bring down the price of the quote. However, Iif I do agree…
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Southwest Train- fine when I didn't use the train
Hey, Now before I start I'll say that I know I didn't do anything right but Im really tight on money atm. I bought a ticket to go from Winchester to Southampton (5 stops I think) but couldn't bring myself to pay adult price for a return. I have a educational pass that I paid for just a few months before for 270 pound which…
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Engine stalling when gears changed
Hi Many of you know that the past week or so I have had a few problems with my car, a Ford Mondeo 2.5 V6 Automatic. Anyway, totoday after parking up it is now stalling. It starts, drives fine and with no problems but however whenever I move the autobox gear from 'D' (Drive) to 'P' (Park) the engine 'dies' and just cuts…
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Fuel - Cost per Mile
I've never been able to calculate MPG to work out how efficient my cars have been and the return I get on fuel, so I apply a rudimentary approach which is simply: 1. Fill the tank from empty (or as close as possible to empty) and record cost 2. Reset the odometer 3. Run the tank to empty again and record the miles Using…
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car tax payment??
hi ive just realised my car tax expired last night and i dont get paid til friday! if i paid by cheque at 5.30pm when post office is closing do you think it woulnt cleaar til friday as i can remember a couple of times paying my car tax its taken a good few days to clear???
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personal plates
OK it's not very money saving, but it is a way to manipulate a taxi licence regulation. we cannot have the word taxi / hackney / cab in our title. As well as this we can only have a sign on the front doors of a set size. So we wish to put on a private plates on our cars. The question is do we go for one that is a general…
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Fixed/Monopoly Pricing?
Hi there I have tried all the tricks I know to get cheap tickets for a journey 20th November (split route, single tickets, types of ticket). I only ever get the exact same price no matter whose website I use. There appear to be no offers at all for my journey routes and I get the impression the prices are fixed. Is there…
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New car - Astra, Mazda 3 or Civic - any thoughts?
This may be too vague a question but here goes. We are looking at changing our car in the new year. We were thinking something 'nearly new' - 2 years old say. However, I also want to look at brand new and see what sort of deal we can get and what we can get the price difference down to. Hopefully if we go shopping in Jan…
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Driving Lessons - Advice needed please
Hiya My daughter is 17 and i want to surprise her with some driving lessons for a Christmas gift. Now as a non driver i really dont know where to start for the best chance of her passing or the pitfalls i should be looking out for when picking an instructor. Prices range in the area from £12 - £28 per lesson, should we…
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Tyres for Toyota Yaris and Quotes for other work?
Good morning everyone! I have a 1.3 Toyota Yaris that is a full automatic. I went to my local garage to get my fan belt changed and have been told that my tyres will need changing very soon, and have been quoted £47+VAT per tyre. I've done a search here and see that there are tyres that are cheaper, but not sure which ones…
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Cheap place for tyres?
Does anyone know where the best place to get tyres is? I need two new front tyres for my Honda Jazz...ideally I want Bridgestone tyres I think the size is 175/65R 14 T.
