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Cycle Lights - Flashing or Constant?
So I was wondering what everyone's opinion on cycle lights was - is it safer for a cyclist to have their rear light on constant or flashing?
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meet me at the cross roads
At a cross roads If your sat at the junction and there is a car at the opposite junction whos right of way is it. I was turning right at them and the guy opposite was going straight on. We both did the hesitate to let each other go thing then the both set off at the same time etc etc. Ive always wondered this but its never…
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DVLA question
hello, My car died over christmas and it was time to ring a scrap man. I did this and it was collected on the 9th of january. the guy took the v5 leaving me the correct section to send off to the dvla. I have done this. My question relates to taxing the vehicle. It is due to run out at the end of the month and obviously i…
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Aftermarket stereo- Cannot connect antenna cable
FIL has recently got a new car and wanted to fit his old stereo in the car. The Stereo fits fine, but the antenna cable is too short to connect to the stereo so cannot get radio to tune in. problem seems to be that the factory fitted radio has the entenna port on the opposite side to the JVC that he has tried to fit. Can…
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Would you ever buy a brown car?!
Saw this article on brown cars - http://www.carbuzz.co.uk/blog/post/Brown-Cars.aspx And wondered if anyone would consider buying one?! Some of the cars in the photos look quite nice, but I'm not sure I would dare. It says that they will depreciate quicker than normal colours as well.
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MOT faults Seat frame not secure?
Hi, my FIAT Punto 04 Reg just failed its MOT and I have a bill of £885 (incl VAT) to pay to fix the car. The main items that failed is something to do with the seat frame not being secure (exact terminology I am not sure of until I get the report). That and another related item is costing £428+£233 and comes up to £792…
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Train refund for replacement bus service?
Hello After Christmas I was trying to get to London King's Cross from Luton Airport. There were emergency works on the line. I went to the counter to ask what was happening and he sold me two tickets (full train fare) and then told us to queue outside for a bus. The 30 min train journey turned into a three hour coach ride.…
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Speeding fines and Insurance
Hi there, I'm hoping somebody can advise what the current situation may be for me and my girlfriend for a speeding fine recently received. Basically, we both have our own cars and we are both fully comp insured. However on this evening the ticket was issued, she was driving my car with me in it. She was caught out on…
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Car keeps cutting out
Does anyone know what may be wrong with my car? Is is a 52 Reg Ford Fiesta and when I slow down it just cuts out and I have to start it again, it has reached a point that I can no longer drive it, anyone have any idea what the problem may be and most importantly, is it an expensive problem :o
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In a tricky situation with a garage
Almost a week ago we took our car to a Renault garage so that they could look at a problem we were having starting the car. The car (10 years old) wouldn't start first time, but always started 2nd or 3rd time. The problem began when the previous battery died, and then a new battery was put in. Since then we have even…
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Potholes report them online to council
Found this web site last night easy to way to report potholes to local council using a map dont have to give your details other than email address if you want and form via email your complaint http://www.fixmystreet.com/ example
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cycle routes in Argyll?
am looking for some places to cycle up to 30m for holiday to Argyll- around Loch Awe. Have found a couple of sites but as argyll is huge the routes are about 2 hours from where i shall be staying. This is just a long shot in case anyone knows the area. I have contacted a couple of local cycle clubs also for advice
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Looking for cheapest train tickets 16/01 london-glas or edin
Hi I am hoping someone who is good at finding good fares can help me... 16th Jan (any time from london to glasgow or edinburgh) and back down from either to London either 17th or 18th. Jan I can never find decent prices. It's for my daughter (no rail card) X
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Catalytic Converter - new lambda sensor needed?
Not my car but a friends... The engine managament light came on around September last year. Local independent garage plugged it into laptop and diagnosed it as emissions after the catalytic converter. They said exhaust was rusting badly, particularly with little holes just before the cat which were the likely cause. The…
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Fiat Punto 2002 Problem
I have recently purchased a Fiat Punto Sporting 2002. It has been running absolutely perfectly for the last week but yesterday after driving it on a 30 mile round trip, when I got back into the car to start it, I turned the key nothing happened!! The dashboard lights lit up and the key code light went off but the car did…
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letter of complaint with full refund?
Does anyone have any template letters on how to request full refund on 2nd hand car?
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Tesco goes into the car tyre trade
Tesco is moving into the car tyre trade - in a deal with a former shelf stacker. Britain's biggest retailer is taking on the likes of Kwik Fit and Associated Tyre Specialists in an attempt to pocket yet more of our cash. It is teaming up in a scheme with Blackcircles.com - a tyre specialist run by ex-Tesco worker Mike…
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quidco for car insurance?
hi i need to sort out my car insurance in a few weeks. Ive been using quidco for other online purchases, just wondered if car insurance via quidco is simple process. In the past ive found insurers online, but the transaction is usually done via telephone as they want other details and you can discuss with them. thanks.
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Car insuance discounted by adding provisional driver
Please accept my apologies if this has been posted elsewhere - I did check ad couldn't see it. My husbands car insurance has almost doubled since last year for no apparent reason other than that premiums have risen in general for everyone and we were looking at ways of bringing down the price (legally of course). My sister…
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Headlight Converters for driving in Europe
As our username suggests, we live in Kent and travel to Europe quite a lot on daytrips. We usually get the ferry tickets last minute at knock down prices but always end up paying a lot for headlight converters (which you legally need to have on your car whilst driving in France and Belgium). The only place that seems to…
