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First car, new driver - what car? what insurance?
Hi all, I do not even drive and know absolutely nothing about cars - calling a cab I always ask "what colour" so please be gentle with me... My daughter who is 20 is taking driving lessons and will be going for her test soon. Her boyfriend who is 22 has a licence (license?) for about 18 months now but never had a…
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pay-by-phone parking
hi, I've seen a new trend for pay-by-phone parking in councils where they want to make a cashless parking system Can I ask what happens to those motorist who dont have a mobile phone?
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Car Pinking?
Hi, I've got a Mark 1 Seat Leon 1.6s 16v, recently when the fuel is down to almost the reserve tank the car on occasion stutters and feels like it's braking when I'm cruising along, sometimes it kicks back into life as normal after a few seconds while at other times it stalls. When I start the car back up everything…
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Removed catalytic converter
Interesting Just had my catalytic converter block up for the second time in 6 months. Obviously there is an underlying cause to this ie faulty injector. The vehicle is doing average mileage to the gallon though. As far as I can see the only side effect of this underlying problem was the cat blocking up. At £120 a pop,…
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fuel efficient car for town driving
Hi We currently have a Peugeot 307 rapier 2003 which we love but the rise in the price of petrol together with the fact that we mainly drive locally and our town has ongoing road works causing us to sit in traffic for ages, our petrol costs has really spiralled. Any suggestions for a more fuel efficient car for town/local…
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van tyre on a car
.... Avon T 86 -Vs- Avon T 82 Retailer said the Avon 86 T was for heavier loads and was for vans, I knew that already, but I thought it would be better to have a stronger tyre if they are the same price..... Does anyone know of any GOOD reason why you would not put a stronger 'tyre load - rated tyre' onto a car? e.g.…
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I'm worried about the garage that's fixing my car
My 2003 Ford StreetKa started sounding dodgy a few days ago. The engine sounded and felt rough and the engine management light came on. I got it over to Ford who diagnosed an injector circuit malfunction on cylinder 2. They said the spark plugs needed changing too. I let them do the spark plugs but the quote for the other…
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Want to sell a car I've only had for 6 months
I bought an '09 plate Ford Focus Zetec 1.8TDCI in August 2010 for 12,000 but good as it is I don't love it. I have it on finance at 7.8% ( I put down a £1000 deposit) Is it going to cost me loads to sell it to free up the money for something else. I see signs at 2nd hand dealers saying finance settled, does this mean any…
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clause in mechanic receipt?
I'd like some advice to pass on to a friend who seems to be getting screwed by his mechanics at the mo. The story goes: He bought a new car however the radiator was blocked. The only problem he was experiencing prior to getting it repaired was over-heating, other than that the engine was running smoothly and there were no…
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Van NCB transfer to a car?
A family member has 9 years no claims on his van insurance (fully comp) and is getting a car to replace the van, his insurance company says he cannot transfer the no claims to a car policy which of course he's non to chuffed about! Anyone know of an insurer who will take a van insurance policie's NCB into account for a new…
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Oyster cards & young persons railcard
I caught of a glimpse of a report on london tonight about the possibility to use your rail card with the oyster card. Did anyone see this? Just wondering how you go about using it... Thanks.. Could be some money saving in this somewhere...
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Tax disc question
Ok, so my current disc expires at the end of January and I already have the new one.......can I start displaying the new one now or do I have to do it on the 1st Feb? The reason for asking is that I might be away on the 1st of Feb. Thanks.
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kwit fit sheffield
I went into one of there branches in Shefffield the other week to get a quote on a new clutch. They quoted me a price which I thought was very high, so I walked away, went to get a quote at another place and they quoted me £150 less. I cant believe how much KWIT FIT where going to charge me. I am a women but I'm not…
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Travelcards
Is it possible to buy a London Travelcard to Tonbridge but travel Tonbridge and back again rather than a Travelcard which has Tonbridge as the Destination as how would the ticket guard know and you have unlimited travel between your destination and the zones covered? A Travelcard originating from London is considerably…
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Factory fitted Playstation in audi A8
hi there we have changed the Playstation 1 in the car and put in my son's Playstation 2. The RAC man kindly did it for us while he was in the boot of the car sorting out the battery. the playstation doesn't work though. Has anyone out there got one of these fitted in their car please and could they advise if you can swap…
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Number plate requirements
I bought some plates, they are supposed to be legal but only have the registration number on (centred), nothing else, no makers mark, etc. Are they legal?
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ford radio codes
can anyone help with a code for the following its a ford model 3000 traffic ( in a transit 199 V reg ) serial no.M070292..and how is the code put into the damn thing,, hate it when stuff goes kaput,,,thanks for any help,,,
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should I pay for accident?
In mid December I was reversing out of my parking space into a small lane. My view of oncoming cars is blocked by a building, and I have to maneuver the car to get it out, so when reversing I have to look forwards as well as backwards some of the time. As I was looking forwards I hit a car that was coming down the lane.…
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Locked wheel nuts no key
I have just bought a car with alloys and no have just found we have no key to unlock, i know you can get them removed if you can see the nuts which I can't due to the built in hub cap...... now what?
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Good car garage near Pimlico, SW1?
Anyone know of a decent car garage near Pimlico? By decent, I mean somewhere where they won't rip me off. I have an MOT coming up soon and in the event that my car requires any work, I'd like to know where I can go for repairs. Thank you.
