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Kwit Fit nightmare
I was driving my car on Friday and when I hit the brake the pedal went to the floor before it worked. This hadn't happened the day before and I hadn't made any sudden brakes at all. I took it to Kwik Fit (as it was a bank holiday and my regular garage was shut) and they spent 6 hours looking at it (Kwik?) then rang me back…
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Taking a pillion for the first time
I've been riding motorcycles for about 5 years now but never had the courage to take a pillion, partly because my first "big" bike was a bit big to be comfortable. I bought it straight after passing my test and thought it's big but it doesn't matter I'll get used to it. I never did. A year ago I finally gave in and changed…
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Train - gold card, child flat fare, underground?
Hello, Probably a silly question but the answer doesn't look clear... I probably just can't find it. I've got an annual season ticket (gold card) to London terminals. Planning on taking the little ones to London and will need to use the underground (probably) - can I buy a travelcard (hopefully a small discount) for myself…
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Audi A6 Le Mans 2.7 TDi at Auction?
Hi Guys! I'm hoping to go down to BCA Belle Vue on Tuesday to pick up an Audi A6 2.7 Le Mans TDI in grey with 36.000 mileage but with margin VAT. I have 12 grand to spend and was wondering if anyone with experience in buying at auction could tell me whether this is reasonably achievable to do? I've seen dealers sell em for…
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Xenon lights, but not the bulbs. Eh...?!
Someone asked me to find them a BMW 530d - and found this (highly overpriced) one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-55-BMW-530D-e60-full-ac-schnitzer-kit-52000mls-/180653911389?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2a0fcfed5d What confuses me is when it says :undecided:
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Bargaining with taxi drivers?
Are you always obliged to take the first taxi in a taxi rank?
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Looking for a cheap supermini?
Arnold Clark are now selling brand new Kia Picanto 1.0 Spice for the £5995 I paid for a '1' a month ago - obviously because the new model is imminent. Air con, [strike]central locking[/strike], etc. :) AFAIK you can still get the £500 deposit contribution via Kia Access finance too, making it a bit of a bargain.
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Bicycle Gears?
OK a bike has 21 gears. The front "GEAR A" has three cogs, small, medium and large THe rear "GEAR B" has 7 cogs. Now how these work. If you go up hill its hard to pedal so you have to change gear, but what is the general rules for the gear changing. Do most people use gears or do you tend to just peddle on the same gear.
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P Reg Vauxhall Corsa overheating intermittently - ideas?
Hello everyone, if anyone can help or give me some pointers about this it'd be very much appreciated. I have a P reg Vauxhall Corsa which has been a brilliant car (up to now!) What has been happening is, when I've left the car idling, the dial indicates that the engine is overheating. There are no warning lights coming on…
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Car bump
Hi someone ran into the back of me today there seems to be not much damage few scorches paint marks. I am wanting to take my car in to mini garage to double check they is no other damage does anyone know how much I would expect to pay to just have someone look at it Thanks
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Motorbike Parking - Lytham St Annes
I'm meeting friends in Lytham St Annes tomorrow and was wondering if anyone new the situation re. motorbike parking. I can't seem to find any information on the website so I'm assuming I have to pay if I use the on street parking/car parks. I'm fairly new to biking, do I assume that I have to pay in all town centres unless…
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Dirty fuel blocked my carb - what to do next?
Yesterday afternoon my car was down to reserve, but by no means dry, so I bought £25 of unleaded from a local petrol station of a very well known supermarket chain. I drove straight home, no further than 2/10ths of a mile and left the car parked on our driveway for about three hours. That night I backed out of our drive…
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Hit and Run Help
Hi guys, my girlfriend was hit from behind by a car that just drove off it caused 3ks worth of damage and was in her mums car (named driver) as her car was in repair after being hit from behind in the snow (at about 10mph) the driver never was identified despite getting most of the reg number the police went round the…
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Motorhouse
Hi folks, Never posted on the motoring thread before, but require some information. I've seen a car at a good price from Motorhouse. Spoke to an advisor yesterday who informed that you get a 3 month warranty, but having looked on the website there is no mention of this. I am aware there is a 6 month implied warranty under…
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new exhaust (diesel car) now getting white smoke
my dad recently changed his exhaust at a small garage. Only the back boc was changed as previous one the clamp has rusted away completely. Car is over 6 years old. now a few times he has noticed a big plume of white smoke. Anyone know what causes this? (never had any smoke before)
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Smog alert for England and Wales....
See what you're doing with your bloody horrible diesel engines? :rotfl: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13161431
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Mini C Flashing Warning Light
Hi guys, Noticed a warning light came on today... It's the exclamation mark one and it flashes constantly when the engine is turned on. Could this be to do with over heating? If so, what might it be? I can hear the fan is on, but not sure if it's the engine fan or power-steering fan.. Last year I had a problem (cant…
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Can I get my car deposit back?
I placed an order for a skoda back in january and they told me 6 months delivery and a delivery date within 3 weeks of placing order. 2 months down line my circumstances changed and i had to cancel the car. I still had no delivery date at the time of cancelling the order but the dealership have refused to return my…
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Cheapest and most economical 4x4
Can anyone help me? I need to buy a 4x4 for towing a horse trailer and was wondering if anyone could advise me which is the best and cheapest to run. At the moment I have an old horsebox, which I can’t afford to run. [FONT="]I really need it to be economical to run and low CO2 emission would be great.[/FONT]
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Old-but-new spare tyres
This has been something that has been bugging me (as a self-confessed miser) for a while now. The second car has four good tyres on at the minute, so this isn't an urgent thing. But there is a full-sized spare which looks as if it has never been out of the boot of this (8 year old) car. It's a Goodyear NCT5 as well, hardly…
