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Can anyone explain in plain English (lol...sorry!)
What a vehicle identity check is for? My car needs one apparently. I bought it during a very stressful period in my life (it's a real old banger and a friend fetched it from a small car firm locally. it was a few hundred pounds and designed just to get me by for a while. I'm not a lover of cars and no need to spend more…
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Car insurance claim & solicitor fee worries
Hi, Wonder if you can help me - to cut a long story short, my car was written off a few weeks ago by a drive who was fiddling with his stereo and didn't see that I'd stopped. He hit me from behind and shunted me forward into the car in front which was very old, and may also be written off. I'm currently going through the…
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car paint?
i bought some cellulose paint off tinterweb using a colour chart to pick a red close to my original colour,however now i have it the paint is lighter/more orange than i would like. i would like to make it darker so it matches my original pug cherry red better,can anyone recommend a way of getting it darker? dont need it to…
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Private Roads.
I have a situation which is worrying me and I would like the thoughts of others. Our road is a private road (unadopted ) but well surfaced. By virtue of the property deeds I own it and neighbours and legitimate visitors have the right of unobstructed access over it. Now, the road is on a slope and quiet and children from…
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Strange roadside Cameras
I was travelling along the A12 between Saxmundham and Farnham in Suffolk and have seen the following cameras that have appeared since yesterday. I have contacted Suffolk Police, Suffolk County Council Highways and Suffolk Coastal Distict Council all say they are nothing to do with them. When I contacted Suffolk County…
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Dealer having v5 changed to show me as first owner when I'm not can they do this
I ordered a new car that arrived damaged. The dealer agreed to order another for me they dragged their feet but said they would. I have had a call to say my new car had arrived and the DVLA had already registered it, due the the fact they were having to take me off of the broken cars V5 and put me on car 2's v5. This rang…
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New Tesco Petrol Pumps
Not long filled up at the refurbished Tesco Extra in Gillingham, Kent. The new pumps have additional buttons which allow you to select to pump in a fixed amount of fuel by litres or by rounded £'s. Will help those who hate going a penny over. :D
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CAR: Register keeper and ownership
Hi. My partner is register keeper on my car but I'm owner for this car. I bought car by bank loan, it is in my name. I do all maintenance for this car: MOT, repair, +other. All paper work for this is in my name. She is main insured person I'm as additional driver. For inssurance we paying by Direct Debit from joining…
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When NOT to get roadside recovery
Are there models/ages of cars where roadside recovery does not make financial sense to have due to good reliability? Where can I find recovery statistics by vehicle model/age to determine when recovery is an appropriate insurance to own (extremely tight finances, looking for all ideas). Thanks
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should i think about a new car?
hi all quick question. i bought a 2002 stilo on finance in 2004, paid £4800 for it, with 22k on the clock. fast forward 7 years and its now got 50k on it, used daily etc, but am worried it will soon start getting expensive. i have found out the lambda sensor is on its way out, it only just made it through the last mot and…
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no claims discount
Hi, Need a bit of advice please. Until April 2008 I had my own car and built up 5 year NCD. I then took a job with a company car so sold my own car. I have recently changed jobs and have had to buy my own car. Is there any way I can still use my no claims discount built up to 2008 or do I have to start again. Insurance is…
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Best west London cheap car park -> tube -> central london?
Hopefully the title makes a little bit of sense! We're looking to start regularly visiting London, and due to the fact it seems a real challenge to find a reasonably priced hotel we're probably going to drive to a car park in the west side of London (around 2 hours) and then tube it in from there. My question is where's…
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daughters 2nd driving test today
Hi everyone, Its my daughter's 2nd driving test today, feel so worried for her, really want her to pass, she is a great driver just down to nerves on the day i guess. Failed her first one on a couple of silly things so hopefully she will be ok this time. I know it's not the end of the world if she doesn't pass but would be…
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Breakdown service - only covered if repairs carried out?
Hi all, hoping someone can help me, I recently called out my car recovery service for the first time due to a breakdown 16 miles from home. My vehicle could not be fixed at the roadside (head gasket issue) so I was towed home. Luckily this was included when I took the policy out so no drama or additional costs there, or so…
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vehicle wrongly registered at my address: PCN bailiffs
I have had Bailiffs with a Warrant/Liability Order about a vehicle that was wrongly registered at my address. I had sent back several letters from Congestion Charging, but they continued sending many more. I made phone calls to TfL but they said that they get addresses from DVLA. Soon I received letters from Camden Town…
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Best Sat Nav?
As per the title, I've been looking til I am blue in the face and I thought that it would just be best to ask. We need one for UK and Europe - possibly being able to update it to include US maps next year however, they are quite cheap to hire so this is not essential. Europe maps are essential though. Speed Camera and lane…
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MPV Questions
Hi all I've reached the age where I need an MPV two ferry the family around along with all the stuff that goes with them! I like the Ford S-Max and the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso. The S-Max is my favourite of the two though more expensive. Found one that looks ideal - It's an 08 plate but has done 90,000 miles. One owner…
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Electric bike advice
I'm thinking of getting one. Any advice?? I will need to do about 8 miles a day with no big hills and will be mainly cycle paths. I've been to Halfords and they only had pedal assisted in stock and I want a one that looks like a mountain bike with a twisty handle so I can put my feet up and zoom along when I'm feeling lazy…
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slling my car on ebay
hi i'm shortly going to be selling my car and am toying with going the ebay route. any tips? main queries are: * how to take payment -it will only go for about £300 so can i ask for cash on collection? * i was going to be as honest as possible (about knocks, scratches, overall quality etc) and take photos of any…
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Car bought in good will ain't Good!
Recently bought a new VW tiguan when I approached the salesmen same same guy I bought my previous golf of, I took the car for a test drive really liked it the only thing I wanted was cruise control which he said could be fitted. Bought the car in good will never questioned his expertise asked him to order cruise control in…
