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Is there a decent service to check over a prospective car purchase ?
I'm up for another second hand car and there seems to be too large a gap between the dealer prices and the independents and private sales. Normally I'd be happy to give the dealer his bag of oats but on this model they are wanting caviar on a silver salve and no amount of waiting and negotiating is working. So I'm loking…
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Price matching
Hello all Found a Volkswagen Polo 1.4 SE 80 5 door car 57 plate with FSH for £6454 13k miles. I'm trying to see if I can beat the price online by looking around at various dealers. Apparently if I find the price cheaper elsewhere with a written quote from a dealer (has to be within 2,000 miles difference) then the dealer…
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mot
My car at the moment is SORN. I want to take it to get it MOT'd but it has no tax or insurance. How can I get it to a garage
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Red Spotted Hanky/Tesco vouchers
I've just ordered a train ticket for tomorrow using e-vouchers on red spotted hanky (converted Tesco vouchers). Only problem is that it states you need the reference number & the credit/debit card you used to buy tickets at the station machine. No card was used as e-voucher. Have read t&c's, can't find any reference to…
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Long commutes
Does anyone on here do a 30+ mile commute for work? Im possibly going to have to move to help care for my grandfather but Im going to have a 30+ mile trip one way... I'm wondering if this is do-able I know anything is possible but I'm going to also have to sort out two children before setting off. Any tips? Thanks If it…
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Driving lessons?
What's the best way to find a good driving instructor?
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Best way to accept payment when selling a car
Hi Guys, I need to sell my car and as its my first one, I don't really know much about the safest way to do it. I've heard all sorts of horror stories so was wondering if there is any consensus on the safest way to accept payment. The value of the car will be about 1800. I'm listing it on ebay as a classified ad. I…
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Buying a car from ebay advice needed asap
Hi all, I was hoping you knowledgable folks could give me some advice...I have won an Ebay auction nfor a car and I am due to pick it up on Thursday, can you all please tell me what checks I should make before handing over my cash, the price for the vehicle is roughly market price and I have checked with the dvla that the…
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guarantee after mechanic work carried out?
I'm just after a bit of advice, before I call the garage tomorrow. Long story short, timing belt went on my Megane on Thursday evening, 370 miles from my home, but near my mum's home. Mechanic round the corner from mum's has the car, and is going to fix the damage (have got estimate etc, and I'm happy enough with that). As…
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Motability & VW Order
I was wondering if anyone could advise me, I ordered a VW Polo Automatic through Motability using my DLA end of January. I was originally told it would take 3 months for build and delivery. I then got told there was a delay in production something to do with the gearbox and some dealership talk being a victim of their…
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Zebra Crossing - near-miss
Hi all Every time I have ever seen anyone use a zebra crossing, they have ALWAYS looked in the direction of traffic first. Every time, that is, apart from yesterday. I was approaching a zebra crossing at about 15 mph and saw a woman walking along the pavement near it. She was walking parallel with the road, rather than…
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Parking tennis at Queens, nr Earls Court
Does anyone know if there is any all day street parking on Saturdays either near or within easy reach of Queens Club tennis, near Earls Cout, nearest tube is Barons Court? Seems the only option is to use a car park which is about £23 per day. Thanks!
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Van insurance - Any recomendations?
Hi My insurance has gone sky high this year, and I have since been stopped for using a mobile phone whilst driving, this has put an additional £200 onto the premium. Anyone got any advice as to who to use (I currently am with Churchill)
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Falling foul of London's congestion charge system
This is my first post, so I hope I'm doing it right! In February we had a family jaunt to London to visit our daughter who is at university there. We parked at an underground car park in Greenwich (noting with glee that it was cheaper to park there for five hours than in our home town of Swindon!) We had a lovely day out,…
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Rail Season Ticket
Daily ticket is £30.50 and assume 4 weeks annual leave and travel to work twice a week. If I pay daily the calculation is:- £30.50 x 2 x 4 = £244 /month If I get a season ticket (interest free loan from employer over 10 months) the calculation is:- £3900 / 10 = £390 /month (£325 is / 12) So it obviously looks like the pay…
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servicing stop - beware!!!
I can't believe how rubbish this service is. I booked the wife's Qashqai in for a 24K service last Thursday. They rang to confirm the booking, and confirmed they would pick up between 8.00 -10.00 am on Monday. I took 1 day's holiday to attend to this. Their website/phonesite is absolutely full of a "love-in" of how…
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AA and RAC breakdown cover
I've been with the AA for about 23 years .. i notice that they offer introductory rates for new customers of £69 for they same leval of cover as mine but without the homestart ..i dont need the homestart anyway ..but its included, they say for free on my cover,..doesn't look like it to me when i will be paying £121 RAC do…
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Another recommend a car thread.
Yes, I know it's been done before but would appreciate suggestions if you have one. Previous cars 1 Astra, 2 Cavaliers, 2 Omegas, 1 Polo, 1 406, 2 Mondeos and a Volvo turbo. All Petrol bar the 406 which I used when I was taxi driver. About me Will be doing long motorway journeys only. Minimum 150 miles per trip. 6'1".…
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Buying Network Railcard tickets outside the Network Railcard area.
Can I buy discounted tickets with a Network Railcard for travel in the area but form a station outside the area? One or two times a month I travel from Coventry to Reading. I already buy separate returns from Coventry to Banbury and Banbury to Reading to bring the fare down. I've had a look and the Banbury to Reading…
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Realistic route planner in peak times
Does anyone know if there is an online route finder that calculates a route on peak times? A route I take to my grandfathers reacons to be 57minutes but takes me around 1hour and half in non peak times on the aa route finder. Thanks in advance
