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Car damaged by fallen fence
Hi all My car was parked next to a housing development that is secured with a six foot metal fence. During the recent high winds the fence blew down and damaged my car - large dent and scratches all down the side of the car. I'd rather not persue the claim through my insurance provider due to loss of NCD and excess not to…
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Learning to drive in North West London
I am currently looking for driving instructors in North West London and really don't know where to start! I had a look at local instructors as well as the big names like BSM (Not AA bad experience with them before, plus I hate the Fords they drive!) I am thinking shall I say shove it and go with BSM? Or spend ages looking…
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Need the exact date I passed my driving test?
Right, I have a bit of a problem. I know I passed my motorcycle test in 1969 and my car test in 1970 and this was clearly marked on the old red book type licence. When these were withdrawn and replaced with the paper style licence, and subsequently with the photo-card licence, the details indicate from 1976 onwards, but…
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How do you change a inner cv boot on a vauxhall corsa c
Just noticed the inner cv boot is split on my corsa c and i was wondering if anyone has a guide to replace it.
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Co-op car insurance
Excuse the rant, Co-op car insurance,:mad: 1998 Mk2 Mondeo hatchback My car involved in no-fault accident, other party admitted fault. O/S wing damage, still drivable no suspension damaged. Insurance told, said they'd send someone to look. They picked the car up last Wednesday and left the courtesy car. So, I 'phoned…
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Repair under manufacturer's warranty
In May 2010 1 purchased a 57 plate Mazda 6, second hand from a Mazda dealership. When I purchased the car, it still was under the manufacturer's warranty (which was to expire in September 2010), and I also purchased a 12 month additional warranty ( I can't remember the name). A few weeks after purchasing the car, I noticed…
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Advice please
Can someone advise who the agency is ithat monitors the sale of cars and who who imposes the conditions for a road worthy car? Basicially I am writing a complaint letter as I bought as brand new car that did not have shock absorbers fitted.
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Bought car from garage on 8/4/11, now faulty. Where do I stand?
As the title states I bought my 57Reg from a garage on 8th April, and it came with a standard 1 month warranty. Yesterday morning on my way to work it just cut out twice in the middle of the road and flashed up an error message. It re-started both times straight away and was fine coming home. Now, I know the car is 'out of…
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Manufacturer Extended Warranties
We have a main stream"European" car. It is just 2 year old, low milage. It was purchased "secondhand" with negligible mileage on the clock from a main dealer. It had standard 1 year warranty extended to three years. No additional fees or paperwork completed as it was manufacturers warranty. It now appears to have a…
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Doh. Waterpumps with cambelt change.
Well I've been an idiot ;) [This post contains no question, just advice] In September 2008, I fitted a full cambelt kit on my car. At the time I knew the advice was to replace the water pump as well, but I, erm... well I looked at it, and wiggled it, and there was no play in it and no leaks, so I decided to leave it alone.…
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5, 7 yr warranties
Folks are new cars a better buy would you say than, used nowadays with 3,5,7 yr warranties available They say that used cars are more expensive to buy now aswell with money been on everyones mind ? If you ok at haggling & could get 6-7% off a new one ;Would it be better go, new than used ?
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Selling my car - is this a scam?
Hi - not sure if I am being too cynical or if this is something dodgy. I listed my car on autotrader and have been emailed by someone who wants to pay by paypal and have an 'agent' collect. This is his email and subsequent exchange: Hi thanks for reply, i am a marine engineer, i am at sea right now. I am buying this for my…
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Luton - London. The cheapest way to travel ?
Hello everybody, On 9th of June me and my husband will travel to London for pleasure. I'll be grateful to anyone could recommend me the cheapest and convenient way of transportation from Luton airport to London (any underground station). Also, please what kind of travel subscription we could buy for traveling by…
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Unfair parking enforcement....clamping
I was recently clamped by a company called park direct. I feel this was done unlawfully as the clamp was not placed on my car until I was stoodin front of it. The clamper block my car in so I could not move it. Charged me £375.00, which he said was a break down of £250.00 for a call out and £125.00 for the clamp. I asked…
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Towing a caravan to Scotland - cheap fuel near Motorway?
Is there such a thing as a website or even a book I could get that lists where petrol stations are near to motorway junctions. We will be driving from North West to Isle of Skye then across to Stirling and back home. We know we will need to fill up with fuel at least once if not twice on our journey up, guess somewhere…
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Cover your numberplates up if you are going to immitate a police car...
OK immitating a police car isn't clever, but if you're going to broadcast it on Youtube then at least cover your number plates up !!!!!!... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lYZBk0Tgjg&feature=related
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Sealey and Siegen Spanners
I needed a set of jumbo combination spanners for work and ordered these yesterday, http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Combination-Wrench-Set-12pc-Jumbo-Metric-Sealey-S0403 good price and site seems good but they only mention Sealey on the description, a bit later I was looking at the Sealey site and realised the ones I've bought…
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Toyota Verso?
I am again in the car buying market after years of buying rubbish cars because I know very little about them. This time I have taken out a loan and have 6K to spend but I need to get it right! I have had a Fiat Multipla and whilst the build quality isn't great (!) I do love the space. I am looking for another MPV but have…
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One way/cheap car hire
Does anyone know of any one way car hire companies? My friend needs to hire a hire from Guildford to Glasgow next weekend but quotes received so far very expensive I have heard there's companies out there who need cars delivered - does anyone know any info on this??
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Car & Insurance Company
Hi All, I need of some advice based on peoples past experience. I recently had somebody crash into me (small scratch on one side which scratched paint work about 2 inches in by 2 inches, and also indentation of body work/panel). My insurance company told me to take it to a certain garage only for the garage to call me up…
