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How much for new heat shield and cat converter?
My car needs anew heatshield and catalytic converter. Any idea roughly what this would cost inc. labour? Thanks, BB
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Car Scrapping?
Hi Hope you can help me! My car has finally given up and is now not willing to move from outside my house (still taxed and insured) Does anyone know how I go about getting the car scrapped? will they give me anything for the car and is there anything to watch out for? Any help appreciated! Thanks Kitty x
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Oil check/change at fiesta first service?
Hi, I had my fiesta 1.6 tdci taken for its first service (1 year old/9100m) less than 3 weeks ago. Not cheap, at over £200- as you can imagine, with that mileage, not much needed replacing. At the time i was surprised how quickly they did it- collected it sometime after 9.30, called to say done by 11.15. Just been out…
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Can the council make me pay impound fine whilst declared SORN on private property ?
I crashed my car a number of weeks ago, declared the car off the road, notified the DVLA and towed the car to my car park space in a private residential car park which I pay a premium for. Whilst I was on holiday the council have towed my car and send me a bill (currently £430) and stated that I cannot have the car back…
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Request for judgement in bike accident
Hello all, Am hoping someone can shed some light on this for me? In March I was involved in a bike accident and have been going through the process of taking the 3rd party to court to recover repair costs and injury payment for the accident. The 3rd party was issued with the details of claim and had until the 25th July to…
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Cheap parking near a tube station in north london
Hi, we are hoping to drive to London for the day in a couple of weeks time. There are 5 of us and as it would cost around £450 for us to travel by train we have decided to drive down via the M1 and park in North London somewhere and tube it in. Can anyone suggest anywhere off the M1 that's relatively easy to find where we…
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Audi A6 Le Mans at Auction... trader help please
Hi all I've seen in previous threads there are a few motor dealers on here that can help with the condition of vehicles when buying from auction. There are 2 cars coming up at auction I am interested in (I'm after the A6 Avant 2.7 Le Mans spec). BU08 NKK is on sale this Thursday at BCA Brighthouse. RE08 WGF is at…
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Cheap to run, reliable and 'cute' car for under £1k?
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Hi, My girlfriend's learning to drive and wants to buy a car asap. Main criteria are: - Cheap to run - Reliable - Less than £1k - Looks 'cute' So far the only cars I can think of are the Ford Ka and Nissan Micra... the Ka not only looking nicer, but also being a tiny bit cheaper, but also being…
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Car Insurance query
Morning everyone. :) I have a bit of a dilemma concerning car insurance. Will put details as bullet points as I tend to waffle a lot. :rotfl: * buying a second hand car today * Insurance for old car runs out on 2nd September-fully comp- * Will have one year no claims bonus on 2nd September (been driving years with no…
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Arriva Change Ticket
Morning all, I need some help! I got on an Arriva bus this morning and the bus driver didn't have any change for my £10 note. The driver gave me what looks like a normal bus ticket but it says '£8 CHANGE' on it. Does anyone know what I can do with it to get my money back? I've noticed it's only valid for 7 days and I don't…
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Taunton to minehead butlins
Hi All Im going away to Minehead Butlins soon. We are getting the train to Taunton, I know we have quite a long bus ride to Butlins. Does anyone know if the plus bus option on rail ticket would cover the bus journey to Butlins? Thanks
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MSE News: Rail fares to rise 8% as inflation figures announced
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The July RPI rate of inflation was announced today as 5%, pushing up rail fares in the new year by an average 8% ..." Read the full story: Rail fares to rise 8% as inflation figures announced
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mondeo, dual mass.
mondeo DMF is a bit of a crux to these cars, there are alternate option available to those whose mondeo with the DMF (dual mass flywheel) has expired is to revert the dual mass back to solid flywheel eliminating the DMF prem failures if your car is out of warranty etc. this option is a recommendation, saving you :money: in…
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bought a used car
hey guys hope some 1 can help i bought a car on friday 12 august before i bought it i had a good look round it and everything sounded good took it for a test drive and it handled and sounded great took it for a drive from blackburn to blackpool (which is only 26 miles) the car was fine until i stoped at a juntion and steam…
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Underground station near me
Hi, it is going to cost me and my hubby £50 to travel to London on the overground and underground and when we lived in Essex we used to drive about 50 mins to an underground instead, so my question is does anyone know the nearest underground station to sittingbourne, Kent that has good parking? Thanks in advance.
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Car Insurance Tip
Hey! So i'm not sure if a lot of you know this but i have just bought a new car insurance from the same company as last year but £200 cheaper than my renewal quote. No haggling involved just simply looked (with all the tips martin gave) and got a price for £600 ish with the same company rather than my renewal quote which…
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Non-driver car insurance policy
Hi, Has anyone heard of non-driver car insurance policies? my mum has got one of these from Saga but we're looking around to try and get a more competitive quote. She doesn't drive but has got a car left from when her husband passed away which we need it insured until it is sold. Any ideas? Thanks
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Car insurance?
I am looking to buy myself a car as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me and DH to share our one vehicle as we seem to be working in different directions. Unfortunately I have never had my own insurance though I have been a named driver on my husbands policy for 20+ years. Our existing insurer, Esure won't quote as…
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Cash in Lieu question.
I just found recently about 'cash in lieu' option.The insurance approved engineer has inspected the vehicle and gave me quote of the damage. But the amount is half of what an independant engineer quoted me and Toyota has quoted me. I've a written report for the independant engineer and even showed the insrance approved…
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price of a 2nd service on a new ford ka
my oh is due a 2nd service on her ford ka. she has been told £150 for the basic service but also the brake and oil needs changing and this will cost more making it £230. personally im not that experienced on these prices as most of the time my servicing has been free with fianance etc. does this seem a lot? it sounds it to…
