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Parking
Hi Can anyone tell me whether a local catering company can park its van, plus its attached mobile catering 'hog roast' trailer, outside of my house when it is not in use? I live on a high street and fully appreciate I have no legal right to a specific parking space, but it means we have to park elsewhere and blocks the…
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Advance Train Tickets Validity Query
Hello, I was wondering if someone could possibly please spare a few moments to assist me with the following. My friend who is completely blind has asked me to assist her by booking train tickets for a journey she plans to take in January. My friend will be travelling from Edinburgh to Derby and back, and we are naturally…
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Free Car
Has anyone heard of "drivefreecar.co.uk" the idea is that you receive a new car to drive. The catch is that you pay for the insurance and petrol, and the car has a company adver stuck on the car.
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Just passed my driving test - tips for first car
Hi all I passed my test this morning on my 5th attempt - (1st failed due to nerves, 2nd and 3rd were parallel parking and 4th someone drove into me so it was a non test) I am really confused about buying a car though, I have set aside £1000 to buy one as I dont fancy being on a £100+ month finance and I dont want a top of…
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30yrs old - just passed d/test insurance £££££
Hi there - sorry if in wrong forum, first post, so please play nice. I've just passed my driving test at age 30. Really needed a car for work and social reasons - no idea how I've lasted so long without one. I'm needing to buy a car that can get me to work (3 miles away) but also to use for work - not likely to exceed 100…
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Smoking gun hit and run
Hi My car was damaged (white paint scuffs and cracked mirror case) possibly by a white car driven by a guy who was drunk and arrested for drunk driving. I have pictures of the damage and a police visit after I phoned linked (criminal damage) my damage to the drunk. It would now seem without any witness or evidence justice…
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Radio code for Ford Focus
Hi I left my parking light on overnight and my battery was dead, my car radio won't work now and I don't have the radio code. The S/N number is M43101052. Could somebody help me please. Thanks
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Ford Focus Heater Controls
I need to identify how to gain access to the control flaps on the heater element of a Ford Focus Titanium 1.8 on a 08 plate. I believe that the cable has become disconnected at the heater element end (I know that the cable is connected at the back of the theromostat dial on the central console). I can see that the heater…
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Winter tyres
Just got the winter tyres out, and put them on the car. (Why do modern cars have nowhere to put a trolley jack under anymore?) Back two came off reasonably easy, and I've got the chinese m&s back on again. (note to self, new pads - metal on metal isn't good) The usual front wheel had welded itself onto the hub, so on a…
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I need a Citreon Pluriel passenger seat and NOWHERE has them!
Have i been looking in the wrong place? I dont know where else to look - my current seat has broken, it moves forwards and back on the run but the actual back of the seat doesnt lock in an upright position so all of my passengers end up lying back ! Was funny to begin with, but now irritates the hell out of me. I enquired…
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fm transmitters for use in car
has anyone got one of these? i would like to get rid of all my cds in the car and want put my collection on a sd card or memory stick. i dont want to do it with my phone so if any one has any recommendations please let me know as there seems to hundreds out there ranging from £2.00 upwards. thanks
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Best place to buy a VW 60s campervan?
Me and OH are saving up for a Campervan and wont have enough for another year at least. Want to start researching early and finding out the best places to look/avoid for buying an old VW Campervan. Are dealers better or is it best to go down to plymouth/cornwall and get from there? We live in Bham. Thanks :)
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Selling old banger: advice needed.
Hi Everyone, I'm in a bit of a quandry here. We have a 14-year old car which we have owned for the last 11. It has been faultlessly reliable and our intention was to keep it going forever(ish). In March we spent out on two new tyres, an exhaust and some belts and it has also recently had a new catalyst. We have…
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Dampness on driver's side..what could be the cause?
Only had this car about 3 weeks & recently noticed that the carpet on the drivers side is getting damp for some reason. I have rubber backed mats & when I lift the mat it's glistening with moisture. If I leave the mat out for a few hours the carpet does dry out. Just wondering what could be causing this? Not sure whether…
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Advice on a potential dodgy repair
Hello, Right, background info. It's a Ford Mondeo 2001, I've owned for 1 year. So I took my car in for an MOT/Service last month and the garage rings up to tell me that there is the wrong sized spark plug in the one of the thingies (I'm not car knowledable). So they say they had to use considerable force to get it out of…
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MOT lamda value
Just been collecting together documents related to my car, and noticed that when my car has its very first MOT in June the lambda value was near the 1.030 limit - actual was 1.026 I believe this is a calculated value, but does this mean my car is likely to fail its MOT next year?
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removing points from licence
Hi, I'm asking on behalf of my boyfriend, honestly! He already has 6 points on his licence for speeding but 3 of them are from August 2007 so he could get them removed, but hasn't got round to it. Anyway yesterday he got another fixed penalty notice. My question is, when he sends off his licence for them to put on the new…
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my car is a write off :(
apologies in advance if i get a bit ranty, im absolutely gutted :( back in june i had some fab advice on here and finally chose my first car (well not my 'first' car but the first one i have chosen and bought myself) 4 month of happy motoring and then it happens..... my first accident :( going through / around a mini round…
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used cars for new drivers
hi my 19 and 17 year old daughters have just passed their driving test within months of each other and are now both looking for a used car...apart from all the apprehension and worry from me of them actually driving! It seems to be a minefield out there....anyone else on here recently had their kids do the same and can…
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Car Insurace - 2 Days Only Required
Evening all, Next Wednesday I have my Driving practical test :eek: and my wife has suggested getting in as much practice as I can in her mums car this weekend. I've had 23hrs of tutored time, but I really want to polish up my manouveres etc before my test. What would be the cheapest way to insure myself with my provisional…
