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Car Window Smashed by Off-Road Driving
Suddenly on a near empty dual lane carriageway on the fast lane, for a few seconds a car went off-road towards the barrier where there's grit and loose stones enough to have the grit / stones become airborne and smash the nearside car window on the slow lane. There were not any witnesses. Causer disputed/disputes liability…
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MOT fail - any advice appreciated
Thank you if you even read this, it's pretty dull! I failed my MOT today and was wondering if the £440 + VAT is reasonable Reasons are: Offside front anti roll bar linkage has excessive play in ball joint Nearside rear brake excessively corroded Offside rear brake bike excessively corroded Nearside rear axle sub-frame has…
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£250 V5C Fine?
Hi, Not sure if I should post here on on the Parking/Fines etc. board, so apologies if this is in the wrong place. Just had a voicemail on my mobile which scared the **** out of me! Someone from my local Warrants Office calling. called back, and he has informed me there is an outstanding fine of £250 in my name (they have…
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Car needs new engine 1 day after i bought it!
I have had use of a Company car for almost 4 years. It has covered 60k miles in that time. On 30th November I bought the car from the leasing Company making payment using my debit card of £6,632. I declined to buy an optional warranty. The following day it broke down with a severe mechanical noise coming from the engine.…
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National Express cashback
9 Dec 11 National Express are currently pretending to offer a £10 discount towards your next trip. This is misleading, you actually have to join Complete Savings cashback who send you a £15 cheque. You have to pay £10 per month thereafter.
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Train ticket booked online - have they charged me extra?
EDIT: DELETE THIS PLEASE Hi, Booked a train ticket online and collected tickets from station as usual. But upon receiving the correct tickets, I also received a debit/credit card sales voucher with a different total to that of my tickets. Moreover, the total amount has a suffix letter 'C' after the price shown. The actual…
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Suspending car insurance- is it possible?
My sons car is off the road at the moment as it needs work doing on it. He isnt able to get the work done as he is out of work at the moment and having a course of chemotherapy so he is only getting sick pay. His monthly insurance payments are taking two thirds of his benefit and as he cant use the car at the moment its…
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Temporary Insurance when fixing/selling a car
Hi all I am currently trying (and struggling) to sell one of our family cars as my OH has recently got a company car. The insurance lapsed so I didn't renew it while we were trying to sell it. Trouble is, whilst trying to sell, some idiot smashed the fog light, we have tried to fix it but it needs to be taken in to a…
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Short term Van insurance
Does anyone know of a company that will do Van insurance for approx 3 months? I know some do it on a monthly basis, but finding it difficult to find anyone other than EVan.
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Brought an Car which has had clock turned back , HELP
Hi can anyone please help me , i brought an used car today ( see my 2k thread) . Let me first say that I have never brought an car before so did not know the procedure. The car was supposed to be an private seller who had owned the car for 2 years and was selling as she had just brought an bigger car . When i turned up she…
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problems with citroen c4
Hi, we have been having trouble with our 3 year old citroen grande picasso. It started cutting out and the depollution system faulty light came on. Took it to Citroen who diagnosed a faulty egr valve, this was replaced today at a cost of £485. When we collected the car the mechanic told us that whilst on a test drive the…
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Torq Petrol Stations
A petrol station in my town has just been rebranded as Torq from Jet. They were putting the signage up yesterday and today. Never heard of Torq before.
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Cheap train tickets to York from London
Looking too get to York for the weekend, since getting my car stolen I need to find another way to get there. Leaving either Friday evening or Saturday morning and getting back either Monday night or Tuesday. I will be going with a cycle. Can anyone help as this is the first time I had to deal with trains and bikes. Thank…
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A year after car crash, still waiting....
Hi all, to cut a long story short. in February of this year I had a car crash which was not my fault. I was at the front of a 4 car domino affect type collision. I had legal cover on my insurance so irwin mitchell took over my case. Since then because of my injuries I have been off work ever since. From day 1 I have had to…
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Ford options...again
Hi again, I posted before about renewing ford options, with a car about 1 year old and my dealer said I could renew after 1 year and there would be no penalty. I had some replies which were very helpful and stated that what most likely will happen is that, the dealer will just add the "additional settlement" figure, onto…
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Train delayed/cancelled?
I went to London yesterday and a trip that should take 28 min took 2 hours because most trains were cancelled/delayed due to a fatality that happend that afternoon. Coming back from Waterloo there were no trains to my destination and I had to take a different one and then pay for a taxi to go back where my car was. Can I…
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insurance on a second car sky high!!!
need some advice........ i currently am registered keep of a 1,8 focus with 5 years no claims no convictions etc im 29 years old. i wanted to insure a ford fiesta 1.1 1997 and the quote has come back to £1200 a year!!!!!! i believe i cannot use my no claims on any other car this is a joke its alot of money for a small…
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Call Assist Breakdown Cover
My work federation have included breakdown cover for an additional £1/month into my group insurance scheme. It seems the cover is arranged through Call Assist, and seems to include everything I'm getting with my current RAC policy. Just wondered if anyone has had a similar work arrangement, or have any experience of the…
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Where's a police car when you need one?
Saw someone driving down the road last night with (1) no headlights! (back lights were working) and (2) driver on the phone. Numpty award of the week. :mad:
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After market reversing camera/monitor??
Anyone use 1, bought 1 etc?? After a :o "ahem" recent coming together with something in the nether region I am going to source 1 of these. I'm familiar with the quality of the unit fitted in the Prius as the SIL has 1, do aftermarket units come close, is there a reverse sensor and camera kit available, pref in wireless…
