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Yet another timing belt interval advice
I own a 2007 Ford Fusion with the 1.4 Duratec petrol lump. So far it has done 64,000 miles mostly out of town, an ex motability car with full documented Ford service history, the car manual say it is an elastic long life timing belt that needs changing every 100k miles or 10 years. Haynes manual for the Fiesta (same…
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Parcel shelf?
Need a parcel shelf for a suzuki liana, so far can get one for £84 or one for £95!!! seems a bit excessive, anyone know any cheap spares places
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PCN in the early morning
I have got a PCN at 7:42 as i parked over the kerb on a residential street. The cars in front of me were parked the same way as it is very narrow. I thought it would 'ok' as enforcing officers start work at 9qm right? He must have been a resident lol. I was parked in front of my service user house as im part-time care…
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Advice on buying a new/used car?
Hi Folks I live in the UK and thinking of buying a new or used car. I don't know much about cars, so apart from reading car reviews on websites such as What Car, Top Gear, Parkers, The AA, Auto Trader and Auto Express, can you suggest other things that I can do in order to decide the 'perfect' car for me? By the way, what…
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Driving through a no entry sign
Took a wrong turn last night and went through a no entry sign which led onto a one way street, did a 3 point turn and went back out again the same way. There were cctv cameras above the traffic lights, should i be expecting 3 pts and a £60 fine or worse?
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Been Really Stupid
I bought a personalised number plate from DVLA two months ago as I intended to buy a car to put it on. however due to finances I have decided against a newer car. However I paid nearly £700 for a car registration im never going to use. I checked the website and I could only get a refund after 10 days - is there anywhere I…
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Agreeing a payout with insurance company
My boyfriend classic car was stolen off our driveway on October 11th over night. Police gave us a crime reference number and that was it. I did alot of leg work trying to track it down - talking to neighbours, putting it in the local paper, a national car magazine, spreading it all over the internet, checking local…
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Dangerous variable speed limits on M4 Newport
So I was driving back home the other night 10.30pm, came across the bridge and the 50 signs were there approching the toll booths "50 in 3/4 mile" that's the way it should be done, so I slowed to 50. Then later, going through all the gantries at Newport all of them switched off so doing a steady 68mph. When all of a sudden…
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should i carry on with this car?
hi all had a nasty surprise with mot: 2 tyres gone, 2 close to going, suspension spring gone and centre exhaust gone. £340 to get through test and sort 2 tyres on their way out asap already done work to anti roll bar and a suspension spring in last 12 months, car is a 2002 fiat stilo 1.2 owned by myself since 2004,…
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Scratched alloy wheel on Enterprise hire car - what to do?
I've currently got a hire car from Enterprise and it's due back on the 4th. I've just managed to scratch one of the alloy wheels on the curb while parking. Mindful of the £600 excess (I declined the £8.50 / day extra to reduce the excess) what might I expect when I take it back to them? Any tips or ideas on reducing the…
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Car insurance comparison sites
Taking the usual MSE advice, I visited Money Supermarket and GoCompare.com (how I hate that singing idiot ad!) and found that the cheapest quotes were on the Money Supermarket Site. However, I delved a bit deeper and found that about 7 of the cheapest 10 quotes, although from different companies, Swinton, Halifax, Post…
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Voluntary Terminate My Car Finance and Send it Back
Hi, I owe about £5000 on a 08 Reg Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Club, and I'm a bit unsure as to what to do. The payment's are £229.00 a month normally but the finance company want £329.00 a month for 8 months as there are some arrears on the account and then the payments go back down to normal. I only have 17 more payments to make…
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Wider wheels for clio??
I have a bog standard 1.2 clio 2001. wheel size 175/65. Im used to driving bigger cars that stick to the road but do not feel comfortable throwing this car round corners. Based on the model and wheel size can i put wider wheels on this car??
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Find me the right skoda bulb!
My 2006 skoda fabia needs a new front interior lightbulb. According to the manual it's a c10w which doesn't correspond to the halfords numbers. The one their info recommends is a 5w and is bigger than the old one I've taken out. They sold me a different one that looks the same but doesn't work (no 264) A small problem but…
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New Style MoT Certificate
Hi All, Hope this is not already posted somewhere! I did a search and could find anything relevant. I don't often read this board! Just took my car in for its MoT test today. It passes no probs:) but I was gob-smacked when I saw the new style certificate!! It is just a plain piece of white A4 paper, Landscape printed in…
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Car Breakdown out of Warranty
Hi All, New here and needed to ask you all a question, i'm hoping you can help. I bought a second hand Citreon C2 from a Citreon dealership which came with a warranty but the warranty has just expired at the end of august there. As luck would have it, the car now has a major fault with computer ABS system. I don't know…
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Car insurance quotes, to include accident or not?
I know that sounds odd, so let me explain. 1 car at home, husband main driver, me the 2nd driver. Husband has the car to get to work at which that is where it stays during the day. He then gets into a company van and delivers mobile communication equiptment all over the country. This year he had an accident at which a car…
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Best value emergency recovery?
Just had my annual renewal paperwork from the AA. For just roadside recovery to my home or nearest garage they are quoting me £54. I have realised I am not even covered for home start. This seems like quite alot to me. Is anyone out there with a really good company who they have been happy with and are not paying a fortune…
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Surprising Advice re Traction Control
With an increasing number of cars coming fitted with Traction Control - I have discovered an extremely piece of advice - that goes against common sense ........ Switch off TC when driving on ice and snow - it counters your ability to control a skid !!
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Help, car won't go into gear!
Hi Just wondering if anyone has any advice on this before I take my car to a garage. Dont really want ripped off!! Was out in car all day yesterday and was working fine. Got in this morning to go to work and engine started first time as usual but when i pressed the clutch pedal it juddered all the way down. I panicked and…
