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Swapping car - reasonable expectation?
I was trying to trade in my car last year but due to my credit rating at the time prevented it. Anyway, I've now paid off the existing finance and my credit rating has improved a bit. The average I got for my car (52 reg Yaris Auto) was about £1400 trade in, despite the baboon dents incurred from a safari park trip,…
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When is an MOT failure not an MOT failure? (Groupon Alert!)
Today I took my car to In 'n' out in Wednesbury for the £20 Groupon "Express MOT & Valet". After an hour and a half I was informed that my car had failed due to a brake defect that would cost me £115 for a new set of front discs and pads. Hmm, I thought. Given that the MOT test doesn't involve removing the wheels I wonder…
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How long do I have to declare cancellation of insurance
Hi All, Quick one really - Almost 2 years ago, me and my husband were on holiday (getting married) and when we came back we had a letter from our insurance company that our DDs had been returned and we had to pay the full amount of the insurance or they would cancel it. We couldn't afford to pay it off in one go (it was a…
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Car accident, lying about injuries with no win no fee lawyer
Hi - I wonder if any of you intelligent people can help me. Last August I was in a car accident. I drove into the car in front because I could not see the break lights (possibly not working?). It was in a 30 zone and impact was minor. I accepted liability because when police was called the policeman said because the car…
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Changing my oil
I have a 2002 Toyota Camry.. It has about 110,000 miles on it... The place that changes my oil gives me two options- to either get it changed by a certain date or when it reaches a certain mileage (whichever comes first). At this point, I have totally forgot about it and I am 1000 miles past and 5 months past the date. Do…
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Hastings direct and Advantage ??
Hi I am currenty with Hastings and have just received a renewal quote through the post for £315 and it states its via a partner company 'Advantage'. Did a search on 2 different comparison sites and the cheapest is with ....Hastings but its £255 on one and £265 on another ! I dont understand why all the different figures. I…
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Right of Access on a private road
Advice please: My friend lives in what the County Council have confirmed is a private road ( a cul-de-sac). The access is via a tarmac 'road', the cost of maintenance of which is borne by the 4 householders living in the road. My friend lives in the furthermost corner and I must therefore pass in front of two of the other…
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Just add fuel scheme question
Hi I am looking at the Peugoet just add fuel scheme, does anybody know if I can part ex my old car as part of this scheme to reduce the monthly payments even more? Thanks x
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van v car?
http://www.jenningsforddirect.co.uk/cars/view/ford/fiesta/reg/nx61uoe/ looking at replacing my car with this for work, anyone have an opinion on them?
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can anyone help please
hey all , once again my car is doing my head in ... it has been a catalogue of problems ( some may remember me from previous posts) we have a friend that is currently getting rid of their car it is a mercedes a170 automatic trip tronic diesel ... it is an old motor (12 years) it has 52,000 miles on the clock ( origonal )…
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Second hand focus`
Any idea how much you would get trade in for a 07 focus sport 50.000 miles
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Virgin train seat allocation
Does anyone know if there a fixed order that Virgin reserve their seating by coaches. I've just booked on the Glasgow to Euston service from Preston and have been unable to reserve seats. If poss I want to board the coach which is most likely to have available or unreserved seating. There's nothing worse than piling on…
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Kwik fit help please
Hi. My partner took his car to kwik fit for an mot. It's quite old and we were expecting some work. It failed and they gave us a quote of a thousand pound so we took car to another garage and they have done work needed on failure certificate for 220 we then asked that garage to re do mot only to find out it has another 300…
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Just been scammed by Budget Insurance
I arranged car insurance recently using a comparison website which came up with Budget as the lowest price. After completing all the questions etc I paid the premium but now they say I have to pay additional £27.58 because I didn't answer a question correctly and on top of that they want another £30 for making the change.…
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Cheap & Reliable mechanic/MOT centre in Doncaster??
Hi, I was wondering if anyone knew of a Cheap, Reliable, Honest mechanic/MOT centre in Doncaster? Bought a car in an auction last year and MOT is soon running out but having not had a car before, I am not familiar with local places :p Thanks for any help you can offer ;)
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Buying a car - new driver
I'm expecting to take a driving test soon, and should I pass I'll be looking to buy a cheap, second-hand car. I've had plenty of advice about the various options re: insurance, but would appreciate some advice/info on actually buying a car. To give a vague idea, I'm looking for a cheap car (under £2k) as the first car, a…
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Kan Kan Female Driving School - SHOCKING!!
KAN KAN DRIVING SCHOOL FOR WOMEN STAY AWAY!!! Bought 5 lessons for £60 over the phone before xmas as a Christmas present for my girlfriend. My girlfriends parents also done the same thing for her Christmas Prsent. So...Girlfriend received 2 gift vouchers and has gone to book and have been told: 1) Theres only one voucher…
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Taking MOT Early Question...?
Ive been searching the net for the answer to this question and there is a lot of mixed views on the matter... Basically our MOT runs out on the 26/03/12 but the earliest we can have it done is the 28/02/12 to preserve the date and so you dont loose any time. My question is if I have it done on 28/02/12 and it fails, is it…
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A car for the mother, big enough for the weekly shop without being too big??
Firstly i want to discuss the meaning of budget - The figure i give in a minute is a budget and NOT a spending requirement. I've asked similar (recommend me...) questions on all manner of message boards - computers, cars, etc etc & it seems that people like to take your budget & recommend something either 1% under, or 100%…
