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lost are money
hi all my husbands ford mondeo engine broke but to cut the story short.we needed another engine my hubby uses his car for a living. the aa took my hubby car to a garage that said it need a new engine so we went to a place called ford parts (its a insurance dismantlers yard we bought a engine off them costing 700 pound. the…
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Speed Camera Vans
How far into the distance can they see? I was on a NSL road and I was still above when I entered the 30 zone. Then I saw the rear on the camera van in the distance parked on the opposite side of the road. There were a couple of cars in front of me too. I was down to 30 well before I passed the van but I'm not sure if they…
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Left hand drive for export
I'm giving serious consideration to buying a new or nearly new car to take with me overseas (for various reasons this would work out cheaper than buying one locally). However, it's a left hand drive country so I would be better off buying a LHD car. Does anyone have any suggestions on how best to do this? I remember years…
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No fuel strike this Easter
Now calm down! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17558294
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Faulty Ford radio ?
Hi there Just wondering if anybody can help me with a problem I have with my Ford radio I have a 59 late C Max and when I go and start the car, the radio shows "Code required". If I put the code in, it works fine, but then when the ignition is turned off, it again asks for the code to be input before working Is this…
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Compressed Air Cars
Hello everyone Just been reading up on cars that run on compressed air. It seems there are some prototypes and the like about but nothing mainstream that has hit the UK that i can see. Do you think this tech is viable? Anyone seen anything like this in the UK? To me it seems like an excellent solution for people who do a…
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It's official! Petrols are now cheaper to run than diesels!!!!!
Planned a route on google maps which now has an option to work out fuel cost for the journey based on average saloon It default to giving fuel costs for petrol - I switched it to deisel and the costs went up - arrghhhhhhhh I've always driven silky quiet, lightening fast petrol cars in the past Now driving my first diesel…
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Seriously Unfair Court Action- Help Needed
I have recently been summoned to court. This was without the offer to pay a penalty fine as was promised me on that day (since then I have spoken to the Revenues Prosecutor who just stated that "they need to stop saying that cos we don't always do that"...) My case has gone for hearing, this is after I was advised that I…
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A question for the bikers.
Since I was a child I always wanted a motorbike. About 8 years ago I tried to get my licence but failed the test (foot down on the u-turn) and could not afford to continue. Now biking fever has struck again and I want to get on two wheels hopefully for this time next year, maybe sooner. My question is: I want to build up…
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Auto Direct Help
Hi, I was wondering if anyone was able to help or give any advice, I took out a car insurance policy 14 months ago with Auto direct, I have no problem until now, I received a final demand for £71.00 , i have had no other demands, I phoned them up and they informed me it was due to me apparently giving incorrect…
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Sale on London Midland train tickets
London Midland currently have a sale on their already cheap fares: We’ve slashed thousands of tickets by up to 50% in our biggest ever online Rail Sale! Simply book online until midnight on 7 May for journeys between 9 April and 31 May. Save up to 50% on Off-Peak Return, Off-Peak Day Return and Off–Peak Single tickets for…
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Sale on London Midland train tickets
London Midland currently have a sale on their already cheap fares: We’ve slashed thousands of tickets by up to 50% in our biggest ever online Rail Sale! Simply book online until midnight on 7 May for journeys between 9 April and 31 May. Save up to 50% on Off-Peak Return, Off-Peak Day Return and Off–Peak Single tickets for…
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Evil hit and run
Really upset been basically crying all day. Was in tesco in Redcar today and I was parked up in a space checking my till receipt when a silver sports car reversed out of their space and used my car as a bumper smashed into the back and drove off. Now tesco say they have no camras in their car park so they can't do anything…
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Changing cars with insurance company + NCD
When changing cars, will the insurance company simply 'amend' the current policy, therefore if 6 months is remaining - you'd still be issued with 1 yr NCD for the policy despite the change?
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Changing driving licence address online, Anyone done it?
I've just completed an application to change the address on my driving licence & photocard online. When the application was completed it was telling me to cut my old licence in half and post it back to DVLA. I know that once my new address has been validated that they will send me a new one, but what if there's a problem?…
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Buying a banger, what should I be looking at?
Evening all. I need a cheapy car as a runaround for work. Mostly town driving, mostly in traffic, will probably do between 20-30 miles each day. I've only been driving for a year, insurance costs aren't too bad as I'm a middle-aged woman but I'm looking for something for around £500 that I can drive for a year or so, then…
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Tyres - do they all need replacing ?
I have just noticed that my front near side tyre is looking really low on tread. I mean illegal low and needs replacing asap. I assumed I could just replace that tyre but someone told me no - you have to replace both of the front ones or the car will be unbalanced. Is this true ? I dont have much money at the moment.
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Renault Scenic Radio/CD
I have an 06 Renault grand scenic which I love. I have had it since new and it has never had a single thing wrong with it and has passed every MOT first time (tempting providence....) Anyway the last few weeks the radio has gone really crackly and it "loses" stations as I am driving along. Radio 2 is the worst, but it does…
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DVLA take on new powers
Seems they can now re-write the calendar as well as issuing random penalties :D To be fair, they've issued a replacement automatically but, if you got yours early, it might be worth double checking because they've voided the incorrect ones.
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Driving Economically.
Seeing as I'm getting slated for being able to drive economically and the clever barstewards suggested I should tell people how to drive if I know so much, I though I'd post a few things I remember from the course I did several years ago. They are in no particular order. I'm not going to cover the tyre…
