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New Vauxhall Meriva on swappage scheme
Hi All, Just after a few opinions. Our current car is a Y reg Focus, 3 doors 1.8 petrol engine, which has been pretty expensive to maintain for the last few years (you name it, it's broken!). We also have an 05 Polo, 5 doors, 1.4 petrol engine. DH takes the Polo to work (70 mile round trip) while I have 2 carshares so only…
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Parking Tickets New Car
Hi I am worried I may have some old parking tickets on a previous car. This car was written off in an accident two years ago. I am worried that if I purchase a new car - I will be liable for the old tickets and my car could be seized. Any helpful advice?
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Lloyds TSB car insurance - not fair! PLEASE help
Last week i noticed that x2 payments of £234 had been taken out of my bank account with BFSL as a reference... i contacted my bank who informed me that it was Lloyds tsb. When i phoned them, they informed me that my car insurance had been automatically renewed for £234 per month.(previously £111) They said they sent me a…
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New Cars / Multiple new cars
First post. I have successfully negotiated a string of new car or nearly new car purchases and got between 5 and 13% off. These have all been Audi cars and I have got to know the local dealer very well. I have always beaten the WhatCar Target prices. I would like to try an experiment to see what I can achieve with a…
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Driving License Revoked
I had my driving license revoked after getting 6 points for speeding within 2 years of passing my test. I've just passed my theory and practical test again. I've handed my license back to the DVLA to be updated. Can anyone tell me if I will get an updated license back or a new license. The reason I ask is that when…
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Best place to get an MOT?
Hi My MOT is due in a few weeks, and I was wondering where the best place to get it done would be? I used Halfords Autocentre last year as I got a discount through my car insurance but they tried to rip me off by charging for new bulbs they hadn't replaced! Kwik Fit are doing a fairly cheap deal at the moment but I'm wary…
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Peugeout 107, C1 or a Fiesta?
Im looking to get a new car ( about 3 years old) and would like advise about buying a Peugeot 107/c1/Fiesta. I have a van for work, a motorhome for holidays and a 12 yr old 2.0 Mondeo with 150k on the clock. TBH 3 x car tax at over £200 and the Mondeo doing 20mpg is no good. I was thinking of getting a little car as a city…
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Refund on advanced train tickets
A friend of mine has been stupid and booked advance train tickets for the wrong week, can he get a refund on them as they are unused or not? Cheers!
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Any suggestions as to how I should approach this?
Needed a new car, and after asking on here and looking around decided on a 57 Nissan Note. Took it for a test drive ( all seemed okay apart from a slight knocking) agreed to trade in my old car, and a price with a 12 month warranty. So a week later my new car is not quite ready as an engine warning light has come on when…
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Ford Fiesta Turbo Diesels - advice please
After much searching and test driving I have finally decided that a Ford Fiesta Turbo Diesel is what I would like to buy for my recently started daily commute of 80 miles. I will be buying second hand and have worked out the various trim levels and the minimum I would like is air con but Zetec trim upwards would be…
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passing the theory tesy
hi I have just started to teach my wife to drive so i asked her to do a mock theory test. i done one first and scored 48/50 not to bad i thought after all i have been driving for 30 years 25 of them as a pcv driver my wife then took a mock test bearing in mind she has never sat a driving test and only just started to learn…
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Country lanes - why does nobody know the rules anymore??
I regulary drive to work along 5 or 6 miles of country lanes and also occasionally cycle them too. I am amazed how I never see anyone walking on the correct side of the road. I see people of all age groups, some the same ones each morning and everyone these days seems to think you should walk with the flow of the traffic…
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Pug 206 Oil Leak
I've got an oil leak on my petrol Pug 206. The level indicator that flashes up were the mileage is when you start the car has dropped 3 bars out of 5. Took a look under the front of the car and there seems to be a huge oily damp area on the drivers side below the belt. Rest of the engine bay looks pretty clean from under…
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New tyres
I went to Kwik fit today to have the brakes checked. Everything ok there. Then the helpful guy said the two front tyres are bald on the outside. No problem he said we can fit new ones for you today. However I thought not so fast buddie and I said to him I would be in touch. When I got home I checked on the internet and…
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Car Insurance
I am wondering about this car insurance lark. I passed my test 4 years ago and had been insured for a year on my own car whilst learning. anyway my insurance rose once I had passed but not by much, about £80 or so Then I bought a newer car and it went up by about another £100 or so. since then each year it has Risen by…
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Citroen keys question
Hi all, Wondered if anyone can help me with this please. Just bought a Citroen C8. Happy with the car. Came with one normal key and one that does the remote locking. The remote works fine but has seen better days, looks realy scruffy, so would like to get a new one but i cant seem to find much information on them. All the…
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Need your help for car buying advice
I'm looking for an car at the moment. Only thing is I don't know much about cars. What are the best sites for private sales? How much should I negotiate at a dealer or private sale? I looked at some vw, audis, but they have like 90k miles on them, I looked at kia and citroen, much cheaper and lower milage only not sure…
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Is this car logistic company legit?
Hi Im looking at buying a car that I found on autotrader but the person selling the car lives in spain. She has a contract with a logistic company based in spain. The company website is htt p://w ww. liborio-logistic .com/index.php Does anyone know if or how to find out if this company is real because they want me to send…
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Lose C1 & D1 categories if licence renewed online?
My licence photo expires shortly. I passed my test before 1997 and so have groups C1 and D1 (not for hire & reward) on my licence. I need category D1 for some voluntary work that I do. When I looked at the government websites a few months ago, it was clearly states (IIRC) that if you renewed your photo licence online, you…
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Motors.co.uk
Does anyone have an idea as to what they charge private sellers for an ad as i am having trouble finding out the costs.
