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The Darwin Award for cars
I've noticed -or rather not noticed- a new breed of new cars with rear indicators as small and insignificant as they can make them. One is the Honda Civic Another is a 2011 VW Passat I think I saw another on a Vauxhall hatch of some sort but don't know what it was.
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Handbrake cable snapped.
Hi guys, my handbrake cable snapped and i am booked in to get it replaced tomorrow morning. I have been quoted £40-£45 for the actual part, fitting and labour etc. Would you say this is a reasonable price? I dont want the garage taking the micky just because i am female!
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Garage MOT - Car Drama
Hello, I was wondering if anyone can give me any advice. i took my car to a national MOT fitting garage to take them up on a cheap mot deal they have running. I dropped my car off on a thursday afternoon when pre booked in. the car stayed there overnight as they didnt have time to do it all, anyway i recieved a phone call…
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Hiring a car without a licence
I have hired vehicles from Avis before without problems, and may need to do so again shortly. However, my driving licence is currently at the DVLA because I sent it for photo renewal last week. There is a chance it will not be back before I need to hire the car. I'll give them a call next week to ask, but for now was…
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Car hit and run
Hi guys, today i went on a trip to my local town leaving my 57 plate hyundai in a 3 story car park. I returned to my car to find a note attached to the car saying, a vauxhall corsa silver reg***** hit your car and please come to office for info. So after inspecting my vehicle which has several scratches to the front…
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anyone have any experience of this company?
hi all i'm currently looking to buy a car and stumbled across this company cars-salesltd their prices seem to good to be true, so i'm being sensible and cautious. i've searched for reviews but i'm having no joy finding anything about the company. i've searched companies house, and noted they've been trading for quite some…
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Citroen c8 - water in footwell.
Hi all, wondered if anyone has experienced this before. Just been to look at a 03 citroen c8. It was in great condition except for one little niggle, after a test drive, there was water in the drivers footwell when I lifted the battery cover. The rear washer didn't squirt when I tried it and this water smelt like screen…
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New Mini C alloy nuts?
Hi guys, Probably not a common question, but I've noticed my Mini Cooper 2002 Auto alloy "nuts" (I think that's what they're called) getting quite dirty and rusty.. This isn't a picture of my wheel, but circled, are the "nuts" I'm referring to: Wondering how much it might cost to get new ones? I have the unlock key in my…
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Brake pads (parts + labour)?
Hi guys, Just about passed an MOT, but on the advisory section, the mechanic noted that my rear brake pads were on their last legs and my front ones were not far behind. In any case, how much should I expect to pay for rear brake pads replacement, including parts and labour? It's a Mini Cooper 2002 (Auto). Regards, Z
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Tar on Car: Council liable?
Hi all, I've just had an entertaining 3 hours spraying my wifes car with WD40 and getting all the tar off of it: Basically, we park in a bay near our house. There is a pothole by it, it's been there years. A few weeks ago, a couple of lads came by, tipped 2 sacks of tarmac into the hole, tamped it down and left. Every…
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car incident-no damage-do i have to tell my insurance
Thankyou. Legal advice given.
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autoprotect warranty (scam) in my view
My son has just bought the one year warrenty without reading the small print,saying it SOUNDED really good .I HAVE read the small print and it really is a pile of crap it covers virtually nothing they insist on replacing like for like parts of similar ..wear !!!! that would be from a scrap yard then.. if the part improves…
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Autoprotect warrenty (SCAM)
sorry cocked this post up have reposted
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Pete
Hi,Hope someone can help,changed the battery on my transit and need the code for the radio FD4000 Serial No.M361053
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Radio signal problems - diagnosing?
2008 ford with a 6000 aux/cd radio has been having some signal issues (seems to be frequencies below 100MHz). It started very randomly during the week and was at first suddenly unable to find half the stations programmed, and struggled with the others. I removed and then tightened the aerial mast and re-programmed the…
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Which tyre to use
Ok woke up today got a puncture thought sod it might as well get a new set (2 others are very-borderline legal). Just a bit clueless over which to get, My car is a Vaxhaul Astra 1.4 approx 10 year old. Any advice? Thanks
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How to find cheapest fuel on a long journey?
Hi all, wonder if anyone knows of a website that would allow me to input a long journey like you would on Google Maps, ie. London to Edinburgh, which would tell me where along my route is the cheapest fuel? I use petrolprices.com but it is not suitable for this purpose becasue with this site you have to know where you want…
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Bike towed and damaged
Hello, 2 days ago I was stopped for not displaying an L plate on the front of my bike. I received a £60 ticket, 3 points and my bike was seized. I was told I could collect my bike from car pound 'A'. The policeman at the roadside told me to have a look around my bike for any existing damage since bikes are more likely to…
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East Midland Trains £10 off
£10 emailed voucher for East Midland Trains to be used against advance purchase tickets. Register on their website by 6th March. Need to be going to/from St P. EAST MIDLAND TRAINS Also posted on discount vouchers thread
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Used car advice
Would like some advice please on what used car to get? we bought a renault grand scenic last july and have had nothing but probs with it, spent £1200 in repairs and there is till stuff to be sorted so basically just had enough and getting rid! We were looking at the toyota avensis as we need a big boot, probably an 05 or…
