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Insurance to release vehicle from car pound
Hello, Please can someone help with the correct insurance for releasing my vehicle from Car Pound. I purchased a replacement car and used my old car in part exchange. I drove the car from the garage but was caught by the Police on my way home for No Insurance. I thought the insurance on my old car (expires August 2012)…
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Company car upto £20,500
Hi, I need some inspiration! I have to choose a new company car within the next two weeks for ordering. My company buys the vehicles rather than lease, and I have a budget of upto £20,500 list price. Needs to be diesel. Mileage each year around 25,0000. Mix of motorway and city driving. Any ideas, personal experiance etc…
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Capital 2 Coast Security - Parking Tickets - Portsmouth (Gunwharf)
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got 5 working days to get tax, insurance and parking permit
I'm going to buy a car this Sunday (25/mar/2012) Road tax expires 1st april, (got 5 working days to get everything sorted) Can I accomplish everything in that time? Can get innsurance immediately with admiral? Do they provide a instant online copy? Then I have to renew road tax I will need insurance proof to get road tax…
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What is my car radio code
Hie guys,bought a car with its radio code flashing.I don't have the book,Radio serial no is M263308, Please help
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Wear Glasses ? Driver ?
Just a quick heads up for spec wearers ............... Got pulled in on a "Road Side Safety Check " excersise and was asked , among other things , did i have a spare pair of specs in the car ? as it happens i keep a pair of prescription Reactalite sunglasses in my Glasses holder but when i asked the officer what if i had…
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thankyou martin
im glad i`ve cut my motoring costs by getting a 3.0L v6 instead of my 1.6L civic from over £350 a year insurance i now pay 86p a week yes just 86p a week and that includes free euro recovery not even martin beats that :j:j:j
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sony cd132-cd6 unlock code please
as above ive just done my cluch and removed the battery:D and its asking for the code i have the ford books that came with the car but i dont have the code. my car is a mondeo estate 2006 tdci the numbers on the head unit as follows.. part no...5s7t-18c815-cf serial no...mo29926 model cd132-cd6 to anyone that can help…
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Right of way?
Just wondering what the rule is here. I'm riding my bicycle along the right side of the road today, left side of the road is blocked with parked cars for school pickup, all facing forward. One of the parked cars was signalling right, to turn around, I kept going, but she turned, so from being on the left side of the road,…
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Renewing a Provisional License?
Does anyone know how I would go about renewing a provisional license or how much this costs? Thanks
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Car Buying Nightmare
Hi all To cut a long story short... about 5 weeks ago i put a deposit on a used car, a week later the company i was buying from couldnt get finance on it because the mileage was too high. They then said they ordered in a lower mileage of the same model and said it would be in in a few days. Another week gone past, rang…
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Car insurance companies you can email?
Would really appreciate it if people could post who their insurers are and whether or not they accept emails from customers.I recently tried to email the Co-op with a very general renewal question and found that they don't list an email address for customers. I dug out an old one from way back and used that. Asked to be…
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Remap? Do they really improve MPG?
Hello, with the price of fuel going through the roof I'm considering a engine remap of my diesel van. Is there anyone out there with a genuine experience of increase in MPG with one of these. I've fitted low resistance tyres, taken everything out of it that I don't need, basically doing everything I can already to improve…
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ford focus power steering pump
Ive got a 2003 1.4cl petrol ford focus and i was going to change the oil today, whilst under the car i spotted a leak. If you are stood in front of the car looking at the alternator the next pulley underneath that is where the leak is. The pulley is attached to i think the power steering pump. Ive traced a hose from it…
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Don't Get Distracted - Road Safety iPad Competition
West Midlands Road Safety Partnership has launched the "Don't Get Distracted" campaign. If you're under 15 you can enter a competition to win an iPad - and pick up some great tips on Road Safety! http://www.wmroadsafety.org/igotroadskills/ Closing date for the iPad competition is 2 April 2012.
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Removable car seats & trailer towing
Hello I have a Kia Sedona that I often run without the back seats in so I can get stuff that is 6ft long in, and it's fine for that. However I'll shortly need to regualrly tow a trailer instead (not as well) as an internal load. I can work out the max trailer load etc, but am I better popping the seats back in even if I…
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Avoid arnold clark
As i drove along in the fast lane of the motorway at 70mph with my 4 children in the car, you can imagine my alarm when the bonnet popped up, obscuring my vision and making me swerve across 3 lanes to the safety of the hard shoulder. Phew!! I thought. No, that was only the start... The bonnet was shut with a crow bar,…
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MSE News: Budget 2012: Fuel duty to rise in August
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "The Government will press ahead with plans to raise fuel duty in August..." Read the full story: Budget 2012: Fuel duty to rise in August
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Advice appreciated...
Hi Everyone, I'll be in the USA this summer - for the whole of May, June and return mid-July. My car insurance will be up for renewal on 20th June and my road tax will expire on 30th June. I know I can declare my car SORN and request a road tax refund for May and June (not a huge sum - £27.50, I think) but what I'm not…
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MSE News: Fuel rise 'will force job changes'
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Some drivers will have to change or quit their jobs if August's planned increase goes ahead, an AA survey finds..." Read the full story: Fuel rise 'will force job changes'
