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Auction vehicles on Ebay
How does this work? A car auction site lists cars with a price but then sends you to a link where you have to register and enlist a spotter. So what price do you pay for the car? Do you have to pay the spotter commission. Listing here to show you what I mean
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Car Allowance
Hello all. I get a car allowance from my company which is paid as follows. £600 per month added to my salary - equating to £7200 per annum. I am informed by my transport manager that this covers 20,800 miles business travel (10,000 miles at £0.45 & 10,800 miles at £0.25 per mile). Any mileage I do over and above this is…
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Bmw 540
Ive owned this car for three years and it only gets used every other weekend if that due to its fuel thirst, I dont want to sell it but after seeing the fuel drop to 8mpg on the Evesham by pass watching the fuel gauge move faster than the rev counter think it may be time, yet there again the sound effects when it will…
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Which family runaround?
We are in process of buying a secondhand car to do the family (2 adults and 2 kids) runarounds! We are NOT badge/label conscious at all, but we would put reliability/cost-effectiveness on our priority list. We would like to spend between 4-5K on a family runaround and would need some help from you in choosing model(s)…
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Council Parking Attendent fob off
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Tom Tom updates
My Tom Tom is about 6 years old and has never been updated (except with free "map share corrections") - so I checked the price to update to the latest maps £58.46 for 4 quarterly updates !! I don't want 4 - I just want one - why would I want 4 ? What are my options ?
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Walking from Canary Wharf station to South Quay DLR?
Hi Does anyone know how long the above would take? From CW underground to South Quay DLR station? I know you can get the DLR from CW and it takes 2min, but is the DLR station quite far from CW underground and waiting for the train etc would it be quicker to walk? Thanks
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Petrol or Diesel
Am buying a new car and there is no price difference between the petrol and diesel version. Although i doubt i`ll rack up 8,000+ miles a year, the MPG on the diesel version is 20 MPG more than the petrol. Which would you choose? Petrol or Diesel? Thanks!
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Tube from Liverpool St to High St Kensington
Have got to travel from Liverpool St station to High St Kensington at about 9 am on a weekday, looking on a tube map it looks about half way round the circle line, which is the best way to go, is one way likely to be bussier that the other? Not sure if the tube map is to scale.
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Northridge finance voluntary termination question
Considering sending back the car under the agreement. 100k on the clock so not worth the outstanding balance. There is a dent over the wheelarch but was wondering if anyone had experience of Vting with northridge and how picky they are or difficult Thanks
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Radio code
Can anyone help me with a code for a ford 6000 cd Serial no m042697 thanks andy
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Basic versus premium petrol - what are the facts
I've just had to have the EGR valve cleaned on my '02 Zafira and my mechanic swears it's because I'm putting basic supermarket petrol in the car. Does anyone have any objective information about the benefits of Super unleaded or other premium fuels, or is it all marketing hype ??
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vauxhall vivaro recode
my radio has gone into theft mode after wrong code entered to many times anyone how to recode it please
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Advice regarding problems after purchase
Hi - just looking for any tips or advice regarding some issues we're having.. I'll run it down in chronological order and hopefully someone can offer advice: 1) Purchased second hand car (Mercedes C-Class C200K) from car broker in August 2011 2) On the first day of driving the car home (after picking it up) - it displayed…
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Company Car Phone system
Afternoon all, I have a company car that has a factory fitted phone system integrated into the radio / satnav system. I am led to believe that I am being taxed on this as and extra however the phone system has not worked for as long as I have had the car. As I appear to be paying tax for it should my company be getting it…
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Bicycle warranty woes!
Hiya, I bought a Scott bike from Hargroves cycles in 24/8/2011 - All bikes have a 12 month warranty. My girlfriend was cycling on it, and the gear hangear (http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/images/products/medium/406.jpg) snapped off! Thus making my girlfriend come to a sudden stop and has badly bruised the back of her leg and…
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Ford Fiesta Coolant issue - Dealer might take car back?
Hi all I'm looking for a little advise. In February I went to a car dealer and looked at a 55reg, 1.4 Zetec Climate Ford Fiesta. When I checked it over I noticed the coolant bottle was empty. I asked about it and the guy said it was probably not filled after the service it just had but he'd fill it. I brought the car and…
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Which cabriolet to buy?
I've got a maximum of 10k to spend on a 4 seater cabriolet. Ideally looking for something quite sporty in looks and performance and nothing older than 05/06. Really like the look of the Audi A4 and VW Eos but not sure whether to go with one of these or something else. Will be doing 15k miles per year approximately. Fuel…
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Car advice for numerous concerns
Hello all, I have a rather complex situation and am unsure how to go about the number of scenarios I currently/will be facing. First of all, my car is 2000 Chrysler Neon 2.0L LX Auto. These cars aren't worth very much. It may be worth 600GBP, at best. Details of the car:* 60,000 Miles (bare in mind it's 12 years old) *…
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any advice regarding sale of vehicle at auction and problems
i am posting this on behalf of a work colleague who bought a 55 citroen c3 at auction less than a month ago. he paid 2300 not including buyers premium at auction. the car was presented as being offered up in a lot of citroen main dealer vehicles- not private. there was no warranty offered up on the vehicle. upon paying and…
