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what are my rights?
Hi everyone im hoping someone may be able to give me some advice, i bought a car from a specialist dealer on the 11/4/12 for the sum of £27500 i did an hpi etc and all came back clear. Thursday last week after driving 900 miles since buying it the car it developed a problem with the auto gearbox and took it to my local…
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Belt spray on Serpentine. Yes or no?
My BMW e90 has started making a slight squealing noise. This started after the recent damp weather. It was loud but seems to have lessened somewhat. Belt seems fine - no obvious wear. Mechanic has given me a can of belt spray. I'm wary. Yes or no? Mileage is 79000. I suspect it needs a new tensioner and a new belt just in…
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Part Exchanging with a Fault??
I'm buying a new car and part exchanging mine, the only problem is the drivers side central locking doesn't open the door, (it does lock it though) but you need to use the key to unlock the drivers side. Now do I tell them this or not? I can play ignorant cause it's my g/f's car. I just don't want them to knock a load of…
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Paying for a rental car AFTER we have used it?
Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me out. I have booked a special holiday for my girlfriend and I to go to Antigua for 2 weeks (Thanks to this site we got a great deal):j Once booked I got onto the car hire, I had a good search over many comparison sites and the company that kept coming back cheapest was "Alamo".…
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Tax renewal - Vehicle in garage
Hi guys, My tax disc renewal is due, but my car is actually (and has been for the last 1 month) in a garage getting repaired! I reckon it will be another 1.5 weeks while it's in there. Is this regarded as a SORN? Regards, Z
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Help with something a bit sporty
Children are older now and thinking of trading in my 10 year old trusty Picasso for something a bit sporty but no idea what. I have a budget of up to around 5k and I still need four seats. I've always fancied a Mazda RX8 but crossed that off the list when i saw the fuel consumption. I do a fairly high mileage. I'd be…
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Fined for not having insurance
I have received a fixed penalty fine for having no insurance on my car. My car is locked away in the garage and has been there for nearly a year with the battery disconnected whilst it has been up for sale. I have kept it taxed in case any buyers wanted to take it for a test drive as long as they were covered on their…
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CV joint cost
Anyone know how much roughly to replace outer CV joint - Renault Megane II 1.6? There's been a sort of clicking sound when turning and sometimes hear it when going from reverse to a forward gear, so I took the wheel off and noticed the cv boot had come off and had a cable tie in place as if someone had done a dodgy repair…
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Sole trader - effetive car purchase
Hi all, I am an IT freelancer with my own Ltd company. I pay myself the salary required for NI contributions and draw dividends. I currently own my own car outright, with no remaining finance. I pay myself 45ppm for business miles upto 10,000pa, then reducing. Having 160k on the clock, its beginning to cost me in repairs…
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Are 2 year servicing packs worth it.
I'm buying a 3 year old car from a main dealer and they have offered 2 years MOT and servicing for £200. If anyone has bought one of thesse recently did you find that it was worth it. Or if anyone has had their fingers burnt is there anything I need to lok out for please. Many thanks.
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Oops - backed into a parked car
Hello, My mother was taken into hospital last night and I drove 150 miles to be with her. At 5am, we were leaving the hospital and in my exhausted state, I backed straight into a parked car. What an idiot! Anyway, I left a note and the car owner is happy to settle it whichever way is cheaper. The damage is to the rear…
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Cheapest Train fare London- Exeter/Dawlish
Irritatingly I have to be at work in E Croydon on 1st June, and we've booked a weekend away to Dawlish. Rather than going back home to Southampton and travelling down with rest of family, thought it'd be worth looking at meeting them there. Just wondered if anyone can find me the cheapest way of doing this please I would…
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Power steering problem? Freelander2
Hi there I will start off by saying that I am by no stretch of the imagination a car expert, so thought I would ask here for any advice / words of wisdom. My Freelander2 is 6 years old (07). 29K mileage. Diesel, manual. About 6 weeks ago my car developed a strange "whining" noise particularly noticeable in low gears. I…
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Difference between date of first registration and date of first registration DVLA?
Just checked a car I brought on the tax database and I'm curious if anyone would know why there would be a 6 month gap between a car being first registered and the first registration with DVLA?
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Need help with car tax
Hi everyone, first post but need help. It's a Sunday, I have just got back from a weekend abroad and my car tax has run out, (yes I should have checked), I need pick my girlfriend up from the airport tomorrow. Now the issue is, I haven't got v5c reg cert as bought the car six months ago and available car taxed it for me, I…
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Need to make a dangerous road safer - how??
We live near a busy road and a dangerously laid out junction. Today, there was a 6/7 car pile up - only 3 days after a 2 car smash at exactly the same spot. A few months ago, a car ended up on it's roof somehow in a collision with a post. As far as we're aware, there were no fatalities in any of these smashes, although one…
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Buying a car and no idea where to start
... Literally :o ! I've never bought or sold a car before but my car's slowly loosing it (12y old avensis) so in the next few months I think I'll need to replace it. I don't really have an idea of where to start, is there somewhere that has all of the makes, insurance class, tax costs etc that I could compare? Ideally I…
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What rights do we have for our private parking space?
Hello guys, I am hoping someone can help me. We own a small q type house with each house having their own allocated parking space which is in with the deeds of the house. We have returned from a night away to find a car parked in our parking space and have not been able to find who it belongs to. In the meantime we have…
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Wrong address intentionally given for driving licence
Hi all, Apologies if this is in the wrong place. I have looked online and I can't find anything to answer my query. Does anyone know if it's illegal to not update your address details on your driving license? If so, should it be reported and to who? I ( 100% ) know that the address that this person has on the licence is an…
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fiesta or ka
basically my question is, which would be the better car for me now, the new shape ka, 1.2 petrol or keep diesel fiesta. i got the fiesta when the kids lived at home, but now its just me, i fancy a smaller car. would a 1.2 ka petrol be any cheaper to run than a turbo diesel fiesta. both are cheap 20/30 tax, fiesta is group…
