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Beware: Wrong link on Virgin Trains website
The link 'London to Manchester £18' on Virgin Trains website buys you ticket from 'Manchester to London'. I have contacted Virgin Trains Customer Service repeatedly, but no one has gone to the trouble of rectifying that mistake. I have been stung and made a costly mistake of buying the tickets in the reverse/wrong…
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Alcohol on East Coast trains?
Anyone know if you can take alcohol on East Coast trains? I'm sure you can, but just want to double check
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Ford Focus GHIA 03 - Speedometre Problem
Hi there, I am a complete novice with cars, before contacting the dealer i would like to ask something here to get some piece of mind. I bought a used ford focus 2003 last week, The speedometre has recently started to act strange and is staying at 0mph when i am driving. Sometimes it works normally but i cannot be driving…
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Driving and epilepsy?
Does anyone know if there is a certain "type" of epilepy that you can actually drive with even tho you have regular fit? When i say regular i mean about every 3 months? The reason i ask is because i know someone with regular fits but still drives and hasn't let DVLA know about the fits anyway. Thanks
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London Transport For BBCs Hackney Weekend
Hi All! We're traveling in to Hackney for BBC Radio Ones Hackney Weekend, but have never traveled in London before and are looking for advice on how to get there. The Event in on a Saturday and form 10:30 until 23:00. We're traveling from Cornwall so will probably be coming up the M4. We were thinking of a Park and Ride,…
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Handbrake light staying on
Evening all! I'm hoping someone can help me with my latest car conundrum. Driving home tonight I noticed my handbrake light was on. I checked it wasn't still engaged, it wasn't. I was only five minutes from home so I carried on, the light stayed on all the way. About 2hrs after getting home I checked the brake fluid levels…
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Tips for driving more efficiently?
I'm a new driver and wondered what tips people had for making fuel stretch further? I have nothing in my boot, fill at most 3/4 full as I drive about 200 miles a week for work and go on that petrol price checker. I have 6 gears in my car and tend to d gear 6 in 50mph, is this advisable? My BF suggested buying that fuel…
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Can I Get A Speed Bump / Hump?
Tonight, for the third time in 4 years, my car has been written off whilst parked outside my house. We live opposite a junction which has a good 100m dead straight road ahead of it. Tonights episode involved a speeding car which didn't stop. Driver fled. Our car ruined. We have in the past, asked the council to install a…
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1.6 HDi
Evening My wife has a Xsara Picasso with the 1.6 HDi engine we have noticed an oily smell in the car when we stop. I lifted the bonnet and removed the plastic cover with 1.6 HDi on it, below are 4 sets of steel pipes and associated wiring. Am I correct in thinking these are the injectors ? One of them looks to be leaking,…
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Storing tyres indoors - vaccum sealing?
I realise this is only tangentially related to motoring, but currently I store my winter tyres, and some other tyres at a self storage place. We're moving house to somewhere that's more expensive, and want to get rid of the self storage place to offset this, especially as the new place has oodles of room to store crap,…
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Choose us a new car please
It's a minefield. We know very little about cars and it's all very confusing. Not only do you have to look at purchase price and fuel consumption but then there is the car tax stuff too. We can afford a new one, or good second hand. We have looked at a Skoda Superb Excellence Estate 1.8 automatic and think it is…
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breaking and selling a classic car bit by bit!
İ have a 1960s sportscar that i spent a fortune restoring --thousands of new parts and a completely restored body on the car. i spent about 15k in 1992 to 4.--the car has been stored ever since but it is worth a fraction of the money i spent as a 'seller' . i am wondering if it would be better to disemble it and sell it…
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Car hit by bus
Hi, My car was hit by a bus in January, it scraped the side with its front bumper. I did not see it happen, but a lady did who gave me her details and details of the bus number and description of the driver. Unfortunately she did not get the bus reg plate. I reported the incident the day after it happened to my insurers…
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Qashqai leak
Hi all Just a quick one if anyone is mechanically minded. I have a Qashqai+2 (10 plate) which is dripping. I'll call the dealer tomorrow and get an appointment booked but wondering if its a big deal? I've taken a photo here of what it is but I've no idea if this is an "OMG don't drive it" or a "just get it looked at asap"…
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K-reg Nissan Sunny 1.4LX for £250 - worth it?
MOT and Taxed till end of July, 108K miles, 1 lady owner. Although the seller is one of those home trader types... Advert says it "starts and drives great" I'm thinking about getting a cheap old runabout as a summer project. :)
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Automatic car recommendations
Hello everyone, Looking for a recommendation of a good, reliable automatic car? We are still considering a mini but if we find something similar that will cost less insurance wise (the mini insurance is £300 on comparison websites, but hopefully mum will get it discounted through the PF) we will probably go with something…
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First Capital Connect Refund issues
I recently requested a refund on my season ticket from London Kings Cross to Stevenage - A refund of £1200 - However, 6 weeks on I still haven’t received the money. Apparently in the T&Cs it can take up to 28 days. Every time I email, it takes 5 days to get a reply and I don’t want to ring the 0845 number as I am currently…
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Sue bus company - waste of time?
Recently I was left stranded by a bus running so early (I saw it flash past) that it was impossible not to have missed it. It was a bank holiday weekend and the next bus was in 3 days! I had to get a taxi to the nearest town, which cost £24. I wrote to the local authority who contract the service asking for my £24 back and…
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Does Super Unleaded contain ethanol?
Simple question, does the 97 octane super unleaded available at most petrol stations contain ethanol, as normal 95 octane unleaded does? The ethanol content in petrol is gradually eating its way through glassfibre petrol tanks causing them to leak, and I'm trying to find a way around it.
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Best commuter car
Hi, i'm after some advice. I do a 90 mile round commute to work daily and im after the best economical car MPG possible. i'v got a budget of £6000-7000 and could do with the best MPG and most reliable car possible! Thank you
