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Chiltern Railways Further Price Increase!
Hi All, Has anyone else spotted that Chiltern Railways have increased some fares again with the introduction of their summer timetable? Have any other operators raised fares again recently? In December, a peak anytime return from my local station in the Midlands (Dorridge) was £75. In January it went up to £85. Now, it's…
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Potential Oil Pump / Balancer shaft problems on Audi A4 2.0 TDI
Hi Sorry for the long post but hope you can give me advice. I bought my Audi A4 2.0 TDI 140PD (B7 chassis) from new in May 2005, its done around 55k and not had any problems with it so far. However this could all be about to change after reading the following on another forum: So, assuming my A4 has a balancer shaft (which…
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What oil for scooter?
HI all, I need to change the oil for my Yamaha Vity scotter but I don't know what oil to use. I have checked the instructions and it gives me a range SAE 10w-30, 10W-40, 10W-50, 15W-40, 20w-40 or 20w-50 and then it plots them on a sort of graph with what looks like Degrees C. Its a bit confusing can anyone help please?
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Car reversed into
19/05/2012 13.10 I was sat in my parents house Guy on his drive reversed turned off his drive without looking behind and my 107 and did this bumpers wrecked wings wrecked Chunk out of the headlight Under wing is smashed in and touching the tyre, washer bottle that I'd just filled sploded structure under the headlight looks…
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Stereo Code for Ford Ka 5000RDS Help!
Hi Guys, I have just bought my first car, a 2000 Ford Ka, a proud moment. When I try to turn the stereo on it asks me for a key code. Does any one know where I can get one? I would rather not pay a main dealer... Thanks in advance.
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Dealer charges (misdiagnosis?)
Just looking for some advice. I very rarely use main dealers to fix my cars - but unfortunately on this occasion I've had no other choice as the faults/codes were not being picked up with generic scanners. My car is a Merc C-Class C200K (W203 model with M271 engine) and the problems I was having is that it was difficult to…
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Car accident nightmare advice please
Hi all I would like some advice if possible please. My daughter who is 20 had a car accident last week and neither party is accepting liability. She has Third Party Fire and Theft insurance. Her insurance company were very unhelpful as they say it looks like she will be held responsible as the other driver said she pulled…
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insurance claim warranty and vice versa help
For the first time in 22years of driving I have unfortunately had to make a claim on my insurance. The short version is 4 weeks ago whilst travelling home, I hit a fox the next day my car started pulling dramatically to the left. I took it to my local garage who could not find anything wrong with the tracking or any…
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Is he trying to rip me off?
Hi All, Sorry this is a little long.... Last week I had a slight bump in the carpark at work, I was reversing about 4 MPH and scraped a car that was parked up being me. The owner of the car was not about, so I got out and checked both vehicles, mine as a slight bump, and his has a small scratch (a little like a scrape). I…
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Advice needed - Buying from a Private Seller
I am looking at buying a car from a private seller for the first time. Whilst I know that there can be no guaranteed route to a risk free sale I am looking for advice for ensuring that the risk is reduced as much as possible. I've never bought privately before so am looking for even the most basic advice. Any responses…
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Car Insurance Repair Costs
My car has recently been deemded a write off by my insurance company. Vehicle Value per engineers report = £2,161 Repair cost at recovery garage = £2,684 However ive argued with the insurance comany that the repair estimate given was extortionate and would like to get the vehicle repaired elsewhere. Ive been given a…
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Car dealer wants to deliver faulty car before court
Hi, I wonder if you could give me a bit of advice I've a long running saga with a trader that sold me a faulty car. We formally rejected the car and have taken the case to the small claims court for which we are awaiting a hearing. This has taken an age as the dealer has asked for extra time because of family business,…
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won a court case against the DVLA
Morning all, i got taken to court for what the DVLA said was failing to notify them of change of owner. Monday 21st May 10am court hearing well the dvla prosecutor spoke to me before i went in saying he would still except the £35 fine if i pleaded guilty and i wouldnt have to into trial. I said no chance i have taken 2…
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Car Has Been Towed
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Buying a secondhand Rover Metro
My mum is considering buying the above. It is P plate, has 24k miles, MOT etc to June 2013 and only £600. (private sale) Now, not being experts at buying secondhand cars what should she be looking for and asking about? I know that is very,very low mileage for such an old car, but I believe it belonged to a pensioner and…
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Evergreen Tyres
Just looking to by a couple of new tyres. My local independent, who normally offers Maxxis offered me Evergreen saying they no long held the Maxxis as stock items, saying they had got to pricey. They weren't dirt cheap and little price differential. Anybody ever had any experience of them? Believe they have a newish plant…
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Scrapping my car for cash - Autogreen?
I'm trying to get a bit of cash for my old Astra & have come across a few companies who seem ok. I found Autogreen/Rewarding Recycling who seem pretty good - does anyone have any experience with them or can recommend someone else? Thanks
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Automatic mini
Does anyone have one??? I had a cooper manual before i lost my driving licence and mum is looking into getting a Mini one auto as my car now i have my licence back. Just wondering what people thought??
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Leeds Bradford Airport Parking
Can anyone advise on cheapest parking for Leeds Bradford please for two weeks in July. Any discount codes etc appreciated.
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MSE News: Sainsbury's cuts petrol prices in supermarket forecourt battle
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story: "Sainsbury's sparked the latest round of petrol price cutting by announcing it will reduce its forecourt prices by 3p per litre..." Read the full story: Sainsbury's cuts petrol prices in supermarket forecourt battle
