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StartRescue Breakdown Insurance, no renewal or expiry notice
Our breakdown insurance expired on 9 may 2012. We received *no* notification or renewal letters about this (in 2011 we got a renewal letter *and* a renewal email). About 2 weeks after our policy expired we were 2 hours from home and had a serious breakdown, when I phoned StartRescue they told me the policy had expired and…
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Claying
Own up, who said claying was a good idea?
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Quick MOT road tax question
If you purchased a car on 30th May and paid for 6 months road tax do you think the tax would run out at the end of October?
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£10k new family car with looks
Looking for a new family car (not too big though), ideally a 1.4 TSI type or equivalvent engine. Not keen on diesel as I do only about 5000 miles a year and mostly in city drive. Looked at Skoda fabia(http://www.skoda.co.uk/gbr/finance/offers/twenty-five-percent/Pages/default.aspx) , but I think for the money can get…
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Dent repair
Hi All anyone used one of those mobile dent repair company's ? I have a dent and a couple of scratches that need repairing and was looking for some feedback from anyone that has any experiance with them.
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Car problems on trial run
Hi Folks, I did a trial run today in a 2005 Peugeot Partner Combi (1.4 Petrol). It has got loads of room inside and I thought it might be useful for going on holidays and stuff. Price was close to 3k at an independent dealers. I was very disappointed right from the start. Could not get into first gear without the clutch…
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Car insurance -covered or not !
Brought secondhand from Indy garage - px my old one in.Changed my insurance to new car. New car engine light came on after 1 day , took car back, garage arranged for me to have a "car " whilst my new one is sorted. The car is my old px. I queried would it / I be insured , as I had cancelled my policy for new car. Dealer…
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Expert advice needed on issues with a car bought from a dealer
Please see the below emails that cover most of the issue The £100 he refers to was due to us agreeing the price prior to my arrival. He agreed to give me £795 for my part ex vehicle. So I was paying £2500 cash and my vehicle for the car he was selling at £3295. Unfortunately, he hijacked me at the point of sale and reduced…
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keep your distance
direct flom china http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDA3MDMxOTU2.html?f=17663315
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Driving shoes
I've been looking for a pair of Piloti driving shoes for my DH, and having no luck can anybody recommend a different brand in a similar style, they need to be narrow as he has size 9 hooves but there is not a lot of room in the Caterham pedal box Many thanks
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Car stereo cutting out
Hi We have a ford focus zetec 2000 and we've recently started having problems with the stereo, it will sometimes come on but then after a while it cuts out, it'll come back on for a few seconds cut out again etc. Sometimes it won't come on at all. It seems to work better when it's colder, don't know what that means or if…
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'02 Micra s- leak in passenger footwell.
I just bought a 2002 Micra s last week and drove it from Belfast to Luton with no problem apart from stiff gears. However, since I got back, it has been pouring and there is water dripping in to the passenger footwell. I did open the bonnet and found leaves and debris which I cleared and this morning there was maybe 1/4…
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Car leasing
Anybody know anything about car leasing and whether it is worth considering, instead of buying a car?
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Quick question about Megatrain
I've got a ticket booked with Megatrain for a trip to London in a few weeks and was intending to print out my confirmation email but my printer has just broken which means I can't do that now. On their site is says that it isn't essential but that they recommend taking a print-out, has anyone travelled with them without…
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Best train ticket booking website
I need to book tickets to Glasgow for three weeks away, whats the best website?? I have a railcard.
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price of fuel in france
hi guys,imgoing on a road trip to disneyland pairs soon with the wife and kids and as my bmw 330i is a greedy drinking car! im just wondering is it much cheaper or expensive in france for unleaded fuel with the cost of our tax on fuel and the price of the euro etc?
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Anyway to improvise meshing on a trailer
Just bought a 5x3 trailer but it didn't come with meshing. What is the best way to improvise this to get extra volume - can I put up wood or wire fencing and attach this to the side to hold in the contents?
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Bought a faulty car. What are my rights?
Hello All, I recently bought a car on behalf of my friend. A 2000 Jaguar XK8 for 5,700 GBP. It had a few minor faults which I knew of when I bought it but a whopper came about shortly after I took it home. Noticed after 2 days. Turns out the car has been in some sort of accident before and the airbag has been deployed. The…
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Blackberry in-car charger
sorry wasnt 100% certain which board to post this on? I'm trying to get a car charger for my Blackberry but have tried two now and neither work saying you have plugged this device into an insufficient power supply. I have tried them on three very different cars but no joy. Can anyone possibly recommend one that might work…
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Olympics travelcard
I have just recieved my Olympics tickets in the post - they also come with an Olympics Travelcard which is valid only on the day of the event. I am travelling to London from Reading on Monday 30 July and all of my travel will be on that day. According to the Olympics website, it seems that the Olympic Travelcard is valid…
