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How to get around London, Please?
We are heading down to London on the 22nd July and staying until the 26th (escaping just before the opening ceremony!). There is myself, my husband, 1 x 16yr old (only just turned 16 so may be eligible for 11-15 oyster card) and 1 x 8 yr old. We are staying at the Travelodge in Teddington. We plan on trying to use public…
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Expiration date of engine oil
Got a bottle of engine oil which has been left behind in the shed by my brother years ago. Don;'t know exact age but we're looking at least 5 years ago. Wondering if this is still good to use? or would it expire now? Picture of oil below got around 1ltr left. Also what is the best way to dispose of used/spare engine oil?
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Help. Cheapest place to get tyres (including fitting) in East Anglia
Hello all. I don't drive but I've promised the boyf (who does... ) a set of new car tyres (he drives a Mercedes C240... has no to meaning to me and he's just given me the 'thousand yard stare' when I've just asked him what type of car he drives). Anyway - that's his birthday present. This is what we 'do' for pressies. I'm…
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Hiring a Van to Move House...
Hi there. I hope this is the right forum to leave this message in. I am looking to hire a van next week to move flats and having been trying to do some price comparisons online. At the moment the choice seems to be limited to Europcar and EasyVan. I'm not really sure of what size van to get but I need to move a bed as well…
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Should we sell the car?
Hi all just looking for some advice. My husbands parents bought us a car about 18 months ago, its a 2004 renault scenic, basically they bought it for more than is was worth from a garage and it hasn't started properly since we got it but obviously we don't say anything bout it cause it was free. Anyway over the last 6…
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car radio locked
I have a ford 2006r radio showing 'TEN' after we tried to put in the code. Any ideas how we can unlock it? The serial number is MO24927 if anyone can tell us the correct code? Many thanks!
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How often do you top up your car oil?
Just wondering what other people's experience of a 'normal' amount / frequency for an oil top up is? I don't mean a full oil service where you drain it and change filters, just a top-up via the filler cap. As I'm expecting several "it depends" answers, for reference I have a 10-year-old 2.0L diesel which has done 4,000…
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Petrol Tax frozen
Published: 3:23pm, 26th June 2012 Updated: 3:41pm, 26th June 2012 "Chancellor George Osborne has scrapped August's planned 3p rise in fuel duty and frozen the tax for the rest of the year. The £500 million boost to motorists can be paid as a result of departmental savings across Whitehall, said the Treasury. Announcing the…
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Fuel Economy
I'm a 19 year old student, Looking to buy my first car. I have a budget of £800-1100 (with the latter being the absolute maximum). I know that this budget narrows down my choice of car considerably but does anyone know which car for this price range will give me the most mpg? Ideally cheap to insure and tax. I should also…
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RailEasy
I'm planning a trip for my Grandfather to come up and visit us in NE Scotland. I've used RailEasy a number of times and not had any problems. Went through the booking process, reserved seats were selected, tickets arrived, no seat reservations for a large part of the journey, below explains more:- Although I didnt have any…
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How can i find out what date my MOT is due ?
Stupidly can't find last years certificate and I know its July sometime but wondered if there is a site I could go to to find out. Many thanks
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Motorbike noise!
I know a lot of people are fussy about road noise, but I'm really not one of them. I used to live by an RAF base and even the planes didn't bother me. BUT. The is a guy a few doors down from me who has a ridiculously loud motorbike. I started noticing it on Sunday mornings, extremely early, he seemed to just ride up and…
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MOT Failure: garage quoting unnessessary work?
Hello, stupid car failed its MOT yetserday on 'front suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt' So basically a wee bit of rubber thing? The garage said they would only replace the whole ball joint but I've seen you can buy the dust boots for £2ish so…
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MSE News: Labour calls for fuel duty rise postponement
"Ed Balls is urging the Government to use the Olympics underspend to cover the cost of scrapping an increase in fuel duty..." Read the full story: Labour calls for fuel duty rise postponement
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Need counterpart to pick up car saturday, but I've lost it
Hi, I recently purchased a car on finance and am due to pick it up this weekend. The garage has asked for the original version of my counterpart which I appear to have lost. Has anyone had any experience of this situation or know of any alternative courses of action I could take so I can still pick up the car this weekend?…
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A waaarrraaannty that could last a lifetime...
... but probably won't. "A waaarrraaannty".
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Refused Insurance after (unintentionally) uninsured driving - help please!
I really hope someone can offer some advice... My husband had his own van insurance policy and I had my own car ins policy on which he was a named driver. In the belief that he was covered to drive any veh on his policy we decided to remove him from my policy to save money. One day when driving my car, a car swerved into…
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Which car would you choose?
Dear all, After spending a few hours researching, we zeroed on the following cars. Honda Jazz HOnda Civic Toyota Corolla VW polo Hyundai i10 With our budget limitations, we can afford the following. If you were me, which car would you choose and why. 1. 2008 Hyundai i10 1.1 Classic 5dr-30000miles - via trader on Autotrader…
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road traffic accident as a passenger
Hi everyone, I' new here and not sure if I am posting in the right place, On saturday I was a passenger in a car and the driver stupidly drove through a flooded ford, (he was going a little to fast to stop!! anyway the car stopped dead and stalled in the middle!!!, as The water was still rising (almost to the bottom of the…
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Toyota Yaris remote central locking
I need some help, i bought a Yaris last week, it came with 4 keys, 2 did not fit my car, on 1 of them was remote locking buttons but for a different car. I contacted Toyota dealer who told me my car has got remote central locking, but, a new key would cost about £200! with programming etc, that's not including the cost of…
