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Golf Headlight
My son's passenger side headlight isn't working on his 1999 Golf, sidelights are fine. His brother changed the bulb and also tried a couple of spares he had in case the bulb was dud but it still doesnt work. Does anyone have any idea what to look for?
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Day running lights
Has anyone else noticed that some people with day running lights are now driving without lights on in darkness. They seem to think the DRL means they are, in the dark it is very hard to see the rear of the car. If a car had DRL it should also have automatic lights to prevent this.
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£100 Ka Bangernomics
I've been offered a 1999 1.3 Ford Ka for £100. it runs and has MOT until July I think and Tax until end of next month. Problems with it is that the heater only works on number 4, passenger door only opens from the inside and it has a slow puncture on one tyre. If it's a cheap fix could make a bit of money back on it. :cool:
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Ford Radio Code
Like many others I disconnected by battery and lost the radio code. :( Does anyone have the radio code for my Ford Transit? The serial number is M337489
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mpg has gone down...
A couple of weeks ago my 2004 Ford Ka had to have some repair work done - new coils, ht leads and plugs - just suddenly no power and would not accelerate, engine maintenance light came on so I limped back to local garage. Anyway they fitted these items and said all OK now, but it wasn't it was still spluttering and missing…
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What uses more fuel? A 5 mile 20 minute journey, or a 15 mile 20 minute journey?
Im confused at which would use more fuel Journey A is a 5 mile journey mainly at 20-30mph. Journey B is a 15 mile journey at 60mph on motorway. Both journeys take 20 minutes.
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gps for use as speedometer
Hi I am planning to get a gps device for use as a speedometer. It is basically just to give me a "line of sight" indication of my speed, so I dont have to take my eyes off the road too often. I am aware of the arguments regarding the merits of the gps speedo as opposed to the cars own speedo and I dont want to get in to…
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MOT and service due but trading car in
My car is due for MOT and service on the 3rd March, Tax is due end of this month, however I'm hoping to trade the car in the next week or so (just waiting for some money to come through) my car is coming up 5 years old (08 reg) has full dealer service history and has only done 42k, is it worth getting the service and MOT…
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Checks for New Used Car
Hi, I am looking to buy a new used car over the weekend and I am going to view two I like from looking online. The car I purchased previously turned into a bit of a lemon, so I am keen to ensure this doesn't happen again, as I am spending around £3k. I am taking a mechanic with me to check over the car along with doing a…
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looking to hire motorhome
Hi, I'm looking to hire a motorhome to tour the UK for 4 weeks in August.Can anybody recommend any hire companies they've used successfully(preferably "cost-effective" ones)? Any other advice aslo appreciated! Thanks.
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Should I get this car serviced?
Just over a year ago I bought a 55 reg Fiat Stilo from a second-hand car dealer. It had a full service history when I bought it, the last service was just before it was sold to me, and it's still in good condition now (MOT recently passed with no advisories). I've never really owned a car before, do I need to carry on with…
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No Service History, Where do i go from here?
Around 1 year ago i purchased a 2009 Focus Zetec S from a popular dealership called 'Quicks'. I saw the car on auto trader on dealership deal of the day and purchased it that day, now the whole process was very fast and whilst processing the paperwork i somewhere missed out the service history without realising. The car…
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personal car business use - pence per mile question
I have a personal contract hire vehicle and when i took my new job they offered to pay for it. all well and good it is paid on top of my expenses. i pay for insurance, tyres etc and i am paid per mile for my business use. The question is should i be paid at the lower rate as a company car 15p for my 2L diesel or the…
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Tesco car insurance help
Hi All I changed my car due to other one breaking down tesco charged a £15 admin fee and increased my premium by £399 a year when i was changing for a from a 95 car to a 03 car with the same size engine 1.3 which is taking the p and as im a new driver its like £250 a month and now i am moving in a week and i tryed price…
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Bought a potential lemon at auction - advice?
Hey folks, I bought a car (52 plate Peugeot 307) at auction a couple of weeks ago for what seemed like the reasonable price of £550 (plus £65 indemnity charge by the auctioneers). The car had 12 months MOT, but no tax, (which I promptly got the next day) and upon limited inspection - such as it is at auctions - everything…
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Dashboard indicator light
Hi all, The dashboard indicator light which comes on when my lights are on has stopped working. My lights still work perfectly well. Does anyone know if the broken dashboard light is going to be an issue come my next MOT?
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Evans Halshaw - Servicing Scam
I have just had my wifes little Citroen "serviced" by Evans Halshaw, York. They suggested that the brake fluid should be replaced, at about £35. As the car works hard, and its quite important to us that it works well, I agreed. Later on (after paying for this fluid change) I was looking through the Service document, mainly…
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Insurance company failed to collect Direct Debit
Hi My car insurance company failed to collect my direct debit instruction for two years due to an admin error at their end, and are now asking for the full two years to be paid, over £700. I moved to another insurer before suddenly finding this out with a letter the week before Christmas. I wrote to them saying it was too…
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who is at fault?
Hi all, would like to know your view on this. Have a friend who got hit from behind then shunt forward to hit car in front. Can an engineer determine that there was 1 or 2 impacts to her car and car in front? She is absolutely stressed about this. Would like to know what can be done for her. Thanks.
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V5 returned with incorrent keeper details
I recently moved house so sent my V5c away to get the address changed, when it's come back to me I appear to have been married off without my knowledge. Will the fact the document is in the name of Mrs scubaangel make any difference when I am in fact Miss scubaangel? I can't think of any circumstances when it would matter…
