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Help with getting car insured?
Hi all. I got my first car in UK and its incredible how expensive the insurance is? I have got EU license in October 2005, and this year January i swapped for UK ones. No points, no accidents. Now i want to insure my car and i cant belive i get cheapest quote £1500+ ? The car cost half that ? Its a 2001 VW passat 1.9TDI.…
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In This Hot Weather A Reminder To Always Kit Up On Your Bike
I got this sent to my facebook page. I thought it was a hard hitting way or reminding riders to kit up even for a short journey. And to those numpties I see riding bikes and scooters in shorts, and no shirts, think again. http://fzronline.com/wiki/doku.php?id=extreme_road_rash-cause_effect_and_lesson_learned chev
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hmm insurance company failing me
briefly my daughter has had her car written off by another driver , she has a witness for her and states that the other driver over took him illegally after he had slowed down to let her out of a junction\. his car had a tiny scratch hers is written off. He isnt admitting responsibility. our problem is they r offering us a…
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Used Car - Faults & SOGA
Hey, I recently bought a used car (2006 plate, with 50K miles, FSH, 12 Months MOT, 6 Months Tax and 1 Month warranty) from a main and well established dealer. Two hours after driving off in the car, it suffered a loss of power and an error message about reduced performance was shown on the dash display. I had to make an…
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Free radio code for Ford Focus
Hi, can anyone help with the code for serial number M019095? Cheers
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Child car seats.
I am looking for suggestions for child car seats from 1 year old and above. our grand child is 1 and growing out of the one we have at present. We are looking for forward facing seats. Any suggestions please, basically what you use that is comfortable and and is easy to put into one car and another, front facing please
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Lease Car for bad credit
Hi, I don't normally post in this part of the forum, but I have a problem that I thought I would ask about here and see if there is a solution for me. I currently have a lease car through my work on a salary sacrifice scheme, this was the only option available to me as I do not do enough business miles to justify a…
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Parking Ticket on my Motorbike at Robin Park!
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car bumped in car park
hi..not sure if this is the right place to put this.. my wife bumped another car in a car park (private one ) and the owner came out and swapped phone number and car info. now she took photos and it was 1 scuff on the corner of the car,so all well he took it to the main dealer and came back with £1200 for 1 scuff 1 scratch…
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Second Hand Car, Rights from Dealer
I bought a second-hand car from a reputable dealer in mid-February 2013. It's proved costly and the latest fault I want the dealer to sort. Whilst the car did have a valid MOT, I didn't see the previous MOT fault report until ALL of the paperwork was handed over after sale. It reported worn disks and pads all round, some…
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Ford Mondeo - burning oil
Checked my oil last week (for the first time in ages) and discovered the level had dropped to the "minimum" marker on the dipstick. It's been about six months since the last service. Topping up took about 1l of oil so it's burning about 1l in six months. The car is about 8 years old and has done 70k miles. What I'm…
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First accident on my moped :(
I had an accident on my moped recently, I was at a traffic light controlled crossroads and was the first vehicle pulling away from my lane going straight. A driver from the opposite direction obviously thought he could turn right in front of me, my bike struck the rear passenger door/wheel arch. I came off my bike, bike is…
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Has anyone bought a car from Cargiant ?
I am planning to buy a second hand car at car giant - close to 10k. They look like a good option. Can I check if anyone has experience with buying a second hand car from them and how the experience was ? Also any need to buy AA warranty just in case ? Many thanks
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Large finance deal agreed and then subsequently refused!!!!
Hi, I'm looking for a bit of advice from someone in the know. A friend of mine placed an order for a brand new Mercedes in March this year. The car was on a 6 month delivery time which coincided nicely with a new registration date and a September 1st delivery was agreed. He paid a £500 deposit and sorted all the finance…
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Am i paying to much for car.
Ive got a problem here concerning a car. My wife wants to buy her fathers car who has just passed away..its been looked after immensly. So we`ve been offered the Toyota 1.3 VVT-i T Spirit 5dr MMT. She has older 2 sisters and so they went on line with help from one of there over bearing hubby and has decided to valuate the…
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v5c keepers details in trader name
I just bought a car and the person I bought it of had it 12 mths and showed me the bill of sale when he bought it from a trader all looks ok, but the v5c still says registered keeper is the trader were he bought it from, he never changed the log book over he forgot ! now I want to change the neww keeper details into my…
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First MOT due
My car will be due its first MOT on August 3rd. The third service is also due. I was wondering if it would be better to have the service done now, get any work done, and then have the MOT done separately, or to have the service and MOT done together? Obviously it would be more of a pain to go to the garage twice, but the…
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Driving licence replacement
Hi guys, Just wondered if someone on here could give me the answer to this. I have just moved house so need to change the address on my licence but have lost the paper part, so only have the card part. And the photo needs renewing too. Any help would be great. Cheers
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Business mileage tax back
Hi, i've just started travelling to client sites as part of my work. I was given a car allowance as part of my salary (efectively paid £5000 more in my salary). I went to site this week and got 18p per mile business mileage from my employer using my own car. My question is, am i entitled to claim anything else back?
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Blown Head Gasket update !!
Just like to say thanks for all the replys and advice from the forum. Update from mechcanic is that 2 of the pistons are scorched and that i will need a new engine !! his quote was £1500:eek:. I decided to pay him a visit in his workshop to see the damage for myself. He has shown me the 2 pistons effected by damage. The…
