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AA breakdown cover rip off
Hi all, I am looking for some advice. On Friday I was driving home from Skegness to Glasgow with my wife and two young kids in the car. I reached approximately two miles outside Penrith where I got caught up in some traffic. As I was crawling along I noticed some smoke coming from the OSF wheel area so I managed to get the…
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Urgent advice needed - AA / Halfords
Hi guys, I apologise in advance for the stupidly long winded post but really need some help/advice on behalf of my mum. On June 7th she broke down around 10 miles from home on her way to Scotland. The return hose for the coolant had split and emptied the car of all it's coolant. The AA came, chopped the hose down,…
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MOT Failure Headlamp
Hello, I had a MOT for my car today a Ford Focus 08. We changed the Headlamp (dipped) a few months back. Which we thought went fine. So today it failed it's MOT purely on that. It was at a local council MOT test centre so they can't do repairs or anything. So the guidance was 'Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously…
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Green flag or RAC?
Bit of help please, About to renew my breakdown cover and was wondering which is better, Green flag or RAC? There both about the same price but green flag pay more cashback on TCB. Ive just cancelled my renewal with the AA as it was too expensive and I wont get the cashback if I was to renew online. many thanks for any…
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Driving with Headlights on
Driving around this afternnoon I saw a lot of people driving with headlights full on - it is bright sunshine and not a cloud in the sky ie no storms etc. Not motorways just ordinary A, B and country roads. I tried to tell a couple of people but they just got very annoyed! Is this a new form of lets try and be even more…
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Dealers refusing to acklnowledge issue
Hi all, this is my second thread here and unfortunately things are getting no better with me and my 'new' 09 plate Focus. I reported last week that the car has developed a rattle which sounds like it's coming from the gearbox area. This happens when the car is at idle and outta gear, especially stood outside the car on the…
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Accident just before renewal VERY confused :-(
:)Hello all, My wife had a low speed bump whilst manouvering on the 1st July, reported it accepted fault and its all going through. She has three years no claims discount which would have been four this year. Unfortunately her renewal is on the 20th July and we are trying to get sense form her online only insurer which is…
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Bought car on ebay, seller sold it again!
Hi, Bought a car on ebay, picked it up paid cash. I've got a receipt, got the documents/service history/log book, got the new keepsers section of v5. I've insured it and been using it daily. I havn't got the V5 in my name yet as DVLA have a 4 week backlog. Just logged into ebay. Seller has sold the same car to someone else…
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Query about overgrown vegetation
Hi MSE'rs I wonder if you can help. I currently rent a home, on a fairly new developement, but which has been adopted by the council. My house comes with an allocated parking spot, which is right next to some communal land, for which the council is responsible. I have complained that the vegetation is leaking sap and…
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Tesco Parking fine charge
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Ford focus radio unlock coed.
Hi...can anyone help me with finding an unlock code.. Serial no..M547931 Thanks in advance :)
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Leasing a BMW?
My BMW 's lease is up next year have been paying £360 a month and paid £5000 upfront and I am toying with what to do for the best, it will only have done 11,000 miles by that time so is it worth paying the remainder of £10,000 by then it will be 3 years old, I don't want to just hand back the car and walk away with…
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Scrapping car vs selling to highest bidder
Hi there 1999 car is now developing fault after fault and is becoming expensive in time and money (and uncertainty of journey!!). MOT is looming and really dont want to shell out a load more. I know there are sites out there (webuyanycar for instance) but is there a (decent) comparison website? Also what is the likely…
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Early Termination on Finance Car.
So I understand that I can hand the car back after paying 50% of the payments. Does this mean just the car or does it include the GAP insurance and Breakdown Cover that is included in the overall finance? The car with all the charges is £4580 over three years, the GAP insurance is £584 over three years and the breakdown…
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Car Hire Insurance excess not refunded
Many Thanks Too Honest By Nature (Aitch):cool:
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Anybody has used dealerbid.co.uk
Saw their details on a Telegraph article, but can't find many reviews or forum posts of people using them, so not sure if they are genuine or not. Otherwise, what is the best way to achieve the highest price when selling a car online? Thanks, Seb
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Is the head gasket going?
I don't have a clue about cars but I have a 52 plate chrysler neon. The coolant reservoir tank stared to bubble like mad yesterday, I did some searching on the net and found that the possible cause is the head gasket is on the way out. However the engine runs fine it never over heats and the temperature gauge is running at…
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Dealer refusing to refund deposit.
Hi, Yesterday (13th July 2013) my wife and I went to look at a car being sold by xxxxxx. I also took a friend with me who knows the type of car (Mk2 Golf) to provide advice. At the time I felt pressured by the dealer to purchase the vehicle and due to the nature of the vehicle decided to place a £400 deposit down in cash…
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Changing second car for moped/quad?
We run 2 cars at the moment and need to being as we both work, car sharing is not really an option as we work about 20 miles away from each other. Just recently we have had a few bills on the cars, wear and tear things really. I have been thinking of selling the small car and going for a moped/quad for cheaper running…
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Disabled Parking
Hi not sure if i'm posting this in the right section but here goes. How do you go about getting a disabled parking sticker its for my grandad who is 80 has diabetes and struggles with vertigo and my granma who is also 80 and has a walking stick as she gets sore knees when walking to far i sometimes take them food shopping…
