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Advice please - Deposit at Fords
Hi MSE'ers, New here but always browsed around the site and taken good tips from various posts. Thank you. Anyway.. Father in law had put down a deposit on a new car which was 5% of a new Kuga Ford, later on in the week his wife tried it out on a test run and decided that she didnt like it (various reasons) They went back…
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RAC Free Fuel Offer
I wonder if anyone has experience if the RAC free fuel offer that was on a while ago. They've sent me a pre paid Visa card which I've activated - my query is am I right in thinking that I can use this card anywhere that accepts pre-paid Visa and not only just on fuel? The terms and conditions are a bit vague on this. I…
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How to find out my exact no claims & forward on to insurers?
Hi. I'm renewing my car Insurance and wondered how to get exact bonus proof back so I can send on to my new insurers? My current Insurers says 9 years (the paperwork) but I know for sure its either 11 or12 years. Willmy current insurers have the exact record to forward on to my new insurers? If not,how do I find out the…
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radio code
Does anyone have the code for my ford radio 6000 CD ROS E-O-N SERIEL NUMBER M355961 thanks
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mondeo repairs
I put my '57 mondeo in to regular garage for MOT & service. Subsequently informed that whilst putting car on ramp, timing belt snapped causing serious engine damage and now need new/recon engine. Who is liable for costs , me or garage? How long is belt supposed to last? It has done 50k. Many thanks for any advice.
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Car Advice - Audi A3
Hi All, Following some advice on here yesterday I've spotted an Audi A3 2.0 TDI 5DR DSG - 2005 that I quite like. It comes with 1 year's MOT and I'm going to get my mechanic to give it a proper check before purchase. The dealer wants £3600, what are people's views on this car? I need something reliable, that looks decent,…
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Yellow windscreen wash.
Any suggestions on how I can change the colour of my windscreen washer fluid? It is yellow and looks like pee when sprayed on the windscreen. I bought a gallon of the stuff from Tesco, filled up the washer bottle and now every time I use the windscreen washers I have to put up with my young granddaughter having hysterics…
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Help with PCN
Hi, new to the forum but would really appreciate some help/advice/opinions. I recently got issued with 2 PCNs from Lambeth council for parking on a "waiting restriction during controlled hours". The tickets were issued on these times/dates; Saturday 25th May at 10:20am Sunday 26th May at 14:11pm The sign, that I will link…
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Which coolant?
Hi, I feel like a ding bat for asking this but which type of coolant do I need for an Endura-E engine? It's a 1998 Ford Fiesta 1.3 Was topping up the oil (super easy to find out which oil needed!) and I saw I'm low on coolant - "no problem!" I thought "it's all the same!" I thought. Well I've had a look and there are…
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Car Faults - What should I do?
I have a 2001 Vauxhall Corsa. I've owed it for 3 years almost and never had a problem with it until now! 1. The handbrake light comes on when driving even thought the handbrake is fully off and then all the dials on my dash board go back to 0 as if the car was turned off but the car is still going! Then they all come back…
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Vauxhall Astra -fuel cap won't open
Hi, all, Just went to fill up the petrol on my astra and fuel cap won't open. This happened a couple of weeks ago and my husband managed to get it open and I think its to do with the central locking (although the rest of the central locking is working fine). When the car was in for a service they said it was expensive to…
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Farewell Autotrader Magazine
This may have been posted before but I did a search and I couldn't find it... http://www.autotrader.co.uk/articles/2013/06/cars/last-issue-of-auto-trader-on-sale-today Whilst we all now sit goggle eyed behind a laptop/PC/tablet/phone, it's still a sad day when the great Autotrader magazine is disappearing of our shelves.…
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DVLA Failure to Insure - Unreasonable?
Hi, Need a bit of help/advice... My eldest had a major problem with his car a few months back, it broke down and was taken off to a garage who had to strip down the engine to diagnose the problem. Turned out to be a broken piston and wasn't repairable. The options were to buy a new engine or scrap the car - since my son…
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Company car tax vs Private owned car???
Hi All I have changed job and currently have a Ford worth about 5k that I own outright, no outstanding finance on. My previous loan for this mid range Ford was£250 a month over 4 years. My new role comes with two options which I keep thinking about, wondered if anyone who is or has been in same predicament may be able to…
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Which Petrol to use? Advice please
Had my hyundai i20 1.2 nearly a year been running it on supermarket petrol asda and morrisons. I've been told by a mate that I should use shell petrol because the additives clean the engine and gives more mpg, is this true? I'm going on holiday next week probably do about 500 miles would it be worth filling up with the V…
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how to get a spare car key?
OH has a relatively new, (to him) Peugeot Partner van. This came with one key and a credit card type arrangement with a security code and a key symbol on it. At the weekend there was a mad panic because he appeared to have lost the keys in a car park, to on the way to a job. After calling out a local garage he knows to…
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Car park scrape - where do I stand legally?
I was jammed into a very tight space today and had to manoeuvre laboriously out. The car in the next space was close but not illegal - the problem was more that the car park (doctors' surgery) is not really designed to accommodate full-sized cars. Anyway I lightly scraped the other car's rear valance during this manoeuvre.…
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Car problems after filling up!
Hi, looking for some advice, filled my car up last night before going to work, after a few mintues my engine warning light came on and the car started to lose power it wouldnt seem to get past 30mph. So today I drained the petrol tank, and put new petrol in, the car seems to run better until the engine is warm then it will…
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Require deposit back from car sales
On Saturday we went to look at a car. We were happy with it other than it smoked badly. We pointed this out to the salesman and he said that it was just because the car had been sat around not being driven for a fair while. He said that he could send it to his mechanic to get it sorted. He asked us to pay a £200 deposit to…
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Car for carer!!!
Hi I was wondering if you could advise me, I work as a care worker travelling around to people's houses, and I think I need a new car. I'm currently driving a daewoo matiz (03 plate) nothing wrong with it, I just don't feel that safe, I think I need a bit more car. I've only been driving for approx 18 months. I have a…
