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• car leasing versus buying

  I am sooo fed up with my car that keeps breaking down and wondering whether I should lease a car over 3 years or something instead, Any advice/ experience welcome. Looks like I could get a small car for @£125 a month- less than this wretched car is costing me in repairs.

• Registration mark for sale - AW14 NKR

  A friend of mine has a registration mark for sale - AW14 NKR (A W14NKR) you can guess what it says ;) It's quite a quirky plate. Any idea how much it's worth? What would your advice be on marketing a plate like this? Edit: I don't actually own this registration. A friend of mine does!

• Car World customer service / Auto Protect warranty

  I've posted this elsewhere on the site and I'm re posting my problem here. Roughly six months ago I purchased a car from Car world in Peterborough and took out the all singing, all dancing warranty offered with auto protect, covering all aspects of electrical problems and wear and tear. Needless to say, whenever I have had…

• Looking for an Audi (pointers please)

  An A4 or maybe A6. Deisel £1800 - £3000 2001/2/3/4 Spent hours, and now some Qs for you folks if you would be so kind. I have only ever had 'older' cars, (currently 93 Disc - on it's last legs/MOT April/problems from the last couple of years), so Qs may seem a little niave ! keys - a big thing is made of "2 keys" Surely…

• I want to pay cash for new car..!

  Hi...have looked at cars in Citroen dealership today. I saw a car that is going with 4k off...if I take out finance!...I want to pay cash. The salesman adamant that I'd be better off taking 0% interest. Is there no way they will accept a cash buyer? Any advice appreciated.

• Elephant and Admiral Phone Hang up ?

  Hi there, Since yesterday I've been trying to ring either Admiral or Elephant (0800, 0844 and 0871 numbers) to get a new policy as its the cheapest one I could find. However, although the automated system picks up, before it puts me through to an agent/person to take the new quote it hangs up. This has been happening since…

• how to check A/c charge?

  I'm relying more and more on the AC during the winter to dehumidify the windscreen. Get a lot of condensation in the car when it rains - I think the door seals on the 12 year old car are starting to lose their effectiveness. Cabin filter has been fitted new last year and sat correctly (I know because when it's not sat…

• Viewing a 07 plate Fiesta any tips on what ot look for?

  Going to view an 07 plate Fiesta 1.2 Zetec Climate 5dr, any tips advice on what to specifically look for on these? I know the previous models were prone to rust around the wheel arches, under the sils. Its done very few miles for the age, on a previous Fords I've owned and done low miles, I found the exhust was prone to…

• Car Rental for 6 months

  Hi, I really need to use a car (at weekends) over the next 6 months. I live in South West London and I'm looking to move to outside of London (Buckinghamshire/Surrey/Herts) etc and will need to drive to go and investigate areas and do viewings. What would be the best option for me (I don't want to commit to buying) - is it…

• Car scratch repair

  nnoyingly this is the 5th time someone has keyed a deep scratch into my 2002 metallic grey Polo in the last 2 years. I can't afford the car to go to a bodyshop to be professionally repaired so I would like any pointers as to my next best option that isn't too expensive. They have in all instances gone down to the white…

• Car finance advice please- getting rid of neg equity??

  Basically I have a 2 seater which I bought brand new in march. I'm now nearly 6 months pregnant and plan to change it at some point this year when I've paid a bit more off as obviously I want something with 4 seats. Say in May I want to swap the car and a dealer will give me 15 grand for my car but I owe 17-18 grand on it…

• Ford Battery warning light remaining on

  Hi all We have a Ford Fiesta 2 car, year 2003. The battery warning light remains on but the car seems to be running as normal. There is also a slight clicking noise coming from the driver side, near the clock. Any suggestions please. Many thanks

• horsebox hire

  Looking to hire a 7.5 Horsebox Needed for 1 week. ............ I'm in Scotland any sites out there that hire.

• Car locked in private car park

  Parked car at 09:00 this morning in private car park. Signs on gate state car park shuts at 21:00 however on returning at 16.45 the car park was locked and bolted! Signs checked again, nothing indicating it would be locked early. Police aren't interested and can't locate key holder. Any ideas on how to retrieve car??…

• Parking in disabled space - hypothetical question

  Was at a job today which involved carrying a lot of heavy stuff (ladders, etc) round the back of a house. The street was full of parked cars and the closest parking space was a few hundred metres away. I spotted the next door neighbour leaving and asked if he minded if I parked the van in his disabled space for a an hour…

• strange Panasonic car stereo playing dead

  Hi All, My Panasonic (Panasonic cq-rdp113n) panasonic car stereo stopped working after a flat battery.The SRC/power button seems has dimed light,but display is off.The display only comes on at when I switch off the engine and takes the key out of ignition-It display-- panel and goes off Help…

• Sell your Jam Jar

  Has anyone used Sell your Jam Jar to sell their car?

• Car parking ticket (euro car parks, England)

  Hi I am wondering if anyone can help my brother please. On Sunday he went shopping and left his car on one of euro car parks. Whilst shopping it seems that he lost his car keys and had to walk home. When we went back to the car, there was a ticket on it. We wrote on the ticket that the keys were lost, we went to the booth…

• Toyota RAV4 soaked inside !

  Hi We have a strange one , our 2006 model rav , during the holidays , once morning , the passengers sides , front and back , were sopping wet underneath the floor mats , with no visible signs of where the water came from. So i ran my eye the best i could over all the seals , and other than slight dampness on the inside of…

• £19.99 MOT for Peugeots in Chester

  http://mot-in-chester.co.uk/ Also includes a clean and vacuum. Worth checking to see if your local garage does something similar if you aren't near Chester.