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• £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.

• 3 Parking fines as warden couldn't see permit

  Hello there, please can give me some advice on parking permits as my local council are very unhelpful and clearly reading from a script. I live in the Merton borough of London, I own and have paid for an annual permit costing £160. I only use my car twice a week so when I returned to my car which is parked about 300 metres…

• car suggestions

  Hi All planning to change my 2003 Mondeo Ghia X in the next few months and after ideas. criteria are 4 or 5 doors, bit of poke and decent boot. Only used for <5000 miles per year so its petrol and not fussed on MPG to much. I have climate control, electric everything and 6 disc system on the mondeo, so would like to…

• Car help

  Hello We are hoping to part exchange our 1.8 Honda for two small cars micra, corsa etc, with low car tax, insurance etc. We are paying cash, I was wondering how much bartering we would be able to do, to get more for the honda, or money knocked off the other two cars. The honda is probaby worth about 4.5k now and we are…

• Motorbike suggestions

  Theres loads of threads where people are looking for car recommendations, but what about motorbikes? Budget of up to 3k, it's purely for enjoyment. Only really used for days out with an occasional commute. I would probably use it through out the year except snow/ice. Getting older, so probably a more upright riding…

• Used car purchase - negotiating price

  It has been about 8 years since we last purchased a car so please cut me some slack :) We have a budget of approx £8000 which we will pay be credit card (we have the cash saved to pay the CC off) so we do not require finance required and do not have a car to part exchange. We will purchase from a dealer. I understand that…

• Dent in car door

  Parked in an empty part of the supermarket car park today, and came back to find a huge dent in one of my car doors. Looks as though someone parked next to me, failed to control their door as it opened, possibly it got caught by the wind, and it hit my car. Of course the swine scarpered and didn't leave their details.…

• Vauxhall Corsa Key

  Hello, If I buy a Vauxhall corsa key which use to belong to another car. Can I get the key reprogrammed to my car? Thanks

• Hyundai i20 spare key

  I have been doing a clearout and found a Hyundai I20 key fob which was a spare for a car we traded in and forgot to give both of the keys to the dealer. It was a 2009 and the spare is brand new. Is this worth anything to anyone on freecycle etc as it still has the chip/electronics inside. Seems a shame to throw out. Many…

• Car hire purchase

  I currently have a car on hire purchase which is costing me £154 per month for the finance and £120 every 6 months for road tax. I am expecting my first child in March and looking to make cuts where i can. I have paid more than half the car so far, how does handing it back and terminating my contract work. I may need to…

• Indoor Car Aerials?

  Hi guys, Is there an equivalent to indoor car aerials? My car aerial on the outside got stolen this morning (Text removed by Forum Team) so need a new one. Or what is an affordable alternative to aerials for cars? Thanks :)

• Lease/Buy

  Im sure this has been argued and debated until the cows have come and gone, but i just wanted to query something... My dad works for a car lease company (dont worry this is not a shameless plug) so im sure i could get a decent deal on whatever i wanted but i have been on the website of the company he works for just to see…