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Please help - big car advice.
10 days ago my solid dependable Golf blew up (seized camshaft) and two days later my 6ft son broke his leg in three places. Conservative estimate is that he will be in a full leg cast for 12 weeks. I need a car at least 140cm wide to take him weekly to the fracture clinic 20 miles down the motorway. I have a max of £2200…
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Selling a Car through Auction
I'd like to sell my car through a car auction. At the moment it seems to be the only option. I wonder if anyone has done this and what their experience was. Can someone recommend a car auction company? Thanks in advance for any replies.
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60 reg fiesta diesel - battery light
hello my sister has a 60 reg fiesta diesel. Her dad went out to start it and scrape the ice for her this morning. The radio comes on automatically and he hit the 'max' button on the climate control. He says the front and rear heated screens didn't come on as you might expect. The lights are automatic too. So basically…
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Ford radio code KA
Hi could you advise me of the unlocking code for my radio. My serial number is M039128. Many thanks
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recharging mobile from cigarette lighter
hi - how many times could one do this for a smart phone without flattening the battery thanks
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DVLA is screwing us again
:mad: Vehicle tax will no longer be transferable between owners from October 2014. As... the DVLA plan to introduce a paperless vehicle tax they have also revealed vehicle tax will not carry over to new owners if the vehicle is sold. The DVLA will be scrapping the paper tax disc in October 2014 and along with the move to…
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awareness courses for bell ends.
The offending motorists who indulged in the UK's largest ever crunch fest on the Sheppey Bridge in fog last September ( 150 cars involved , 200 injured, road closed two days ) have all been awarded a course on road awareness. Perhaps they should also undergo mental examination. Evidently is the longest ever collision time…
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Help - Good Mechanic in Sidcup, London SE
Hi Just hit a kerb with my front left wheel and it now drives in a very wobbly way. I've had to stop the car. :mad: Does anybody have any recommendation for a mechanic in Sidcup, in South East London? Or nearby? I would rather avoid going to the first random one. Also I am not sure if I need any mechanic or some other type…
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Is PRIUS for me? Or shall I stick to Skoda?
Hi all, We've now zeroed on PRIUS and Skoda (octavia/fabia estate). To recap on my situation: We dont drive to work. The car will be used on ocassional evenings and weekends, on long Motorway trips 4-5 times a year. I dont see us going over 3000 miles a year. Since the car will be parked on the drive most of the time, I…
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insurance claim
A friend of mine wrote there car off on the 3rd of Jan the insurance have been it touch and have agreed it is a total loss,it has been removed from the recovery companys storage yard. no one else was involved he spun on water clipped the verge and rolled the car the police attended he was breathalysed and that was zero. He…
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Do I wait for the new, third generation Honda Jazz?
I have owned a first generation Honda Jazz for nearly 10 years, but it is now beginning to show its age and suffer from wear and tear. My wife and I therefore feel that we need a new car soon. We love the Jazz and would like to buy a new one, but we have a dilemma. Do we buy the existing second generation Jazz or do we…
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20% discount at Moto with the AA
I am sure a lot of people are aware of this, but I have been a member of the AA for over 30 years and have just found out that AA members get 20% discount from all outlets at Moto, excluding petrol. This includes Costa, WH Smith etc. It is not advertised anywhere at the service stations, but is on the AA website. All you…
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New car to us with DPF Filter
Thinking of buying a newer car. Need 4x4 diesel for where we live & to tow a caravan. Have been looking at various SUV's but all diesels after 2009 have to have a Diesel Particulate Filter fitted, which having checked a few web sites seem to cause a lot of problems, especially if (like us) you only do shortish local…
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Disciplining "ASBO" 4x4 driver.
Was driving in central london. Lane 1 was blocked by courior unloading. I was in lane 2. Lane 1 was filtering into lane 2. I was in lane 2, gave way to the car in lane 1 that has progressed further down the road than me [the front of my car was probably next to his rear passenger]. Behind that car I gave way to was a bus…
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Merging lanes - hyperthetic question
So it's a two lane road where ahead they merge. Thus the arrows on the road and road markings disappears. Your in the right lane and coming to the merge, a car is in the left lane. Plenty of space to merge. But car in left lane speeds up - whether through sheer ignorance or malice I don't know, but suspect it to be the…
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What's this hanging from my car?
I was out driving today and heard a scraping sound as I went over a speed bump. I got home and had a look underneath and saw some kind of metal sheet hanging down. Any ideas what this is? How safe is it to drive? I imagine it's something that should be repaired and not just cut off on the cheap?! The car is a 2000 ford…
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made a hands free kit , total cost 8 pounds
couldnt afford to have a hands free installed so I made my own. I bought a pc conference microphone and lead splitter from maplin . I already had a standard audio lead. removed glovebox in my focus removed av socket , plugged standard av lead into it and fed wire behind dashboard and out into storage area under stereo .…
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Bad Car Battery?
My car's battery is just 2 years old. Over the last 2 months I've had 2 or 3 occasions where when turning on the ignition it's made a clicking type sound before finally doing it's normal thing and starting. Yesterday it never started, it just sort of clicked. I have had a dead/flat battery before and it wasn't exactly the…
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What Family Car?
Hi All, I know this question has been asked umpteen times, but I need some advice for my personal circumstances. right, at the moment my wife and I have two very practical cars as we both work in very different locations. My commute to work is about 30minutes drive away and therefore I have a 2002 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi…
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Ford Radio codes for free
need a code for radio M470755. Battery disconnected after a repair. Hope you can help me, thank you.
