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Selling Car to A Quick Sale Company
I have tapped in my details into a few of them and valuations have varied by 33%. Has anyone used one successfully and what was the experience like? Do they tend to lower the offer when they visit from what they give online?
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accept insurance offer.... and complain to ombudsman
Hello Could you please advice me on the following. I have been battling with insurance company for about 3 months now for my friend to increase his compensation offer as his vehicle was written off. They increased it a bit, but not as much as he thinks he should get. Can he accept the offer, take what they give him now and…
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out standing finance - second hand car
Good evening. Just looking for some help please. I have placed a small deposit on a car at a local garage today. However when I got home I paid for a vehicle check to find out the car had a finance agreement still outstanding. I feel a bit of a mug for not doing the check in the first place but it was a small deposit so…
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Big Commute Car Advice
Hello all, So I'm currently living in Peterborough and have just landed a new job on the outskirts of London. Public transport really isn't an option due to cost and time so driving is the way, I'm currently usually doing around 180 return miles on the days I'm working a shift. Yes 180 miles. I'm currently driving a 1.6…
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Safe reliable family car for £5000?
I have been saving up for a new family car , I currently drive a 03 Polo which has been great. The reason for the change is that it only has three doors and with two children under 5 , it is really doing my back in on the school run. I brought it 7 years ago at a bca auction at blackbushe for just under £4000. We really…
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Pay & display free on Sundays
I recently got a parking ticket for parking on a street without a ticket visible. This occurred on a Sunday which I always assumed was free (plus on the ticket machine is says to pay Monday to Saturday within a certain time). Am I wrong? Or should I pay the fine? Any help would be very appreciated! Thanks
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Electric Car
Anyone got one share their experiences? Pros - 1-3pence a mile with a cost of £4 for a full charge Grants available for car discount upto £5000 off the price plus 100% funding for charge point to be installed at home. Cons - Battery needs replaced (they say its expensive at the moment) every 60K miles. Low availability of…
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Bought a car with disabled tax....
Hi All, I bought a car from a guy who advertised it as having 6 months remaining tax, I had a quick look at the time and noted the date as end of Oct 2014. However a day or so later it was brought to my attention by a friend that it was a disabled tax disk. Having contacted the guy via Facebook he has basically said he was…
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Renault megane 97 electrical problems HELP!!!!
I recently obtained a 1997 Renault Megane 1.4e (if any other info needed please ask), As i was driving it home i noticed that if i had my right indicators on and pressed the brake the indicators would either stop working completely or they would slow down and go intermitent, also one of the fog warning lights would come on…
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Insuring a second vehicle for business
Hello. I currently have a car and 5 years no claims bonus and due to expanding my business I need a van which I have purchased and is in storage although my current insurance policy dosent run out until September and they have told me they dont insure vans and if I take a separate policy out I will not be able to use my no…
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Selling private reg
in my youth I bought a private registration for my car, and a few years down the line it has lost it's appeal and I intend to sell it, looking at the selling websites it just states put your reg in and we will give you a valuation but it dosen't go into more detail until you sign up to sell such as sellers/transfer fees…
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Mantis clear coat scratch repair.
One of the disadvantages of owning a dark colour metallic finish is that the small scratches in the gel coat do stand out when in the sun. I've had one in particular that I have tried to polish out several times without success. Last week in Sainsbury's I noticed the Mantis scratch repair pen and thought "give it a try"…
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Brake light fuse blowing
When I press the brake pedal the fuse blows but only if the boot is shut. When the boot is open it doesn't happen. I have changed the bulbs. I have looked at the wiring by the boot hinge and there is a lot of bare wires and wires that don't join onto any other wires
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Ford Finance for the discount
Hi, I will be retiring in the summer and need to buy a car (currently have business lease car). There are some serious discounts on Fords via Orangewheels.com, and therefore presumably from my local dealer with a good haggle! However, probably in common with other manufacturers, a big chunk of this discount is only…
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How long before a scrapped vehicle is shown as such?
Hi all, Some of you may recall how my motorcycle was caught up in the Xmas floods. I've now received a settlement and the bike has been returned back to me as salvage. It's been a month since the settlement and I spoke to my engineer who had stated that the vehicle due to foul water would be recommended by him to be…
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shuddering from car
i can feel which i can only describe as a shudder in the passenger seat when i drive,no shudder on the steering wheel.anyone any ideas what it could be before i take it to a garage.its a honda civic 02 plate. thanks in advance Scott
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Damage from dealer looking over car
So, my OH needs a van, he found one and wanted to part ex his car for the van, plus £295. We took it to the (independent) dealer on Thursday night, he looked over the van, and the dealer looked over the car. When the dealer was wanting to look under the bonnet, OH pulled the bonnet release, dealer looked over, said…
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Cheapest Way to Check for Oustanding Finance?
What's the cheapest site to use to check for outstanding finance on a vehicle please? Experian charge £19.99, AA the same, RAC £15.99-is there anyone cheaper? I need to do a single check only, not multiple ones. Thanks.
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Buying a car from AUTOTRADER ? - Is it Risky .??
have you guys bought a car from autotrader? from a private person, or company via autotrader? Is this risky (compared to using cargiant.com) as these autotrader private sellers cars could have hidden things wrong with the car, which they don't reveal? (hidden past accidents, hidden electronic problems) ? -and HPI checks…
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code
Hi im wondering if anyone can help me, i own a ford focus zetec v reg and i had a light come up on the car so took the car to a garage and they plugged it in to there computer and the code p0705 came up they gave me a brief outline of what the problem was but cause they dont deal with automatics they couldnt really help…
