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Car broken into & damaged, electrical problem?
Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone could tell me if they think they know what could be wrong with my car...short story it was broken into, locks are broken & windows (been fixed) this was a few months ago. Also underneath the steering wheel the plastic was ripped open & some wires were hanging out. (I have a Ford Ka…
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Speed camera ? M42/A42
Travelling Birmingham to M1 ,traveling at 85 mph, there are the gantrys that show info ( not lane with variable limits/ cameras ) On top of gantry white camera ? , as going toward / past it ,it flashed ? Only one to do so, Any ideas ? Thought they where traffic monitor cameras?
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Dd named driver - responsible for debt?
My idiot DD was persuaded to be named driver on her (ex)boyfriend's policy, as he was a learner. She put her name, address etc down, and he put his car details, credit card etc for payment. Now, he has not paid the insurance and sold the car, and she has sheepishly showed me two letters from debt recovery companies - one…
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Quick bike sale v5 question
I've just sold my motorbike on eBay and the seller has been in touch asking for phone number and address to collect, the usual stuff. He also wanted the reg (fair enough, HPI check etc etc) but he also wants the 11 digit number off the front of the V5, any reason why he would want this or why I shouldn't give him it? Thanks
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Car insurance help
Does anyone know of any car insurance companies that don't double the price of insurance if a driver has been on an driver awareness course in the last 5 years please? thanks
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Is it worth fixing?
Mrs Bafty has an 05 plate Ka which has just failed its MOT as basically the floor pan and sills are rotten so needs a load of welding. There is also an advisory that the bulkhead is corroded to the limit. She's had a quote of £400 for the floor pan and sills but not for the bulkhead. Have no idea if it's worth fixing or…
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Astra 09 management light on, possibilities
Yellow light on the dash car with spanner facing upwards. I know its a question how long is a peice of string but was hoping someone who has an astra might have had this issue and could throw a bit of info my way. As its Sunday cant get into garage and need the car for work tomorrow at a drive of 20 miles. this is the…
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Radio locked
Radio on my vauxhaull zafira is locked and I have no code cheapest site I've found is £28 for the code, sea steep to me. Can anybody help me
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Car insurance trouble
In December 2014 I had a minor knock I my car I ran into the back of another vehicle.Very minor damage was caused but we swapped Details,ie names,addresses and car registration numbers. I heard nothing until yesterday when I recieved my insurance renewal and it said that a claim had been made on my insurance by the third…
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Corsa B
I've got a Corsa B X Reg 1.2 with about 98k miles on it. Regularly serviced. Going to be doing only about 2-3k miles a year. Have a main car for the workhorse and going to keep the Corsa for a local economical runabout. It's been virtually trouble free but I'm wondering now it is really getting on what I should be looking…
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Tyre Pressure.
So I've been looking online at those tyre pressure checking sites like aa and kwik fit. I set all my tyres to 30psi. But some sites say set front to 31 or 32 and back to 26 psi.Why is it saying set back tyres lower psi, i've noticed on other sites people just set them all to the same, my tyres size are 185
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Cheapest new car?
I'm looking for low cost motoring. I've just done the bangernomics thing - £390 car, with a year's mot, did about 5000 miles, most of them paid as mileage from my employer. It has just failed its MOT and I got £120 as scrap for it. Spurred on by some posts on here I've been looking at leasing deals. The best I've found so…
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Hole in bumper
Yesterday I was reversing out of a tight space and accidentally crunched into a bollard :o I was driving very slowly but now there's a dent and hole in the rear bumper on the drivers side. I tried to call a couple of body shops this morning but they're closed until Monday. Does anyone know roughly how much it might cost to…
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New Van paint fault...........
Just looking for some opinions before I take the van back to the dealership. I took delivery on Friday of a new Citroen Relay Enterprise van. It was delivered to my workshop by the dealership. I've known the salesman who I dealt with for years and he is an honest guy. We went through the basic tour of the van , had a look…
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Advise needed please
I've recently brought a car from a private seller when I got it home I gave it to my mechanic to give it a service and the once over. I've now found out that it is a Cat C write off which I wasn't told about and the engine had been (bodged) for the sale of it. Either the head gasket has gone or it's got a cracked head the…
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Too good to be true leasing?
Found this car leasing website which seems very keenly priced - anybody know if they are dodgy? They are called SmartLease dot co dot UK.
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I was in a minor accident who, is liable ?
Hi, I was involved in a minor road accident outside my work earlier in the week. It happen at about 16:23, my car was parked in a parking space in front on my office : The image link is the following if you paste it into the address bar : 1drv.ms/1FZ7OXZ I was in the car parked closest to the road behind the footpath,in…
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Focus 56 engine light on/off...
Hi everyone, As the title says, I have a Ford Focus 56 plate, petrol, 1.8. Recently I have had the engine light coming on (amber, staying on, not flashing) I've taken the car to a local garage (HiQ) and they have tried the diagnostic tool which gave a code that they didn't know exactly what it means (Circuit Bank1…
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Sorn question.
I've got road tax for my car, but I now wanted to SORN it. When I try to SORN it now, it appears to be backdating the date of the SORN to the 1st March, which I don't want to do, as it was being driven after that date. The website says I will get a refund for whole months I haven't used, and I'm taxed until 31st July. But…
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Car leasing question
Hi all, I searched the forums and couldn't an answer specific to my circumstances so here goes. I have a good credit history, managing my income/outgoings ok, no major unmanageable debt. My husband did have a history of poor credit (previous CCJ many years ago, some debt all now paid off) but given the time elapsed his…
