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Cleaning beige leather?
I may have to sell my old E39 BMW 540i soon. It's mechanically sound, but looking at the current market it seems very worthwhile spending time, effort and money in trying to make it look good. There are very few of these cars (fewer E39 540s around than M5s; so always a bit hard to gauge value realistically) but they're…
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Vauxhall Club 2006 plate error lights?
Hello, silly question but does a 2006 plate Vauxhall club have any warning lights? I am saying this because once before driving down the motorway and a lot of smoke was coming out from the bonnet and had no warning lights on my dash saying it was overheating. The water pipe was leaking then broke. I have no temperature…
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Small cut on tyre
I managed to hit the kerb when pulling out of a tight driveway and now there's a small cut in the tyre. It's not deep and there is no bulging. Any advice before I go to a garage will be much appreciated
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Hyundai handbrake failure
My son was given a 2015 Hyundai i30 courtesy car after an accident. He parked it on a slight incline and woke in the morning to find it had very slowly, over 5 hours, rolled into our neighbours car. There is no damage to the courtesy car and the handbrake was still on, however neighbours car has damage. We were able to…
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New Brakes on recently bought 2nd hand car
hi all I bought a second hand car just under a fortnight ago. 61 Plate Vauxhall Corsa with 25500 on the clock. A week after owning it i noticed there was a screeching from the front end whilst braking. Taken it back to the garage i purchased it from and they've said the disks and pads require replacement due to wear…
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Thoughts on Honda Civic price
I'm planning on getting changing cars either later this year or early next year and been keeping an eye on used prices. This car was originally around £12000 I think but dropped recently. Any thoughts on whether now a really good deal, or just reaching a realistic price?…
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Looking for MPV van style car
So either Renault Kangoo, Citroen Berlingo or Nemo. If there's any others you can recommend please let me know! I would like best mpg and biggest boot space. Which would you opt for? Thanks :)
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How long do drink-driving court hearings take?
I'm not sure this is in the right place, but my brother has recently been caught drink-driving and is due to appear in court in a few weeks time at 9.30am. This is his first (and hopefully last) offence and he's worried so I've said I'll go with him for moral support and I was just wondering how long these hearings…
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To buy or not
I've got a bit of a dilemma and I'm look for some advice. Currently I drive a 52 plate volvo s40. I drive 100 miles to work each day, 4 to 5 times a week, roughly 400 miles a week. The volvo is due its tax soon £290 for the year and has an MOT until the beginning of April. The tyres have 3.5mm, 4mm, 6.5mm and 7mm on them.…
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Petrol vs diesel prices
It could be just local to where I am, however petrol and diesel are at the same price at 3 different filling stations.
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Greener car discounts to be removed to pay for new road-building fund
So much for the 'Greenest Government Ever'. I've been trying to get my head around this statement of the Chancellors. So if you earn so much you can waste your earnings on a new car with an enormous 1st year devaluation, there is a tax incentive to go green. After that any incentive is almost eliminated. However, for those…
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2007 corsa vs V reg passat
I've currently got a 57 reg 1.2 corsa which has done 103k miles, and I've just paid off 5 years worth of finance on it. Now, my mother in law is looking to get rid of her v reg 1.6 vw Passat and has offered it to me for nothing, having done 130k. It's got 11 months mot and has just had a new timing belt, but it's already…
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help with Car insurance advice please
Hi Pls could i have some advice. we have 2 cars, one in my name and another in my wife's name and the insurance is in her name. currently my wife's car insurance is due for renewal. can i take the insurance in my name and put my my wife as an add on driver, i'll be using the car more than my wife, as its diesel car and…
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Dart Charge Auto Topup
I recently setup a dart charge account and am wondering whether to use a direct debit or credit card for auto top ups. The advantage of a direct debit is that I'll get notified immediately if any money gets taken. However if there is any dispute then which is more protected? For recurring payments I normally avoid a credit…
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Ford Fiesta mk7 - switch off warning chimes?
I've gone in to the menu settings in the stereo and switched the warning chimes off but I'm still getting the chimes with low fuel etc. Any ideas?
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powering a tomtom xl live from in car usb socket
basically my proposed new car only has a 12v cigarette lighter socket in the ashtray area which has to be open to access the socket. i want to run a tomtom sat nav with power lead hidden as much as possible. the best power outlet for this is from a usb socket inside the centre armrest. is this outlet ok to power the tomtom…
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Help me figure out MSE friendly car rental
So I've accepted a new job which is going to mean a significant increase in business mileage. Perhaps up to 2k miles per month. I'll get 45p per mile expenses, and no car allowance. I'm thinking that my current car with 80,000 miles on the clock is at risk of major failure if I start piling on 30,000 miles per annum (it's…
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HELP!! Car Tax problems!!!
Hi i hope someone can help me? i realised yesterday my car tax expired 30th June. I haven't received a reminder as i moved earlier this year and completely forgot to change address. To top it off all i can find is v5c/2 not my v5. Its mot'd and insured. i have filled in a v62 form can i take it to the post office and get…
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UK car hire using paper licence
We live abroad in the EU and my wife has a paper UK driving licence but no photo one. Next week she'll be travelling to the UK and wishes to hire a car at Bristol Airport for 10 days. Is the paper licence sufficient or is something else needed as well and what sort of ID will be required. I usually hire all our cars using…
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bmw 2004 530d - aged well?
Saw this bmw on the road and was really surprised it had a 04 plate. It look really up to date. I remember when this bmw first came out back then and it used to get a lot of slack for not looking like a BMW and deviating away form BMWs iconic looks. But 11 years on it seems that it was just way ahead of its time and look…
