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Car Leasing - Registered Keeper, whats legal?
Hi everyone, I have been looking to lease a car recently, in my search for a good deal I came across Nationwide Vehicle contracts. They have a good trust pilot rating and seem a popular company, however I came across an issue. On all other leasing company websites they stated that the registered owner of the vehicle would…
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Car Insurance for a Foreign Driver
Hi, I have been driving since 1997 had a US license. I moved to the UK in 2010, converted my license into a UK license 1.5 years ago (passed the test) and am looking to get a cheap run around car for errands etc. In the US, I have been driving for many years and had no faults. Whats the best way to go about getting a…
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HPi check - where?
I'm looking to get a HPi check done for piece of mind. There seems to be lots of different sites (with lots of different prices!). Where is the best and most economically priced place to organise the check?
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Private plate recommendations
I'm looking to purchase a private plate for my husband as a birthday pressie. Can anyone recommend a good company with competitive prices? Thanks.
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Trade in a non-runner?
Hi, my BMW 120d (57 plate) has just broken down (timing belt problems). The garage tells me that it's likely to be £2000 min to fix but he expects that more of the engine will be damaged once he's get into the engine. A new engine would cost upwards of £3200, the car (according to webuyanycar) is valued at £3850. Looks…
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Ford Credit & Dealer Tricks
A word of warning regarding TC Harrison Ford dealerships. Pay very close attention to the mileage on your contracts. I was duped by the Huntingdon branch into signing up for a 2 yr deal for 6000 mile per annum,despite emailing them to to request 10,000 miles. On the day of collection excitement was high so I assumed the…
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Paid for car repair but broke down again 1 mile later
Hello I need some advice please On Friday, my Vauxhall Meriva's engine cut out and wouldn't start back up. I rang the breakdown company who said they weren't sure what the fault was, but "if <he> had to guess, <he> would say it's probably the crankshaft sensor". So he towed me to the garage and he told the owner what he…
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Went into the back of a BMW, how do I deal with this?
Rammed into the back of a BMW on lease. I stopped gave him my phone number and name and said I wanted to pay for any damage privately after knowing the price. Looking at his bumper despite the big bump I couldn't see any damage. Possible one small nick round circular thing less than 1cm in diameter and quarter of mm deep…
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A garage that damages instead of fixing
Hi all I'm new here, so please excuse if I have trespassed on some good practices. Back in June I've brought my car to a local garage (listed to the Good Garage Scheme scam) in order to fix certain things. Amongst other minor things to fix were break discs, pads, air box that fell apart and injector seals. The injector…
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Ford Focus Engine management light
I have a Mark 1 1.6 Ford Focus (05 reg). Today, all of a sudden as I was driving along this morning, the orange engine management light came on and stayed on. There didnt appear to be a problem with the engine (no stuttering or an change in sound etc). Any thoughts? A quick google suggests this could be expensive to…
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How to change address now on licence?
I still have a provisional licence and a paper counterpart too, but i want to change my address on my licence so i can start taking lessons again, but now that the counterpart is abolished what do i do to change my address? I have form D740 on the counterpart, could i just fill that in as usual and change the address or is…
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Verbal agreement question following car accident
Hi I was involved in a car accident 2 days ago (Friday) in which the other driver pulled out of a junction straight into the road in front of me. Despite applying my brakes the collision was inevitable. The other driver admitted liability immediately and gave us all his policy details. For the remainder of the day myself…
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Car Loan, Finance Etc - Suggestions
Hey, I have never been one for loans etc, the reason for this is because I have always been worried about the "What If's", with the main reason being what would happen if I lost my job. I am trying to work around things, and seeing if there is anything to secure things if I lost my job. So far I have thought of something…
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CPZ Sign, I dont understand
Hi I visited Shepard's Bush and am little confused with these CPZ Signs, One area of the street had both signs other streets it was just what times can i park, if at all ? thank you in advance
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Garmin Updates.
This could apply to Motoring and Techie sections. I have been experiencing a struggle trying to download Garmin updates for my Nuvi 50 LM. Firefox will not allow this, here is the text of the message from FF whenever I try to download garmin updates: - "The owner of download.garmin.com has configured their website…
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Which fiat punto would you buy
I'm looking to buy a fiat punto but I'm not sure which one to buy so I'm looking for some advice. 2008 FIAT GRANDE PUNTO 1.2 ACTIVE 80k miles £1500 MOT history of this vehicle * Test date 22 June 2016 * Expiry date 26 June 2017 * Test Result Pass * Odometer reading 79,329 miles * MOT test number 5778 7962 2809 * Test date…
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Smoking in hire car - fine
Hi all, my first post so not sure what to do. My story as brief as I can make it. Hired a car in February of this year from a small independent. Was on M1 and in a dead stop in roadworks, at nigh in stormy wet weather,I wanted a cigarette and wondered if it was allowed, so I looked around the car, no sticker, I retrieved…
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Touch up paint not matching
We bought some black touch up paint for a scratch. Where we bought it, took colour details from inside the car, having applied it, you can see that it is not a perfect match. Is there anyway we can get it to match, or apply something, so that is not as visible. TIA
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Need some advice please - new car
I bought another car today and i discovered that the key fob doesnt work ( til after i left the dealer - the car was on the forecourt and he drove it outside for me ) . I realised when i got home and tried to lock the car when i got home. (I should say its possible to lock the car using the key in the door). I called the…
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cheap car for young driver
Can anybody tell me what make of car is best to buy for a young person that's recently passed there test I'm looking for something that will be cheaper to insure thank you:j
