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Might be a scam seller?
We are looking at a motorhome on Ebay, item 162364437700 Seller gave a funny email .....@bpnet.com plus I do not seem able to send a message on the mobile they used! Just tried to check MOT history and it comes up vehicle not found when I use the registration in the photos. Help needed, Obviously I will not part with any…
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Freelander - Fuel economy
Hi all, I have a 2005 Freelander TD4 auto. It hasn't been serviced for 12k miles (I have only recently owned the car). At the moment fuel economy is pretty dire. I do circa 380 miles per week and that's about one and half tanks of diesel. Most of that is motorway. Do you think fuel economy will improve much after…
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Cancelling Minor Damage Insurance added to Loan?
We have just bought a car. Initially we wanted the Minor Damage Insurance (MDI), but when seeing the exclusions decided to cancel. We put down a decent deposit with the balance borrowed. Initially the MDI premium was added to the total price. The dealers then subtracted out deposit leaving the remaining balance to be…
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Peugeot 307 key
The buttons keep breaking off the board inside of my car key, so I can't use the buttons to lock or unlock the car, I've soldered them a couple of times but I've tried again and the solder doesn't seem to be holding anymore. I see I can but a new board on ebay for a fiver. Can I just swap this out, and the key can be used?…
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Zenith notice of intention of legal proceedings letter
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Car hire - do not rent
Have needed car hire due to an accident but the comp providing have said they won't hire us one due to an issue with a previous car hired in 2010. There is no recollection of this and we've never had any correspondence to any affect on this matter. They've advised that until outstanding amount is settled then they won't…
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Space Saver Wheels
Hi I recently bought a Toyota Auris Estate and as is common nowadays no spare wheel and only the sealant etc. I drive a lot of miles and also drive a lot late evenings, therefore I would like a space saver wheel for emergencies. I phoned Toyota and was quoted £180, this inc vat and a kit. I have been looking on ebay and…
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Mercedes A Class with water in battery compartment
I took our car to the Mercedes garage yesterday because of an intermittent failure to start. It turns out there was water (don't know how much) in the battery compartment causing "corroded wiring connector/loom" including the starter motor feed. The garage sent photos but I'm not sure I'm at liberty to share them (?). A…
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Car with finance
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201612190716906?onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=New&model=LEAF&aggregatedTrim=%2830kwh%29&advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&make=NISSAN&sort=price-asc&postcode=le39td&page=1 I'm not too serious about buying a car at the moment, but keep an eye on…
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Click and buy Huandi
A question out of pure interest You buy a Hyundai on line, you keep it for say 10 days. Could you send it back, I mean if you buy a product have you not got a certain time to send it back but if you took it out on the road then it's no longer new
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Quad bike with no spark
Hi , I've got a chinese Loncin atv 110cc quad bike and can't get it running. It has no spark at the plug and i have changed the plug thinking it was that but still no spark. so , working back from the plug it could be the coil or the cdi (correct?) (turns over fine and the battery is new) How do i check what's faulty…
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Wrong tyres fitted
I ordered some Michelin energy saver tyres from kwick fit to be fitted by their mobile fitting at my work. They arrived today but I told the fitter that I had meetings for the next 30 mins, when I finished the meetings the fitter had gone and he gave the key to someone else in the office. Checking my car I noticed that he…
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Opinions please!
I drive a VW Golf S mk5 1.9 TDI. It's a 56 plate, so 10 years old now. It's done 71k miles. The car has cost me almost nothing in the 8 years I've had it. I've only changed tyres and brake pads. The original battery gave up the ghost recently and the glowplugs. This week I've noticed a whine, similar to a police siren. My…
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New 2017 road tax rules
[FONT="]The road tax is changing from this April and it will shock you how much is going up. here is the details :[/FONT] VED bands and rates for cars first registered on or after 1 April 2017 CO2 emissions (g/km)/ First year rate/ Standard rate* * [FONT="]0 [/FONT][FONT="]£0[/FONT][FONT="]£0[/FONT] *…
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thoughts on Renault Espaces
i'm about to change job and need to hand my company car back and go back into the second hand market. looking at autotrader second hand Renault espaces (diesel) with about 70k on the clock go for about £3k. i was quite surprised that diesels with so few miles on are that cheap. but then i started reading some of the…
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Selling my car
Hi guys My car is sorned and I want to sell it It has mot but not tax and insurance. Now when one comes to buy it they want to test drive it but problem is car is not insured What would you do? If i let them test drive by me sitting next to them what happens if police catches us? I am the owner but he or she is the driver
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Death in family and car not transferred
I hope someone can help. A work colleague's father died last year and his car was then transferred to his daughter in laws name. At the time she didn't want it so my work colleague bought the car with the intention that his own daughter would use it to learn in. He went and collected the car and it has been sat on his…
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Changing vehicle ownership..or forgetting to do so
I purchased a car about a year ago and haven't sent off the UK Registration certificate yet. I'm about to do it but not sure of the best way to go about it. There are a few anomalies with the details: I bought the car from a used car dealer (forecourt, garage, office, respectable looking place) in Feb 2016, The current…
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Rent to own a used van?
Hi my business needs a van, unfortunately I'm investing money into other parts of the business and also have a wedding coming up so trying to keep a tight lid on outgoings. I currently use zipvan, a day rate of £84 is typical. Otherwise I use my car for smaller jobs. It is very steep, I see car leasing ads for £250 a month…
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Ford Fiesta Radio Code
Can anybody please supply the Radio Code for a Ford Fiesta 6000CD Radio unit serial number V186060. Many Thanks
