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Problems with wheel refurbs advise please.
About a month ago i dropped off my car to have all 4 wheels refurbished. It was at the body shop for just over a week. Although all wheels looked great, on the way home i knew something was not right. It was night when i collected it but in the morning i found the cause of its odd handling on the way home. One of the front…
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Best MPG car for under 3.5k ... or LPG
Hi due to new job I need a new car for motorway miles . Looking to spend circa 3-3.5k which car offers the best mpg for around this price? Also cheap tax £30 a year? So far looking at Mini Cooper diesel - 72.4mpg £30 tax. 2008 reg Renault Megan's dynamqiue 15dci 2010 reg . 68mpg £30 tax. Anything better than these ? I…
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Any Ford Experts in the house? (Fiesta - Electrics)
Hi all Seeking a bit of advice / guidance from the forum. I own a 2007 mk6 Fiesta. Yesterday, the alarm started to go off. Went outside and used the keyfob to turn it off. All good. Apart from the fact that it happened 10 times after which me needing to use the key fob to turn it off. Anyway, when it finally stopped i…
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Car accident with motorbike - they say I'm 100% liable
Hi all looking for some advise please I had an accident in January I was turning right into a junction a car stopped and flashed me but wasn't 100% sure so I waited until they completely stopped it was dark around 6.30pm so harder to tell as I was turning a motorbike has come on to my side of the road over taking the car…
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Car selling question
Ive sold a car and the bloke is coming tomorrow to collect it, The car as it stands is MOT ed and taxed however isnt insured. Ive told the buyer the reg number etc so he can insure it before he drives off in it. The car weve had for a number of years , Im going to write a document basically getting him to sign and date and…
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Nissan Leaf Replacement?
Announcement at next month's Geneva Motor Show? Oh yes please:- 2018 Nissan Leaf spy shots http://buff.ly/2khxlEF
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HP with sky high APR
Hi All, Am pondering what to do with my car. I am tied into a 5 year HP deal on a Citroen DS3, the APR is sky high (34.9%) and the settlement figure requested against the current value of the car is pretty much like-for-like if not slight negative equity. I am now 2 years into this deal and given the high APR it's showing…
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"licence evidence provided does not match the driver record" why is this coming up?
the above message is appearing while trying to complete my change of address on my provisional licence. it is very frustrating. i have a theory test on tuesday, but forgot i have my old house address on the licence, so unsure if they will allow me to take the test. i have entered all the details required correctly, so i am…
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Buying from a garage
Hi guys, Looking at a few second hand garages but I'm out of touch; the last time I'm bought the car in question had 12 months MOT and tax on it - from the forecourt I rang my insurance, got it insured and drove it away... It appears times have changed :D What's the deal now because a few of the cars I'm interested in are…
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Best Checker
Hi guys, Not used any kind of checking service for a while now, I don't buy old cars that often (13 years out of my last!) but I like to know what I'm buying... I had free HPI checks with my insurance last time around but this time I don't. I'm after an ongoing service rather than a one off check as I plan to look at a few…
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Secondhand car faults - ideas on what to do now?
Hi All, To give you a little background.... I found a car that I liked online, emailed the garage and arranged to go over the following day with a plan on buying the car if it was as described. I asked the seller if there was any warranty and if everything was ok - as we were planning on driving to Spain on Boxing Day. He…
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SHELL Drivers Club Vouchers not being delivered
Does anybody on here use SHELL petrol stations and is a member of its Drivers Club? Has anyone else had the problem of Shell saying they have sent you discount fuel vouchers out to your home but you don't actually get them? This has happened to me on the last 2 quarters now. I've contacted them on both occasions and have…
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Car Suggestions
I have a VW Bora that is 2003, nearly 230,000 miles on the clock. The engine is running well, but it wont go forever. I am tempted to see just how far I can push it though!! I find myself more and more starting to look at cars and would welcome some suggestions as I of course have not looked at everything I have been very…
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Selling a CAT C car
This is further to the thread I started a few weeks ago about a no fault accident my daughter was involved in. The third party insurer have now officially accepted full liability and an assessor came this morning to value the repair and (as expected) declared it a write off. What he did say was that as the claim was being…
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3rd party statement related to car accident
I was recently involved in a car accident I won't go into all the details here but consider that the 3rd party was at fault and communicated to my insurers that I wish to pursue my repair costs from the 3rd party insurer. My insurers emailed me back today saying that they had spoken to their counterparts on the phone and…
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advice
i just have question,My car was not working yesterday so i had to take it to garage by recovery truck,when i took it there,the guy connected to computer and there was code fualt and he changed few things i dont know what r they but they look like 4 long "screew"s in middle of front car near engine,now it works BUT im…
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Mercedes Benz Financial Services - End of lease charges
The title of this thread started in 2010 and attracted 4 pages before it was removed probably at the request of MBFS. However has anybody since then had any success with reducing their obscene charges ? I am at the end of procedure now having been to the Financial Ombudsman , who was a complete waste of time , and MBFS are…
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Claiming repair costs off own insurance
Hi there, I have been involved in a recent accident and third party have denied liability, I wasn't going to claim off my own insurance but I've decided to now. The assessor has already valued my repair claim. Can I tell my insurer that I want to use my own repairer bodyshop pay them for the repair and claim back the…
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Citroen Berlingo Garage Repairs Escalating
I took my 2007 Citroen Berlingo 1.6 HDI multispace in to have a suspected EGR valve replaced after it broke down at the weekend. I'd had a quote done at another garage and it was about £250. I'd budgeted for £500 so asked for full service too. Later in the day on Monday I was phoned to say that the car required discs n…
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Can you haggle at the end of a car finance deal?
Obviously you can always try. My three year lease comes up in April for my car and I am going to buy it outright (rather than return or exchange). It already has a final payment amount of £4700 if I want to keep it, but wondering if anyone has had any success haggling the final price with a leasing company? I presume they…
