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peugeot 307 1.4 hdi 'whirring' noise
car's making a fairly constant whirring noise while driving around local, though it's fine on the motorways. my friend said it's 'just' the fuel pump starting up when he heard it when i started the car next to him... but it doesn't go off while i'm driving around and is worse when going up hills. i really can't afford to…
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Parking in Leeds City Centre Weekdays
Hi guys, I’m due to start a job in Leeds city centre (working on Park Row) does anyone know any cheap parking? Thanks :)
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Can I walk away from PCP yet?
Hi - I have been paying £257 a month now for just over 18 months now. I paid a deposit of £750. The total cash price was: £15994.00 The total amount payable was: £16175.00 Can I walk away from PCP yet or do I have to pay the rest? Cheers
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Roundabout Accident
Hi everyone, new member here so bear with me if I do anything wrong! I got into an accident on the roundabout where a van driver tried to undertake me (overtake from the left hand side) and basically clipped my passenger wing, denting it right above the wheel, also scraping the bumper on the left hand side. Unfortunately I…
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Sold an unroadworthy vehicle. Faulty Airbags
So coming up to a month ago I purchased a Cat D car. The car was made Cat D in 2011 and had been repaired, run and had passed MOT's/service each year since, so I wasn't too worried about purchasing. Upon getting home I took it for a diagnostic and found the airbag system had a fault. I got a quote of £1 - 1.5k to repair.…
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125cc scooter for a new rider
I am a new rider and looking to do a 20 mile round trip daily to work on scooter. I have passed my CBT and have been a car driver for more than 20 years. The roads from home to office are some A roads (up to 40-50mph if London traffic allows) but mainly 20 and 30mph zones. Ideally I would be spending in the order of…
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Using Google maps
Is there a way of stopping Google maps from sending you down B/unlisted roads? I can't figure out what the criteria for a route is. With my old TomTom, I used to be able to select shortest, fastest, avoid motorways etc. If google maps uses the shortest route, then I suppose that would explain using the tiny back roads if…
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**Double dip PCN** - MET parking services at Leisure World MacDonald's, Colchester
Hi All, I received my PCN by postal (NTK) today. The incident happened on 17/06/2017 and the PCN issue date was on 22/06/2017. My entire stay at the McD's was 138 mins but the free parking was only up to 90 mins at a time. I read from the Newbie's thread that all cases should be made to the retail first but in my case, i…
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Problem with indicator when headlights on
Car is an X plate Golf and recently if the lights are on (side or dipped) and you indicate then at the rear the rear light to say the headlights are on also flashes - so the indicator and rear light flash alternate. It only does it if the headlights are on though. Occasionally the clicking for indicator sound will speed…
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Can you park at the airport if you're not flying?
Sorry, wasn't sure if this should go in 'parking' or not, but no fines involved... yet. I am travelling within the UK soon and need to leave my car for several days in a secure car park. I've had a look through NCP, as I usually do, and the nearest to my destination are those at Heathrow - but I'm not flying or even using…
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VW Golf GTD cam belt interval
Need information re the belt interval on the above. VW advise 5 years but this does not apply to high mileage vehicles, can anyone link to the mileage change interval? 2015 on 80k Tia
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DVLA court summons for no insurance
Hey all, Would be very grateful for any insight into how I should proceed with the following. I bought my current car in August 2016. I live in the Republic of Ireland and bought the car for export. I purchased a seven day insurance policy through the dealer and the car was taken back to Ireland to Ireland within 3 days.…
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Cancel car tax
Hi all I am part exchanging my car Saturday so if i go online and cancel my car tax will it Still be taxed this month or do i need to wait and sort Saturday? Many thanks Darren
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Bring back Motorail now electric cars are here
I am looking at an electric car as a real option but range is still a limiting factor. What would be fantastic would be to roll into a train near London and travel to Bristol, or Preston,or Edinburgh...charging my car while on the train. This really would let the train take the strain but allow one to complete end journeys…
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Taking the Clampers to Court...
I was clamped in March 2012, before the Law changed.. I won't bore you with reasons why I was there but the Clamper nearly killed me with his wagon, so I followed him into a Car Park, to 'have a word'. I wasn't parked but standing next to my car; but the moment I realised that he was going to clamp me I attempted to make…
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Cheapest thing to park on a public road
What's the cheapest thing to buy and insure that you can keep on a public road? I'm thinking moped or banger car with 3rd party only insurance? Will be looking for something on eBay. Doesn't have to be used for anything in particular, just legal to park it on a public road. Any suggestions? I have full car/motorcycle…
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Car dealer lied about MOT
Can anyone help please. We bought a car from a local used car dealer last summer. The dealer told us they would give the car a service and new MOT before collection. I knew we got the car in early August so this evening I checked the DVLA website to find out the exact date in August the MOT would expire only to discover…
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Email from the AA - 'Password changed correctly' - AA hacked?
MoneySavingExpert.com Insert: Huge thanks for posting Doc N. We investigated the AA situation as you all aired concerns and have published this news story: AA accidentally sends 'password updated' email causing confusion for customers. Back to Doc N's thread... --- I'm guessing a fair number of us will have received this…
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Direct Insurance accident cost are 100 % more
I had an accident recently , the quote for me was 1500 , but for the direct insurance company quote ,it was £3,000 How much rebates do insurers get?My private mechanic told me , insurance companies ask for rebates on claims Where is the hidden fraud for insurers? The insurers of third party decided to handle my claim and…
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Peugeot 208 Engine Warning Light
Good evening everyone, I purchased a 2013 Peugeot 208 3 months ago from a reasonable sized dealership and it had a couple of issues from the off. The first was squeaky brakes, the other is intermittently when idling it would sit at about 800 revs and feel like it was going to stall then the revs would go up a touch to stop…
