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Kia Sportage 2010-2015 no power/engine fault on collection.
Hi all, I'm looking for some advice to see where I stand and what my options (and recommended options are) on Thursday this week I part exchanged my previous car with a main dealer and contributed the difference as a debit card payment. The used car I purchased has 3 years warranty on it from the dealer. Shortly after…
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Car not taxed and not insured question
Can a car that is not taxed and not insured be parked on a residential street? (not a main road or a street cars drive on, an area just outside a set of driveways outside people's houses). What are the rules on this as GOV.UK isn't straight forward.
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Leaving car engine running
Hi Folks Every morning someone in our street leaves their car engine running for about 10 minutes. I think he/she does that in order to warm up the car, but it is very annoying. Aren't there any laws stating you can't do that? Thanks
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Kia Rio Strange Problem
Hi, I have a 62 plate 1.1 CRDi and it has been fine until yesterday when it cut out after starting, I had just driven it to the supermarket without any problem but after returning to the car it cut out. I restarted it, no problem this time but the Auto Start Stop light was on, which I thought was odd. Drove to the petrol…
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Electric charging networks.
I know that anytime anyone mentions getting a new car the answer is you don’t save money, there will always be agreements both ways. Mrs drives a 8 year old John cooper works mini. 1.6 petrol, last 3 mots have needed work costing £1000 total plus mot cost. That’s local rates not BMW. Tax is £180 plus she only does 10 miles…
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Returning of lease vehicle
Hi all, i returned my Nissan to RCI finance at the start of January. The car did have a few scuffs here and there, and had exceeded the milage. At the time the inspector gave me a damage report which stated it was all ok and there was no damage. So i've been anticipating a bill for the damage but a month later i've yet to…
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Roof bars - aero vs square
I've been looking to find a set of roof bars to fit my car with fixing points. Cheapest I've found are Cruz ones from roofbox.co.uk 69.99 for steel square profile bars (+foot pack etc) 99.99 for aluminium aero bars I'm wondering if it's worth the extra money to get the aero ones. I know the idea is they're more aerodynamic…
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Deadlock question
Hi. I always thought when you activated the deadlocks on a car door it couldn't be opened from the inside? Correct? Cheers.
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VW Early Termination finance
Really confused with this early Termination was wonder if some one could help me. I have a 49 month deal on £263.61 a month, I am currently 25months in and was expecting maybe 5 more months before I reach the half way point. The women has told me I'm £3900 away which was roughly 15 months she said. That would mean im 9…
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Need help re PI claim against me already paid cash
I had an at fault accident in May 17. Unfortunately with the at fault accident I wasn't insured. We had moved to NI, had updated address but insurer didn't cover Ni and none of us had sorted it. Thoroughly ashamed. Anyway I pulled out of a give way junction and a motorbike hit my left side. Called police (unaware was…
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Traffic lights and box junctions
Often at traffic lights, there is a gap between the stop line and the box junction. Yesterday, I stopped in that gap because my exit from the box junction wasn't clear. Then the lights went red and shortly after, my exit cleared. The car behind me then beeped as if I should be continuing across the junction (to be fair,…
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PCP - settlement figure and trade-in
Evening all. I am contemplating downgrading my car to free up some monthly income so I can pay for my other half to also have a car. I am only part way through my PCP. The settlement figure I have been given by Audi is £31.5k. The AutoTrader PX valuation comes in at £29.6k. Am I right to think that my negative equity is…
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Full Car License and CBT Rules
Hi there hoping someone can help me shed some light on a License issue. My Wife has ridden motorbikes 50cc and some 125cc and she has no desire to go any bigger, she has done her CBT 6/7 times. She passed her car test 2 years ago and now for the summer wants a new bike. Looking at the new rules on the .gov website i can't…
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New SatNav
Hi all I'm looking for a new satnav as TomTom have just let me know that I can't update the maps ion mine any longer. I currently have a TomTom Start that's a few years old. I haven't got a large amount of cash but I would prefer new. Free lifetime map updates would be a bonus (although I don't mind paying a small fee…
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Lease Car Contracts
I'd be grateful for any thoughts or advice - thanks in advance I worked until recently for the NHS and leased a car from NHS Fleet solutions. A monthly fee was deducted from my salary. I had the car for just over 2 years when I negotiated a career break and had to return the car early. I paid an early return redemption fee…
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BMW X1 windscreen sprayer not working
Hi, I have purchased an approved used BMW X1 (14 reg) from the dealer, end July 2017 I purchased BMW approved screen wash from same location on 20th January 2018 after getting warning indication for empty screen wash, after one week of topping up the screen wash my front screen wash stopped working – this is in about 6…
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Group car ownership / community car
A bunch of us in our church live in the same village and have quite a close community (not a commune!) We quite often have arrangements where we add our friends to our car insurance so if someone needs a car who doesn't own one, they can borrow one for a day easily. But this gets a bit convoluted - we mostly have a car per…
