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Car parking charges Birmingham Jewellery Quarter
Anyone know how much it would be to park overnight in the Jewellery Quarter? I need to drive as off to a wedding and more than one setting.
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Test drive insurance and other private selling hints please
Morning all I'm selling my campervan and would like advice about insurance and test drives. I've read that it's best if I take out insurance for the potential buyer but I remember that when I did that for my son in law to drive it I had to submit various bits of info about him before getting it and it took a couple of…
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How to get more MPG out of a Ford Fiesta Ecoboost
Hi all, I have just bought a Ford Fiesta Ecoboost 1.0l. I've discovered since that the real MPG on these is actually much lower than claimed (no surprise I guess!), however I like the car and would like to know how to maximise the MPG on it. When to use Autostop/start feature? When best to change gears? Is it worth using…
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MOT failed, needs exhaust repair, MOT also expired
Hi My car mot has failed and unfortunately I didn't get it tested soon enough, reasons being I had a baby and my life turned upside down that I forgot a lot of things. The flex pipe on the exhast is completely split. I can't find a decent garage to do the work locally, I want to to take it to an exhaust specialist over 20…
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Why??
There I am, trundling along in my 4x4 (on winter tyres :D ) at a nice steady 33 on the speedo (pretty much exactly 31) in a 30 limit when some Toyota tries to overtake. As he/she couldn't possibly make it at the speed he/she was doing without a head-on I dab the brakes and he/she gets in front with barely a flash of lights…
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Under dash power supply?
There was a thread a good while back, about installing dashcams. One of the posters linked to a power supply, fitted with two USB sockets, which you install under the dashboard. I've tried searching, but I can't find the right thread. Does anyone have a link to either the thread, or the power supply? I seem to remember the…
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What speed limit would be enforced on this road?
I cannot post a link but the below is enough detail. If needed i can give road name. 30MPH road, no white/red ring signs with 20mph just a white and black sign saying 'max speed 20 school zone'. There are road humps on this section of road. There is a speed camera SIGN but not sure about speed cameras being there. What…
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Unfair Parking Ticket
Hi there - advice needed!
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PCP offer not honoured
Hello Last weekend I secured a deal on a new Jaguar XF which included 35% employee discount. I signed the paperwork and gave a £500 deposit to secure the car and arranged to return next week for a pre handover on Monday and a final handover on Wednesday next week. I received a phone call from the dealer saying that they’d…
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Looking for patterned fabric seat covers for our VW T4 Campervan
Hi everyone Our VW T4 1996 Campervan two front seat covers are wearing out so have been looking for patterned fabric ones. We don't want black which everyone seems to be doing. Has anyone any ideas. Many Thanks
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Renault Kangoo won't start problem resolved
We have had problems with our 2000 1.4 Renault Kangoo for the last three years with non starting problems and recently stopping for no apparent reason. We have had several garages look at it fitted a bypass and a new TDC sensor all of which worked for a month or so all of which failed in the end. On the days it did start…
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lease company refusing to pay for clutch
Hi guys, I have a Ford Fiesta leased from LeasePlan. As an extra on the lease, I pay £45 a month for a service and maintenance plan. This includes services and replacement parts. My clutch has worn out at 24,000 miles and needs replacing. The Ford garage asked LeasePlan to pay for the work and LeasePlan refused, stating…
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Garage repair created new fault
Good evening all. Am after some advice please. I took my car into a (reputable) garage and paid £500 for a new steering column after my power steering failed. Within a few days, the car would not start and dash showed steering fault. I took it back, they had it a few days, then I collected it all fixed with no charge to…
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Car vandalism
Hi, I have recently had my car vandalised (kicked in basically) to the tune of £2500 worth of damage. I know who did it but have no proof. However when we told police they didn't seem bothered and did a letter drop (in this day and age). We have reported them to the council as they are council tenants but so far got…
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Toyota CH-R Confused
Hi All, I have never purchased a car before and I am looking to buy a Toyota CH-R. I only have 5k of savings of which I really don't want to use but can use some if to get the deal I want. I can afford £170-£200 a month, the current car I have (Which was given to me by my sister) does 17-19mpg and costs me around £110 a…
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Unknown expired MOT & Accident which wasnt my fault
Hello, The other day a car drove into our car as it was park outside our house, the lady said a bottle got stuck under her break so she just drove into the side of our car, thus making it un-driveable as we cannot open to driver door and its dented in, I think it might be wrote off looking at the damage but I'm not a…
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Confused with Speeding Ticket
22/08/2018 - Car was seen by camera doing 35 in a 30 zone Car is leased so we didn't get the notification until beginning of October There are 3 of us insured on the car and due to the length of time was unsure as to who was driving so responded and explained that and asked for photographic evidence. Still unable to…
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Misled on car tax by dealer
I signed up to buy an ex-demo car at a dealer and he wrote that the car tax was £140. When I turned up to collect it, he told me he made a mistake and it should have been £450 because of the original car price. I coughed up saying it was just the first year and he didn't disagree. I now found that it is £450 for 5 years.…
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VT PCP agreement or wait it out?
Hi I have a PCP with VW finance. The final monthly payment is due mid-December and then the ballon mid-January. I’ve decided to hand the car back and not enter into another PCP agreement due to a change in circumstances. I called up the other day to book in a collection following my final payment, which I asked to pay…
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Vaxhuall Corsa D 1.6 T Sri Misfire HELP!
Hi guys i had bought a vaxhuall corsa about a month ago 2008 model with 48000. i immediately done a service replacing spark plugs,oil and oil filter and it ran perfectly for 3 weeks. one day on the way to work i had noticed a white smoke in rear view mirror i pulled over and checked everything i had a obd scanner hooked up…
