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Cargiant, London : Anyone - Any purchases in the last 11 months ?
Hello Has anyone purchased a car from cargiant in the last 11 months ? I believe they may waive off 199 admin fee if i have a referral from some one who has purchased the vehicle in the last 11 months from. Just a try though. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Company Car Tax - Confused!
All, I have been trying to work out my options in relation to using my personal car for business use. I turned down a company car to take benefit of a £685 a month Car Allowance as I heard you can get taxed quite heavily on Company Cars. I bought a 1 year old BMW 3 Series 2.0D Sport for my new job and started paying for my…
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Help what do Driving in Italy, rented car with Sixt Crashed into wall
I filled out a damage form for SIXT about the crash. I said ''was distracted for a split second that resulted in a turn I could not recover from, and hit the wall'' Sixt are telling me that i cant claim on incurance because i was ''distracted driving'' and are now asking me to pay 9.944,05 EUR for damages. Is there…
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Oil In Coolant
Hi everyone, I had an issue a few days ago. It condensation from the AC unit Whilst having that checked out by a friend, who isn't a mechanic, they did point out traces of oil in the coolant reservoir. When I put my fingers in around the edges you can see traces of oil. No mayo like residue under the oil cap or dipstick.…
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Buying a new car but concerned over fuel type
Hi all, I currently drive an 11 plate diesel mondeo and am looking to get something new. Everything I see and hear in the press suggests that I should be avoiding diesel, if only for the charges I will face in years to come from congestion and clean air zones. What I can't avoid is the fuel economy of diesel. Certainly…
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Who’s Fault? Accident at Junction
I was sitting at a junction within a car park waiting to turn left. I was more over to the righthandside due to the tight corner but just over the line if that...a car cleared the corner in front of us and came round to my left. I was still sitting stationary when another car came round the junction to our left and it…
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Hire Purchase company contesting finance with dealer 3 weeks later!!
Had a good look around on google etc and I can not find anything similar to what i've heard recently when I got a call out of the blue from the dealer I bought my car from 3 weeks ago. I put a car in partex with the dealer who settled the existing HP on that car (car was worth more than i owed so some went as a deposit on…
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Some drivers!!
I’m in Tenby watching the marathon. I’m being entertained by the police getting cross with drivers ignoring the road closed signs and the cones across the road. Why do some drivers think these signs don’t apply to them?
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Insurance
Hi, I've had issues with my insurance. My motorbike was written off in a non fault accident I wanted to cancel my insurance but have an outstanding balance. I've requested to have finance set up and was told they'd ring me back to set it up. They never did and I've noticed this morning that they've taken the full amount…
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Discount on new car price
Will a dealership give me any discount on buying a new car from the list price? I want to pay cash plus my part ex (I don't want finance but understand that does not strengthen my position). The figures will be something like £23K for the car with £16K off my old one (price on we buyanycar.com). Really a bit out of touch…
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£1 Car/van rental?
I came across this yesterday and thought I'd post it in case anyone had any use for it / any experience of it. Basically, people (mostly rental companies) need to get their vehicles from one city to another, so if they have a car needing to get from Glasgow to London, you can rent it for £1 in Glasgow and drop it off in…
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Car Shop - Will they haggle? Any other tips and tricks?
Hi all I'm taking a trip to my local Car Shop later today as they have a car in stock that ticks all my boxes and I've so far not found anywhere else. Has anyone ever had any luck haggling at Car Shop? Their website says prices are fixed but say and do can be different! So thought I'd check here for any anecdotal info. Any…
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Engine Oil Level Low at less than 2900 miles
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Please Help - Clarification on CAT-S Car
Please find the attached images - I am trying to purchase a CAT-S car. Few clarifications, Please kinly provide your thoughts - 1. How come a car with a small damage was categorised as CAT-S ? 2. This damage to the front of the car - could this damage would have resulted in internal structure like welding items near the…
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Gearbox & Warranty
I bought a BMW 520d 64 UK plate (manufacture date dec 2014) at the beginning of 2016 It still had the BMW warranty on it and I extended this by 2 years (3rd party) The car has been looked after, fully serviced by BMW & driven conservatively by myself and has just hit 70k miles. Without warning (it's been running…
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Changing limits to 40 mph
Several country road nearby have changed to a new 40 mph limit from the previous 60 mph. One 10 mile stretch is controlled by average speed cameras, another has repeater 40 signs painted on the road every few hundred yards, and another newer stretch has just two signs at the start of the section, and absolutely nothing…
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4 previous owners
Hi all. I am looking at buying a Range Rover Evoque 2013. It is quite a high spec model but apparently it has had 4 previous owners. The salesman did say that the first might have been a pre-reg so it may have only had 3 proper owners but still. Anyone see problems with this? It is the exact car that I'm looking for which…
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Insurance Fronting?
Hi all, So my partner owns our car and has always insured it in his name and me as a named driver since I passed my test. Until recently (couple of months) he has been the one who drove it to and from work during the week, whilst I would commute by train. He now has a company car and has allowed me to use it to drive to…
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Having car serviced before selling
When we buy cars, we usually end up using them until they are pretty much finished, and don't regularly service them. This time, we're not planning on doing that. We've had our car for 2 years. It's a 2012 car and was serviced in 2013 and 14. It hasn't been serviced since but we now want to sell it. A service is about £160…
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full respry or not
hi all if theres anyone that does paintwork on cars would be a help bit of advice needed, my car ive had from new 13 plate, and full dealers services etc, this year cost a 1500 for its mot pass, full set of pads dics tyres part a down pipe rear coil spring all done and passes, so now i am wanting to keep the car 31k on…
