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Car seat belt clip holder
Good Morning folks My car passenger seat belt clip holder has fallen off (I don't know the proper name, but it's the one further up the belt, a bit like a large button whichkeeps the clip in place). Can anybody tell me the proper name and where I could buy one from? Thank You Thank You
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Buying a car in lockdown?
Hello, I've recently passed my driving test (woo!) and am looking to buy a car. Unfortunately I don't know much about cars mechanically, or have anyone close to help, so I have been avoiding buying privately and considered buying from a dealer. With the current lockdown (Tier 4) the only option to buy a car is Click and…
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No fault accident, should I cancel Auxillis contract
On New Year's Eve a van ran a red light, and crashed into my car. I spoke to my insurance yesterday morning and they gave me the option to either pay my excess and have them handle the claim, or go through Auxillis. I (perhaps naively) chose the second option. However now I'm reading lots of bad reviews and seeing stories…
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Insurance claim options - confused
I have a 13 year old Ford Fiesta, it’s in excellent condition, passed a very recent MOT and has 4 brand new tyres. I don’t use the car for long distance travelling or work as my employer doesn’t have a car park. I intended to keep the car for at least another year before replacing it. It’s value is around £1300. A week ago…
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Gap insurance
I have just bought (on finance) a lovely brand new car. I have car insurance, but should I buy gap insurance and if so what percentage of the cost of the car should be it be?Thanks
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Car insurance quotes;..getting the timing right??
My car insurance is due for renewal 21st Jan. I got three comparison site quotes on 20th
December using identical criteria,...cheapest results as follows (which were all
from LV):- Comparethemarket: £196 ...MoneySupermarket: £196...Confused:£196 Same quotes obtained on 1st January:- Comparethemarket: £193...…
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Protection for bike from road salt
Recently started using a motorcycle for my journey to work where i work nightshift 10pm-6am. Ive been told that the grit the council spreads on the roads are really bad for my bike. Any advice on what i can do too stop it damaging my bike, like sprays etc??? Thanx
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How do I proceed
Hi I came out yesterday to find someone had hit my parked car outside my flat, I was parked in my apartments permitted area, fortunately they left their wing mirror cover right next to my knackered wing mirror and badly scuffed passenger door and wing, so I came in and googled the make and model of the cover and found it…
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Suzuki Swift Charging Issues
Be really grateful of any help. I have 07 Suzuki swift. The battery went flat, tested the voltage & it was not charging. We change the alternator and fit new battery, check the voltage charging at 14v, switch on anything in the car Alternator stops charging & battery drains. After this the alternator stops working…
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Renewing camshaft cover gasket.
Now from what i've read online ... rocker cover gasket, camshaft cover gasket, engine cover gasket, valve cover gasket, plus whatever you may call it. Looking at getting my old car back on the road and there's one or two jobs on it that could be doing with getting done. One is sorting the oil leak which seems to be weeping…
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New Ford Focus Estate Load Area Length
Anyone here know if the new Focus estate can take a 2 metre flat pack from IKEA if the rear seats are down? (I don't have one otherwise I would measure, and the new estate is significantly different from the older one).
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Admiral & Auxillis. Non-fault claim RTC advice needed.
Good evening all, Just looking for some advice regarding a RTC I was involved in this morning. I was approaching a set of traffic lights on a two lane road (A559), with a limit of 60mph. You can see the lights way off and I saw that they were changing to green so moved into the outside overtaking lane as there were around…
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Are the UKs Car Plants working
I did a search on Google but couldn't find any recent or up to date information as to how lockdowns are affecting car plants in the UK. Anyone able to help please?
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Sold Car on FB_Am I at risk or overthinking
All, I had my really old car that I put on FB for sale, and a party came, saw the car and I sold it to them. I have got their email address, phone number, and address. When i tried to complete the sale online (DVLA) it did not recognise my V5 number (because last week I sent them my updated address). Therefore, I am…
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Help regarding car I bought on finance, that’s modified.
Hi there! I recently purchased a financed car from a dealership( around 4 weeks ago) during the hand over process, he handed me a ‘DPF delete waiver’ (diesel car). now he went on to tell me that, that the only reason I’d need to sign this is because he recently had a customer, that found out their car had the DPF removed,…
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Reviving side window rubbers for demisting?
So you buy a car, the side window is all misted up and so you put the window down and back up only to see that the window is just as misted as it was if you're really unlucky or it demists a section thats close to the rear drivers side window but the bit that's near your side mirror and you need to see out of remains…
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Car sold in private, buyer want money for supposed repairs
Hi all, I have sold a car on auto trader website and after couple of days the seller contact me that has a issue with the car. Was told that has an oil leak, and is possibly the head gasket. A week later he contact me again saying that one of the pistons is melted damaged, and the engine needs rebuild and me as seller to…
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Car pulled out and hit ... no mot
Hi guys just looking for advice on where one stands with this one. Basically driving down a road the type where cars are parked all the way up both sides so driving in the middle no cars coming the other way With about half a cars length to spare car pulls out from left across myself with no signal and had zero time to…
