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Car problems!
I brought a car (Skoda Octavia 2008) from a mechanics/trader 6 weeks ago for £1500. The engine has seized up and the car is no longer working. The mechanic was unable to fix it as he was too busy so he gave me £300 back and told me it would cost about £150 for a second hand engine and about £150 to fit. I accepted this…
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Personal car lease as company car.
I have a limited company and want to lease a company car. It was refused by the lease company as my company has a poor credit score due to covid lockdown and the tv industry being hit particularly hard. However last year was brilliant with plenty of contracts and work coming in. The lease company will lease a car to me…
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Bedding In New Brakes
Is it a myth or is it best to bed in new brakes ( discs and pads ) by going a certain speed, then braking and repeating this a few times ? I hear it's only necessary on high end brakes Is 50mph to 20mph a few times good enough, whilst leaving 30 seconds between each brake ?
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Anyone used Aviva for their car insurance?
Hello all, I am pretty sure I will go with Aviva for Car Insurance. However, I would like to know of those who have made a claim how it went as reviews on google etc can be alot of people who want to vent frustration and rightly so. So trying to get a more balanced view by asking here. Hope some can chip in please? You…
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Cutting Medical Cover on Car Insurance
I have been looking at a cheaper renewal on my car insurance. I can save about £50 but when I look at the details, the medical cover on these other policies is a lot less eg £5000 vs £30000. Is it worth taking the risk or should I stick with the higher quote? If I had a big medical situation I would be covered by my…
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Anyone recommend a good car insurance company please?
Please can someone recommend a good company to get a quote from directly and/or a quotation website as my wife is getting a new car and wants to change insurance company? I never know what's best when using a quotation website and getting a quote and going though it that way or to then see who gives the best quote and then…
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Looking for car insurance, anyone recommend a good company?
Please can someone recommend a good company to get a quote from directly and/or a quotaion website? I never know what's best when using a quotation website and getting a quote and going though it that way or to then see who gives the best quote and then to goto the company directly? Advise most appreciated please
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Servicing costs for a '68 plate BMW M4 Competition
Hi, I recently purchased an Approved Used BMW from the main dealer. It comes with their 1 year main dealer warranty, which I understand is a proper warranty as opposed to a third party warranty offered from independent dealers. I am wondering what the approximate servicing costs will look on this car once the warranty…
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Peugeot 207 S SW HDI 1560 cc Diesel - Anti Pollution Warning and Engine Fault Light
I have a 2008 Peugeot 207 Diesel with 90900 miles on the clock. Three days ago an Anti-Pollution Message appeared together with an Engine Warning light. (The Anti-Pollution Message showed last year for the first time and a friend found some the air filtering casing had come loose - he put it back in place and the message…
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Laws around using mobile phones while driving?
Are you allowed to use your phone as a satnav (google maps) phone stuck to front screen in a holder ? Are you allowed to listen to youtube while driving with the phone on the top of dashboard so person talking or singing is on screen? (If someone took a photo of this, could you be prosecuted?) Youtube with phone on seat so…
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Car radio code
I have recently got an old 52 plate Vauxhall Corsa and the radio is in safe mode the old owner doesn't know the code and was hoping someone could help me here? The radio is a Vauxhall CorsaCDR 2005 VDO Serial number Gm020521510555 If anyone knows how to get a code for free or can supply me a code that would be great thank…
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Fix a front carbon fibre splitter?
Hi recently purchased an M4 Competition that comes wit the OEM BMW optional front carbon splitter. Purchasing from the main dealer as an approved used car but the will not repair the front splitter. It has a small dent/crack and it's annoying me a little. The replacement part is around £1200 so is it worth fixing it? I…
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Hit and run on motorway
Hi all. The lad (19) was crashed into on the motorway by a truck with non uk reg. His car was seriously damaged, and he's lucky to have walked away with just a few aches and pains. The truck didn't stop or report 🤬 The lad reported, expecting the police to make attempts to locate the driver, but they then said that cctv…
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Citroen/Vauxhall dropping the non-electric MPVs from Jan 2022.
I noticed today that Citroen has dropped the ICE variants of the Berlingo and the Spacetourer, and Vauxhall as dropped the ICE variants of the equavalents (Combo life and Vivaro life), so both offerings are now only available in electric, with a corresponding price drop in the EVs (sadly still out of my price range). I'm…
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Eicher brake pad and disc only lasted 40K miles?
Fitted them in 2017, I live in London so loads of start stop drving, what's more I have used the car for multidrop delivery and have does so for 13K miles. I fully expect the pads to be shot at this mileage, but the discs look like they have a 1.5mm lip on them (right on the disc limit of 3mm total wear on both sides). Is…
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My car will not go into the 6th gear after clutch change
I’ve just had a new clutch, flywheels fitted on my 4 x 4. However, the 6th gear is no longer working after the clutch change. I raised this with the garage but, they said it’s nothing to do with the clutch change they did. They’re saying it’s the gear itself that has a problem, all the gears were working before the clutch…
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Renault Zoe Electric - Battery performance
Has anybody else owning a Zoe Electric been experience a drop in terms of battery performance on their car? I have a 2 months old Zoe Hatch R135 GT
Line EV 50kWh and I noticed when fully charged few weeks ago, it was showing 180-190miles kind of range which is more or less what Renault has been claiming. Last 2 charges it…
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EVs - are we going to be forced into this before time?
I notice the increase in VED across ICE cars, I wonder how far they might be willing to go to tax ICE cars off the road completely and how society might react to that?
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Petrol/diesel diet challenge – official MSE discussion
Hello there, Sadly, after almost 12 years of active service, the original Petrol/diesel diet challenge thread is now closed, so I've created a new one here, which is specifically to share tips to help cut annual fuel spend and track savings, and hopefully inspire others to do the same. Here's how it works... What it's all…
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Caught out by red light camera - around 10 seconds after it went red
Hi everyone, This morning at around 7am on my way to work, I was stopped at a red light at an intersection. The lights in front of me (which I now understand where a different set of lights) turned green, at which point I proceeded to go. There is a red light camera at this intersection and I can't be sure that I saw a…
