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GNER Trains
Looking into Newcastle-London sometime in the next 3 months (2 adults and 1 baby who will then be 3-4months old!)... whats the cheapest way - we can either do; ANY FRIDAY - SUNDAY or SAT - MON or SUN-TUES if BANK HOL MONDAY any help will be great!? Dave
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Northampton - London
Want to take my 6yo daughter down to London over the Easter school holidays for a London Eye flight, Thames cruise etc. Looking on the Silverlink Trains website, travelling from Northampton using a Family Travelcard for 2 adults and 1 child will cost £41.80. However if I drive down to Harrow and Wealdstone and catch the…
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Overnight Car Parking at/near Railway Stations
I often have to travel to all parts of the UK from West Essex. Up to Birmingham, Leicester and such places I drive. To Scotland N.I. etc I fly from Stansted. The problem is the bit in the middle, place like Leeds and Manchester. The train if the obvious answer but as I have to stay overnight I need to have somewhere to…
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New Megabus routes - £1 as usual!
Just noticed (to my great surprise) that megabus have added a route that will save me a LOT of money! They now have a bus that goes from Newcastle, Scotch Corner, Sheffield (Meadowhall) to London. Since I am at university in Sheffield I can now travel back to Newcastle for £2.50 return! Used to cost me a packet on the…
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new car comparison
just to let you all know the cheapest new car sales i have found is https://www.motorpoint.co.uk i hope this helps someone out there. i,m new on here so i must say hi to all. :money:
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I wanna ... Buy a car (Carsupermarkets)
Looking to buy a new car and would appreciate any advice / personal experiences on getting the price down at a 'Car Supermarket' when the price is already competitive. I've been told that they won't bring the price down. I'm looking to buy a nearly new car. (I will be paying cash, but nowadays that doesn't seem to help as…
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Green Flag vs AA
Just had my Green Flag renewal letter - they want £93 this year!! Last year it was about £76... :o Had a look on AA.com and similar cover is £42. Anyone got any thoughts on this? Is it worth me switching to AA? Havent used them before so would appreciate any feedback...
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Virgin Cars - Buyer BEWARE
My recent experience of Virgin Cars left me with such a sour taste in my mouth I never want to deal with this company again. Using the company website, and after speaking to a salesman, on 4th February 2005 I ordered a "new" silver Ford Ka, 05-54 registration, from Virgin Cars. I was told four cars were available. I chose…
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driving with broken tail light - illegal?
one for the legal eagles... an idot has gone into the back of the brum brum and buggered up one of the tail lights (bulbs are still working, but glass is all but obliterated :eek: :mad: . replacement is on its way courtesy of ebay, but will obviously take a day or two to arrive. in the mean time, we still really need to…
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Driving Lessons
I am in a job where promotion means I need to drive - to Court and back. I have had two AA drivers one yelled and the other one was free one week out of five so my lessons were sporadic and I just spent them going over what we did the last time. I have had 13 hours worth of lessons. My parnter takes me out to practice.…
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Help needed re:Finance for my Car
Hi all I have recently purchased a new car from a car dealer on Finance however in hindsight I maybe shouldn't have as it is giving me a lot less money a month than I originally banked on for myself. Does anyone know if it is possible for me to give the car back to the company the finance is through and if so what the…
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Canadian needs some UK train savvy
I'm wondering if some of you smart folks here can help an out-of-towner (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) who is totally unfamiliar with your train system . . . in fact, unfamiliar with any train system. We're going to be in London for a few weeks in May and we were hoping to pop up to Leeds to see a friend for an afternoon (yes,…
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MOT reminder
Hi, I'm pretty sure there was a website where you enter the date your MOT expires and register and it will send you a reminder. Can anyone tell me the address of this website please (I've tried doing a search of the site but no luck) thanks
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Southern Rail online season ticket purchasing
Watch out for them. Purchased a monthly ticket online, so I could avoid lining up for one, thinking it would be a good idea. Price, etc came through, clicked on buy. Next thing I know I've been charged a £2 credit card fee. No mention of this anywhere before I clicked on buy. Not in any of the T&C's, etc. I attempted to…
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Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) insurance
Any tips or recommendations regarding GAP or RTI (Return To Invoice) insurance when buying a car? I gather this insurance will cover the inevitable difference between what you pay for a car and what your insurer pays out if the car is written off or stolen and not recovered. I can find nothing on Martin's site about GAP…
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Claim Refund on Tube for delays
If you're fed-up of being delayed on the tube and feel there is no justice, it has been possible for sometime to claim the cost of each single journey where you have been delayed by at least 15 minutes. Not many tube users no about this, but if anything it should make the poor service more pallatable. You can either claim…
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Earls Court
I hope I have posted this in the correct place, sorry if I have not! What is the nearest train station to Earls Court and how far is it from Earls Court?
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Preparing for pretty long drive
HI me and my mate are going camping when i finish work tonight were going into the scotish highlands. what i want to know is. we will be doing a round trip of about 400 miles what shouldi check to make sure the car wont brake down or over heat or something any help is greatly appreciated Rgds
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Do Speed Humps Mess Up Tracking/Wheel Alignment On Cars ?
I was going over speed humps the other day and wondered if they mess up the tracking/wheel alignment on cars. Does anyone know if this is the case? Or am I totally wrong?
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10p per litre off petrol......
This is what I have managed to save....