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Your Bangernomics successes
Hello my fellow cheapskates. After spending nearly three years running a car for as cheap as possible, mainly as I ran it throughout all but he darkest depths of winter on WVO/UVO (waste or used vegetable oil), in a Vauxhall Astra I have had to say good bye to the old girl as it is no longer economical to repair to get it…
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Top Box for Flip Front Helmet
I've got a PCX 125 scooter and I'm looking to put a top box on it. I'd like it to fit my flip front helmet, but I don't want too big a case. Can anyone tell me what size I should be looking at (thinking 30l but not sure). Can find lots that reference one full face helmet but are they big enough for my flip front? Thanks.
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RIP OFF CAR INSURANCE RENEWAL QUOTES
last year paid £660 for range rover sport. Have full no claims I am 83 my wife 81.With the same insurer This years Premium £7086.96 NO THAT'S NOT A TYPO .Cheapest we can find £1119. How can these company's get away with this. Anybody else got the same problem
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Early settlement on PCP. Do I need to pay 50% of Interest costs?
I bought a car on PCP 4 months back but want to sell it now. I was advised by my finance broker that I would pay the interest portion on the cash borrowed for the 4 months + a little extra but my finance company are asking me to pay 50% of the finance amount over the term of the loan. So over 4 years my finance amount was…
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Inspection report to change engine number
Hi, after engine failed my local garage sourced and fitted a reconditioned engine for me. The receipt they gave me only shows 'engine supplied' with no engine number or confirmation its like-for-like and same cylinders. I want to sell the car asap and need to update the v5 engine number before I can do that. I asked the…
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Autotrader - excluding/blocking Cinch
I’m currently looking for a replacement car and want to be able to view given the plethora of options (and Covid spec cars). When I search on Autotrader the first couple of pages are cars from Cinch available with a mile (because they’ll deliver to my local WBAC site) which leaves me trawling for the non-Cinch cars that…
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Transmission problem Fiat 500L- high price quoted!
Hi all, I have a question regarding a transmission issue that I have with a fiat500l (2013). The car broke down the other day (started up, but wouldn't move off), taken to a local garage (official fiat dealer) and has gone through an initial diagnosis. It has been identified that the transmission fluid is leaking (as…
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My car has been scrapped - but it hasn't!?
Hi All, Just received a tax refund for my car that I bought in December last year - I did not request one. I have not done anything other than use it and now have been advised that I can't as it's technically been scrapped. I have the V5 and the MOT is valid until October. I checked online and the car details could not be…
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Nissan Qashqai maps update
My 65reg Qashqai sat nav is somewhat outdated. The obvious easy option is to connect it to Google Maps but sadly, it won't link to Android Auto. I see I can buy an updated SD card to plug in for £110 but surely, there must be a more MSE way?
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Breakdown cover where annual full service isn't required?
A lot of the providers I find on comparison websites have in their terms, that you need to have the car serviced annually, and they may ask for proof before coming out. Does anyone know any providers that dont require this?
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Keep Tesla Model 3 after settlement figure on company lease or take out a new private lease?
Hi All, I have been given a settlement figure on a June 2020 registered Tesla Model 3 standard range plus of £18,500 - mileage aproximately 25k and in good condition. I am no longer elgible for a company car to be leased by the company but have a company car allowance of £5500 My company car allowance is £5500 and I would…
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Pay Off Car Faster or Sell For Cheaper Car?
I need some advice please as what's best to do. I have a 20 Plate Leon. 4.5. Years left on a loan at 3% interest but it's depreciating faster than I'm paying it. Currently £230 a month. There 11.5k left in the loan I was thinking of selling it. I think I can get 10k for it and pay the other 1.5k reminder from savings. Then…
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Morrisons Pay-At-The-Pump Warning
Saturday 13 April I am a
pensioner. I needed petrol so I went to
my local Morrisons petrol station. I
knew I had a balance of £102.58 in my HSBC current account (I don’t have an overdraft). I decided to go to the ‘pay-at-the-pump’
pump. I only needed about £25 worth of petrol and didn’t want to use my credit
card, I’m…
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Abandoned car
A friend has a car near his house, it hasn't been taxed for 2 years. He lives in a terraced house behind a main road, there are houses facing the main road. This car and my friends house is reachable by a short dirt track, so anyone can drive down this track. Does this car need to be taxed? The council council says it…
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Unwind PCP agreement within cooling off period
Last week, I went through the process of buying my first car from Cinch, something I'll never do again. However, I purchased the car on finance with a PCP loan. Everything was fine until I received a phone call from Cinch stating that the car would be delayed in delivery due to multiple imperfections, such as rust and a…
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NIP M25 J9 to 8 no gantry illumination!
Got NIP for going over the limit by 10 mph while overtaking vehicles that were slowing down ,no limit was advised on the gantry before the junction and after the junction.
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Expired driving licence
Renewed over 70s driving licence in December and have just realised didn't return my old licence. Do I really need to do that or can I just shred it?
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Speeding
Got a speeding letter and admitted I was guilty . I was said to be doing 35 in a 30 zone. N Yorks police letter says they give leeway of 30 plus 10% plus 2 so 35. But they start prosecuting at 35 shouldn't this be 36 ?? 56 years of faultless driving 2ithout a fault so I am cross with myself
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Accident. Legally, whose at fault?
Hiya, Had a little accident this morning. Wasn't my fault but wondered if legally it wasn't my fault. I was turning right into a car park. There was a stationary car waiting to pull out of car park. As I turned in I passed the car and our wing mirrors didn't touch so there was space between us. I then heard a crunch…
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Unresolved claim affecting insurance price
Hi I'm just looking for some advice please. My daughter has been driving for coming up to 3 years now and in June 2022, a lady reversed into her in a supermarket car park. There was very minimal damage and the lady admitted at the time that she was at fault (they were both reversing at the same time but my daughter had…