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why do you still have to produce documents at police station
my wife had an accident in our car last week ,and although according to the police datat base in the policemans car,he told her who we were insured with,that the car was mot'd,and the tax was fine,she also had here photo card liscence with her,she still had to produce liscence,mot certificate and insurance certificate at…
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Changing the buld in the clock-Citroen Synergie
Hi The clock has stopped working in my Y reg Citroen Synergie. It's housed in a unit above the windscreen and my local (non-Citroen) garage said they can't work out how to get the plastic unit housing off to replace the bulb. Other than taking it to a dealer, does anyone have any ideas. The manual doesn't help with this.…
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Dirving Lessons
Hey im a 17 year old just starting to drive, anyone know of any good/cheap driving instructors near where i live, or any special offers with driving schools applicable near there? I live in chalfont St Peter, Bucks, England. Cheers :)
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any idea what the fault may be?
Hi I have an old Ford Fiesta which has a problem with the fan not always working meaning the fan for the heater and the enginer stops working. It generally works when i start the car but sometimes when the fan is required it ust stops - meaning the engine starts to overheat. I addition the heater sometimes only starts when…
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need legal advice
Hi all, I have a mark 3 mondeo it went into the garage on monday because they was blue smoke coming from the exhaust, they hadn't had a look at it properly but said they had to strip it down the following day because they thought it could be the inlet manifold, the following day we phoned them and they said they where sure…
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Lost Provisional Driving Licence card
Hi, my friend asked me to book her a re-test online as she failed her test yesterday. I have gone from the living room upstairs with her paperwork and somehow lost the card. I have searched high and low and even had the floorboards up in the bathroom (as I'm waiting for my new carpet to be fitted), and I cannot find the…
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Driving Lesson Advice
Hi Everyone, I'd like to buy my husband some driving lessons for Christmas as he recently passed his theory and hazard perception tests and is planning on starting lessons in the New Year. It's been nearly 13 years since I took lessons, so as you can imagine, costs have increased considerably since then! I'm after some…
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How do I insure a learner driver cheaply?
My daughter is about to turn 17 and is depserate to learn to drive. Does anyone have any experience of trying to insure a learner? I have looked at some of Martins suggestions but thought I would see if there are any suggestions here. Thanks
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Day trip to London - Park & Ride?
I am off for the day to London on Saturday with a gal pal for a good old dose of window shopping! We looked at train tickets but they were quite expensive so we have decided to drive the majority of the way and then park up and get a train / tube into the centre. We are by the M1 in Northampton so that will be the route we…
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Mitbubishu Colt - Price
Hi I am going for a test drive today on a 56 reg Mitsubishi Colt. Its got 19000 miles on clock and absolutley no wear on car at all - it is seriously top nick. One lady owner. Its a 1.1 petrol (3 cylinder apparently) and we are buying it from a reputable main dealer mitsubishi garage. There is still nearly 12 months…
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Fiat Stilo spring replacement ?
Recently I've had a bit of a clang when going over speed humps, yesterday there was a loud bang when going over a pothole. Today, the sound of metal hitting road as something fell off. It looks like a bit of a front spring has sheared off, judging by the shape of what I picked up off the road - a semi-circular type lump.…
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Cheaper Rail Travel - Book Direct
I've just looked at booking some rail tickets from Manchester down to london and looked on a search website trainline. It showed me that Virgintrains were the cheapest so went to book... However just out of curisity i looked at the same booking under www.virgintrains.com and it was cheaper!! The actual price of the ticket…
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Motor Legal Protection?
Hi, My car insurance is up quite soon, just looking over my renewal details and I'm paying for .Basic premium .Motor legal Protection .Guaranteed Hire Car. Now I'm going to cancel the hire car, that is not important. What about the motor legal protection? Is it worth keeping this or does the basic premium cover what I…
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Road tax fine
Hi, I have a bit of a problem with DVLA. Basically, I left my 2 cars back from SORN untaxed on the road (cul-de-sac road in front of my house) (special circunstances I did not have choice and could not tax it) for a few hours only and they got towed away. I know I am in the wrong, so apart from being upset and unlucky…
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New Berlingo Doblo or Zafira? Opinions would be helpful
Hi all. We're getting a new car and have narrowed it down to a choice of 3 Vauxhall Zafira Life 1.6 (or the Exclusiv) Fiat Doblo 1.3 16v Multijet active Citroen Berlingo First 1.6HD (or the Multispace) I've looked at a few road tests etc and seem to come up to the conclusion that the Doblo has a lot of issues with things…
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Help please my OH just put petrol in my diesel car :eek:
Hello everyone Any advice please as my OH just half filled my Peugeot 307 with petrol instead of diesel... :o I do hope it wont damage the engine. :( I can't believe he did this... Fiona :A
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parking fine wriggling threads
Is it just me or has there been a huge increase in these threads are more being issued or are more people parking where they shouldnt or whatever as they know they can get away with it
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Private parking fine
:santa2: Hi all, I have seen a lot of info bout private parking tickets and just wanted to know if any one has any expereinces: good or bad: of ignoring them. i understand they are unenforceable but im a bit worried that i'll ignore mine and get a bailiff on my doorstep! I got a ticket one week ago for parking at aldi. I…
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Where are the car bargains?
Every 6 months or so I think about buying a new car, and do the rounds of dealers.I have a Peugeot 307 Diesel, 02 reg., 100700 miles. I come away feeling insulted by the offers-went to 2 dealers today-no discount offered, one wouldn't even tell me what they would value my car at in P/X! Do they think I'm a pushover?? I…
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Great "Cutting the Cost of Driving" Hunt: Liftshares, carclubs and more.
With fuel costs sky high, as well as Cheap Petrol there’s a growing number of ways to share the burden. I’d like to tap MoneySavers' knowledge and experience on the wider areas of car cost cutting. What ideas do you have, what’ve you tried and how good are they...? [threadbanner]box[/threadbanner]