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  1. Bint Box

    Massive Car insurance costs?

    Agreed 100% At the time keyless entry/start was intoduced it was a catchy gimmick to sell cars. Nowadays the new catchy gimmick should be to go back to key into a key barrel with whatever additional security can be hard coded into the key. All this computerised guff in cars adds to the...
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    Used car mis-described. What recourse do I have?

    From my reading of it there has been no provable fraudulent act that will stand up in law. It seems the buyer has been scammed but the perp has covered their tracks well. The suggestion of bluffing it out with the perp seems the best option, threaten to call in as many agencies as possible such...
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    Car theft - is it out of control?

    Did he win the case for loss of earnings, surely not?
  4. Bint Box

    Massive Car insurance costs?

    I tend to agree that the thieves would move on to the next car, its a numbers game for them. However, in the case of a very valuable "snatch" there might be extra urges of motivation resulting in penetration of the premises.
  5. Bint Box

    Massive Car insurance costs?

    ODB re-wiring option is vunerable to thieves breaking into the house tooled up and threatening family members for the cable.
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    SUV Tyre Choice (Bridgestone/Goodyear/Pirelli) ?

    Hi, I have been offered a brand new set of 4 tyres from a dealership as part of the package for an SUV I am thinking of buying. The offerred options are Bridgestone Dueler HP Sport, Goodyear Excellence and Pirelli Scorpion Verde. Wheel size is 255/45/20 101 Any suggestions as to the best...
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    Full EV Woes!

    PMSL, yeah, the EV fan boys will soon be along defending their purchase.
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    Buying an car missing a service

    The car looks to have been very well serviced to date and if all other factors meet your requirements it looks OK.
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    Spec my wife a small car please.

    Just watched a 2016 Aygo VVT-1 X-CITE 3 X SHIFT go through auction for £8100 plus fees, 22K miles, Grade 3, meachnically clean. Two previous owners.
  10. Bint Box

    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    Had a look on the Aston Barclay and BCA auction sites today. Car make/models that I am interested in are going through at prices either side of CAP Clean with service history, some still under manufacturers original warranty. There seems to be enough saving over retail price to provide a cushion...
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    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    Easy for other members to say when they were not the brunt of the so called joke.
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    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    I do not accept that it was a joke, if it was intended as a joke you could have put an emoji or some other indicator in the reply. My opinion is that it was intended as a snide comment that has backfired and you are now trying to back track by saying it was a joke. Do the decent thing...
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    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    It aint me with the forum name "Diddums", you are well named.
  14. Bint Box

    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    If that comment was aimed at me it is incorrect. I am not selling a knackered old 290k TT. My TT is a 2004 Mk1 3.2L V6 Automatic model with 78K guaranteed mileage and it is not yet for sale. If it goes up for sale I will be asking quite a bit more than a grand for it. Get your facts right...
  15. Bint Box

    Massive Car insurance costs?

    It might be something to do with computer generated policy prices, the algorithm is set to "maximum shaft" mode in the hope the policy holder does not phone up and they simply auto renew. They gonna catch a few thousand tobies every year on that, might even be in the tens of thousands, football...
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    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    Yes, that was the point I was trying to make, you worded it better than I did.
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    Are All Used Cars A Horror Bag Money Pit ?

    Hi, Thinking of changing the car from our trusty 20 year old Audi Mk1 3.2L TT and have been reading up a little on possible upgrades. It seems that practically every make/model of modern used car less than 5 years old is potentially a horror bag for things to go wrong. Sure, I accept that used...
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    Massive Car insurance costs?

    Just a thought, for anyone who is the only driver on the policy, try adding a named driver, preferably female and see if it brings down the quote. It seems odd but I found that by removing/adding the wife to the policy resulted in an increase in premium for removing her and a decrease in premium...
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    Under a dealer warranty, should injectors count as part of the engine?

    I did not mean the service history checks, I meant checks to see if the car had been written off and repaired, that type of thing.
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    Under a dealer warranty, should injectors count as part of the engine?

    Did you purchase any of the car history checks from the online data services before purchasing the car?
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