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My wife bought a 2000W Clio that came with two keys. One starts the car ok + locks via remote, no problem. The other locks via remote but will not start it the engine. It appears that the 2nd key is not...
I have a Volvo V70 (new shape), but, as with the old model, I and other owners are only getting 10k-12k miles from the front tyres. I do not drive like a lunatic, nor do I accelerate harshly except for...
In July 2006 we purchased a smart ForFour 1.1 Passion on a 3-year lease purchase finance deal specifically to take out to Portugal and leave at our villa. Using it for only 10 days 5 or 6 times a year.
We...
You are my last resort after ringing round insurance companies. I bought a MINI One in April 2008, after checking with our insurance company, Direct Line, that the premium would be OK including my daughter...
I will keep this as brief as possible but I thought you might appreciate some clarification of what goes on behind the scenes with these 'after accident' claim firms. As an insurance broker for 30 years...
I would most appreciate your advice/comments on the following issue. I have owned a metallic silver (what else?) Mercedes C220 CDi Avantgarde since new in 2001. Over the life of the car it has suffered...
At 4,800 miles and one year my X-Trail required new discs and pads on the front. The technician who diagnosed the fault said that I had not really used the brakes enough to bed them in. To the point;...
My son is on my car insurance policy and whilst working a while back as a delivery driver he collided with another vehicle (probably 50:50 blame). A third party claim was being made through his employers...
I would much appreciate your comment on a very odd discovery when I checked on the spare wheel of a recently purchased 6-year-old second-hand Honda Jazz car by my 84-year-old neighbour. This spare wheel...
Regarding the letter about short measures from pumps. For many years I was a service engineer covering filling stations for a number of oil companies. Part of the work was testing and recalibrating meters...
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