Tim H

I think they're running a free trial where they credit your account with £10 for you to have a go A basic check is £2.50 and then a few add on's at 40/50p like taxi check or autotrader retail check, glass's, build data etc. The Taxi check came in useful to us recently where we had bought a vehicle for a customer from auction which had not been declared a taxi. I had only used the A/T history check and it was clear. When the car arrived it had some issues and something felt not quite right. I did a Motorcheck report that showed it had been registered as a taxi with a council, and we were then able to knock it back to the Auction for a full refund. We use Motorcheck on 'pay as you go' where you credit your account periodically with £50, and there's no contract tie in. As Grant said, they are a really good bunch, often to be found on the car sales dealer group facebook page.

Damn ..!! Sorry Dave, I thought there was a manual ignition key barrel for emergencies..good luck I'll shut up now....

If it's push button start Dave, you've hopefully got the tear drop shape key, that on the narrow end has two squeeze tabs.Squeeze the tabs and lift the ford logo centre piece. With a bit of luck, the key blade will be there for manual operation.

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Never been asked, 'No'' would be the response ,because I'd be suspicious of their motive. As SC says, happy to honour my obligations, and at times more.

I suspect that like many, I would not rely totally on the accuracy of information provided by Citizens Advice. Like some others on here, I don't think you need to do any more with this, other than tell him that your liability ended the minute you dropped it off on his drive. He might accept that, he might not. CRA 2015 cites" Traders" (not businesses) and" Consumers" in contracts. Your trade is not cars, so therefore you are not a car "trader", and as I read it, CRA would not apply to your transaction. I've copied and pasted a section of the regulations definitions from the legislation.gov.uk site, which would suggest that, even though you have a business, you do not have responsibilities covered by CRA in this instance. Sales contracts (1)A contract is a sales contract if under it— (a)the trader transfers or agrees to transfer ownership of goods to the consumer, and (b)the consumer pays or agrees to pay the price. (2)A contract is a sales contract (whether or not it would be one under subsection (1)) if under the contract— (a)goods are to be manufactured or produced and the trader agrees to supply them to the consumer, (b)on being supplied, the goods will be owned by the consumer, and (c)the consumer pays or agrees to pay the price. Key definitions (1)These definitions apply in this Part (as well as the definitions in section 59). (2)“Trader” means a person acting for purposes relating to that person’s trade, business, craft or profession, whether acting personally or through another person acting in the trader’s name or on the trader’s behalf. (3)“Consumer” means an individual acting for purposes that are wholly or mainly outside that individual’s trade, business, craft or profession. (4)A trader claiming that an individual was not acting for purposes wholly or mainly outside the individual’s trade, business, craft or profession must prove it. (5)For the purposes of Chapter 2, except to the extent mentioned in subsection (6), a person is not a consumer in relation to a sales contract if— (a)the goods are second hand goods sold at public auction, and (b)individuals have the opportunity of attending the sale in person. (6)A person is a consumer in relation to such a contract for the purposes of— (a)sections 11(4) and (5), 12, 28 and 29, and (b)the other provisions of Chapter 2 as they apply in relation to those sections. (7)“Business” includes the activities of any government department or local or public authority. (8)“Goods” means any tangible moveable items, but that includes water, gas and electricity if and only if they are put up for supply in a limited volume or set quantity. (9)“Digital content” means data which are produced and supplied in digital form. Now whether a Magistrate, Judge, others on here, or the bloke you sold it to would see it like this, I don't know...!! Good luck in getting it resolved.

Nik, I'm using windows..there's no marker on the Mini or £17k E class for me..and no sign of an Audi that's £14500 HTH

Don't know what shape your A3 unt is, but I whacked one of these in our dog car Touran. It doesn't have DAB,and I don't know how it works with Bose, however I can say that the bluetooth and andriod apps work really well if you can be patient with the set up. The unit was sized right and easily fit the existing facia surround. When we use the dog car on longer journeys, the kid likes that she can tether it up to her phone's data and watch youtube video's, play spotify, and radio from the tunein app.. it plays cd/ dvd's too. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07G9DZFTB/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 If the link doesn't work it's because I'm a tech dunce...you might have to just type it.!! I'm also guessing that the Chinese secret service know my every move..

Andy, the last one I got new from Desiraparts.com for £153 delivered brand new..it was in a clearance section hence the low price, they might be worth a look. The new one worked straight away, however hitting the talk button was met with a load of Italian babble, now that was a right job to sort out !! I'd found them just by google searching the part number only..... alfaworkshop.co.uk have some models too.

Early this year we had a White Qashqai that was popular, and a good number of phone calls came in. First to get to us to see it loved it, and asked for a p/x price for their 55 plate X3. The X3 looked tidy enough, up on miles, and a quick drive showed that it pulled well, and apart from the handbrake warning light on,poor tyres, and associated road noise, nothing too bad. The owner advised that the handbrake light, stays on intermittently, most likely the switch he said. Sure enough, we had the handbrake on and off a few times whilst we were parked, and every time it went off. We made a fair offer, and deal done. Handover came, and we then took the X3 to the workshop we use for inspection. The report came back with dual mass slight knocking, and all tyres need replacing plus attention to the handbrake light. Apparently the handbrake light goes off, but then comes on again after moving forward. We thought it'd make a good car, so approved the work...Dual mass done, tyres done, handbrake light is not so easy. There are no other lights on the dash, however a full scan showed that the car had 4x4 faults...after a lot of head scratching we took the speedo cluster out and took it apart to find that the light tunnels for the 4x4, abs, and traction control warning lights, had been filled with black silicon sealant!!! I'm sure if we asked them, they'd have no idea how it happened, it wasn't them, it's always been like that... It's had hours spent on it, the transfer case motor has been changed but we can't get it to calibrate...all the light are still on,it's out of MOT and it's now dumped round the back where I can't see it... We are now better at looking that the lights on the dash come on before we start any potential p/x.

You may just find that chocolates, wine or flowers may provide a more desirable response..!

Hi TG, don't go overthinking this, you may find that you have moved closer to your intended target market.. You were an hour and a half away from many that soon you will only be half an hour from.. Good luck with the changes you are making, I'm sure they will do you well. "Build it and they will come"

Thank's CDM people for fixing this.... Man it all off a sudden got a bit too lonely.. I know I tend to sit in the corner just listening but when I found I was all alone I got a little bit twitchy..!! I've certainly not said it, others may have, but I'd like take this opportunity to thank the CDM Massive for providing these forums.... Ta

Sorry it didn't work out for you HB. We've had it done twice now, once by Toyota who didn't change the clutch, and second by myself. The Toyota mechanic gave us a print of a Toyota TB which is exactly the same procedure as the link I posted from page 3 onwards. I'll admit that using a bit of wire to jumper port connections looks more than a bit heath robinson but it did work for us and the judder disappeared.

Rough idle will need sorting first, then perhaps try page 3 onwards of the following: http://www.partinfo.co.uk/files/INF12215_GB.pdf Read and action carefully.. Good luck