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  Best reliable, second hand estate/station wagon - any ideas? 10 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to buy a second hand estate/station wagon, to be driven to the south of France and back again a few times. Don't want to spend more than 8-9k....
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  Why should I avoid a DSG gearbox? 15 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to buy a automatic small/medium size car about two-three years old I have been told to avoid the ones with the DSG gearbox (why?) and stick...
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  Advice on a second hand Volkswagen? 2 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am offered a car in a private sale at £24k (the current new price is £36k). The car has done 10,000 miles, one owner and is 18 months old. It has a...
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  Enough to make your heir girl 29 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  What is the most appropriate car for a 17/18 yr old girl, hoping to go university next year. Test already passed and likely to really need a car. Parents...
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  Does our Renault Clio really need a new cambelt? 6 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  The local Renault garage is recommending that we change the cam belt on our five-year-old Renault Clio at the next service, at a cost of £430. We have...
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  Odd tyre wear - what's the cause? 3 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I've had my car since February and it has clocked up just over 32,000 miles, I assume the old tyres were the originals. Anyway - I noticed both front tyres...
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  Is there a cheap way of repairing this ABS fault on my Volkswagen Golf? 28 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My Volkswagen Golf now has the ESP light on all the time. My garage tells me that this is a fault with the ABS system and is a common fault. The car is...
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  Insurance costs 10 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  We are shortly moving house and our 4 year old cars will no longer be parked on our driveway but in a secure undercroft car park. My wife's Astra is insured...
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  Golf losing power 9 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My 6 year old Golf started to lose power going uphill on a long drive today, that is to say I was pressing the pedal but no acceleration was forthcoming. Thereafter,...
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  Does my car really need a service? 13 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I’m thinking of buying a used Honda Jazz 1.4 iVTEC ES (Manual), up to two years old, to be used mostly on daily 30 mile round trips to work. At the...
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  Buying an automatic for an OAP 10 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My father is 75 and losing strength in his left leg so needs an automatic. He currently has an aging Citroen Picasso manual. He likes the high driving...
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  Reimporting a car from Spain 9 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Three years ago I exported a 2-year-old Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin to Spain. I paid Spanish duty etc and registered it on Spanish plates. I have used it myself...
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  Intermittent Fabia warning light 31 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  The problem is intermittent, but it has been narrowed down to happen when the car is driving with the windscreen wiper on, rain or not. There is an...
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  Winding down 15 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 6 year old Skoda Octavia 1.6FSI with 50,000 miles on the clock. Three evenings ago I locked the car, only to find later that the windows had all...
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  Cambelt failure on Volvo XC90 13 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My Volvo XC90 had a cambelt tensioner fault which resulted in the cambelt breaking and the engine being wrecked. I need a new cylinder head etc. The...
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  Pole faulter 23 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My wife recently took her VW 1.4 Polo in to the local VW Garage for its 4-year annual service. On collection she was told that in one months time, when...
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  What's best for short distances? 11 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  So here’s a question of a technical nature. Need to buy a car, but my current living-employment situation requires that I do several short distances...
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  Should we pay for road tax on a car which is being delivered late? 16 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife ordered a brand new Honda CR-V for delivery on 1 September, but it arrived at the dealer several days late and, as we had not sold her old one,...
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  Why are my Volkswagen Polo's headlights constantly on? 11 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have had the seal replaced on the driver's door electric window on my three-month-old new Polo SEL. A week or so after that, I noticed that whenever...
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  Which tyres could I fit to my wife's Mazda 2 Sport to reduce road noise? 28 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife's 53-reg Mazda 2 Sport (old boxy model) is a decent enough car, but runs on rather low profile tyres (195/50 R15) and generates loads of road/tyre...