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• MB 230 AUTO Sticking 30 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  when starting the car the gearbox sticks in first gear and jerks before going in to second. After that the car runs smoothly. Any ideas on what the problem is.
• which coupe? 26 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  which coupe would fit the following excellent mpg lots of room big boot around £12K good saftey ie:euroncap results only got to run it for a year. any idea's
• Ford Ka - screaching when lights on 24 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Backroomers Ford Ka, started OK, engine running but get screaching noise if lights are switched on. Any ideas? Alternator belt? Thanks
• This week's poll 12 May 2003 (Forum)
  Dear Martyn et al, Can you please update us all on the Poll? Has it been decided to run them for 3 weeks? Or is someone behind with the admin? ;-) Thanks Andy
• merc estates 13 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Thinking about an old (i.e. H-reg or something similar) Mercedes-Benz estate to replace our Peugeot 505, but worried about running costs and prices for parts. Any advice?
• Diesel mot 10 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  I've heard that I should take my passat tdi for a good run before it's MOT. Is this true, what exactly should I do and why am I doing it?
• elusive VW Golf Mk3 starting/firing issu 14 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Hello all. Blasted thing has done this to me 3 times in last 2 months. What happens is go out for a run. Come back to car within roughly 1 hour. Won't start. Turns over fine. And what's more it doesn't always happen. Far from it. car is VW Golf Mk3 1995 2.0 8v petrol Cabriolet Avantgarde. In blue
• Mazda CX-30 - Battery problems 22 May 2023 (Forum)
  much dead and I had to get recovery out to start it. (I subsequently bought a booster/charger).  My initial thoughts were that it had probably spent its time at the repairers being started and stopped as they moved it around the shop without any long running to charge it. It was also
• Sports Car - Classic or Modern(ish) 3 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  retiring later this year, aged 60 and have decided to get myself a weekend run around. My Wife and I were considering a Motor-home for a long time but have come to realise that there are some serious compromises to be had in owning one. Too big and you can't take it anywhere, too small and its cramped
• Peugeot Expert Tepee (2007 - ) - 2001 2.0hdi - running problem 25 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Ok i have a Peugeot Expert 2.0 HDI with running problems so heres my story. I bought my van and found a wekk later the head gasket had gone as it was pushuing out water from the expansion tank and the low water light kept coming on. Booked it into a diesel spectialist garage and the comfirmed
• M reg 1.4 Clio high fuel consumption 15 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I have had my 1.4 clio single point injection manual for just over a year, when i bought it i woulkd get on avaerage about 350 miles to a tank just under 10 miles to the litre. it went up to nearly 400 on a long run. the car has been used for commuter runs 20 miles each way and the fuel economy
• Warranty & its distortion of car values 31 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  It's quite clear that a reasonable number of BRers buy new cars & run them for 3 years until the warranty runs out. Very sensible. You always get to run a nice new shiny car (Huzzah!) & you know that you will never have an unexpected bill in the unlikely event that something goes wrong. So
• Motoring in the cheap lane. 16 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  As is commom knowledge, my Mrs. and I have a diesel Yaris (as our 'main' car) and additionally I have an old but very clean and reliable Maestro......Can you use the words reliable and Maestro in the same sentence?). It's for running about and going to the tip etc and has paid for itself a million
• Buying new cars is a bit like smoking 25 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  if it was not for people like John Ford - Imported Golf V5s, I could not afford to run my two cars. My cars when new would have cost over £50,000 , I paid less then £6k for both. Thay are each fully gavalanised, quite low milage, and I see ones like them advertised with 250,000 miles on the clock. I could keep my two
• Vauxhall insignia (59 plate) - DPF regen while parked? 7 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  Can I regen my dpf by parking my car and just leaving the engine running?
• vivaro 06 1.9 van - immobiliser light 3 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  immobiliser light has started to slow flash when key removed, goes out when engine running, any ideas
• 98 Citroen Xsara - Dashboard Warning Lights 13 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  All warning lights and stop light come on when reving high.  Car seems to be running ok though.  Any ideas
• Jaguar XF (2008 - ) - Owner reviews 18 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Anyone running one of these? Particularly interested in petrols and reliability. Any known problems surfaced yet? This will be my retirement car. Thanks TMS
• Dodge - Dodge 2 for 1 offer 8 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Not sure if it has been mentioned here but the Daily Mail is running an article today stating that Dodge is basically offering 2 for 1 on their cars now.
• New Mitsubishi Outlander or Nissan Xtrail 12 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I am having a test drive in both next week any thoughts or comments, I expect to run for two years and 45000 miles