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• Collective help from forum - Old friend driving dilemma Poor driving, 18 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  It is a bit of a story, so bear with me. I have an old friend, old in the sense that he is 73 soon and old friend in the sense that he has been a Good, and kind friend for many years, and generally asks for advice on medical matters from young rovergirl, although she is an Obstetrician
• Citroen DS3 - Tradesman won't answer calls 22 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  salesman name and he told me his name was Paul... i went to see the car and fell in love with it I had a little drive of it --- it felt ok but nothing like my old car which was a diesel I put it down to being a petrol it felt different --- the car was advertised for £3999 So I went back home
• Global Garage - Discovery Channel 26 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  and an East London mechanic with 40 years experience in the trade. Local goes and buys an absolute shed of a Toyota 2 door coupe - at least 30 years old. Apparently Bangladesh buys up most of Japan's ex motors and scraps them. Pays £1200 for it!. The car is a large number of holes held together with very
• the battery that came in out of the cold 25 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Returning home after three weeks away I was disappointed, but not surprised, to find the battery (the one I have previously spoken of in the Back room, 10 plus? years old) on my Volvo apparently flat, the starter would barely turn over, certainly not fast enough to start the engine, lights dimming
• Renault Clio - Looking for recommendations for my next car 17 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  Currently driving a 2010 1.2 16v Renault Clio Looking for a new car. I mainly drive to work in an urban area, but I like to get out and about on country lanes, A roads and the occasional motorway journey. The Clio has held it's own. Looking for my next car and would appreciate any advice
• to be decided - electric cars for the elderly 5 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  I am in my 80’s and run an ageing Honda Jazz iShift. Goes very well, but is now 14 years old. My wife drives the car mainly to visit nearby friends all within five mike radius. I use it for getting to a couple of social clubs I belong to. Our combined annual mileage is barely 2500 miles
• All makes - The new era of the car 29 May 2020 (Forum)
  Until the virus struck the environmentalist labelled driving as a sinful pleasure. Now the PM has advised us to avoid public transport. So could the virus rekindle the car industry ? And will your date be impressed by a driverless car while you sit back twiddling
• Various cars. - Touch up paints 20 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  I need to get a small amount of paint for touch up purposes on a range of cars including a 1969 Triumph Herald estate, Alfa Romeo Guilia Quatrofoglio, Aston Martin DB9, Alfa Romeo 156 GTA and a four year old Audi RS4 B8.        My nearest paint factor is thirty miles away
• Toyota - Buying a used imported car? (£3000) 14 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  Hello all, I’m going to look at a fairly low mileage Toyota Yaris auto at a dealer. The dealer isn’t sure where the car originated from although I’m sure the VIN will tell me this. It’s right-hand drive and mileage is in Km. The usual internet checks for MOT, etc, only go back two years (the car
• SAAB 9-3 - cat D insurance write off 4 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Can anybody help, I recently part ex my car with £500 for a car at a garage, Then two days later after the deal had been done and dusted and having the new car for two days the garage has phoned up saying my old car, in the past was at some point a CATD write off which I new nothing about
• What stopped your car? 23 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  In mumble mumble years of self maintenance, sadly no more due to the complexities of common rail diesels and computer controlled everything else. I have only had two car stopping breakdowns, (other than the odd puncture). One was the moving contact of a set of points snapping off, the other the low
• Assigning a private number plate 1 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, My wife has just bought a used car. We had a few weeks ago put her private plate on retention so we could sell her old car. Having never done it before how do we go about putting the plate on the new car? Do we have to wait until we get the logbook back from DVLA before we can asign the plate
• Poll 28. When do you change your car? 17 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  :- Poll 28. When do you change your car? When I get bored with the current one Every time I can afford to Always at a particular age (e.g. every time the car is 3
• small but perfectly formed? 28 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  hi, can you help. we are looking for a small, reliable, economical car. we have thought about the honda jazz,vw polo, fiesta, c3, seat ibiza and the skoda fabia. most of the time our car is parked on the drive or the works car park.there is just me and my husband and occasionally our 15 year old
• What value optional extras? 15 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  I am considering buying a 3-year old car in a German franchised dealers' "Approved Second-hand Scheme". What value is placed upon extras, such as Cd autochanger, Leather upholstery, etc., which might have cost an extra £1900 when the car was new? Do I have much haggling leeway here
• rover cylinder heads 28 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  i have a rover 400 series car which is 5year old and the cylinder head has blown and when i rang a garage to see if i could book it in they would not take me on saying they have 4 cars( rovers ) already in waiting to do . at the time my car went two other people that i work for said that they had
• Help! Japanese vs UK Cars 11 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Hi all. I am just going to buy a car and want to avoid a Japanese import (I'm just too much a novice buyer to buy foreign!!). Given that it will be either an old VTEC Prelude or a 300ZX, are there any guaranteed ways to tell if it is a UK/Japanese car? Also - just interested in which
• Is it cheaper ? - Buying outside UK 17 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  years old and with up to around 50k mls on with a good service history. I take the view that this is the point at which they represent the best deal. I then would look to get them up to 200k or more over 3-4 years by keeping them properly maintained. So far this has worked for me and my car
• Skoda, BMW, Audi and Toyota - Car opinions 7 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  I'm looking to buy a new used car approx 3 years old.  Am currently looking at a Skoda Karoq, BMW 2 Active Tourer, Audi A3 and Toyota C-HR.  Does anyone have any opinions on any of these please?  Things that are important to me are safety and reliability.  Heated seats
• Ford Fiesta - V5 Address and insurance claim 23 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  I moved house a few years back and totally oblivious forgot to change my address in a different city on the V5. The car is taxed and insured. I had an accident and the car is written off. The car is insured at the correct address. Will the wrong address on the v5 void the insurance or the write