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• Any - Recommended insurer for teenage son's first car 17 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  My teenage son is soon to take his driving test, and will be buying his first car (something like a 10-year-old Fiesta / Clio / Corsa etc). Anyone got any recommendations for which insurance firm to approach?  My wife and I are both on Direct Line, but I can't imagine them offering
• MINI Convertible 2010 - clutch/flywheel 4 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I contacted you before but failed to make clear that the car is less than 3 years old and owned from new. I would be grateful to know what sort of driving style could lead to catastriphic clutch failure after only 11300 miles. The pattern of driving is no different from previous cars
• FIAT Panda - Traction Control on new cars 17 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Anyone know if all new cars have to have some form of traction control? My 2012 old model Panta 1.2 Active Eco cuts out in bottom gear when accelerating hard. It doesn't have the ASR button of higher spec models or the ESP warning light, the two traction control items referred
• Renault Megane Coupe + Cabrio - worn disc brakes 16 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  My 2008 registered car failed it's 1st mot yesterday. The garage stated it required new discs and pads. As the car has done only 27000 mls can you tell me if this is normal for a three year old car with this mileage. I really feel it's quite excessive as I had a vauxhall vectra with 65,000 mls
• V W Golf 1.6 FSI (07 Plate) - Clutch Judder 21 May 2011 (Forum)
  When starting from a sligh incline the car judders. If I increase the revs the car will start. There is a high take up for the 'bit' on the clutch. Do I need a new clutch??, if so, what cost am I looking at for supple and fit. Do I also need to look to replace the 'cam belt' as the car is 4
• Renault Clio - car insurance query 28 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  My 20 yr-old daughter this year arranged her own car insurance and has learned the lesson of looking at the small print having been charged £100 for four mid-term changes. Hard lesson but my question is:is there a rough percentage increase when the same 3PFT cover is kept but the vehicle
• 8-10k budget - help wanted 20 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Looking for advice on a sporty car, Want something fast preferably 0-60 under 8 seconds. Budget £8k but can stretch to 9k. I'm 21 so certain cars insurance is too much, old porsche boxters, s2000's etc Looked at Z4's and rx8's as well as cooper s's Any recommendations? Don't want
• Peugeot - 06 2.0 ECU failure 30 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  The car was ok when last driven but failed to start next day, turned over though. Diagnosed as ECU failure. I know this is a long shot but this is all I can think of. Carpenter using electric circular sander within 4or 5 yards of the car prior to car use. Is there any possibility that the electric
• Police traffic (Road policing) cars. 19 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Would any of the Police traffic drivers we chat with (and occaisionally harrass), care to tell us what work cars they drive, (realise you may only want to talk about the marked ones). Do you prefer front or rear wheel drive, what is more useful, speed or acceleration, which ones handle a load best
• Why do some people flash cars with xenons? 22 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I'm not talking about the boy racers who have stuck xenons into their old bangers but a new car with xenons fitted as an (expensive) option. I have travelled in identical models on the same rural road at night. Without xenons the dipped beams were really poor and it was really difficult to see
• petrol consumption in brand new cars 17 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I've recently bought a new honda jazz 1.4 SE to replace an indentical model that was 5 years old. I'm very disappointed to be getting around 10mpg less for indentical journeys. I'm a "green" driver with a very gentle right foot. I've never had a brand new car before. The Honda dealer says its
• Do i need to tell dealer anything 15 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I have bought a new car this week and traded in my old car. The dealer has given me bottom trade price for trade in without seeing the car or asking about its condition but i know there is a problem with the steering, question is do i need to tell them especially when all they will do is put
• Rover - 07 reg Rover -- How?? 8 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  year old car drive away with a newarly new registration mark?
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - Buying one from Auction 19 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  My brother is looking to buy a 2 to 3 years old ideally Octavia TDi and he's thinking of going to auction, I'm going with him next week. Just would like a few do''s and dont's when buying a car from auction. The car would be used as a private hire so you could suggest others which you think
• 2nd Car Insurance 19 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I`ve been told i cant use my full n.c.b on a second policy. Why not? What a complete con! The fact i have two cars doesnt make me a worse driver does it? I can only drive one at a time so i`m stumped to see the reasoning behind it other than greed on the insurers part. Am i mistaken? (apologies
• MB servicing con? 29 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Hello, My wife drives the old style 'A' MB. The car was taken by MB today and returned with it service book duly stamped for the ''A'' service. What concerns me that the MB main dealer did not use Mobil 1 as stipulated in their 'warranty policy statement' but used another brand of Mobil. when
• Pay under warranty ? Mazda misfire 26 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  , any idea as to what it could be ? (HT leads ? spark-plugs ? the car's just under 3 yrs old and has only covered 25,000 miles)
• Is there a Mazda 6 clutch issue 8 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all, Someone I know has a 10,000 mile, 1 year old Mazda 6 diesel which has worn out its clutch. Is this a known problem with this car? He has taken other cars to the 100,000mile mark before without the need for a new clutch, so it doesn't appear the problem is down to him, though you never know
• Auctions vs. car supermarkets 27 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  It has been decreed that new car time is rapidly approaching, so I am trying to find the best place to buy a three-ish year old Picasso. Ten years ago there was a definite price advantage in favour of the auctions (taking into account risk, no test drives, hassle etc) but now I get the impression
• Another number plate query 30 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I was wondering if someone could explain something to me. The plate on my old Mini is pretty good (sad I know, but its one of the reasons why I bought the car) but the car is getting on and may get to a point in the future where I decide to sell it. However, I would be interested to know