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• Golf Mk VII Estate - Golf MkVII Estate - Handbrake? 9 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  In the What's Good  section of the Golf MkVII Estate review under trim levels there is a reference to "......a leather trimmed handbrake grip".  Does this mean that the new estate does NOT have an electronic parking brake? This is the one feature that puts me off buying this car. I am
• Any - Power Steering Fluid 8 May 2013 (Forum)
  Does this need changing at regular intervals ? I just topped it up in the office runabout car, a Mondeo 2.0 Estate 2008, and I put a bit too much in, so I sucked the excess out with a syringe, and noticed that the old stuff is kind of chocolate colour, and the new stuff much clearer
• Any - Intergalactic Mileage Oil Burners. 2 May 2013 (Forum)
  I am interested in any experience of ownership of high mile oil burners. Any make or model, any problems. What are considered to be the best ? Mileage recorded etc. My current car is a Seat Exeo 143 diesel SE. 37 months old, 93,000 miles. Full main dealer service history and just seems to get
• Mitsubushi 1 2 Mivec 3 automatic MIRAGE - is this a true automatic? 17 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  I have at the moment a Renault Clio Expression AUTOMATIC which is great but the petrol consumption is only in the 20's. This car seems to good to be true... Automatic... no road tax... and 61 mpg. But I can only drive the True old fashion automatics What size
• NHS Salary Sacrifice 20 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi The NHS Trust i work for has stopped the "old" lease car system and have plans in the near future to bring in a salary sacrifice system. Does any body have good or bad experinces of this salary sacrifice scheme? and would any body know where i could get a quote or 2 so i
• Audi A4 - steering problems with A4 14 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  My sons A4 is a high mileage diesel estate about 10 years old. Recently the car has been difficult to steer, pulling both sides, going where it wants on bumpy roads etc. The tracking has been checked, the tyres are ok and the local garage has had it up on the ramp and cant see any
• Mercedes E Class saloon - which one to buy? 5 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Looking to treat myself to a 2/3 year old E Class saloon. Needs to be automatic and I quite fancy the flippy paddles to gearshift.  I like my cars to be fairly quick  but not to AMG standard. Therefore fuel economy is not an issue here. Can anybody recommend a model and also what
• Peugeot 406 hdi 90 - puegoet 30 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  i have recently noticed that i have a slight viberation/judder coming from low down in the engine bay or possibly gearbox when driving under load,its been suggested that this could be the flywheel,the car has 76000miles on the clock and a full peugoet service history,its a 2003 saloon and ive
• nissan micra 2005 - timing chains 20 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  there is a problem with the timing chain on my micra we suspect, camshaft and crankshaft sensor has been changed. I hear this is a very expensive job what i would like to know is if this is a common problem with  micras off this year the milage off this car is not high.  I had a 1998
• Seen Anything New/Unusual Resurrection 3 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Thought i'd kick off part three of our journey around HJ member's travels searching for any car (or any type of vehicle) which has been new, unusual, surprising in any way. I'll kick this one off as this morning i was at a roundabout behind an old Oldsmobile Cutlass in red with a white roof
• Biodiesel 29 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Just been into Jet garage and noticed that the diesel has transfers on the pumps saying (contains up to 7% biodiesal). Now I am normally an observant person and would have noticed this before and the fact that the transfers look new compared to the diesel transfers that are old and worn
• CCTV enforcement. 22 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  On another thread the conviction of people reversing up a slip road has been discussed. As there is never a traffic car when you need one, should traffic trained police officers, (not council jobsworths), use fixed CCTV cameras monitored in a control room to prosecute dangerous driving and other
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 02 1.8 What are Track Correcting Bearings 21 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  A few yeas ago, the VW brochures for the old shape Passat used to talk about track correcting front wheel bearings. I would assume that this would be true of the Audi and Skoda range also as they share most of the underpinnings. What are these and does anyone know if they are still used
• New 1-50 insurance group classification system 6 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/new_insurance_groups_introduced.html My 1.3 Ka has gone from insurance group 3 under the old scheme, to 11 on this new scheme. I really hope this doesn't hike up my premium - this year finally looked like the first year the insurance would actually
• Driver always at fault / guilty? 3 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Is there an assumption that a driver is always in the wrong if he or she hits or damages someone or thing with no witnesses. I am a firm believer that cars don't skid, mount the pavement, or hit the scenery, the driver looses control. But what if someone with a music player with volume that would
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.6 Misfire 7 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  to spend too much on an old Car.
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 97 2.0 Jerky at low revs. 23 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  If you back off the throttle and then go back on the car is very jerky. It will also occasionally be hesitant when accelerating. It has had new plugs, distributor cap and rotor arm; the leads are about 3 years old. It feels more like a fuelling/metering fault. Any ideas?
• Scratch removal 12 May 2009 (Forum)
  I have a large scratch (not that bad) on my Corsa's door and it is annoying me as the rest of the car is in pretty much new condition. I have t-cutted it and it looks a little better but thinking I need to get this done professionaly. Are they any cheap places that do this sort of work? Halfords
• Audi A8 (2003 - 2010) - Paint problems 1 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  My Audi A8 3.0 litre TDI is three years old with 29000 miles and it is suffering from severe stonechips on the bonnet. Audi have checked and say there is no problem. My previous cars Jaguar and BMW did not have this problem with the same kind of use. Audi dealership say not their problem. Has
• Land Rover Freelander 2 (2006 - ) - Freelander 2 or C-Crosser 7 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Can't make up my mind betw Freelander 2 or C-Crosser. Budget is for 1 yr old HSE or Exclusive (and a manual). Won't do much off-road but reliability and drive enjoyment crucial. Reckon on keeping car for 3-4 ys but which better residual. Comments welcome!