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• First timer - nissan 25 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  Afternoon After years and years and years and years of not doing it, decided this year's resolution was to learn to drive and thankfully passed my test last week. Thanks to some other life issues which have unexpectedly turned up I'm probably looking at a budget of between £1
• Volvo S40 - Missing documentation 18 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  . All this is getting very frustrating and looks as though I shall be having to cough up £25 for a duplicate V5c plus the cost of a 60 mile round journey to the nearest DLO. Do you think I would be be within my rights to claim these costs plus any increase in VED from the dealership
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  Buying a Skoda Yeti - petrol or diesel? 15 Sep 2016 (Ask HJ)
  We have a 2004 BMW saloon 2.0 diesel which we are passing on to our son. We are looking at buying a Skoda Yeti to replace it. My husband wants another...
• Auction visit 3 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  it was showing. Exhaust was blowing too. It made £2,700 plus £350 in fees. Someone is in for a nasty surprise when they pick this one up. It’s a £1,200 car in my opinion. 2018 BMW X3 2.0 diesel with loads of kit, 24,000 miles, full history and needing no paint. Just needed a good valet inside made £22,000 plus
• 17yr old male drivers......insurance......again!! 22 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  coming in at £2,050 for a group 1 car with pass plus succesfully completed. Is there any way of reducing this? According to my son, many kids just simply can't/don't bother with insurance.....so premiums go up.......so less people bother.....so premiums go up..... We're
• S-Max to go same way as Signum 23 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Saw a new S-Max while passing my local Ford dealer today and it looks quite attractive, albeit they had a new Galaxy along side and I had to wonder why the front-end looks to be the same on both models? I would have thought this would dilute the image of the S-max somewhat. Anyway, can anyone see
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  Is my 2006 Toyota Prius likely to develop problems as the mileage passes 100,000? 6 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have owned from new a 2006/56 Toyota Prius for five years. At 15,000 miles per year, the current mileage stands at 75,000. It has been maintained by...
• Insurance: change car / add young driver 24 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  we're insuring against what he might do to the rest of you out there ... 2. Will passing his test and doing Pass Plus make much difference to the cost of adding son? If it will, it's worth waiting to see how he gets without additional practice. If it won't, we might as well bite the bullet and do
• Ford C-MAX 1.6 Petrol (57) 2008 - Minor exhaust leak Flexi Pipe 27 May 2019 (Forum)
  Hi all, I recently took the C Max 1.6 Petrol 57 plate for it's MOT and it passed but had an advisory for a minor leak on the exhaust flexi pipe. I understand that the Manifold, Cat and Flexi are one unit and are expensive to replace. I have found a repair pipe on ebay that looks like a good
• Honda Accord Tourer - Honda MARIS system - anybody used it? 8 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  I need to get some guidance on changing headlamp units from dip left to dip right as required to pass the French MOT next march. I have the units as original parts from Coxes Honda in the UK. By guidance I mean mostly the removal and replacement of the front bumper/grille, as there is rather
• any - Damage - to claim or not 20 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  slight filling I suspect, plus a couple of scuffs to the door paint work. What are his options please?  eg. he does not seem to want to report to his insurers, but it's still under warranty with Landrover, this is an expensive Range Rover BTW. Does he report to his insurer and hopefully after
• Airbag Expiry Date - MOT Failure?? 10 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  be just too expensive to justify. For instance, an airbag fault or if the airbags have passed their expiry date would be a MoT test failure and the cost of fitting new airbags is very high. I've read in a Skoda service schedule
• CLK 320 - four year report 6 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  in Kingsclere and a 'b' service nearer £450 every 2 years. Apart from tyres and brakes the pse pump went which was around £600 and the roof mechanism failed....£1000 plus at the main dealers....£100 at indie who replaced a part. Passed its mot this morning with advisories on tyres. I've done 10k a year
• France/Italy or Scotland - Early March or May? 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  We have two touring by car (well - austerity van ;-) trips this spring to still sort out. The previously mentioned run down past Azincourt - route Napoleon and into the top of Italy. Plus possibly a trip into the north west highlands of Scotland in a rented cottage north of Applecross. Unsure
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  I want to insure my 22-year-old daughter on the family's Vauxhall Tigra but it's very expensive - should we replace it? 3 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a September 2000 Vauxhall Tigra with 67,000 miles on the clock. Since breaking my wrist earlier in the year I have re-discovered the joys of public...
• '98 Astra rear shock absorber 5 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  On way home from the weekly shop yesterday, passed through some speed humps, and noticed a knock at the rear of the car. Thinking "Oh damn my exhaust hanger has come off again" I carried on for home trying to ignore it! Hubby had a look when I got home and to our shock (excuse the pun!) the rear
• BMW X5 used off road - shock! 14 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I was travelling for a meeting with a local company this morning. Had to take a kind of 'bypass' dual carriageway with traffic travelling 70-80mph, plus slower trucks. It was raining and very windy, even though the road runs in a cutting. A BMW X5 came past me at about 80-85mph and pulled
• Motorised roller skates 18 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  , and impossible to see when it was behind you as its lights were no more than six inches above ground level. It also seemed very unstable due to its four inch diameter wheels and high c of g. Given all this plus the fact that its top speed seemed to be about walking pace and that it wasn't taxed or licensed
• Car for young driver 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  to be about £1100 on a typical group 2 or 3 car. He has his Pass Plus also which will help to reduce his premium slightly. Anyway, does this seem a suitable car for a young driver? I have seen some decent looking P reg ones with about 50K miles on for less than 3K and they seem well specified. Any young
• Jeep Grand Cherokee, VW Touareg - another "which car" thread... sorry 1 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  hi and yes, this is one of THOSE threads. My father recently passed away and once the house is sold i am doing the adult thing of clearing loans and putting something aside, but i would also like to change my car. i currently have a 2005 honda cr-v 2.2 i-cdti which is the first