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• Diesel engine disaster 22 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  with my Ford diesel Mondeo? The car is a 2004(04) model and has done 22500 miles. I purchased it from a well known car supermarket which it was just nine months old with about 12000 miles showing. It ran well until the hot weather in early summer when it started to lose power and stutter. Over
• So would you buy and oldish diesel.... 26 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  mileage at 65k miles), so it has to go (I have space for only one car). Having had the fun and engagement of the 968, I fancy something a bit more 'luxo barge' like, and given that I am up to about 15k miles per annum, diesel makes more sense. But what to get - 5-6 year old diesels are going to have 80k
• Audi A4 Tdi (90BHP) no boost & noisy 4 May 2006 (Forum)
  appeared to be more noisey........reminded me of the old Fourtrak 2.8TD. Anyway, pulled out of the drive thinking it was just me and pulled away, definatley more noise (not grinding, just more noise) and a massive lack of power...basically she is driving like a Nat Asp Car, no Turbo. I pulled over
• a Newer car. Used. Your suggestions 30 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  Hello! Please help me choose the right car. My budget is no more than £ 8000. Used car, but a reliable, economical main condition and an automatic, preferably Japanese. My very old diesel Volkswagen Lupo is completely unusable. And now I want a more comfortable car and a bigger one. I
• Buying a C cat car from far away and on CC 25 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  at. The car is in the region of £5.5k, two years old. If the car develops a fault within a reasonable time period, ie six months, will the garage be liable regardless of their no warranty claim? Also, if I pay on credit card what additional protection would I have? Ie, if there was a major repair
• Ford Fiesta - Drive Assist claiming damage to loan car. 24 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  My daughter was lent a car by Drive Assist whilst her car was being repaired after her car was hit behind at a junction. It's just been picked up by Drive Assist as her car has now been repaired and, after an  inch by inch inspection the guy collecting the car claimed
• What is reliability ? 31 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  be saying the car was unreliable but I just took it as one of those things you get on running a nine year old car which has done over 100,000 miles.
• Audi A3 + S3 (2001 - 2003) - Urgent. Can you lock this car without the key? 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Just had a call from my ex-wife. She is staying in our daughter's house while the daughter is away with husband and nippers. A neighbour told her the car seemed to be open. One of the doors was on the latch, and they are all unlocked. It's an Audi A3 diesel, five years old or so. I don't know
• Buying a car with an inordinately low mileage. 1 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Would anybody recommend buying a car at 5-10 years old that has averaged less than 1000 miles per year? The main issue I can see with buying a pensioners shopping car is that in all its life, it may never have had a decent run at full operating temperature. On the other hand, if the mileage is so
• Tracing the history of a Mini 11 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  the car was bought at 6 months old from a local dealer) leads us to believe that the car was originally a press or brochure car. Does anyone know how to find out the history of his current car, i.e., whether it was used in any road tests or brochures, or what the car spent the first six months of its
• Volkswagen Phaeton (2002 - ) - Am I nuts? Or just plain old fashioned mad? 7 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I was in my local VW dealer yesterday looking at trading in the good wife's Touran for a new one. She's lucky enough to have just got a fantastic new job with a very generous car allowance, and is therefore expected to have something new and reliable for the job. So, the 4 year old Touran
• How much to pay for a 2nd hand car 17 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I would welcome a bit of advice about what I should pay for a 2nd hand car. I need to change my current Passat for a similar sized car asap. My wife and I have trawled around the local garages and have decided on either a year old Passat or a year old Mondeo. We would like an Accord or a CRV
• Hell's Granny hit and run! 6 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  It's been one of those days today but capped off by having a hit and run this evening when dropping my son off for work. I had dropped him off at the local supermarket where he works and was waiting to turn out of the service road into the main access road when I saw an old lady in one
• Swapped the wifes car (cars) 24 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  As you will possibly remember the wife has been a very happy Kia Ceed SW CRDi owner for nearly 5 years. Last October she "inherited" my dads 7 1/2 year old Nissan Micra when he gave up driving. Since then we have been coping with 4 cars in the household reasonably well but space is tight
• Taking car to be scrapped, mechanics insurance? 15 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  Hello all, Hoping for some advice on my dilemma. My old car is in my mechanics garage but he's not back in work for 7 days due to getting hospital treatment. My insurer for this car has it's next months payment due in 3 days and I want to cancel the insurance before I am next
• Lease ar - Buying a lease car that I leased private UK tax 30 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  I lease a car. From new.  Now 4yrs old and end of lease. I am retiring. I want to keep the car however uk tax laws say I can't buy it.  But a mate can.  So one of my mates buys it. I lend him the money, v5 goes in his name for a week then he sells it for a £1 to me. I know
• any - V5 missing 16 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Yesterday I paid a small deposit on a car at an independent dealer but the V5 was not produced and I forgot to ask for it. The car is about 5 years old with one previous owner I am told. Today they have called to say it's ready for collection. I asked about the V5 and was told they don't have
• Flat batteries and unused cars 28 May 2020 (Forum)
  or started since the end of march. On average they are between five to eight years old.  With the slow  return to work about to begin-I wonder how many flat battery, locked brakes and non starting callouts there might be in the next few days? If none-then isn't it amazing how modern cars can
• Mazda 2 - Buying a used car - advice please 28 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, First time posting here. I was after some advice please as I'm looking for a reliable automatic for my wife's first car. I have found a mazda 2 which is 8 year's old and on it's recent MOT  it mentions two advisories for : surface corrosion rear axle and slight
• Any - Headlights 15 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  When driving at night, there now seems to be more glare than ever before. With the new headlights being fitted there just seems to be a constant glare. This is more noticeable with cars up to 3 years old. most cars have a thumbwheel to angle headlamps further down but very few seem