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• Buying my first car - my experience 24 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Last year, I went looking at old Ford Fiesta Mk5s to buy my first car. First I went to see was a Y reg Fiesta Flight 1.3 in White, around 10,000 miles on the clock, supposed to be 1 previous owner, an old guy. The salesman started the engine with the bonnet open, let me have a quick look
• Using the starter to move the car in an emergency 31 May 2023 (Forum)
  was flooding the engine on a level crossing) you put the car into second or reverse and use the starter motor to get you to safety. Is there a way that can still be done on a modern car? Certainly on the cars we have we couldn't do it. The starter simply doesn't turn when in gear. I appreciate it is somewhat
• Can I buy a new car if DVLA have wrong address? 12 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  driving license and logbook away to make the change at it could take 6 weeks. But I need a new car now. Will the out of date details be a problem when buying a new car (will not be trading in the old one as will sort the log book and address out etc before selling/scrapping). Thanks
• Any - Unregulated Solar Car Battery Charger 26 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  . http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/solar-powered-12v-15w-battery-auto-trickle-charger-l58bf Since my car sits idle a lot without convenient mains access that might be useful. Insolation can be quite high in Taiwan, plus the car is old low-tech so has little built-in parasitic drain
• automatic cars and pedal confusion 3 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  Reading about the terrible case of the the 2 poor ladies knocked down and killed by an 87 year old motorist who floored the accelerator instead of the brake while driving in reverse.. This is not an uncommon problem with drivers who only use the right foot to brake and accelerate,how
• Taxing someone else's car 4 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Wonder if anyone knows the answer, cant find anything on Yougov. My son and his partner have gone on holiday and will not be back in the UK until early Tuesday morning. His partner forgot to tax her year old car (no MOT needed) before they left. She will need to drive the 'untaxed' car
• Golf 1.6tdi se DSG - VW warranty 29 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  the warranty period.  What if i'm offered an appointment that is a few days over the warrnaty period/deadline. I bought the car as a one year old car and the car has a standard 3 year new car warrnaty.  The loose trim i think is due to a poor dealer repair carried out under the first owner
• Toyota Yaris v Citreon C1 15 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  My 22 year old daughter needs a car and has £2,000 to spend on the car itself. I can't decide which would be best between a 2007 C1 with 75,000 miles or a 2004 Toyota Yaris with 70,000 miles. I'm looking at both cars tomorrow afternoon, I reckon I can get both down to around £2,000
• VW Golf mk7 GT DSG 1.4tsi - Auto Hold 29 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  of the car, it only seems to be jerky when on the flat and works ok on a hill, not too sure what to do next other than turn it off as in my opinion it's not operating correctly. I also don't like the term characteristic of the car just because they cannot find a fault. The car is @5 months old and has done
• any - px to clear/ any recommendations? 28 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm a 19 yr old young man about to go to uni. I been on autotrader to see a few cars as I just passed my test. On some of the ads, they put in the description "px to clear". I been on Google to find out what this means but I'm getting various answers. Does this px to clear actually mean
• Cancelling policy with 3 weeks to go - ncb? 8 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  I am buying a new car.  Have 3 weeks left on the policy on my current car. I plan to take out a brand new insurance policy for the new car - possibly another provider.  As I have not completed this full year with the old car, I only have 10 years noclaims rather than what
• Honda CRV 2.0i VTEC ES - Any Advice 18 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  After much agonising over what dog friendly car to buy i finally put a deposit down on a 2 year old CRV petrol automatic.  Having read all the reviews i found the car to be smooth, pretty good on acceleration and very comfortable. Sure the plastics are so, so inside but it did feel
• Advice please! 26 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi People, after searching the web for a car buying forum, I came across this one and it looks the most appealing! I'm after some advice regarding purchasing a new car please, i'm very confused! Right, so I want to buy a used car (maybe 1 year old). However, I
• car incurance ncd 15 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  thought as she had not had an accident for the last 5 years this qualified as 5 years no claims , anyway about a week after being insure she had an accident with another car currently we are having problems getting proof that she was previously insured with her old company / previous insurer , they did
• Corsa 1.4 16v - Water level 23 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Looked over an old (think it may have been N reg) Corsa the other day and I noticed the water level when just started from cold was not visible in the header tank. When the engine was turned off (hot by this time) the level was visible at the cold level on the tank. In view of the cars age I
• Timing belts/chains 20 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  if it failed suddenly? Older cars have chains which seem to last the life of the engine and with no need of adjustment. Also it is not an easy task on some cars to renew this. If it was just a case of slipping on a new belt (like in the old fan belt days), without dismantling half the car, then there would
• BMW 3-Series E36 (1991 - 1998) - A 318se for free? 26 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  fine. Given that I drive old cars anyway (my current "good" car is a Mondeo circa 1996) and I need to replace our second car (ancient small Fiat), would it be wise for me to take on this 318se and get it repaired? Do BMWs make good older cars or do they become too expensive to mantain and repair? All
• Alfa Romeo 159 (2006 - ) - Alfa 5 pot Diesel Cambelts 31 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  of the engine. I shudder to think of the cost.I remember driving a Marea estate hire car a few years ago with the petrol 5 and it looked tight in the bay. That was quite a nice old bus but I suspect if the governments retro car tax goes ahead many will be scrapped(£400 a year for a car worth a few grand but I
• The last car with . . . 20 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  In ifithelp's "That's something you rarely see these days" thread, pmh wrote "What would be interesting, is to take all the items listed in this thread and identify the last car to which they were fitted." Which got me thinking. What (& when) was the last mainstream car marketed
• How NOT to buy a car! 12 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Just sold the Mondeo on Ebay for £655! To a very pleasant Polish chap who is flying in tomorrow evening to pick it up and take it back to Poland. He has excellent feedback and got straight in touch, so seems to be serious. I know it's a cheap car, but it's still £650 on a car he hasn't seen