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• Best Mega Mileage Safe Car 15 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  , Laguna Mercedes Diesel W124 old shape better built merc estate. Ford Mondeo tdci etc Please could someone suggest an alternative or recommend one of these cars. I currently use a Proton Wira and i have to say it is mega reliable but i question its safety. What price would i have to pay. Please would
• Ideal car for Taxi 16 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  deliveries for over 3 years as a part time driver so I know my way round. Would it be worth me selling my Volvo and buying a car that'll be less than 5 years old or just drive one of the taxi firm's cars? I would love to hear from you guys and in particular from any taxi or ex-taxi driver. Thanks
• Vauxhall Sintra car alarm problem 5 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, don't laugh but I've just bought a used Vauxhall Sintra. My 6yr old daughter played with the spare key fob during the purchase and now the car's power lock unlock still works fine. However, the alarm will not cancel until it has gone off.this is what happens , I press the unlock button
• Buying a car before selling mine. 3 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi I am going to look at a car for sale privately and intend selling mine afterwards. I have always traded mine in hassle free for a new one in the past. Just a few points of advice. Firstly, as I will have two cars until my old one is sold what will I have to do as far as insurance is concerned
• Service Query 16 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  My old car was always serviced at a main dealer during the time of my ownership, according to regulation intervals. I recently sold it to a family member (the original owner), who used to run his own garage. He thought it was a bit sluggish, so decided to service the car himself (I'd had it done
• Increased Submarining Risk with Car Rugs 7 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, If that doesn't win me the strangest title prize nothing will. We are about to go to France, driving down to the Dordogne over two days. Our 8 year old will be in his booster seat (standard Britax model) in the back. In the past we've put it on a car rug so we can just shake out all the bits
• HP and repossession 4 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  ://www.nationaldebtline.co.uk/england_factsheets/factsheet_16.php3#8 Does anyone know if this is the case? It doesn't apply to me (one old car owned outright, one company car) but seemed interesting!
• Quick car radio question... 17 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm only prompted to ask this question because a radio station that I used to like to listen to in my car has suddenly given up on FM and moved to medium wave. When I was driving my old R5, I could only ever get FM stations, and I put this down to the car/its electrics/the way I'd fitted
• Cheap to run cars 30 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  I drive 20,000 miles a year (mainly commuting/business) but have little money to spend on purchase of vehicles. I have found that large old Fords (Cortinas, Capris currently a Granada) to be reliable, durable and reasonably priced (sub £500). They have the disadvantage of sub 30mpg. When I have
• Volkswagen Scirocco - 1.4 TSI engine 20 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  so many. There was even a piece in a car magazine in 2013 saying that it is a known problem. To add insult to injury, our son leases his car and he can return it in September. Neither the lease company or the finance company want to know, so at 20 years old, he is left with an enormous bill
• Chrysler Sebring - Chrysler TPMS & new MOT 18 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  I have a six year old Sebring, obviously an American car where I believe it's mandatory to have tyre pressure monitoring systems. Anyway about 2 years ago when I needed to replace all 4 tyres on top of a service, I decided not to have all the TPMS sensors refitted due to the ridiculous cost
• Fiat Qubo or alternative - Fiat Qubo or...? 8 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  she closed one of her  shops (she assumed that only one car would be necessary and our main business car is a FIAT Doblo). Now the automatic gearbox has gone on the Mercedes and she's looking for a second car (having recalculated and found it would, after all, be useful). She wants
• vw golf mk6 gt 1.4 tsi 160 - VW warranty repair 21 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, My golf has just suffered the piston damage and loss of compression problem that has been reported on the internet. Mine was 19 months old and 34K miles when I noticed the symptoms. I got it straight into the dealer so did not get the bore damage that others have suffered
• Mitsubishi servicing requirements 13 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Hi there, I was wondering if any of you knowledgable people could give me some advice please! I have just bought a used Mitsubishi Colt (05 plate, 8500 miles, registered end of June 2005) as a second car/runaround. I bought it from a 'reputable' dealer with many dealerships nationwide, although
• Mondeo TD (Endura DE) oil recommendation 25 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  I have just discovered that I have been filling my Mondeo TD with the "wrong" oil and would appreciate your views. With the Endura DE being a conventional, old tech diesel, at the last two services I have just been out and bought a good quality 10W/40 semi synthetic diesel oil wherever I could
• Goodwood Festival of Speed 19 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  , rally cars, old cars,new cars and some that never should have existed. I drove down on friday as the public were leaving and the last 20 miles had a constant stream of interesting cars coming the other way - Ferraris including an F40, Maseratis, TVRs, 7s, lots of vintage cars, and a Toyota iQ. I went
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - Warranty: cover with irregular Service History 27 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have just bought a 3 year old Mondeo from a dealer in Southampton, with 30K on the clock. I found the car on the internet and went to view and purchase the car yesterday. When I originally phoned about the car, I asked if there was a full service history and I was told there was. I did a visual
• Toyota Yaris - Rejecting car to being repaired 20 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Hi basically my car was involved in a accident which was not my fault last thursday..its a 2 month old toyota yaris hybrid t-spirit from what i can see it will need a new front bumper, headlight, wing also the fog light is smashed and alloy damaged with a chuck missing out of the tyre...the car
• BMW X3 - BMW X3 self started 27 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  BMW X3 (wonderful car) , 6 weeks old, was parked, engine stopped (stop/start function), we locked the car and went to an event about 200 yards away.  It was announced at the event that the car engine was running and please return to the car.  The car was still locked when we arrived
• Haynes photo cars - what happens to them? 3 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Something I've often wondered. Haynes (and presumably others), completely strip down and rebuild a car to produce a workshop manual. I remember on the old style of manual they had a photo of a car on the rear cover (a Montego IIRC) as a bare shell on axle stands, with all the mechanical parts