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  Why don't you support the Protection of Freedoms Bill? 12 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I know some of what is in the Protection of Freedoms Bill because I have been talking and writing about it for some time. Thank you for sending the draft...
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  VED up 1 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Yesterday, my car was clamped. I was rather surprised because it was correctly parked, but it seems that the tax was out of date. I didn't know it was...
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  Parking ticket dispute - are they allowed to take me to court? 26 Jul 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Thanks for your help thus far, a while ago, I asked about parking on private land and not displaying correctly, the ticket was issued 05/01/2013, I wrote...
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  I'm worried about the full tank of petrol in my stored car during lockdown. Should I drain it? 17 Apr 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I do not expect to use my car for another three weeks due to the coronavirus lockdown. It has already been stored in the garage for three weeks. I'm following...
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  Bought a pre-reg car, but don't have the logbook 25 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I note in your column in Saturday's Telegraph that you said NOT to buy a car if you did not get the logbook immediately, even if pre-reg. I feel that at...
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  Fiesta Ecoboost Clutch Problems 30 Sep 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 1.0 Ecoboost new in 2014. Within 1200 miles I twice reported clutch problems - smell, inability to engage gears. On diagnosis (a drive around...
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  Low Emission Zone 16 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Outside the remit of cars, but your comments would be appreciated, please. We own a 2001 VW Transporter van, which we use almost weekly to visit our children...
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  As a manual driver for 52 years, I am struggling to learn to left-foot brake when driving an automatic. 13 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  While your advice to use both feet may be perfectly sensible for many drivers, for someone like me, 70 years old, an owner and driver of cars - mostly...
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  My bothers keeper 28 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I wrote the following letter to: The RT Honourable Phillip HAMMOND MP, Norman BAKER MP, Mike PENNING MP, Theresa VILLIERS MP and Tim LOUGHTON MP: “I am...
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  Should local councils ensure they do not mislead drivers using car parking facilities? 9 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Is a local authority extorting money by false pretences when its pay-and-display machine takes your money and issues a ticket for a time when parking is...
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  What should I do before leaving my hybrid parked for five weeks? 2 Oct 2023 (Ask HJ)
  In January I will be going on a cruise for five weeks. My car, a Lexus RX hybrid, will be left on my driveway. What advice would you give me on leaving...
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  What could be causing this gearbox fault in my automatic Citroen Picasso? 14 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have an intermittent fault with a 2006 Citroen Picasso 2.0i Desire automatic and wonder if you have come across this before I place the car in the hands...
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  My new 508 has a fault 20 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have just taken delivery of a brand new diesel Peugeot 508 SW. It arrived with the towing eye cover missing. This was pointed out to them by me and...
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  Is box junction enforcement being used as a cash cow? 21 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I would suggest to RW that charges for stopping in a box junction are not just ‘a way to extort yet more money from the motorist’ but actually a national...
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  Can I use my Category N write off on the road again? 17 Apr 2024 (Ask HJ)
  Can I still drive my Cat N car? My car was hit by a police car while it was parked and after 4 months of trying to get them to repair it their insurance...
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  Current pun 9 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2000X BMW 530D estate, which my father had owned from nearly new. Over the past 8 months it has developed an intermittent battery drain fault...
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  Spring breaks 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst driving my BMW 318 along Boundary Lane in Congleton, there was, as I drove over one of the 11 sets of totally unnecessary speed humps in 1,200 yards,...
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  How can I stop the suction mount of my dash cam falling off? 30 Apr 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I have a windscreen suction mount on my dash cam. It works fine on cloudy days however when the car is parked up with sunshine beating down on the windscreen...
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  Benefits of upgrading my carburettor 17 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased a B reg Mercedes-Benz 190 2.0-litre carburetter model with only 26,000 genuine miles and have since done another 15,000. Everything...
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  Used York 2 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  We propose to buy a second hand car for our 23-year-old son after he has passed his test in the next couple of months. He lives in Leeds LS4 2HG and will...