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• Another which car thread! 5 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  My brother is in need of a new car. He currently drives an ancient Fabia which has needed various bits replacing of late after it failed its MOT and broke down over the summer. My Mum is very kindly going to offer to buy him a new one, but doesn’t want to spend more than £6k plus the Fabia as p/x
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol Automatic 2001 - Automatic transmission problem 28 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  was puzzled because the the car crept forward when Neutral was selected. Later examination at a garage revealed the transmission fluid to be black. She has been quoted £3500-4500 to replace the gearbox which is clearly out of the question on such an old car. But there has been no attempt
• Polo 2011 1.2 - VW Polo 2011 electrics detective needed 24 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  My car is 4 yrs old, low mileage, never had a problem.  Went in for an MOT, came out with two warning lights (the brakes and EPC).  Taken it to two specialist garages who read a faulty code yet have no idea how to fix it, apparently the car seems fine.  One has just replaced
• Any - Best Cars for Long Term Ownership 11 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  over ten years old. I then contacted Vauxhall who although polite came back with the same response. Having hit a similar problem some years ago with Ford I have decided that any car I buy from now on will be from a manufacturer who is committed to long term owners. So who are the manufacturers have
• Reliable automatic hatchback around £10K 6 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  My wife's Citroen C3 1.6 Manual Airdream has done around 100K miles and its time to get another car (second hand around 3-4 years old) for her. Please can you provide me any suggestions. The annual mileage is roughly 16K-18K miles so I'm planning to get an Automatic car in a budget of £10K
• Reliabilie and economical - Buying a used car for taxi used 23 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  and it never lets me down. I only have 7000 budget for a used car but it has to be atleast 7 years old. I am thinking between avensis 1.8 petrol or e class, c class 2.1 and it has to be manual. Thanks for your time, all advice will be considered for my next step...
• Kia Sportage - Asked for Advice - was I right? 14 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  Currently overseas and last night visited a friend who bought a two year old Kia Sportage a few months ago.  He mentioned a problem with the car.  When the car is locked he can open the boot.   So I went out to the car and tried to open the boot, but it did not.  He
• Should I buy a small car? 6 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  My firm has moved offices and parking is limited to a small rear car park with narrow access and narrower spaces.  My S-max takes up too much space and we could probably park two small cars where mine goes. The journey to the new office is six miles of urban main road north out
• PCN on foreign number plate, Code: 12 Haringey 14 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  with DVLA, but I have not yet put the UK plates. Last night I parked in a P&display and residents bay. Paid for my stay.  The car in an old convertible, therefore do not lock the doors [they cut the hood]. On my return, I found a PCN a my winscreen. And no P&display ticket
• Which car best for my elderly German Shepherds? 26 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Hello everyone - can anyone please recommend which car would be best for my poor old German Shepherds to get in and out of (they're both 11 & can't jump up very well now).  The following features would be essential: - as  compact as possible (estates are out
• Engine Replacement - Warranty 7 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, My first post in quite a while... I bought a 2.5 year old car about 3 weeks ago from a main dealer. As the weather has got colder I noticed an odd sound, which has been diagnoised as piston slap. The car has done 17K and has a FSH. The dealer has advised that the manufacturer wants to change
• How good an indicator is mileage of condition ? 22 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  The used car market has reflected for many years that more miles = more depreciation. Take two otherwise identical five year old cars for example. One has 50k miles, has been driven properly, has a full service history, one private owner and is in good condition. It has, however, been used mainly
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - 1995 1.0 Car won't start after changing the stereo 16 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  some urgent help needed here please. My friends younger brother has a Mreg polo. We went to put a new stereo in for him yesterday but it did not go to well. The wires were in a terrible state and we couldnt wire the new one into them properly. so we put his old one back in but now it does
• 2006 Mondeo 1.8 Zetec v Vectra 1.9 CDTi 11 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  decent amount of baggage. I am not really interested in the minutiae of how it drives (the most enjoyable car I have driven in 30 years of driving was the wifes 10 year old 1ltr Fiat Uno!). Which would you choose - and can you think of anything better for the money?
• Private plate transferring 17 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  of plate occurs. Does all V5 etc etc go off to DVLA for them to reissue a new V5 to the old owner who then has to forward this to me? Or do I get the new V5 directly. Plus when i collect the car do i insure it on the current registration plate, and then change this back to the original when the private
• Automatic - v- Manual 23 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  and automatic fuel consumption, any car purchased will be between 5 to 7 years old with around 60000 to 80000 miles on the clock. Cheers
• Dealer Delivery Costs for New Cars 9 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Anyone have an idea how much a dealership pays to transport a new car to somewhere about 100 miles away and take back the old vehicle? I ask because the logic of lease companies means my new Mazda 6 will come from Leicester, even though the local Mazda dealer is a business centre and only 2 miles
• BMW 320D trouble 12 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  I have a BMW 320D bought at one year old. I bought it at new year from BMW. I think the last owner sold it because it has an unfixable fault. The car sometimes shakes, engine shakes, usually it runs fine. If you want to pull out into traffic then sometime the pick up is really bad. You put your
• Riding the clutch 3 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  by a rep from a car hire company having just returned a 3 week old diesel Zafira. We were sitting in a long queue of traffic at lights on a hill and had to wait for about 5 changes to get through and he refused to use the handbrake/footbrake. The smell from the clutch was pungent as we rocked back
• citroen ax cam belt 20 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  is the story!! While driving, the car just died(no banging or clattering from the engine). I had a look and found that there was no teeth on the cam belt at the crankshaft. I rotated the camshaft (clockwise), All seems ok?, not broken or siezed. Crankshaft turns when trying to start. Could it just be an old