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  Power straggle 30 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I'm hoping you may be able to find the answer to what seems to be an unanswerable question. Why does the UK 1988-1991 UK Honda CRX 1.6i-VT have 150bhp...
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  Rental arithmetic 7 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  We have been offered a year old Ford Focus Titanium, imported to the UK from Jersey, and on your advice I have also looked at drivethedeal.com which has...
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  Hot Eire 17 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My son now lives in Dublin and he is interested in buying a new or nearly new Ford Mondeo. However, we have been shocked by the high price of cars in Ireland,...
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  Hip, step and jump 19 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My husband has no left hip joint and therefore cannot use a clutch. We need a new automatic car, preferably a hatchback, which is easy to get into and...
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  Sterling Mess 8 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I am seriously considering buying a new Golf 1.6S with its neat autobox. It seems almost impossible to get any discounts from the local VW dealers, so...
• Budget 2009 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  licences and imported vehicles during the first year of vehicle licensing, from April 2010, as a consequence of the introduction of First-Year Rates, as well as general changes to the treatment of imported vehicles. Details are set out in Chapter A. 7.55 Company car tax (CCT) was reformed in 2002
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  Cramper van 21 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Summer is on the way and I'm toying with the idea of getting a camper van (or something that could double as an occasional live-in vehicle for festivals)....
• Ford Mondeo cambelt 12 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  booked it in and they did the work. Couple of months later I was doing some reading and found numerous postings etc to the effect that on a Zetec engine, it's very important that the tensioners are changed at the same time as the cambelt. Wary of this, I dug out my invoice and found I'd been billed only
• Advice sought re Skoda Octavia 2013 2.0 4x4 DSG with 112,000 miles 30 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  Hi all, We’re about to move overseas for a bit. We can’t buy a left hand drive second hand vehicle there, so are thinking about importing one. We plan some big road trips so need a large(ish) reliable car. We’ve found a UK plated Skoda Octavia 2013 2.0 TDI Laurin & Klement 4x4 DSG with 112,000
• Anyone used an online site to book a sevice? 4 May 2023 (Forum)
  I have a VW Golf estate import from Japan and though I don't drive it much - about 3k a year and the service light is on. I don't have the previous service book so I decided to book a garage for servicing and found the site - A garage service booking company who seem to offer servicing
• Looking for older joyful car 21 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  and model suggestion (year 2007 and Up), under £4000 (preferably way under ??). Fuel sort not important. I miss mondeo power. 
• Physical experience and touch when car buying 5 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  Hey all, I am currently writing my dissertation that explores whether the importance of physically experiencing and touching a car before purchase is changing, and whether technologies such as online car dealers are impacting this. It would be fantastic if any of you would spare around 6
• Diesel to Hybrid SUV Choices 2 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  I have recently reduced the number of miles I do annually and have been thinking about changing my car, even though I am not under any pressure to.  I have had my faultless CRV for a couple of years and am considering changing to a hybrid.  Reliability and cost are the 2 most important
• Advice/recommendations for a second car. 18 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  , reliability aswell as performance are equally as important although I understand both generally dont go hand in hand. General use would be commuting to work and day to day driving, I only really cover between 6-8k miles a year so a petrol will be most suitable.  Does anyone have any
• BMW X1 - SE 2017 used wrong tyres 12 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  and health problems so was an important feature. It has 3 X Turanza T001I They even stated the manager had double checked. They even fitted a new HyFly HF805 tyre onto the car which has a invoice value of £40. I've tried to find if this is a suitable tyre, regardless of it not being run flat
• Parts and paint - Cost of car repairs 23 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  A small parking hit and run on my partners Flame red metallic Captur has opened my eyes to the importance of considering the cost of repairs when choosing a colour. Even with the paint code, there turned out to be four variants of the colour. So a paint analyser costing £4 k
• Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - ODB2 scanners 10 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  . What has brought this on is on my 2017 grand c4 picasso one of the rear seat belt buckles is faulty and keeps sounding an alarm if not plugged in, and now and a little more important is the stop/start function has stoppped working but I'm not getting any warning lights etc so thought a quick odb 2
• VW Touareg - DVLA in a mess? Anyone have information on delays? 2 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  in the last few days, of course. The important part is the extra paperwork and medical tests to retain the higher categories on my licence. I drive a Touareg (about 2.5 tonnes) and tow a Hymer caravan (2 tonnes) so the combined train weight is well over the 3.5 tonne limit. In fact the Touareg
• Ford /honda - Researching second hand car 2 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  Hello all again Still looking for a second hand car 10 to 12 thousand.and as it's my wife's car for the kid stuff etc reliability is important. I looked at a grand picasso which I liked it had all the practically from a family point of view but with advice from this website and checking
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  What's the most accurate tyre pressure gauge? 14 Oct 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I have three pressure gauges, each of which shows a different pressure taken at the same time on the same tyre. Can you recommend an accurate one?