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• Ford Sierra Sapphire RS Cosworth 4x4 8 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  One of my brothers has just purchased one of these beasts. It's a one owner 1991 H reg example with 76k on the clock, full Ford service record, all old MOT's & tax discs, along with the original purchase receipt and all the service receipts. I've not yet seen the car in the flesh but from what
• battery draining - 1998 Fiat Punto 22 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  helo all, iv got a `98` punto and the battery went flat overnite with no warning,it allways span the engine over fine before then. I bought a new battery and the old one was the original so at 8 years old it was gona die anyway. A month later and after not driving the car for 2 days the battery
• Renault Clio - What is a coil? 16 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  at a total cost of £200.00. Although I say joke, I was lucky in that Renault replaced the part for free which I find admirable, what is a coil and what function does it play in the engine? Is it normal for a car of only 3 years old to have this and will this cause any further cost in my part in future
• Air Filter woes 7 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  OK - I decided to get my car serviced on the cheap and got a Kwik Fit oil change - which was fine - and bought an air filter out of Halfords. Alas the air filter was about 2mm too big (Halfords patter part just the wrong size) so I had to put the old one back and the air filter 'box' in my old
• nissan almira 1.5 - uneven idle no power 24 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  car just had full service, eratic idle with no power in driving?any ideas???
• mercedes A170 T reg 26 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  should i buy this car. it is 13 years old and automatic, full service history. 12 months mot and tax till june.
• Unusual Sightings - Volume 27 16 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  ***** This thread follows on from VOLUME 26 ***** Another thread for commenting on rare, unusual, old or just plain daft cars etc
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  What's the difference between a pre-registered car and a new car? 28 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  What, if anything, is the difference between a "pre-registered" car and a "nearly new" one?
• N.A - Tax MOT and Insurance for classics 26 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  company He also said that once the car becomes 40 years old it is MOT exempt Ayone any insight on this please? Thanks
• BMW 640d - My old bmw is being offered for sale clocked 25 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  only want to mention the reg and not name the seller (as clearly the car may have been sold on after I sold it)?
• Aygo 2014 - old style - Aygo brake disc condition 15 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  Just got my car serviced and am being told that my discs are in need of urgently being replaced. I'm being told that they are heavily corroded and there is a lip starting to form. Obviously I don't want to have to replace them if there is no need and am cautious about what
• Riding a Moped 12 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  max speed of 28mph and P, max speed of 31mph. So if a 16 year old who has passed CBT and has an AM provisional or a car driver who has full AM under grandfather rights ride a sports moped like a Fizzie ?. What DVLA category is a Fizzie or similar ?
• Any - MoT 3 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  A few weeks ago I put my car in for the annual M o T test, it passedO.K with a few advisories ,one of which was windscreen view obstruction. This consisted of the mounting for the sat-nav which was as low as I could get it slightly to the right of the center of the screen,the old road tax
• Old Saab 9-3 2.2 TiD - Adding extra gauges 6 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Thinking of adding water temp (the existing is not direct reading), oil pressure, oil temp and boost pressure, on "A" pillar housing(s). Yes, it's a strange choice of car, let's say it's a practise run.... Where best to insert the senders/sensors, either specific to this engine should anyone
• any - sorn problem 5 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  My son is trying to SORN his car which is still insured (to the end of the week) and taxed but he will cash that in. Both on-line and automated DVLA systems refuse to accept his data. All we can think is that the V5 which is only 2 years old is still the old blue type - although DVLA site says
• Vauxhall Astra E - Very old Astra 7 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  [No idea if the letter is correct} Following a recent family bereavement, we have a 1995 Vauxhall Astra Merit Automatic with only 12000 miles on the clock. Is there any market at all for this, or is it simply a one-way trip to the scrap yard? This seems an awful waste, as the car
• Had lemons-what about peaches? 26 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  We had a lemon thread the other day and got to thinking what the peaches over the last few years have been. Maybe a bargain car or one that just somehow you were very fond of and gave you that magic moment or two. My old Victor (fd) I think 2 litre once on a late night trip from London to Dorset
• Audi A4 (1995 - 2000) - 98 1.9 cat/ turbo 16 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  hi all ,ive a a4 tdi engine code afn ,i replaced the engine due to the turbo running on engine oil , i sourced a engine from a running car 78000 miles, engine starts perfectly ,just no boost , all the sencors are off old engine so work ,when the mecahnic came yesterday ,he said that it could
• BMW - BMW Depreciation question 14 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I am looking for a nearly new BMW for my wife. Possible a 320 CI but more likely a 3 door 1 Series 118SE. What percentage of list price should I expect to pay for one six months old and 12 months old assuming 10K miles per year? (Her previous car had a "mishap" at the local garage when
• Crazy insurance prices 8 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  It's costing me 280 a year to insure an old banger worth 200 quid, third party fire and theft. I phoned up to ask them how much extra it would be if I changed cars to a R reg Audi S8 4.2, which is listed as Group 20. An extra 270 quid. I asked the dude to check his price three times, as I