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  What's the best van for £1500? 30 Jun 2020 (Ask HJ)
  A friend is setting up a small business: gardening, handyman and decorating. He has about £1500 to buy a small van and will appreciate your advice on the...
• Skoda Superb Estate II 2.0L TDi - 2015 - DSG 6 Speed Semi Automatic - Clutch Wear & Replace 4 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  as the cost from Skoda is astrononical. I have quite a few manual clutch changes under my belt, transverse and inline but have never done a semi automatic. So a few questions: Should I change the DMF as well as its a pretty pricey part and I cant here any knocking or bumps when gear changing so
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  What's the most economical automatic for £7k? 1 Oct 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Can you recommend a five-door, five-seat automatic that gives 45mpg + and is quite cheap to tax? Small to medium size car. Budget is £7000
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  How often do Ford Powershift gearboxes need an oil change? 30 May 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Ford Kuga with an automatic transmission that has covered 10,000 miles. Does the oil need changing soon as some suggest a range from 30000 miles...
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  Why is the start-stop function in my car not working? 5 Apr 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2017 Ford Kuga, which has now done 4000 miles. Recently the start-stop function only works intermittently. The main dealer has said that I'm not...
• Automatic petrol with a bit of panache and flair 28 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  Why are the general masses endeared by diesel cars?  I do about 5-6000 miles a year and irregular journeys of about 15 miles there and back to work place three days a week.  A diesel will just not cut it. I would like a petrol engined car, an automatic, with a bit of pizzazz
• MPV for up to £5,500.00 - what do you recommend? 29 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  ?  I will have about £5,500.00 to spend. One quick thing - my car before the Volvo was an old 1996 Merc C200, which I adored (still best car I have ever driven).  It was an automatic and I had if for a good ten years or so.  Because of this, I really missed driving a manual
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  Need a cheap and economical petrol car for long commute 2 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I will shortly be embarking on a 170 mile twice weekly A-road commute. I will also be doing lots of motorway driving the rest of the time, so will probably...
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  Buying a used 4x4 for £5000 - what should I buy? 2 Jul 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to buy a used four-wheel drive vehicle with a budget of anything up to £5000. I don't need off-road capability but I do use some remote roads...
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  Which SUV is most economical? 2 May 2016 (Ask HJ)
  We currently have a 2015 automatic Mitsubishi L200. The fuel consumption is awful (max 30mpg). I do around 20,000 miles per year and would like something...
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  Buying a used Honda Jazz - what should I look out for? 22 Jan 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I'm thinking of buying a used Honda Jazz. Can you tell me what I should look out for?
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  Need an automatic car, with easy assess for elderly driver 30 Nov 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My father is 80 and completely fit and able. However, he does find getting in and out of his current car increasingly tricky. I have suggested that we...
• vauxhall corsa D - Corsa D 1.4 Automatic Gearbox Issues? 13 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  My mother bought a Corsa 1.4 2009 about a year ago, it is a 1.4 automatic which I believe is a 4 speed.  The car has around 15K miles on it but the gearbox has issues.  Sometimes the gearbox will just not move out of the Park position.  It has been to a dealer whom suggested she
• DSG Transmissions 8 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  It's not rocket-science to realise that DSGs, whatever they're called, are more economical than the traditional torque converter + planetary gears automatic transmission - that's the whole reason they're being introduced. Internet reports of DSG failures and problems are anecdotal
• What licence should I have? 1 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  I passed my manual car test in 2007, but stupidly got 6 points before my 2 years were up (actually 3 weeks before the 2 years) for 2x speedng offences. I eventually got my licence revoked in august 2010. I retook my test a few months later and passed in my own car which is an automatic. I
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  Used Volkswagen Polos - what's what? 5 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  There's a Volkswagen Polo Match 1.4 80 Automatic advertised by a dealer in Autotrader. It's £6400, with a mileage of 19,000. 1. In Autotrader similar...
• Exeos Vs Skoda - Automatics CVT Vs DSG 19 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  new" company car..  It needs to be a 2litre diesel with automatic gearbox,  a good reliable runner and reasonably fuel efficient. After visiting several dealers,  I'm coming down on either a Skoda Octavia with DSG or a Seat Exeo with their CVT transmission which fall neatly
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  I want a Toyota IQ - is it worth buying the 1.33 automatic? 30 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I fancy a Toyota iQ - do you think it's worth going for the 1.33 automatic? Most of my driving is in town and I'm fed up of my big BMW 535D. Also, do you...
• Beware hiring an "automatic" car. 2 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I booked an automatic car for our holiday. I chose an Auris, out of interest, which happened to have an automated manual box. It did not have the conventional P on the quadrant. Instead you had to select R or a drive position on the quadrant else it was in neutral. I did a RTFM to find out what
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 02 2.0L VAS 50/51 can cancel the automatic window 7 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have a VW Passat 2002 (B5.5), 2.0L, 85kW automatic. I had to replace the Yaw rate sender (G202), and people here adviced me to try only to clean the connectors. This is what i did, for now. Ths scanning also show that the driver's door latch need to be replaced (I had some problems with locking