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• 'luxury' supermini ? 22 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  . Reasonable running costs. 8. Max £10k - if used, max 3 years old. I can't think of anything that comes close. My Yaris scores well on 1, 2, 4, 7, and 8, but poorly on the others. Most cars that score well on 3, 5 and 6 are too big. Any ideas?
• DVLA number plate transfer 4 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Would anyone know if tranferring a personal plate from one vehicle to another can be quick (i.e days, rather than months). I have transfered once before, but retained the number first, putting the old car back onto original plates, before taking the new vehicle to the DVLA to get re-registered. I
• Audi A6 mind of its own? 3 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Freiends car, 2 years old (so warranty still available when back in UK). It has developed an infrequent habit (2-3 times per week) of opening all windows after having been locked and left standing. (In the same location). Normally identified by the fact that the alarm goes off, although how long
• VW Golf Mk3 - Directional tyre question 18 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  I need 3 new tyres on my car. I have narrowed it down to Toyo Proxes T1-R in a 205/50/R15 size. Two questions... 1. I have a Pirelli P6000 on the rear nearside which is a couple of months old and does not need replacing. Is it advisable to have one (Toyo) directional tyre on one side
• Mondeo TDCi LX - 52 plate 16 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all - long time no type! My old purple mondeo, which I've had for 4 years and driven to death, finally died the other day - or rather something else went wrong and I had to make the decision to say byebye *sniff*. So, I've bought myself another one - a gorgeous TDCi LX on a 52 plate. 1 owner
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 04 320d SE Tourer, oil consumption 9 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, Could anybody help me out, l purchased a BMW 320d SE Tourer last year, on a 54 plate, l bought it 7 months old with 6000 miles on the clock, and since then l have noted it seems to use about 3/4 of a litre of oil per 2000 miles. Is this the correct oil consumption, for this type of car
• Corsa 1.4 - Foam in oil filler 22 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Just done a six month oil change on my daughters 1.4 Corsa (first one I have done as car is only 18 months old). Lots of creamish brown foam in the oil filler. Some sites list posible cause as HGF ! ! ! Car has done less than 3k in 18 months and generally on short runs (2 miles
• 306 S16 1995 Plip locks 12 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all, The plip on my 306 S16 1995 was slowly become more of a hassle to open the car.....you had to play with it on the windscreen...eventally it stopped working from the outside, but did when you were in the car. My thoughts....battery...right, replaced the batteries, now it will not work
• Car Value 2.0i GLS Vauxhall Cavalier 16 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Now then - I decided and hope to complete on my new motor shortly. In the meantime I need to sell my trusty old steed who has looked after me well. Regularly serviced, MoT due next February (which is when it would normally have its service too), CD player, Alloys, 76,000 on the clock (true), good
• Peugeot 306 1.4 petrol Cambelt interval 1 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Hi How important is the 3-year/36k miles cambelt change interval as stipulated in HJ's car-by-car breakdown? I ask because a friend has just bought one at 5 years old (V-reg) and 38,000 miles. He does not know the service history, so I am presuming the belt hasn't been changed. He is getting
• Volvo V40 air recirculation flap servo 20 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  The air recirculation flap on my V40 has recently jammed when switching from recyled air to fresh, causing the servo motor to click loudly until switched back to recyled air. It's not a problem with only one person in the car, but my wife and I have three children under 4 years old and when we're
• Have I been duped?? 26 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I bought a three year old Ford Mondeo TDdi Ghia X from a dealer 14 days ago. At the time I made my concerns clear regarding a mistake in the logbook - it stated the car was a 4 door sallon Ghia - when infact it's a 5 door hatch Ghia X. The salesman assured me it was probably typing error on DVLA's
• VW Golf GTTDI broken camshaft 10 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  I have a company car which is a three year old 150 bhp diesel golf gti with 108 k on the clock. It was serviced about three weeks ago and about two weeks later a shuddering noise developed which transpired to be a broken camshaft. The dealer wanted to replace the engine but VW finance only agreed
• Vauxhall 1.7 CDTI 5 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any experience with this engine?, particularly when fitted to an Astra?. We've been looking at old shape Astras and the low-spec CDTIs are going for about the same money as higher-spec DTIs. If there is no noticeable difference between the engines (MPG, Power, Noise etc
• Focus Rattle 30 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I have just bought my wife 1 year old Focus 1.6 Zetec and am generally very happy with the car all round. The only niggling problem I have is a rattle coming from the rear end when driving at moderate speeds on country lanes. I have tried to troubleshoot this by removing everything from the boot
• Well done West Yorks Police! 1 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  "> Noise Nuisance Driver Silenced Thursday, July 22, 2004 A 21-year-old Bradford man whose car sound system caused shop windows to vibrate and stationary vehicles' alarms to be activated has had his car seized by police. Over the last few months evidence has come to light about a black Honda
• Colour of oil after a service 10 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I've owned a lot of petrol cars over the years and am used to the oil after a service remaining fairly clean and golden coloured for a couple of thousand miles at least. My new diesel-engined car has just had its first service and to my surprise the new oil is (after checking the level after just
• Oil Changes 17 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  I have fished out my old invoice and I have been charged for QXR oil which I believe is Duckhams, cant find anything on the web, but can anyone answer the following please. 1) Would this oil be suitable for my car? 2) If not what damage could/has been done?
• Road rage 15 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Apologies in advance if I'm going over old subject matter, but has anyone else noticed an increase in road rage over this last week. Is the so-called 'possibility' of war turning drivers a bit funny? In addition to the two incidents I mentioned on the fog lights thread, I witnessed another
• insurance requirements? 28 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have an old banger which I run as a second car and i'm trying to work out what the least I can pay to insure it is? I have a policy in my own name for another vehicle which allows me to drive other vehicles third party only. The exception is that it doesn't cover other vehicles owned