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• SEAT Alhambra 2.0TDI PD 140Reference - 2.0Tdi PD 140 fails at 47000 miles 19 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  after first registration by Seat UK with zero miles on the clock. the car would officially be 4 years old in Feb 2012, so technically I have driven the car from zero miles within 3 years. On reading blogs it sounds like an oil pump.Any suggestions out there. I wonder whether Seat will cover the cost
• Who was breaking the law here? 28 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  the oldest of the 4 children, who was about 12 years old, to let the handbrake off the car so it would roll forward out of his way - still with 4 children in it.  The child did so.   Surely this was a very dangerous thing to do.  Did the motorist commit any offence? Presumably the child
• Astra 2001 - MOT time "crooks" but no names 23 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  Got a friend who is not very knowledgable on cars and runs an old astra, but maintains it as required. Not sure though if it would pass the mot due to age/wear related items, but booked discounted mot online , took car in and yes, it failed with £400 to put right. (front exhaust
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 2007 - Car batteries 25 May 2011 (Forum)
  would a 4 year old car need a new battery?  Are these RAC 100 batteries any good? It says it is a 47 amp per hour which is slightly higher than the Vauxhall spec( 45). I think it is a maintenance free battery because it has the " green eye" but there are also  three plugs which look like
• washing your car? 13 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Do you wash your car or get someone else to? Up here in leeds there just seems to be a car wash everywhere on old petrol station forecourts. The queue is massive at £5.00 for a car standard wash spray some detergent on the wheels,bumper,lights, then moves onto the guy with pressure washer
• Warranty via a cold telephone call... 15 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I just wonder if anyone else has received a cold telephone call from a firm offering a car warranty ? this for a seven-year old car. A chap called earlier this evening, went through a load of spiel, told me he would send some information, then expected me to agree to a direct debit mandate. I?d
• Help me spend some money on eBay 9 May 2008 (Forum)
  and a choice of search between 'classic' and 'modern' with options for year - from about 2000! - and things like mileage. In fact, nothing to help someone browsing for an old car. I've already given up on eBay cars because since they animated the first search page it doesn't work for me at all. Does this mean
• Import car to USA 31 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I used to have a Rover P6 V8 which has now found its way into the hands of a professional panel beater and restorer. He's made it look so great and it apparently still runs so well at 33 years old I was thinking of buying it back off him and importing it to the USA. The breadth and depth
• Mondeo for Mrs Lawman? 17 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Who can help pick a car for Mrs Lawman? Her current car (a 10 year old primera) has been sent to its maker, thanks to a blind pensioner in a Micra who drove into the back of her on Wednesday. She and the kids are shaken but unhurt, thank goodness. The car however is almost certainly a write off
• Car battery - Honda Prelude 6 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Okay, this is starting to take the michael now. I had an old battery for my Honda Prelude (Which I kept having to recharge once a week). However, I bought a new one for £69.99 from Halfords (One from the new Calcium HCB Range). I bought it on the 5th May. Just tried starting car, and battery
• New Car for SWMBO 22 May 2006 (Forum)
  Help please. SWMBO recently decided to learn to drive, she wants to pass her test before her Provisional Licence is more than 26 years old! She seems to be progressing really well and so now she is looking around for a car. We have a people carrier for the whole family. So SWMBO's car must
• New Car at Dealer Cost? 16 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I am a complete novice at buying cars having driven the same one for the last 8 years (it was even my old company car). Now I am thinking about buying new Fiat Panda 4x4. I have always said I would never buy a new car due to the high initial depreciation but the dealer who gave me a test drive
• To Be Good To Be True? 7 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Seen an ad for a car on the Auto Trader that seems to good to be true. Response from seller is that car is on UK plates RHD 2 years old, but now in germany. He says Car needs to registered in UK and just taxes associated with registering it in UK need to be paid. Also offering to ship and isure
• Registered Owner vs Keeper of the car 24 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  A little poser for you nice people... Does having a different 'owner' of the vehicle to the registered keeper have an effect upon insurance? I ask as I was planning to insure my new Almera in my other half's name, but have me as the registered keeper. Tesco have printed an old cover note which
• Damaged Saxo after break-in. 21 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I have an April 2002 Citreon Saxo VTR, and recently, just after the car was four weeks old, the car was broken into. The drivers door lock was popped and the standard CD stereo was taken. Approxiamately £700 worth of damage in total was done. First, does anybody know the safest way so
• how to?: importing classic car from USA 28 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  cheaper than I could in the UK (especially with the favourable exchange rate at the moment). Now obviously I'd have t get he car shipped back to the UK ? I know nothing about this. How would I go about getting it shipped over? What legalities do I have to be aware of? Because its a really old car
• Bumper to Bumper 11 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Whilst enjoying a late lunch today watched a programme, Bumper to Bumper on Discovery H&L. Interesting article about TRL, especially the bit about the development of external airbags to protect the "6 year old boys typically involved in pedestrian accidents " and a somewhat different spin on a road
• Honda CRV mark I - Refurbish or Replace ? 4 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  honda service history when I bought the car, and had been pampered by it's previous owners. The Honda is now showing 140,000 miles, and with the damaged door I estimate it to be worth £1000 second hand. My dilema is;  Do I keep what is now a 13 year old car, and spend
• Volvo 740 GL -Cutting out 10 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  in life and therefore have a decidely quizzical take on the world. Can anyone join the club - rhetorical, rhetorical, rhetorical. I'm just an Old Gertie trying to solve a problem so that I can keep a car that I love dearly.
• Ford Fiesta - Disappointing new models 23 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  I have just watched a video review of the new Ford Fiesta and the reviewer concluded that the Fiesta still leads the class for driver engagement.  Fine.  But since the old car was already the class leader, why did Ford have to replace a really quite stylish car with (in my view