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• 3-week old tyre had a blow-out? 27 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, My car had a tyre blowout on the motorway approximately 2 months ago - it was a new tyre, Capital, that had been fitted 3 weeks prior. It exploded with no warning, and I was lucky to escape with just some damage to the front bumper of the car (no other cars involved
• BMW 5 Series Tourer - Independent Car Warranty wording ...? 15 Jan 2023 (Forum)
    The following wording appears in the WEAR & TEAR section of our vehicle warranty ... The Warranty Will Not Cover ..Wear and Tear where the Vehicle is over 5 years old OR has covered more than 60,000 miles. If our vehicle has
• Any - Breakdown assistance 29 Nov 2022 (Forum)
  We have 2 cars on personal cover, Start rescue. One is 11 years old, the other just over a year old, and wanted to add Eu cover foe the  newer car.  Personal cover not valid for EU Quote for 1 day EU cover £44 4 days £100 9 days £165
• c10 year old Lexus Hybrids 25 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all, I'm following up on my earlier thread " Recommendation - comfortable, large car. c£12000 ". Mybudget/criteria has suggested several Lexus Petrol-Hybrid cars from around 2010-2013/40-60k miles
• Car Scrappage Deals 17 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Are these a bit of a con or do you receive a genuine additional amount? The reason I ask is that I have a 19 year old Yaris (and it looks its age) that is cleary worth very little, if anything. I am looking to replace it and was originally thinking of a 2-3 year old Hyundia I10
• The least classy, classy car? 5 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  For me it has to be the Range Rover - especially the vulgar customised ones where they replace the bonnet ridge lettering with O V E R F I N C H or R E V E R E.  Yes yes, very clever.  Reminds me of the old "You've just been NOVA-taken!" stickers on the back of crappy old Vauxhalls
• KIA Picanto - Picanto or i10 (automatic) 30 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Hi I am looking for a car for my wife as her first car. We are considering the following: 2010 Kia Picanto (old shape) - £4.5k 2011 Kia Picanto (new shape) - £6.5k 2010 Hyundai i10 (old shape) - £5.5k Can anyone give their recommendations? We
• Nissan qx (12 years old) - N.A.T.S. System 24 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  I have a 2000 Nissan QX, converted to LPG seven years ago, it is a great car!! My problem is that over the past two years I find the battery drains very quickly, in 3/4 days, Could this be a fault with the NATS system as it seems to be the only item that is using any battery power
• Mazda MX5 (1989 - 1998) - Twenty years old - remember when...... 12 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  ....... it was first launched? Mazda are releasing a 20th anniversary edition. Thats 2 decades of pretty much the same car! It debuted when the Citroen XM was European Car of the Year. In the same year, the Rover Metro was launched, and Skoda 130L, Lada Riva 1200L and Yugo 511 were all still
• SEAT Leon (1999 - 2005) - 03 1.9TDi Diesel Vibration 9 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  HJ, My car is a 2003 Leon 1.9 TDI SE110 which I believe is quite old VW technology, but is it old enough not to have the infamous dual density flywheel issues? As the car approaches 70K miles it has a slight increase in the normal agricultural VW diesel vibes and was wondering if new engine mounts
• On the Motorway today... 22 May 2008 (Forum)
  I saw five broken down vehicles. One elderly Korean car (at least 10 years old - probably a Hyundai) and four French cars all less than two years old..... I also moderated my speed and mananged to keep to about 60mph for about 100 miles in four bites and averaged just over 31mpg. Not bad when I
• Mot - can you still get 13 months MOT 8 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  It used to be the case that if you took your car in for an MOT a month early and you took the old MOT with you, the testing station could issue you with potentally 13 months of MOT. Is this still the case with computerised MOT`s. Also would the same apply for a car which is 35 months old taken
• car radio doesnt store radio channels 24 May 2007 (Forum)
  ive got an old fiesta with an old radio in it, everytime i switch the ig off for more than a couple of mins the radio programme i was tuned into has gone, ie reset , i assume it needs a live wire connected to it to keep the memory alive whilst the ignition is switched off, what colour wire
• 03' Focus TDCI lacks power 30 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've just replaced my 90BHP 1.8 Tddi with an 03 115BHP 1.8 TDCI; but it feels the other way around! The old car had a good zip to it especially at 2K RPM; but the new car just feels asthmatic. It is 102K and has FSH. (Belts just done); -and is an estate. (The old one was a hatchback). Does
• What's a 4 year old Octavia worth? 29 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I'm coming to the end of my company car lease and have the chance to buy the car I've been driving around in for the last 4 years. I can buy it at £4950 - is this a reasonable price? I tend to think it is but would welcome input from others. It's a Skoda Octavia Elegance estate 1.9 diesel
• When to Discuss Prices 22 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  I am buying a used car soon (£8,000) and wonder when should I haggle/discuss the price of the car. Do I do a test drive first and then discuss the price or should I do it the other way round? I don't want to waist time test driving something that latter I wont agree on the a price, should I
• Volvo S40 - My old car has been clocked 11 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  has obbviously been clocked. I wont name and shame the Shropshire Dealer as they may have bought it unkowingly. I don't know where the car has been for the last year. Has this happened to anyone else, seen an old car thats obviously been clocked. I reported it to general Email
• Bother with an expensive service item on old car? 2 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Just thought I'd garner your opinions on whether it's worth messing around with an expensive preventative service measure on an old car. Specific example being our Daewoo, probably worth about £400 (Nubira, R-reg, 1.6SE manual saloon, 48K miles, no service record but in good overall condition
• Old Fiesta diesel - dying? 9 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  A couple of months back I bought a 1997 Fiesta Ghia 1.8 diesel as a second car for local trips. One previous owner, it's got 2 years MOT (I'm in France), 140k miles on the clock, starts first time, doesn't smoke, and as long as I keep the revs around 3000 it sings along (noisily I grant you
• Any - Renewing old paper licence 29 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Has anyone changed their old paper driving licence (pre 1998) to the newer id card style? I tried to renew mine as it was tatty, and I'm hiring a car abroad this year and thought it would be better to have the newer one. However I should have known the dvla wouldn't make this easy