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• Ford Fiesta 3dr Zetec 1.0 80ps (203 1) - Change of car ? 2 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Hi  I have a Ford fiesta zetec 1.4 it was 3 yrs old when I got it and I have had it 4 years very happy driving but as its now 7 years thinking of changing as my finance is all but paid . The car I have been looking at is  Ford Fiesta 3dr
• Ford S-MAX - Car servicing dates 29 May 2012 (Forum)
  My S-Max will be three years old on 29 June 2012.  It was serviced in May 2010, early April 2011 (due to an extended holiday) and I now need to consider the 2012 service.  Servicing regime is 12,500 miles or 12 months.  My car has done 31,000 miles. The Ford garage has
• Lexus Gs or Mercedes E class - Next car??? 17 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Usual request for crowd wisdom. Background Retired now doing appreox 4000 per year. Mostly low mileage journeys. Head says Give up car and use taxis when needed and/or hire car for any longer journeys Heart says Luxo barge at 2/3 year old to last
• peugeot 307 sw 2002 - Dull thud when trying to start, and won't start at 26 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  ,(but not on the floor under the car). Do these motors pressurise for any reason? If there is a possibility of the timing belt being dead, and the car being 250,000kms old, I will have to sell for spares and get another car. But not a Pug, I am sick of the orange particle filter lights coming on, 500€uros
• what car to buy - opinions please?? 25 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  I guess this is a huge topic but I currently have a ford Focus 2009 1.8 style which I got about 6 months ago.  Don't like it, the build quality is rubbish, it's got lots of creaks and rattles, it keeps losing power, and the road noise is worse than my old Fiesta. So I want to change
• Honda Civic UK (1995 - 2000) - 96 1.6 Automatic-Handbrake does not hold 28 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  forward. Is there a known issue with the rear calipers seizing? 11 clicks of the handbrake till fully on. With the handbrake on, the adjuster arm that tightens the handbrake cable is wonky so i was wondering if this meant something had seized at the caliper. Its an old car but she will spend any
• LPG conversions -- resale values 3 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I was having a look at a couple of LPG conversion websites, and was wondering about the resale values against a diesel car. Say, for the sake of argument a 2.5l petrol car cost about £3000 at 4 years old because of the fuel consumption. A similarly-powered diesel car may well be the thick end
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - Ford Ka, good first car? 1 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  My daughter is hoping to take a test soon and wants to buy a car to practise in and drive once she's passed her test. (she's unable to add herself to our cars insurance) She has a max of £1,500 and likes the Ka. At this price there are quite a few available. I have to go and look at a few
• Idle thoughts on new road tax. 4 May 2008 (Forum)
  I was going to update my car which would be a decent profit for a dealer. With the new road tax coming in I have changed my mind as the old car will save me a good bit bit on road tax as time goes by and still runs ok. My neighbour has a similar car to mine but newer and I guess much more carbon
• San Storm convertible? 16 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi Went to my local motor show over the weekend (Eastbourne) and a company had the San Storm convertible on show. From what little info I can find on the cars, these seem to be Indian built with 1.2litre French engines. The fit and finish of the show cars really wasn't very impressive. They had
• Porsche Boxter - deposit paid! 28 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Not sure if anyone cares about this but there are some who doubted I would ever buy a sporty car. Well I just put down a deposit on a black P reg Boxster 2.5 (private sale)! Having looked it over inside & out, it didn't look much more than 3 years old which says a lot about the build quality. I
• Suggestions for 'sports' car? 10 May 2007 (Forum)
  be between £9,000 and £11,000 (after selling the Volvo). At first I thought about a Honda S2000, but a quick look at Autotrader showed only a few imports from Japan and 2000 registered models (I'd prefer the new car to be 4 years old max.) Never been keen on BMW's, a Lotus Elise and MX-5 are too small, so
• Games you play in the car 29 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  this is meant to be a 'clean' thread as well. an item on the thread on minicabbing has reminded me of being a bored kid on long journeys and one particular game the old man invented to keep us kids interested it was a spotting game and you recieved points depending on the quality of 'spot
• French cars: are they still unreliable? 19 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Reading that thread on the new Laguna got me wondering..... I posted on here a couple of months back wondering whether to go for a new (ish) Mondeo/Vectra or an older 7 series beemer. We've still not made up our minds about a new car and today my thoughts turned to the French! I've always
• Mondeo running costs (for saddos) 4 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Well, if anyone ever wondered how much it costs to run a car, in this case a 2l petrol Mondeo estate, I can give you chapter & verse. If you aren't asleep by now: It is an ex-company car which I ran from new and bought off the company when it was 3.5 years old. As I had always had to keep
• Sony XR-6459 car radio wiring 30 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  A friend gave me her old car radio (sony XR-6459) when she got a fancy new one with a cd player. I want to put it in my car, but am unsure of the wiring- I've got the speaker wires which are dark green/dark green black, white/white black, pink/pink black and grey/grey black (I may have got them
• What Irritates Me About Dealers 3 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I always drive a quality car under 3 years old, which I usually buy nearly new either privately or from one of the car brokers now quite common. I dont tend to have much trouble with my cars, but on numerous occasions when I have phoned my local dealer to either ask their advice or a technical
• Secondhand Value? 12 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  of me I cannot see how a 7+ year old car can command such a price. It surely cannot make economic sense, and I would not have thought it rated highly in the performance/status stakes. Just what is the appeal of such cars? Who buys them?
• New car? 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I\'m considering a new car (well new to me, it\'ll still be best part of 10 years old!). I fancy a bit of luxury for a change, and despite swearing i\'d never buy one because of the stigma attached to them, i am tempted by an BMW, either 323 or 325 (the E36 model, 1991ish onwards). I know
• Car advice needed please 18 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I need a new car! Car is needed for short journeys to the station , town, and as I have to drive to work 5 days a month 5 x 150 mile round trips to London (clear run on the way in, traffic on the way out) And the occasional trips away whan I have time off. I'm currently driving an old Volvo 360