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• Skoda Octavia - Salesman after me 20 May 2010 (Forum)
  called him back he said I needed to come in to sign some more paperwork and 'go through some important things' related to FSA requirements and  Insurance.  As far as i'm concerned the car is mine taxed, insured and paid for -  I can't think why they'd need me to come back in so urgently
• Garage door - Automatic Roller door 14 May 2010 (Forum)
  operator, 2 brackets and 2 metal guides and about 20 screws and bolts. Should I be safe and get a garage door dealer to install it? Is there anything important I should know?
• Police complaint - should I or shouldn't I 27 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  and we must be revert to a 30 limit. So bad and dangerous parking is suddenly more important than it has been. I really struggled to exit onto the main road this morning as a result of the worst example of parking I've seen for a very long while. The car was parked across the mouth of the junction, more
• Mitsubishi L200 pickups (2000 - 2006) - Type Approval - help needed 21 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  that it is not a ?grey import?. DVLA want evidence of ?Type Approval?. Mitsubishi in Ireland can supply me with Type Approval numbers for Emissions, Brakes and Noise, but not one number for the whole vehicle. After a lot of back and forth the local DVLA office are now saying I need to take it for an SVA test
• Speed Workshops 4 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  of a real car hits person accident at 35 mph and got the statistics stuff as normal. She said it was scary seeing it but makes sense why 30 is important around town. They also discussed the varying limits for different types of vehicles, how easy it is to creep over and how to manage your speed
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - Micra engine lifespan? 2 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  on them but as a high percentage of micra owners will be OAPs and people who have never had a car serviced in their life because they have only done 4k of driving over the 3 years they've had it, the low mileage doesn't straight away strike me as the most important factor. On the other hand I've found one
• Used car suggestions 5-6k 26 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  for a common rail, Eek!. Anybody know of any other cars that might be worth consideration? Engine more important then brand/model.
• Best value used small car? 8 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  come off, however perhaps warranty isn't important nowadays since cars are far more reliable than they used to be so a 4 to 5 year old might be best value?
• Decisions, decisions...Fiat Panda or Toyota Yaris? 30 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Ok, you may have seen my post a few days back regarding our position. We're having our first baby in May, and are looking for a second car for Lucy to drive around while I'm at work. Lucy is a nervous driver, so size was important, basically, the smaller the better. We really want to buy from
• Audi A6 + RS6 (1997 - 2004) - 2000 Quattro - Central Locking & Electric Windows 8 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  with anything else of importance ? Thanks in advance.
• 2003 Skoda 1.9TDi Major oil leak 5 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  looks a pig, and I am working on my own. Any ideas (leak is really really major). I thought oil filter slackening itself off (seen once by local garage after H.....d oil change), failed filter casing, . More important, is this a known problem or failure, and is there a makers bulletin. Common engine
• Ford Focus Zetec vs Ghia - please help! 29 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  of an import)), 60k miles, reasonable condition but with some rust on the inside, which worries me, £3900. or... Focus Ghia, metallic blue, 2001, 1 previous owner (big leasing company), 62k mileage, really good internal condition, £3850. (Although reckon I could get it down a wee bit more). Otherwise
• Car insurance for foreign national 22 May 2006 (Forum)
  made and no criminal convictions. When I arrived in the UK 2 years ago I used my international drivers licence. 2. I had to re-sit tests in order to get UK licence - now that I'm resident - which I successfully passed 3 weeks ago. 3. I have just imported the jeep from Japan. 4. I'm 24 years old. 5. I
• Mitsubishi RVR - Opinions please 17 May 2006 (Forum)
  I have been thinking about a Mitsubishi RVR - a grey import, was wondering if anyone could give me any opinions on these vehicles,as they are a "bit different" and might suit my purpose. I need something to occaisionally tow a 4 berth caravan, must have auto transmission ( I would fit a fluid
• Getting a car into Ireland sans tax? 17 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  to park it. Thing is the vehicle registration tax -estimated at 25 percent of the cars price, which is mandatory for cars imported into ireland. Although if i have owned the car for six months in the uk, i dont have to pay this. Any savvy punters out there know a good way for me to buy the car here
• Toyota Avensis Advice 5 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  , some advice please. Why should there be such a large difference in price? What should I look out for on the cheaper one (ie is there anything likely to be wrong with it. Import perhaps? both specs on t'Internet look similar) What sort of money should I reasonably expect to pay for either of these cars
• 306 HDi - Engine/Sump Guard Broken 2 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  the guard provides. My question is, does this item have any important function or can I safely save myself £140+ by not having it fixed? Thanks MikeC
• classic car insurance abroad 6 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  I'm not sure if this counts as a technical query, but it's certainly giving me grief... I live in France and I am trying to buy a classic car in the UK to bring over here. Importing it doesn't appear to be a problem but I want to insure it the way I insured my old cars in the UK, ie
• Emissions Enigma 23 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  the inside of a Pennsylvania coalmine. Of course as ever the bleedin' obvious is never obvious. Get the old rolling coffins off the roads and stop importing 20 year old rusty buses which have spent their lives clanking around Beijing or Taipei for 2million km.. But then how many gov't officials and police
• Zafira or New Corolla Verso? 2 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Auto (prob. Design or Elegance), or the new Toyota Corolla Verso 1.8 MMT (triptronic type transmission). Firstly, does anybody have any views on how these cars compare - I've looked around for a head-to-head but haven't seen one. Secondly, total cost of ownership is important to me, I expect I'll