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  Fuels and their money 7 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 5-year-old Rover 75 Connoisseur SE CDTi diesel has covered 29,000 miles and will average 48 miles per gallon on a long run dropping to 43 on short runs....
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  Is 100,000 miles a high mileage for a 7-year-old Honda Jazz? 24 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy a Honda Jazz 2003 1.3 which has 100,000 miles on it. Is this a high mileage vehicle? It is in good running condition. Is this worth up to...
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  Where can I sell my BMW 636 CSi automatic? 19 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Where should I advertise my BMW 636 CSi auto? I have owned the vehicle for 17 years since 1993. It has cruise control, leather, PAS, ABS and alloys. It's...
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  Catastrophic converter 1 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 05 plate Golf Plus 1.6FSI has recently Catalytic Converter failure with only 24,162 miles on the clock. I intend writing to VW to ask for their comments...
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  Labour pain 8 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 7-year-old Mercedes CLK 230 Cabriolet with 62,000 miles on the clock. I don't think it's worth that much now, but would like to keep it as it still...
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  Flat bloke 21 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have suffered a puncture (screw in tread) in a Bridgestone runflat on my RAV-4 T180. When I bought the car new from Loders at Dorchester I was told that...
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W210 (1995 - 2002) - 02 2.6 exhaust smoke when in kickdown 8 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  home after a come of times running the engine the smoking ceased. The car runs perfectly in Idle and normal running speed. I spoke to a mechanic friend who initially thought that I might have put too much oil. However on inspection he found that the levels was adequate. The problem only seem to occur
• Citroen Despatch (2007 - ) - 04 1.9 diesel poor running 5 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  security device off the back of the diesel pump telling me on Wednesday eve that it also needed new glow plugs so it would run just right.Got it back today with £350.00 bill but it now has a different problem than before,it starts ok now so that problem seems to be fixed but it flattens out like you have
• Dilema of my dying fiesta 7 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  {car make added to header to clarify what 'Rattle' is talking about - DD} I have spent just over £500 on it since I bought it 3 weeks ago (including the purchase price) and its still not running right. I won't go into the technical side of it because that was discussed on another site
• new Citroen C5 poor fuel consumption 17 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Estate (which my wife still drives) regularly returned 46/47 mpg on a motorway run from Wiltshire to west London and back, about 39 mpg aroung town and about 43 mpg on a high-speed trip down to Cornwall. The new car (same spec except the Exclusive trim) is, on average, returning at least 10% worse fuel
• 1980 Mini 1000 - Running far too rich 26 May 2005 (Forum)
  an engine which is completely seized. We have now reverted back to the 998 engine (which worked perfectly well before removal) but struggling to get it set up correctly. Whatever we do it seems to be running very rich, and although it will start, it dies again once its warm leaving all the spark plugs
• Ecotec V6 oil cooler info. 22 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  on the front flange of the sump, having run forward either side of the cooler cover and run down the front of the engine either side of the water pump (I suspected the pump initially). Another sign is white encrustations on the side of the bellhousing flange at the bottom, where the water runs down from
• First Car (memories) 11 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  I got an email telling me that I should have put this msg in its own thread sorry... how many recall their first car and how many still have theirs? I still have and drive my first car. A Jeep CJ2A. My father bought it new the year I was born (1948) and gave it to me in a non running condition
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  Do I need to have the emissions fix on my Skoda Octavia? 3 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2013 Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0 TDI (42,000 miles). I've had two letters from Skoda inviting me to have the emissions fix undertaken, but I am happy...
• Vauxhall Corsa SXI 1.2 2007 - Coolant loss and white smoke after head gasket. 12 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  Hi looking for advise, I sold the Corsa SXI 1.2 1.6v person came back with it over heating, white smoke, running badly and over pressured coolant. I took the head off, got it skimmed, new head set set and rebuilt. All seemed well it runs very smooth person was happy, 10 days later get
• Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci - Fuel pressure regulator and starting/running prob 10 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  to about 1500rpm for about fifteen seconds and the car stays running.   The fuel rail has been cleaned several times and they have checked for air leaks and fitted new grommets to the fuel filter
• 2004 Honda Jazz CVT 1.4 - Glitch under load 7 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  they had never been changed !). Runs well. Indicated average 45+MPG on short run normal use. Just recently it started suffering with a "glitch" on light/medium load between 1500-2000 rpms. It is exactly like momentarily switching the ignotion off and then back on. It only seems to do it in "normal" CVT
• Maximum Mileage of Long-Distance Coach 4 May 2019 (Forum)
  Hi there. I was wondering what a realistic estimated life expectancy for a very high mileage coach would be? Imagine a coach is running around 1,000km per day or about 350,000km per year, almost entirely on the motorway. Some of the more extreme National Express/Megabus routes might have
• Mercedes-Benz B-Class - Mercedes B Class running rough on start 21 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  moving and makes a bad noise when revs are fluctuating. Once warm and run for a bit, all seem to disappear. All in all dosent sound the best, has two logged faults on an OBD reader P0263 and P0272 but has had these a little while when car ran ok. Engine management light stays on all time
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  Has the Budget forced up my road tax? 19 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I own a Rover 25 and the road tax runs out at the end of this month. Can you tell me what the new rate will be following the 2014 Budget?