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• Part exchange: road tax? 29 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  No grief please, but i have agreed to part exchange my car for a new one. Question: when i drop off the old car, can I take out the tax disc for a refund (there is nothing on the paperwork to say i have agreed to pass over the tax)?
• Child Car Seats 24 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  I need to purchase a couple of 3-12 year old child seats and have had a look at the Concord lift-evo's. Does anyone have any experience of these - with such a precious cargo to carry - I just wanted to ask the experts that are the HJ backroomers. Your advice on these or any other seats would
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 97 airbag light on. 3 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Hi just bought a cheap zantia, car in good shape but has airbag warning light on. Any clues as where to look, could it be like the old vectras with the wiring under the front seat. The car is a 97 turbo diesel. Thanks.
• removing swirl marks 30 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  HI My dealer carried out some warranty work on my almost new car.. They gave the car back to me 'valeted'. I now notice swirl marks on the bonnet. What is the best polish to remove these given that the paint work is less than 6 months old thanks alan
• fading paint 6 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  I'm thinking in buying a mk3 VW golf which is blue in colour. the only problem is that the paint is a little faded. The person who is selling the car has t-cut but i can still notice fading marks. Is there any way to restore the colour or would it have to be a respray? The car is now 1- year old.
• MTV's Pimp My Ride 26 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Anyone else ever watched this ? If not, it's like a makeover show for cars. They take someone's battered old banger and turn it into basically a drug dealers car with 18" chrome alloys, jazzy paint job and half a dozen lcd screens. Then for good measure they usually stick an impossibly loud
• V40 Cambelt 15 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, can someone tell me when the cambelt should be changed on a Volvo V40 2.0T. My mothers car has just gone into be serviced at a main dealer and they are on about changing the cambelt cos the car is six years old. The thing is it has only done 36,000 mls!!!!. this can't be right surely Thanks
• Blowing out the cobwebs. 31 May 2005 (Forum)
  Is there any truth in the old motoring cliche, give the car a good thrashing and blowout the cobwebs? What i mean is say your car is only used for short journeys or it hasn't been used for a while or it's running a bit rough, drive for say 10 miles flat out and 'blow out the..
• jersey import 13 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  considering buying a 2 yr old car from the ci. the deal is that the car will be delivered to a 'sister' garage on the south coast, vat & transportation paid, but not the cost of re-registering. aware that a certificate of orginality is required, but do any of you knowledgable chaps know any other
• new car for my mum 22 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  My mum's in the market for a new motor. She's not really sure what she wants, but I think she will be after a small hatchback/supermini, no more than 3 years old and with no more than around 30k on the clock. She is tempted to have a turbodiesel. What should she get?
• first car 1 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  ************* moved to Technical Matters by Mark ********* Dear all, My Daughter will be Seventeen next January and you can all guess the rest. Any recommendations on which wheels to go for. Safety is paramount and ABS a must. I might need her to keep me in old age!! p.s.Should have
• Battery Life 14 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  What is the life expectance of car batteries these days?, used to be 3 - 4 years but have battery manufacturers made advances. The reason I ask is that I am spending some weeks driving around Europe in the spring, my car is 4 years old (diesel), and the local tyre depot is having a battery sale
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  Should Honda pay to fix the air con in my 10 year old car? 13 May 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My 2004 Honda CR-V has been very reliable and I have covered 106,000 miles. However, recently, the air con pump has started getting noisy and I have been...
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  Can I use my old C30 spare on my new C30? 6 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My wife sold her Volvo C30 Diesel 1.4 after 4 years and 3000miles and bought a new Volvo C30 petrol 1999cc R Lux. A spare was purchased for the old diesel...
• Warranty & its distortion of car values 31 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  there are lots of cars on the market that are just about 3 years old (some a month or two younger so that the new buyer has the confidence of some warranty, some a month or two older as the owner has 'chanced it' for a short while). Therefore 3-year old prices are slightly depressed, relative to a straight line
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  Faulty rear door lock, will my car fail its MoT? 19 Jul 2022 (Ask HJ)
  The rear door on my 18 year old Volkswagen Polo won’t open from the inside or the outside. Is that going to cause the car to fail the MoT? Other passenger...
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  Can you recommend the best car on a small budget? 11 Aug 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I have a very old, much loved Citroen Saxo that I’m looking to change. I only have £4k to spend but dislike tiny cars, what would you recommend please?
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  Repairing my car has been deemed uneconomical - can I seek a second opinion? 18 Feb 2019 (Ask HJ)
  After an accident, my garage says the necessary repair is not economical. It is an old car but so useful to me. Should I seek a second opinion?
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  Can I trace an old car if I know the reg number? 15 May 2018 (Ask HJ)
  In the 1970s, my wife and I owned two Austin Mini. How do I ascertain whether or not they have been scrapped, still on the road or declared SORN? I can...
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  Faulty car keys - cheap fix 15 Jan 2015 (Ask HJ)
  You replied to an an owner with problems unlocking. My son has had 2 x this problem and fixed them both for a few pounds. IS & RAV4 key not functioning. Bought...