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• Worth buying diesel for long term ownership? 31 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  I am looking at a particular car, but most on sale seem to be diesels. I am a low mileage user. Perhaps 6,000miles pre-pandemic. Much less now.  Most of my driving is in town or to the supermarket.  Given the low mileage. I hold on to cars for a long time. However
• TFL Scrappage scheme question 16 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  Hi all hope someone can help me. An elderly member of my family has asked my help regarding the procurement of another car as her old banger has sadly passed the point of no return today (head gasket issues).).  She would be eligible for the TFL scrappage scheme and so could claim
• A student starter car? 31 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  Gurus' advice sought please. 21 year old daughter. Lives in Tunbridge Wells, Uni student, has flat with resident's parking space. Dad if only for peace and quiet is about to cave in for car request after much prevaricating. However since the UK trains don't function any more she cannot get
• Why the difference between Diesel and petrol 7 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  . We have a 1.5 Clio Diesel and it comes under the old car tax rules and we don't pay for road tax and we have no plans on selling this car, We also do short journeys but still average 58 MPG with a long run now and again just to clear out the filter, so really happy with the car, Its just when you see
• Mini one D - Broken cam shaft chain 15 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  Hi Can I ask about my mini that broke down and was taken to the mini garage I have used to regularly service my car. It has 120000 on the clock and is 7 years old. The garage told me they would charge £500 to take a look at the engine and confirm the cam shaft chain is broken but found parts
• Ford Focus II 1.6, 2005 - Spark Plug thread size 28 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  I have recently tried to replace spark plugs and find that all plugs listed by on-line suppliers for my car have a 14mm dia. thread which just fall into the existing plug hole. The old plug is marked NGK TR 5A-10 and I have measured it as having thread diameter 15mm approx. and is also visibly
• MINI Cooper S - Car on HP, engine blew up! Still have a year left 16 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  We bought a 09 mini Cooper s in 2015 and looked after it well, yesterday the engine was leaking out oil and there' a hole..spoke to mechanic who has said we need a new engine, cost in excess of 2k! My question is, we're over half way through our hp agreement which means we can hand the car back
• leon st, volvov 60, mazda 6 message 26 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  Hi, hoping 'skidpan' picks this up. Want a 3 year old petrol family car with plenty of room in back seats but not too long. The Leon ST is good but no bigger in the cabin than my mk 1 leon. The Volvo V60 is great but the 1.6 petrol is juicy. The Mazda 6 tourer
• Honda Accord 2011 - Clutch Judder When Reversing 19 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  driveway, The engine note changes to a low rumble and the car judders really badly. Even my 4 year old granddaughter asks why it is (in her words) so bumpy. I took it back to the Honda dealer where I purchased the car who said that they could not identify a problem and asked a second Honda
• Captivaet Captiva - Chevrolet 11 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  .   I have been driving for over 30 years. The car is 2 years old and with 30000 miles on it but the car suddenly stopped 3 months ago with a faulty clutch
• Citroen Xsara Picasso 2004 reg - Cambelt & other repairs/buy another vehicle 26 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  My Picasso Xsara is about 11 years old. I purchased it about 2 years ago as a used car, the cambelt had been changed the same year I purchased it, so that should be ok. Since then, I have had to replace the clutch, and now recently have discovered a slow leak on the steering rack
• Toyota Prius - Could this be clocked? 23 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  don't know if the son did the MOTs himself - I can find out. The owner is an old man who exchanged the car for an Auris hybrid.   The dealer said that there is no way that an official Toyota dealer would sell
• Subaru Outback - Duff headlights 23 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  I wrote on 8th Dec. 2013 about the simultaneous demise of the nearside dipped beam and the sidelight.  And I replaced both.  The car was then seven years old.  Although I had replaced the sidelights several times in that period I hadn't had any trouble with the dipped or main
• Skoda Superb - water ingress 11 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  I have a Skoda Superb 1.9Tdi 130 PD Elegance. The car is nearly 10 years old with 190K+ but goes like a dream, used daily and is still in very good condition. However recently I noticed the footwell behind and underneath the drivers seat is sodden wet. ( which accounts for the unusual
• Security 9 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  RE. the answer by HJ to the question in the Telegraph motoring column on 28 Feb.2014 from a reader whose son had his Landrover stolen.   My son lost his VW Golf at less that one month old despite it having the very latest and 'best' alalrm / immobiliser.  It was the cheapest
• Help buying used car 12 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Hi all –   I own a 3 year old Nissan Qashqai. I'd like to sell or part ex it for something smaller as it's just being used for school runs etc now instead of the longer work journey's it used to do. I've checked online and it looks like I could get anywhere from 9-11k
• Audi A4 diesel saloon - Low-mileage turbro failure 28 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  I recently suffered a severe power reduction while motorway driving. My car was 21 months old, I'd had it from new and it had done 25000 miles. It then used a litre of oil in about 6 miles to the garage and subsequently the turbo, exhaust system and DPF had  all to be replaced, fortunately
• skoda/yeti - Medium sized tow-car 18 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  I am looking for a reliable modest tow car for a modest sized caravan, and I was wondering if anybody has advice. My starting point was a 1.9 diesel Focus, say 2-3 years old, with a tow capacity of 1500kg. However, I have seen on Autotrader a lot of 1.6 diesel i30's at reasonable prices, which
• Renault Megane 29 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Yet more problems with this Megane. Tonight whilst driving home the engine began to rev of its own free will then rev counter dropped to 1k revs regardless of throttle input, about 200 yards away from home there was masses of smoke pouring from the engine bay and the car cut out but restarted
• choosing next car 25 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all Occasional visitor, but not posted for a while. I am thinking of buying myself a (late) Xmas present.  I have a budget of £35k (ish) to spend on a car.  Requirements : 4 door saloon, reasonably spacious Fast, fun to drive, but reasonable economy