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• MPV - for 'a grand'? 14 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  and price goes down, perhaps individual cars and their care received is more important than a particular make/model reliability index...So here goes... We are average. 2 adults, 2 children (well, one and one on the way). We are fed up with struggling to get a 2 year old in the back of a 3 door punto
• Toyota RAV 4 (2000 - 2006) - To change it or keep it? 22 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  not important - condition and ability to start after several days sitting outside will be! Just seems a shame to see the Rav sit there losing money and condition needlessly. Unfortunately I have to have the garage for all my work gear otherwise I'd let her use it.
• Replacing my Volvo S80 18 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  important than ever as there are no buses/ taxis/car hire close by. I use my car to visit a wide range of business clients with my work as an Accountant/Consultant. Budget is £15K max, I?d be happier at £10K and I don?t want anything more than 3 years old. Suggestions please??
• Guardian readers reject Global Warming! [ReadOnly] 13 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  of capitalism is more important than the survival of the human race! Global Warming: The new secular religion of the post-materialist middle-classes.
• Is a Perodua a safe buy? 4 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  are ( dealer network being an issue for some ). I just have this little voice in my head saying Perodua are a mickey mouse business always on the brink of collapse ( well uk imports anyway ). Is this the case or am I just running scared of a relatively unknown brand? Id be interested to know HJ's take
• I've repaired it, and i've saved all these bits! 21 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  , or prompted any confessions of jobs done, and discoveries of rather important parts that should really have been inside the repair.
• You could've knocked me down with a Rover! 6 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  can hardly walk and that one day I'd be old too. My reply was "If I get to live that long with idiots like you around!" Obviously her dash to the bank was of far more importance that him potentially mowing down a pedestrian or a small child running round the corner. I was so angry and I don't care
• Exploding 'super bright' bulb 7 May 2008 (Forum)
  , and the critical importance of keeping the glass envelope clean). Driving on Sunday night I noticed the passenger-side bulb go out. When I got home I could see that it had exploded with great force. There is glass debris inside the headlamp unit and some scratching of the reflector where it has been struck
• FIAT - Fiat Dealers worst on 18 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Auto Express Driver Power verdict 2008. Fiat allegedly, second from bottom overall and worst on "Helpfulness and attitude" I just can`t believe that, given the new 500, it importance to the company and the new management seemingly having gone through the dealer network. Both of the Fiat garages
• Porsche Cayenne (2003 - ) - fairly unusual sighting logorrhoeic narcissis cut 15 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  carriageway. And with that high suspension it would have lolloped over the high ramps at Portobello Road which groundscraping chavmobiles have trouyble with. Best of all, it made a quite nice tinny blatting sound from the exhaust and showed good acceleration and braking in the stop-start (very important
• secret squirrel police cars? 1 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  hope so) My ideas on Why so many 1. They are in convoy with important delegates 2. They are being road tested 3. Saftey in numbers Finally why always west bound at around 1830? This is starting to eat at me - can someone give me the answer so I dont have to 'never know' Thanks
• Need a car for £100 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  not style. Interior doesn't matter as can easily be rectified - a good engine and other key components are far more important. (Must just clarify this is not to be my (or anyone else's) main car. I'm shortly to be the recipient of a company Focus Titanium 2.0tdci so this is strictly a hobby project
• Toyota Estima Enima Turbo 17 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I've owned the above Jap import for about 1 year and have been very pleased with it and would recommend it. However, it appears to have a fault which no garage or petrol-head friend has been able to diagnose. The car always starts first time, runs great, and has never broken down. The car
• X-Trail Valuation in p-ex for Subaru 19 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  of the hefty discount he is offering? Incidentally, a dealer offering an almost identical car today, but £1000 more, offered me £ 12000 trade-in. Is it a classic case of price-to-change being the all-important consideration. Hoping back -roomers can throw some light on the murky world of trade-ins Many
• Swift automatic 19 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  at the top end, as it gets a little raucous above 4000 rpm. It red lines at about 6500 rpm but I didn't get anywhere near that. The handling is nice and sharp, although I feel the steering is a little light and could do with more feel as the car picks up speed. The important think is that my wife likes
• Volkswagen Passat Brake problem 5 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 Volkswagen Passat 130 TDI Sport which I bought new as an import (Warranty expired) The problem I have started at the end of August when I had to make an emergency stop. The ABS cut in and the car stopped when I went to move off the car would not move and stayed like that for about 1
• Child accident rates/lollipop persons 7 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  of Scotland perhaps?- but few things can be more important than children's lives. I certainly feel that about my own children. If I'm off track here please let me know>
• Skoda Car Seat Comfort & Back Pain 19 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  at new cars for over a year. I want something with good reliability but the seating is most important. I tried a Mazda 6 in 2004 but found the ride and seating much too hard. Similarly the new Primera was uncomfortable. This year I test drove a VW Touran, Passat and Skoda Octavia (latest model
• Derbyshire school 20mph zones 9 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  to be any repeater signs and, probably more important, no sign to mark the end of the zone. A couple of locals I spoke to just said words to the effect,'Ah well, everyone knows the school is in ???? Lane so we don't go back to 30 until we get to ???? Road' They seemed quite perplexed when I asked how
• Pls help girlie find new car 19 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all Have enjoyed reading the site for a while but never posted before. Need to replace my Golf GTi with an estate or low backed 4x4. The most important considerations are 1. Easy access for my beloved large hound - jumping over the lip into a hatchback is not good for him (bad hips) 2