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  Repair of a CVT transmission 30 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I own a VOLVO 340GL Automatic (CVT) and after around ten minutes driving, the idling speed becomes too high when the car is put in neutral causing the...
• VW Passat 2.0 TDI Estate - Buying a high mileage (+30k/year) VW diesel? 23 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  at a few examples of around 3 year old high mileage VW Passat diesel's on offer from dealers and have a few questions on buying one of these. We're hoping to use this as a family car and probably won't do more than 5k miles a year in it. Is the old adage about German diesel's true
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  Recently retired 15 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I'm recently retired after 25 years company car use now need to purchase a car (not new). Budget £10k. Five-year-old max, reasonable running costs,...
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  Should I buy a Ford Mondeo or BMW 320? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am planning to buy a two-year-old car to replace my 1996 diesel Ford Mondeo. I am looking at either a BMW 320 diesel or a Ford Mondeo Titanium diesel....
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  Can I drive through Spain on runflat tyres with no spare wheel? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am travelling to Spain by car and I understand that it is obligatory to carry a spare wheel. I have runflat tyres and also carry a tyre inflator. Are...
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  Public enema 2 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  What would be a dealer's comeback if someone sold him a car that has missed a service and needed a reconditioned engine to be fitted at two and a half...
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  Meany machine 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I’m looking to buy a cheap car (around £500) to use as a run around for about 6 months. Obviously I’m not wanting to spend much on the car during this...
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 2000 1.5 Coolant Temperature light - on or off? 5 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  when the engine starts. Should this be the same for the newer car? I have checked the leads going to the sensor on the water pump and there is 12v there. I also pulled the leads off the old cars sensor and the light still come on when the ignition is turned on. I took the radio out of the old car
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  Give it the hammer 14 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I’m emailing you to let you know about the excellent service I received from Central car auctions in Glasgow when selling my 9-year-old Honda Accord with...
• New Lada - 43 years young 10 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  amazed it still has the old truck style steering wheel so it looks like there is still no rack and pinion :(. Now us westerners will probably think so what, but the Lada 2107 in many ways is the worlds best selling car, some reports suggest they have sold more than the VW Beatle and the last version
• Height Barriers 23 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Following on from a similiar threat of speed humps making roads damaging for low cars, does anyone else have a problem with height barriers ?. One of my vehicle is an old Bedford RL and when we lived in Pembrokeshire we would go out on Sundays with it. Now we are back in Hampshire there is almost
• Volkswagen Golf TSI DSG - need changing cambelt 19 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  My vw golf  (automatic TSI 1.6) is 5 years old with only 18000 miles on the clock.  I took my car for annual servicing and was told that I need to change the cambelt in the car?!  Is this really necessary?  I have only done 18000miles. 
• Renault Clio II - Car smoke black 4 May 2015 (Forum)
  hello My Clio 2 1.5 DCI has got a problem when you start the engine it smokes grey but when you are driving it smokes black and grey The old engine got broken so I had to replace it It doesn't burn oil
• volkswagen lupo - My first car 26 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  im turning 17 in less than a month and im ttreating myself to a 'brand old lupo'. any warnings to consider? hints and tips? please advise me as to where i can get quality parts (aftermarket/genuine, online/off) All advisories WILL be considered and very much
• whats your best car for the least money 21 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Mine's has to be a three year old lada i had about twelve years ago, only paid £280 for it, never gave me any trouble and sold it 18 months later for £350. i have to admit i actually liked driveing it, is that sad or what.
• Autotrader volume of ads 28 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I have noticed that the number of cars for sale on Autotrader has decreased in the last 4 months from around the 390,000 mark to around 320,000. Is this due to less people buying new ones and hanging on to their old cars, so less p/x's or private sales to me made? Or is this just typical
• Cheap rep-mobiles 14 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Has anyone noticed how cheap late-model old-shape Mondeos and Vectras are becoming? Your looking at around £6k for 07 reg examples with average mileages from car supermarkets. Seems like a lot of car for your dosh, what do you reckon? Surely the best used buys out there??
• Car / Tram interaction 29 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I have recently returned from Prague and was impressed with the way that trams and road vheicles integrated on city centre streets. Can anyone explain...
• Finding out if a number plate is still in use 12 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I remember seeing a site that can tell you if a vehicle number plate is still used on a car but I cannot find it. I have found the details of some of my old cars and would love to know if they are still on the road or at least if the number is still in use.
• good dealer service! 22 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I found some little rust spots in various places on my 7 year old Mercedes 220. I contacted a local main dealer who asked to see the car and the service record...up to date... they inspected the car and it seems the whole lot will be done under warranty. I am really impressed.