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• Skoda vRS vs other cars 18 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I need some advice (no flaming please!). We have decided to replace my wife's car and would like something quick but reasonably economical. Preferably to buy used (up to 1 year old, 10000 miles) costing no more than £14k. The Skoda Octavia VRS 2.0T FSI would seem to fit the bill. I dont know
• Other child leaning out of window 21 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  , looking to put it politely like something rescued from a breaker's yard. I opened it with the spare key and put the nippers in, leaving the flashers going. I locked them in and got into my car. Then I noticed that the five-year-old one had opened the nearside rear window and was three quarters out
• how difficult is it to buy a new car !!! 19 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Today my wife & I drove round 4 dealers to get a price on hers & to get a replacement hopefully within weeks only to find that 3 out of 4 shook their heads in dismay at the 22 month old part exchange & to be told that any model of car in any colour that I wanted to order would be September now
• No more car hunting, hurrah! 28 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Affter three solid weeks of car hunting and trawling the internet, I've finally found a replacement for Mrs MLC. Decided a Picanto was too small. I was scared off the Punto reading the owners reviews on What Car and the regular tales of head gasket/steering column failures on the Fiat Forum
• C2 for daughter's first car ? 29 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  test looms. Which brings me to the point. I've been think of buying her a cute little Citroen C2 1.1 Sx. One a couple of years old probably. Anyone have any experience of the reliability of the C2 or aware of any issues with the car ? It looks like I'll pay £5k+ for one from a dealer
• Advice on Trade In Please 7 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I agreed a trade in price for my old car with a Toyota dealer over the weekend. I have signed an order for a 2nd hand car and this includes details of my current car. I have also paid a deposit of £100. I have now discovered that I gave the garage the wrong info about my car - I told them
• Best and worst cars for resale value. 3 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  1.4 Antares 55% Bottom 6: Perodua Kenari 77% Suzuki Alto 1.1 GL 76% Perodua Kelisa GXi 1.0 76% Nissan Primera 74% Kia Magentis 74% Hyundai Accent 1.3CDX 74% I am not in the market for any of these cars, but that Nissan Primera looks an excellent buy at 3 years old. Especially when
• demonstrator on finance??? 20 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Hi all. Had my new car (well 7 month old) HPI'd today. am buying from a SAAB dealership. my bro-in-law has hpi'd it for free for me, he works in motor trade. car is financed by GMAC, it has been refinanced on 01/04/2004, so has 2 account numbers relating to it. My bro-in-law says not to touch
• Corsa Handbrake 14 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  in !!!!!!!!! the car is 6 months old + has done 3000 miles. i told her not to have it done. but she is unable to park the car on a hill. (i have told her to park on flat carparks, till i get time to look at it.) i guess there is an adjustment on the rear of handbrake itself? (like on a nut and spindle?) i understand
• dumped car? 12 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Dear all, Odd sort of question, really. I live in a block of 10 flats, in a nice bit of Bromley. For our block, we have one parking space (although all flats have garages en bloc round the back), running lengthways beside the path up to the main door. The space is big enough for two small cars
• Hand car washes 8 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Not sure if this has been discussed on here before - I can't find anything on the search, but what is the general opinion of these hand carwashes that seem to be appearing, certainly around here, a lot recently? I've used one in Ashton before in my old Tipo that I wasn't too bothered about
• Scratched MGF paintwork. 8 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Catherine has a year old MGF Steptronic in Tahiti (dark) Blue. It is a well loved second car and when not in it's garage has covered only 3500 careful miles in west Scotland. Nearly every panel has fine, visible scratches in the laquer layer yet the car is rarely left unattended in a car park
• Ford Focus Zetec - ECU failure not covered by warranty 21 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  and if necessary replaced. This was done at a cost of £760.20.  My son finally sold the car at the end of February for £5,600. It was less than four years old, and with less than 32,000 miles on the clock! I am appalled that Ford mis-informed me about the warranty situation
• Ford Fiesta (2009 - ) - Help need on this deal from Ford 3 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi Guys, I need your help in making a decision regarding upgrading my car. Ford has offered me this deal out of the blue and I have been thinking ever since. I have a 16 month old Fiesta Zetec Climate (3 Door). I bought my car on Passport finance scheme and pay £170 per month. The scheme works
• private buyer long term diesel / lpg choice ? 24 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Hi all New to the site but have been a guest viewer for quite some time and now need some honest advice. Quick relevant background: Never bought a new car. Living in ITALY, petrol 1.2 euro/ltr, diesel 1.1euro/ltr, lpg 0.54/Ltr and availability no problem. 1 one year old daughter, hopefully another
• Toyota Yaris - 17yo first automatic car, MK1 Yaris too old? 3 Jun 2022 (Forum)
  , or will be soon 20 years old, my budget can't really stretch further than £3000 (maybe a couple hundred over if there's a really good and newer car) I've also been looking at aygos and was intrigued by their multimode gearboxes, however it's up for debate if people like these or not, personally
• Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI - What are my rights after buying a car privately? 15 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  the car running yet or even looked inside it, he assured me that the vehicle was 110% mechanically sound and has no issues and explained he was a mechanic. I then made the fatal mistake of chatting to the old boy about the vehicle as he told me how great it was etc etc and we counted the money out and he
• Toyota X - Scared to buy a car 3 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  budget is max £13k which I have saved for these past 17 years. Any advice please/or car make suggestions? ??.   I just want a good reliable car of course, as I've had to pay £500 on my current one for one thing or another and I don't think it's right to keep paying so much on an old
• Mondeo Mark 1 Ghia X 6 Cyl. 2.5 l. - Restoring a car - stolen on 22 March 2024 16 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  the theft and if the vehicle is found. The dilemma is that the insurance company is notified that they will pay out, the car then becomes their property, however, I want to have the car back if found and continue restoration of this 28 year old car, I have carried out many repairs and renewals to shock
• Suggestions for a car 18 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  and the old car was a 1l fiesta which was boring and slow to drive so I was looking for something fun to drive like a focus st or something along those lines but reality is I have a 1yo and my wife wants her in a rear facing seat for as long as possible and wants room in the front. We have 0 plans for more