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• Ford Focus 1.6 petrol - Ticking Injectors 20 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  I have a 9 month old petrol 1.6 Focus. Pretty happy with the car in general but compared to our old 1.6 Focus, the intectors seem to be very tickey especially when the engine is hot.  Is this a characteristic of these engines now, as they sound like tappets actually, but I'm
• Fitting Audio 13 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I want to upgrade the old speakers in the door panels of a 4 year old car but am reluctant to simply attack the trim panels at random as I always seem to damage the clips and they never go back properly. Is there a more considered method or do I just grab and pull ? I've never been happy doing
• Sheep Trailer - Replacing 155-400 Tyres On An Old Trailer. 18 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I live in France and have an old two-wheeled sheep trailer maximum weight 490kg which has size 155-400 tyres. The trailer is in good condition so I would like to keep it. This is an old size tyre and now hard to find and expensive to buy. So I think it maybe better to replace the wheels
• Space for 3 children? 6 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  - very small car seat at the moment and not a big problem, but will soon need the next stage. We also have a 4 year old - larger seat, more room. Finally we have a 7 year old - booster seat only. As things stand it's difficult getting them comfortably in the back seat - particularly for my 7 year old
• Help please! Newbie ... 15 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm hoping that someone who knows something about cars will be able to point me in the right direction. We have been driving (and towards the end, bunny hopping and lane drifting) in a fifteen year old fiesta. Enough is enough! we need a new car! We're going to have to get it on some kind
• Nissan Almera Tino - Old Car, New Car 15 May 2016 (Forum)
  ).   All sounds v long term - but I plan to keep the Tino until I have a nice wad of cash - probably 2.5 years and I'd like a 3 year old replacement.   I'd like the replacement vehicle to be a good vehicle for 3- 20 years of age. That means no diesels and no car that's a great fleet
• Pro-rata Car Insurance anywhere?? 25 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  My parents got a new car. Old car was gonna be scrapped..God know why but I thought it far to good to scrap so invested a little time & money & a new second hand engine fitted later, got it running again. It is now MOT'd and ready to get tax in order to drive/sell. I already have my own car i
• Larger family car needed 1 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hello, new to this forum. My wife and myself are looking at getting a bigger car for our expanding brood, we have an eleven year old, a two year old and another on the way. Our Renault Clio is going to be too small. What i'd really like is a 5 seater but with 3 proper sized seats in the back, most
• Second hand car prices in USA 7 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  wondering about putting a new 200 quid clutch in his 12 year old Primera which he says still has many many more miles in it, because this is more than the car is worth.
• Hit by someone not insured 26 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  my daughters boyfriend has just upgraded to a very good condition Ford Escort, he paid £450 and is insured TPFT. Today a car full of 16 year olds collided with his car and caused damage to the front right wing and light, they were obviously not insured and in the care of the local authority
• Car Insurance 7 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Can anyone recommend an insurance company that will insure an eighteen year old female university student at a reasonable price.
• First car under £1000 30 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  For a 21 year old girl in London. Suggestions wanted, please. Many thanks
• 10 year old corsa issue 20 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  Morning All. Have a 10 year old corsa with about 130k miles on the clock. Did a 400 mile journey yesterday and pulled over for a break. When engine restarted power steering wasnt working and can't get above 2000rpm. Coolant was spilling from the middle of the car and none showing
• Ford Mondeo - Is a 1-year old Mondeo Titanium worth the money? 31 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  I was looking at buying an approximately 1-2 year old 10K miles top-of-the-range Ford Mondeo Titanium for about £17K. Then I started seeing adverts for other cars BRAND NEW at about half that cost (or a bit more). OK, I could knock a couple of grand off for a lower spec
• Skoda Octavia II - Air Conditioning sounding like an old fridge 14 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Anyone have an idea as to why the A/C on my 54 plate Octavia II  has started to sound  like an old fridge. Two very distinct noises, one a gurgling sound which is constant when the A/C is on the other a low hum which comes and goes but can be felt as a vibration through
• VW Tourag or Volvo XC90 ? 9 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hello all. I am looking at replacing my 5 yr old Seat Alhambra with either new SUV (possibly the new Peugeot 4007 or Citroen C Crosser) or, alternatively getting a 2-3 yr old quality SUV such as the Tourag or XC90. I tow a caravan and need a fairly heavy tow car. If I went for the new Pug
• New(ish) "old" Beetles 8 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Some time ago I saw an "old" (original style) VW Beetle on a P-plate (P at the front, as in 1997, not 1977). It was going the other way so I thought perhaps I'd just misread it. On Sunday I saw another, on an R plate. I was walking, it was parked, I got a good look. Definitely R, standard 1997
• Best car wax 14 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Thinking of giving the old machine a once over. Whats the Backrooms opinion on the best car wax as in the best result for the least effort?
• Red cars 6 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Will todays new red cars still fade as badly as ten year old ones or has technology improved colour fastness of red pigments?
• Bying classic car for first time 1 Oct 2024 (Forum)
  Any advice on this one please. Where and what to buy and how much to spend. I met someone a couple of years ago that had an an old 37 year old A reg citeron that was a runner and road legal. He said he paid 1300 quid for it, now I imagine the price has gone up since scrap has gone up