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• Does this oldie need a cat? 4 May 2002 (Forum)
  is now blowing, at the joint with the cat. Garage man says "Can't weld a cat". So do I need the cat? I seem to recall a thread which said that cars older than a certain date did not require them - but my serach of old threads didn't turn it up. Anone know the definitive answer, please?
• Corolla VVTi Longevity 8 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  I may have asked this before, but how many miles can you expect to get from a Corolla 1.4 VVTi before it starts becoming economically unviable to repair? I'm trying to cost out my wife's car which does 30,000 miles per year and is used entirely for business purposes. So far there have been
• Anyone looking for Chips Away franchise? 10 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Scanning the franchise sites found this resale of an established Chips Away franchise. Now I know nothing really about these car maintenance business but thought established business and fitted out diesel van for £12000. Perhaps something for LAS! Location Peterborough PE Postcode Trading 18
• GEARBOX THRASH ON FIESTA 8 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  I own a Fiesta Zetec S which is 2 months old and has now covered 1500 miles. When the clutch is not depressed the engine is noisy, however when the clutch is depressed the engine noise is minimal. During the 1500 mile complimentary check I mentioned this fault to the mechanc. On collecting
• Mondeo heater smell 16 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  I recall a thread a few weeks ago about hot/burning smell from a Mondeo heater. I have a Mk2 1.8 GLX and during a couple of damp picnics in the car on our summer hols smelt a hot clutch/engine aroma when the engine was off but the fan was on. The clutch is not slipping and I checked the fuses
• Espace air-con. 12 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  , a very common one for a 5yr old car with air-con problems. This is one particularly for Dave N, any likely causes of faults on this age of Espace? Any particular air-con firms in Cambs that would be good to look at this? I have read the HJ faq on this and noted the advised contacts there. David
• Economy in tow cars and necessary licenses 23 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Apologies for the long post. I've been looking at the best way to be able to pick up a car that I have bought and bring it home without the need to MOT, tax or insure it. I will be doing this regularly and so it will be worth it to have a proper solution.  One of the issues
• Mini Cooper - Blue Smoke from exhaust 10 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  '.  Its a 13 year old car so we should expect some smoke etc, but with it being blue its obvious what the fault is.   For £3k, the car is immaculate and finding something similar is difficult.  It passed an MOT last week, so is good for 12 months!  Is it a risk worth
• Ford Focua Combi 2008 - Esp problems 22 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  Hi!  I'm having problems with esp on my car. Recently changed front wheel bearings an had a faulty wheel speed sensor p500. Changed bearings but changed sensor at a later time. Still have a p500 ( left front). The car's abs pump works, it brakes the wheels and unlocks them
• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 02-07-2016 Part 1 4 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  as betterment so I'd have to pay; 2) I object on moral grounds to this costly way of keeping me mobile and hiking everyone's premiums; 3) I might feel upset if and when my 12 year-old car came back and I had to drive that again! So I rang the other driver's insurers and they arranged a hire
• What car should I buy? 4 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  . We want a 5dr Hatchback. Our budget is £15-18k - obviously spending less is nice, but willing to spend top end of budget for something special. Looking at used cars 1-2yrs old, low mileage - or New if the right car is in our budget. Preferably diesel (doing c15k miles a yr, av
• any - Driving instructor quality 8 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  Walking along a side street popular with driving schools for teaching 3 point turns, reverse parking etc, , I saw a learner draw up alongside a parked car, evidently to learn reverse parking. The problem was, as she had left a good 5 feet between the left of her car and a parked car
• Honda Jazz - Honda Jazz automatic making an odd noise 13 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  I have a 5 year old Honda Jazz, which has done 37k miles.   Within the last 2-3 weeks I've noticed a slightly odd noise when starting the car up. It also is audible when at traffic lights, it seems to only be obvious when starting the car up having not used it for a few
• Merc B class - Manual -v- Automatic, Diesel -v- Petrol 7 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  We’ve tried some cars and read up on others and the only one still In the frame to replace my wife's 7 year old Toyota Corolla Verso is the B class Merc despite it being a bit expensive
• Advice re Cat D write off please 30 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, Have just been told that my old Honda is being written of as a Cat D, following my being hit in the rear. Have been offered £500 which I feel is fair considering the age and condition of the car pre accident. I am probably going to buy the car back as I really need a car
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 06 1.6 Advice please on buying car ? 27 May 2009 (Forum)
  I live in the UK and saw an 06 Ford Focus 1.6 (115 bhp) LX with 30 000 miles at my local Ford dealer. The asking price was £6499. As my budget is £5000 plus my 1999 T reg Ford Focus they said that they would give me £1200 for my old car which would reduce the price to £5299. I then managed to get
• Volkswagen Beetle (1998 - ) - do I need to disconnect battery whilst charging ? 30 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Morning All, With a view to keeping the (fairly old) battery on my car in a decent state of charge over the winter, I purchased a small battery charger last night. Had a look through the instructions and all the usual blurb about checking water levels and topping up with distilled water
• Retirement tactics 7 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  retirement fund. I'm a complete ignoramus on cars, but John has often referred in complimentary fashion to the new Panda with the 1.3 multijet engine. I have very fond memories of driving an old Panda in years gone by, and I know it's a completely different car, but does anyone have any observations
• Buying a C3 Pluriel 17 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  .... Car is on Autotrader @ £6200 but in the pics you can see a sign for £6500..... Just checked parkers and it gives a price for that age car of £5320 based on 20,000 for a 2004 (53) car. Now give that its a 53 so will have been early 2004, its now over 3 years old, so shouldn't they be pricing it based
• Disappointing Toyota 8 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I've been running an 1.8 04 Toyota Avensis for a year now. I deliberately bought a jap car after all the reliability issues and ropey build quality I had with my last two cars (Ford and Vauxhall). However although I like the car it seems to be a bigger lemon than my old Omega - which is fairly