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• Handbrake? What handbrake? Ford Focus 25 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Morning all, The car is running fine except for a slight handbrake problem. The handbrake won't hold the car on anything but the gentlest gradient and even then I don't trust it. It's not as bad when parked as I always have and always will leave it in gear but I negotiate a lot of traffic
• ex motability at auction 17 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  the trout has set her heart on a picasso. im thinking of getting one at auction for her as i cant imagine that a a motability picasso will carry the same concerns as an m3 or something, the idea is to buy a 3 year old ex motability one, have it a year sell it privately and go and get another one
• 106 buying tips 5 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, Going to look at a 106 tomorrow for my old dear to replace her ailing (and mayo clogged) Fiesta. I'd appreciate any pointers as to what particular faults/quirks I should be looking for (in addition, or to expand on the reports in the car-by-car breakdown). It's a 1996 Petrol (facelifted
• Audi 80 headlights 4 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  know my eyesight is okay as I don't have the same problem with our other 2 year old car. Is it something to do with the age of the car and that the reflective lens in the headlight are not as effective now (no sign of rust or water penetration). I was considering changing the bulbs to something
• C4 fixed hub steering wheel 2 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  controls such as advance and retard etc and I can't picture them rotating either. First car I owned was a Sunbeam Alpine (1949 model, 20 yrs old when I bought it!) and it had two small chromed levers coming from the steering wheel boss - one for indicators (semaphore) and one for dip/main beam. I can't
• Omega 2.2 Diesel Misfire 4 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I've got an Omaga 2.2DTi that's 18 months old (only the last 6 months in my ownership) with what feels very much like a misfire/hesitation. It only happens briefly at about 1,700 rpm on a light throttle in higher gears. I'm guessing that this is the point that the turbo cuts in. Pressing
• New Vectra - Sensor Failures & Trim ratt 26 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I bought a six month old new shape 1.8 litre Vectra Elegance five door from a local Network Q dealer at the beginning of December. It immeadiatly had a brake pad wear sensor fail which took the dealer a month to get a replacement for, meantime the drivers door glass began to rattle in the frame
• ATF Leaks - Ford Sierra Auto. 4 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  . As long as I keep topping up the ATF the car runs fine but obviously this is only a very short term solution. The starter motor is about 2 years old and works fine. I don\'t want to replace the starter motor only to find that it isn\'t the root of the problem. Any suggetions?? I am not a great mechanic
• Damaged paintwork due to railway 13 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I recently moved to a house just yards from a busy rail line. Six weeks later, I've noticed dull brown patches over my car, which was white. My garage said "it's chippings off a railway line", and did I live near one? Nothing gets this stuff off apart from T-Cut. Is there anything else anyone
• High Mileage 28 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  http://www.highmileage.co.uk has lots of high mileage cars. I know that they\'re a good buy, if they\'ve been well maintained, as they\'ve usually had bottomless maintenance budgets and an easy life in fifth gear, at full temperature, on the nation\'s motorways, but... £7k for a 2 year old
• Grinding Brakes on Golf 17 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  The rear brake discs on my 7 month old Golf have recently started to grind when applied. The car is going in to VW on Wednesday to be inspected. The grinding has got steadily worse over the last few weeks, which makes me think there is a fault rather than a stuck piece of grit or something. Braking
• Focus Vibrations 24 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  A passenger in my Focus (2yrs old, 2.0L, average millage) recently pointed out a problem that had been at the back of mind and slowly getting worse. My car has a vibration at speed. This feeling of vibratiuon has developed into steering wheel twitching at certain speeds which if you release
• Honda Civic or similar 7 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I've been brought into the task of helping my 21 year old son buy a car. Having been a company car driver for years, I'm out of practice. Son has a budget of £5000 max and is interested in a Mazda 323, Civic or Corolla. Having toured some dealers today, the best bet so far seems to be a 97R
• Air conditioning 28 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  ? If it is the former, I would obviously need to recharge the unit, but would it be knackered (7 yrs old)? I just thought I would ask, as we are expecting a two week heatwave, and the car gets bloody hot. Thanks Jonathan
• Search for small car 2 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  clubs easily. She'll be after something 3--5 years old on a budget of c. 5k, I guess. All suggestions welcome.
• What used family car? Too much choice is a curse.. 29 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  in now, in another 4-5yrs?    Current cars I'm considering (all 2-3 yrs old); ·         USED Skoda Superb TSI 1.5 or 2.0 (S E L Executive or Sport line) – o    Pro
• Skoda Yeti SUV (2009 - ) - First 150 miles in my new 2 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  is a huge improvement over the five speeder in the Roomster and in fact feels very similar to the 6 speed box in my old MKII Octavia 1.8 TSi. The engine pulls from low revs and I found myself block changing without thinking. The engine in fact doesn't immediately feel like a turbo unit, instead
• Underside rust 18 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  think he is wrong about their quality.  I checked the underside of my 17 year old car and absolutely no rust on the underside. I keep it on the road overnight.  It looks like the car gods, don't want to me to buy a replacement car!. I did see a BMW (3 series - 2015
• Buy used car or lease 25 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  I have just started a job where I get a car allowance and want to spend as little as possible. I don't have any savings, and my current car is worth about £1k. The car allowance requires that the car is less than 7 years old I would like to get a 5dr car probably diesel as I will be doing 15k
• N/A - 22 and busy 19 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  . £5k ish Then there’s another complication, he’s promised to teach his GF to drive. They can’t afford a second vehicle, so whatever he has will be the learner car. So, I’m steering him towards things like old Focus/Astra estates and the like, maybe even an Astra van as there’s usually only the two