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• Mercedes Benz - New radio aerial antenna required 21 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  on. Would this aerial be compatible with my old head unit? The [type 2] Autofun has an AP 1 DIN plug. Does this need an adaptor to connect to my head unit which has an old fashioned antenna socket? The radio head unit is the original factory Mercedes Benz 'Special' Becker AM/ FM radio/ cassette which
• Can't get £20 oil change - unlucky or sinister 12 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  /Wed/Thu morning only. Did that and got my oil and filter done. Cost £21 and good old gravity used to drain-off the old oil. This year, branch (1) says: "Nah! mate, the pump we use for the oil's broken. Nah - dunno when it's gonna be fixed." After a year! Branch (2) says: " Nah! we've run out of oil
• Worthing A24 Roundabout Madman in 1980's 9 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  old man who used to stand at the A24 roundabout just outside Worthing at the weekends ? He would have a sit-up-and-beg bicycle and on the back of it a stereogram playing Jazz, and he would have a cigarette holder with which he would conduct the music and wave at the cars as they passed He would
• Mini TLC servicing - what is missed? 11 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  A friend has a mini, bought at 6mths old and 5,000 from BMW Dealer (ex-demo) it has the TLC cover and has been serviced by a another BMW Dealer @ roughly 20K & 35K miles. It is now 3 years old and needed an MoT and they take it to the local friendly independent round the corner and it fails
• Such olde worlde charm 29 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Our regular monthly trip to visit relatives takes us clockwise round the top half of the M25 on a Friday evening, always a pleasant motoring experience. Last Friday I chose a perfectly adequate gap to move into the outside lane and accelerated briskly to the same speed as the car which had just
• HELP -2nd insurance renewal! 25 yrs old 14 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  money in the long run. After buying the car I realised my insurance was going to be massive! First year £1500 - Bought a 10 month bonus excellorater policy. Renewal has just come through at £994. I have to renew by 29th November and dont have this kind of money. I need to drive to get to work, but know
• Rover 75 CDTi or BMW 320d SE? 1 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Ok, I know I've asked similar questions in the past, but I'm still on the lookout for a 3-year old "keeper" to replace the Passat late this year/early next year. I'm essentially looking for something with similar equipment levels to the Leon, with nearly as good mpg (ie diesel), which is a bit
• Citroen C3 8 year old - Car insurance putting us in harms way to save cash 29 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  the tyre it would not have been pretty. My wife is currently pregnant and she drives my 4 year old around in this car and has been since the accident, only our parental paranoia made us take it to our garage as the insurance company took 13 days to set up the tyre and wing repair
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Diesel versus Mazda 6 Petrol 13 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  So. I've had my Mazda 6 a year now, and it is a very nice car. However, it drinks like a fish and I'm a bit bored of sticking well over a hundred quid of fuel in it every month just to toodle around town delivering children and getting to work and back. I never get more than 275 miles out
• Mazda cx3 - SJPN 26 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  a speeding offence 6 months ago, the NIP was sent to an old address. I am now charged with failure to respond (they managed to find my correct address for to send the SJPN (presumably from my drivers licenc and car tax etc... - What is my best option in order to avoid the 600 fine and increase in insurance
• Estate or SUV 11 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  Hi Looking for a  bargain suv or estate ideally under £3k We have 3 dogs ( 2 medium and 1 small ) and hence the reason our last car was an XTrail but it became expensive to fix/maintain. Also we shift stuff occasionally and use it for tip runs. We will only do about 4k
• VW Beetle 2.0 year 2000 - Emissions help MOT Failure 13 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any ideas how I can improve the emissions on my vintage VW Beetle the car has failed MOT on Emissions only.. it runs lovely no rust has lots of new parts including a 3-4 year old cat. Its had redex and the premium petrol always E5 the only thing it hasn’t had for a while is a new
• Citroen Picasso C4 2015 1.6HDi - Type of air-con fluid in my '15 C4 Picasso? 8 Jul 2022 (Forum)
  Hi My air con has stopped working. When I turn it on, I hear a light 'sizzling' sound from behind the dash, and no cool air. It has never had a gas top-up, so I'm hoping that's all that's needed on my 7-year old car. If it's R134a - as in my older C3 - then I can DIY the top-up
• Kodiaq or X3 16 May 2021 (Forum)
  Hi - this is my first post and I’m seeking some guidance as not sure which way to go. This is Avery random comparison, but I’m trying to choose between a 3 year old, petrol Kodiaq with 23k miles and a diesel X3 with 43k miles. Not much in it in terms of spec, especially for what I need. Not much
• Audi A8 - Yuasa battery - Presumed battery failure - best make? 22 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  Just over a year ago I bought what they said was the best battery in Halford's - a 100Ah Yuasa HSB019.  After inadvertently flattening it a few weeks ago it has now twice failed to retain enough charge to start the engine.  The 8 and 9 year old batteries in our other two cars have
• Kia Sportage 1.6gdi 6 sp manual - Insurance renewal 2021 LV 27 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Last year when buying the sportage, cancelled the old contract online as advised by LV and did new contract online   from delivery date of new car. Cost £182.and pennies. (Got £45 cashback through quidco) so net about £135 ish. (not available this year
• Honda Jazz - Ask HJ answers 26 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Do the current generation of HJ journalists actually read the question they are claiming to "answer"? I read today  a response to the question " Are there any cars that will fit a mattress in the back" posted by Andrew Brady ... the question makes it quite clear
• Ford Fiesta - 2004 - Replacement Headlight Unit 8 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Hi, My son has cracked the lens on his 2004 Fiesta headlight, we got a replacement from the scrappie but whilst driving it would just go off intermittently and when giving the connector a wiggle a sound similar to a small electrical motor could be heard. I put the old one back one
• The £25,000 question 29 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  I’m a mid-20’s single professional male looking for a new (or used) car but I just cannot find one perfect for my situation. My budget is max £25k, normally go for something with less than 10k miles on the clock and less than 3 years old. I need something which is head turning
• ANY - Bead Breaking 30 Nov 2019 (Forum)
  Maybe 30 years since I last did this, and it seems A LOT harder than I remember.  In those distant days I drove onto the deflated tyre, or I used the foot of a bottle jack next to  the rim with the weight of the car on the jack. Not working for me any more, just slips off