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• Toyota Aygo (2005 - ) - Real world mpg 26 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  since new in April are: 55 55 58 57 57 57 55 58 61 58 58 59 65 To put that into perspective, yer actual money saved on fuel compared to doing the same mileage on my old car is £566 since April 22nd 2008. There's a good mix of serious stop start, general commuting and motorway in there, and the car has
• Recommend a deep cushion child booster seat? 25 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  interior) but not so well in the new car, exacerbated by a dark interior. All the boosters I have looked at seem to have relatively shallow cushions, quite unsuited to providing a good view out the window for a 5 year old when latest generation car design tend to decrease visibility and a feeling
• Air conditioning, could be better? 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Air conditioning in cars. How come air conditioning is often so troublesome in cars? Contrasted that is, with the household fridge which seems so similar. we have two fridges past down from owner to owner with the house and are running fine at 25 yrs old, running 24/7. Build quality or design
• Should I buy this Nissan QX 21 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  , today I had a drive in a 1998 Nissan QX V6 2.0 litre Auto. The car was honestly in showroom condition, not a mark on it, inside or out. Took it on a long drive and it goes very nicely - very quiet. Comes with a fully bang-up-to-date stamped service book from the supplying Nissan dealer and all old
• New car for parents 1 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  My 70 ish parents have two old cars that are not worth a penny, they are thinking of spending approx £3-£5k on one car to replace both. It needs to be not too large otherwise my mother will not drive it though big enough to get my fairly fit dad's mountain bike in the back. My dad wants a car
• service history - what a load of rubbish 11 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  I've been looking at a few Audi S8s yesterday and also calling up some independent dealers. The cars are 6 or 7 years old, all have Audi stamps in the service book, but none of the cars have any previous receipts/invoices to prove that the car has been looked after. The point I'm trying to make
• Used car for £5000 - suggestions? 25 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  a used car. Main considerations are fuel economy and general costs to run, though safety is important also. Obvious options seem to be Yaris or Micra (but dare I say it these seem girly cars?), Corsa(long in the tooth?), Fabia (good cars), Panda (strangely appealling) or Punto (too old again?) Don't want
• TV show "can you make $$ in used cars" 26 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I saw this programme recently, on five?, It was called something like "can you make money buying and selling cars" or maybe that was the tagline. The idea was that they were given money, had to buy a car at auction (BCA) then they take it home dress it up, clean it,etc and then they sell it again
• How to sell a car on credit 3 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  , is that I would have to try and sell it. Supposing I choose to sell it, how would I go about it? I would be replacing it with a car costing £2K or less so a trade in at a dealer is unlikely as there aren't many dealers round here that deal in old and new metal from the same forecourt. So that leaves
• Wot car? 22 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  I am looking to change my 10 year old very reliable Volvo 740 for a similar sized car but am really put off by the cost of even simple repairs to the electrics on modern cars. For example, my wife recently bought a Mondeo privately and, as we were only given one key, she was told she had to have
• Citroen DS3 - Citroen dealership caught speeding in my car 17 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  the car and have my initial deposit refunded. the car is now 13 months old, i have owned it from new, having bought it from the garage where this offence has taken place advice would be greatly appreciated.
• KIA Picanto - Accidentally starting car in gear, with clutch out 26 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  Hi, Can anyone please put my mind at rest. I have a very nice Kia Picanto, only18 months old. As we have been away a lot recently, and not using the car. With all this wet and damp weather I found that the handbrake was starting to 'seize up' on the driveway. In order to try
• What would you do - neighbour spraying car 27 May 2008 (Forum)
  I have a neighbour with a 13 year old banger E class - donated by his f-i-l (& landlord). Last week he started to spray the bonnet & front wings with a spray can of Gold paint. I went out and asked him to move his car as my car (57 Reg, £20K of my money) was only 20 feet away - the drives
• Used Car dealers / Salesmen 14 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  a site of a local Ford dealer and nothing after 5 days....sent an e-mail asking if they had heard from me..nothing....(Planning on part exchanging current 5 year old car for a used model around £9k) Tried contacting two other main dealers (Ford and Toyota) via website...so far nothing... I went around
• Mazda CX-5 - Mazda CX-5 Engine failure. 30 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  pressure light. Obviously until they come back to us this is conjecture, but can anyone one offer any advice if this turns out to be the issue? A 4.5 year old car with full dealer service history surely can't be fit for purpose if the engine fails like this.  Any thoughts or advice is welcome.   
• Toyota Avensis 2006 Petrol - Engine vibration 5 May 2015 (Forum)
  . But have these vibration victims ever started their cars, firmly engaged the handbrake, gear in neutral and revved the engine to near the upper rev limit? I have and guess what? The vibration is slightly felt around 2000 revs, gets noticeable at 3000 revs and slightly disappears at around 4500 revs. I must
• Nissan Almera: manual or automatic? 4 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  In a week or two I'm about to start shopping for a new car. Thanks to lots of help from the backroom and from HJ's roadtests and FAQs, I have narrowed my choice down to a Nissan Almera 5-door at about 1-2 years old, or a Citroen Berlingo multispace of similar age (the Berlingo is much less likely
• Do you think it's the battery? (Vectra) 13 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Being of the female persuasion and knowing as much about cars as I do about rugby - which is zilch - although I do like men in shorts - I opened my grumpy old Vectra this morning and noticed that the doors unlocked rather slowly and the beep for the alarm turning off sounded a bit feeble. Put
• Honda CRV 2014 diesel 2.2 - Advice needed re.used CRV warning lights 3 Jun 2021 (Forum)
  After owning two very old and battered cars (and spending no money on them as they were pretty much fault free for 17 years) we decided to buy a CRV from a very well known dealer. Looked tidy, fairly low mileage for year, drove well. Not a very expensive car as they go of course, but a step up
• Volvo C30 - Taking on home based car maintenance 14 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  We bought a  three year old Volvo C30 seven years ago, which we are very happy and content with, and after having it serviced by our local garage over the years we decided that it was time the now ten year old car had a proper main Volvo agency birthday service. We were given every courtesy