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• Lessons learned the hard way! 8 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  year old to open the car. I now have a rubber seal on order at 60? (5 days!) and to make sure that the temporary tarpaulin stays in place in the face of an increasing Mistral. Of course last night was the first rain in the last 2 months. Lesson learnt - it would be cheaper to have permanent spare
• Jaguar X-type or which? 30 May 2006 (Forum)
  to another. Are those Jags on Auto trader going for 5grand to 8grand any good?? Some of them are barely less than 5 years old. My volvo was a high maleage car i bought it with 125k miles and im selling it now at 148K and it was a good car and it didnt cost me a lot.
• Worst new car on sale today... 16 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Took the Scooby in for service today. (Good dealer nr Wigan BTW and cheaper than telephone quote inc brake fluid change). Offered courtesy car which turned out to be Daihatsu Terios Sport. UHGGH. OK it had less that 1000 miles but on the basis of 100 miles of mixed motorway, A road and urban
• Trade in £ can't be that low surely? 15 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  working on it) and it has 81,700 miles on the clock. According to Auto Trader with this mileage it is worth approx £700 as a trade-in and according to the What Car? magazine it would be worth £1,200. Can these figures really be right for a 2 1/2 year old car?! Looking on Ebay and a couple of other
• First time buyer - advice please 28 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Hi Following the breakdown of my marriage with the ex getting custody of the car, I now find myself looking for a car, but not knowing where to start. I'm not bothered about makes, but there's a few things which may narrow the search a little. I've £5000 to spend Safe - got two kids large boot
• Focus CMAX Fuel Consumption 5 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Just bought a Focus CMAX 2.0 TDCi Zetec, 8k, one year old from Ford Direct via a Ford dealer. I've had it for about a week and the fuel consumption is about 30mpg on average for 50% town/50% motorway. Is this right? The specs for this car on the Ford website state 50.4mpg, should I expect my car
• missed service 3 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  I have just bought a car which is 20 months old. It only has 7000 on the clock and is in excellent condition to look at.Problem is I did not look at the service record until 2 days later whereupon I saw that there is no year 1 service stamp. I phoned the garage where the car was originally
• Renault Scenic or Saab 93??? 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Hello all, I need to lease a new car at the moment and was going to go for the Saab 93 Linear 1.9 dti (150) over two years. However, there is an offer of the Renault Scenic 1.5 dci Dynamique over one year at the moment and it's thrown me somewhat. As you are all car buffs you can understand
• A "good" unmarked police car 6 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Was going to post the details of an unmarked car doing the rounds on the M8 in the Speed Thread, when, by chance I discovered that the husband of one of my work colleagues is driving it! Transpires that they are not targetting speeders, although they will if it excessive, but they are more looking
• Big Decent Estate 4 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Looking for a decent estate car for a trip to Denmark and back in October. Been looking at spendingg upto £3500 for a Volvo T5, Volvo 960 3.0 24v, Merc 300TE, BMW Series Tourer, Scorpio Ultima (dont laugh...ther missus likes'em!) but nothing really stands oput and what are the pros and cons
• Hyundai Coupe Vibration 26 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I`ve owned a Hyundai Coupe from new. It is a "W" reg year 2000 and it has done 75000 miles. No big problems with it ( it did have the rear suspension replaced at about 18 months old ) until a few months ago when I suspected a front wheel bearing problem. After a few visits to the dealer
• Insurance Dispute 18 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  A friend of mine is in dispute with a major insurance company regarding a claim. The car is a Toyota Starlet 1.31 SR ( T Plate 99 ) which is the sport rally version of the Starlet and with the P at then end of the Chassis number denotes that the car was prepared at the point of entry and 15
• Shiny Happy Traffic Wardens... 1 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  They exist!! Or, at least, one does. Seen in the vicinity of good old leafy Orpington, Friday around 4pm. Mindful of the horror stories about wardens jumping out from behind lampposts as one tries to obtain one's parking ticket, I was a little worried when, the second I had finished parking, one
• Help HJ -Fiesta Rust :( 15 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  HJ - I noticed in the car by car a little while ago that you mentioned rust on the weatherseal on the A-pillar of the 99 - 02 Fiestas. Well, my 6 month old example appears to be suffering from this, as well as a problem at the very top corner of the driver's door where it must be closing against
• Audi A6 Avante paint problem 25 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Hello troops, Here's a new one(on me, anyway). A friend's son has just bought a 4 year old (UK 'R' plate) A6 Avante turbo diesel from a non-franchised dealer. Its got 68,000 miles on the clock, a full Audi main dealer service history and paint is bubbling off all four doors at the bottom
• Rover 214i P reg any good? 20 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  to these old 8valve K series engines as well as the 16v's? If so how often should this be done? It if should have been done by this age is it now too late - will the damage have been done!? Ive been offered the car for £4000... Any comments gratefully recieved!
• Enlightenment please. 27 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  to complete a purchase? Lastly, came across a Garage, selling 18 month old motors, which looked in pristine condition , well spec'd and very low mileage. V.5 showed the owner as a named individual, Mobility Leasing, and then their home address. Bearing in mind as I understand it, the major Car rental firms
• legal protection on insurance 19 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  The Back Room, An old dear reversed into my car some time ago - she was reversing in road works to let white van man come through. I had legal protection, so I put it their hands. The front of my plastic clad Rover was damaged - a cracked bumper, bent wing and broken light I was without a car
• Simple but perplexing!! 4 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  follow or tricks of the trade? Is there any outstanding products on the market I should use? The shelves at Halfords seem to be full of all sorts of potions!! I'm fortunate enough to have been given a high-pressure jet washer by my old man. Is this a useful tool to be using? As the car has alloy
• Mileages and misconceptions? 25 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  doesn?t want an unreliable car). The other group prefer to buy old and cheap, and get the maximum use out of the car for minimum money. Bangeromics is the term I think. As far as I can see, for low mileage drivers these are probably the two sensible options available to them. It?s a sliding scale