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• Diesels of Yesteryear - pre 2000 1 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  is for people to comment on their diesel cars of the past - pre year 2000, bad and good (bad ones more so because they are usually funnier to read about!). I am not sure why but I seem to have developed a real interest for old-skool diesels. Would love to hear about early Sierras, Granadas, Escorts, Mercs etc
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2008 -) - Thoughts etc 13 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  the car. It is smooth, quiet, economical, spacious. However as I am getting into middle age (mid forties) I appreciate more and more cars with a raised platform. Dropping down into the seats of a regular saloon is so old fashioned when you just slip into an Outback, Forester, Mazda 5 etc. without your
• Peculiar Crime 31 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  is why do we have a Police force no longer interested in catching criminals? 2. The curious one os what were they nicking, I mean why remove things from under the bonnet of old cars?
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 95 1.3 Central locking fault 21 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  My problem is I can't lock the car at all. This is a 5 door model, and is key operated. When the key is turned on the drivers door, only the motor on the drivers door operates. When the key is turned on the passenger door, all the motors operate except the motor on the drivers door. Either way
• In Paise of Franchised Garages!! Holdcroft - Stoke 25 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Coincidences or what? 3 weeks ago I bought a new car from Motorpoint. However,my son wanted to buy a set of mats/boot liner for my birthday. He phones up a local Nissan garage to me and asked about the mats/price - £50 for mats, £75 for bootliner and they would need to order them - a bit steep
• New Citroen C8 caught Fire 27 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Has anybody on this forum heard anything about cars catching fire by themselves (new ones)? My C8 (4 months old) did this 2 weeks ago, and Citroen are not coming clean with providing a replacement under warranty. In fact they are basically doing nothing.. Two witnesses saw it start, after
• Bangernomics 20 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Although I've used Ebay quite a bit for smaller items, this is the first time I've been brave enough to buy a car that way. I hadn't bothered to browse it for cars before either (not being in the market) and I was pleasantly surprised by the choice in my sort of price bracket. As discussed
• Car insurance for foreign national 22 May 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm trying to get a reasonable deal on insurance for my jeep and I'm having a hard time. My situation is rather complicated: 1. I am a foreign national now resident in the UK, back in my home country - Commonwealth of Dominica - I had a car, licence and insurance for 4 years; no claims were
• What's a good car for a bad back? 23 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  , as he's over 6ft tall. The car being replaced is a Volvo 850, more than 12 years old, and my dad believes the relatively low slung driver's seat, into which you have to lower your body, has exacerbated his back problem. So he wants the replacement to have a driver's seat higher off the ground. I assume
• Young Driver in non fault accident 20 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  you pitch an insurance company against a 19 year old with no car, these can often be ignored. Any good advice would be much appreciated - Thanks Hugo
• vw costs (golf GTTDi) 8 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  My wife has a vw Golf 1.9 GTTDi. She prefers to keep it serviced at a main dealer, something with which I don't agree. (She keeps it serviced by vw as it is a work car for which she receives a salary supplement, previously had a "real" company car and got used to main dealers, but never saw a bill
• Xantia's progress 20 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  it has lasted so long because the coolant has always been replaced at more or less the required intervals. My wife thinks it is a lot of money to pay on a car that is worth next to nothing but the car is in good shape, and is still lovely to drive. Maintenance has to be done, no matter how old
• Rising scrap prices 27 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  a phone call and said that if the punter could get the car to him he would pay them for it. Meanwhile another lady appeared with an old Volvo 340 and put it on the weighbridge. The transaction didn't take place until after I had gone but again the chap mentioned that he would sort the money out in a bit
• Car Ideas? 3 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Ok - I have a 6 yr old Japanese 3dr hatch that I want to change. I do 12-14,000 miles a year mostly a motorway commute - can be a crawl at times - other time 70+ mph. My current car is lacking in toys and refinement. Also - at 70+ mph it's at 3700 rpm which I find quite wearing. I want something
• MR2 Mk1 Supercharged. 20 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  was thinking of paying £3000-3500 !!! It think its a D reg. Has done about 8,000 (yes 8K) miles in the UK which is about the last 5/6 years. and did about 30K miles in Japan previous to its IMPORT. (Of course not proveable but does it matter on a car this old?) It is a right hand drive AUTOMATIC. I
• Cam belts 28 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  , and the problem is exacerbated with yet more vehicles on the road. THe obvious result is that the poor old hack car gets much abuse and not much attention. On this basis we've had a little 1994 Mazda 323 floating around for many years. It has been an excellent little car and lives up to the blurb in HJ's
• Diesel, pertrol or LPG ? Which is best for the ' 20 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  or not. I've always owned petrol engined cars. A 3 year old diesel tends to sell for about £1,000 more than an equivalent pertol model {that is they had the same list price when new.} Diesel costs 6 to 7p more per litre, potential fuel pump / turdo replacement costs to worry about, more frequent serviving
• Lexus RX400h - RX400h owner's review for gordonbennet 20 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  impressive, I’ve “burned off” many more exotic cars at the traffic light GP – the thing just leaps away from the lights. Definitely faster than my old Jag XJR to 30 and faster than the official figures suggest (except in the wet). The later 450h trades some of this acceleration
• Ford Fiesta - Looking for a new Ford in Essex 28 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  Hey there fellow car enthusiasts! I'm on the hunt for my next ride, and I've got my sights set on a Ford Fiesta. But here's the thing - I'm not looking for just any old Fiesta. I want one that's as quirky and funky as I am! So here's where I need your help. I'm looking for a Fiesta that's
• Citroen C5 - Citroen C5 2.0 HDI 114k miles a good choice or not 17 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  that screamed 'do not buy'. Real comfortable, he says it drives well, engine sounds and feels ok, enough power, the gearbox seems sound, huge boot and it has plenty of useful tech for a 14-year-old car. Going to take another look tomorrow. I'll get behind the wheel myself when we shoot back down