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• Dilemma of dilemmas of dilemmas 2 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  drinks oil. DMFs again I'm seriously considering an LPG petrol car, but Fords and Toyotas suffer burnt valves and valve recession which (factory-fit-wise) leaves Vauxhall, Saab (Vauxhall engines with higher parts costs), Volvo (higher servicing costs) and Vauxhalls overall seem
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  I need a large car for long trips but hear diesel isn't a smart idea anymore. Can you advise? 3 Aug 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I need a new car: large with big boot and good fuel economy for a long commute. Should I get a diesel, petrol, hybrid etc? I would go diesel but I hear...
• Bulgarian Motoring Observations 2 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  hilly, windy roads and sometimes you will come up against a lorry filled with logs, pulling a trailer filled with logs, struggling to do 5 mph up these hills and the same down due to lack of brakes! Meanwhile every one is overtaking on blind bends....... Fuel is about 2 lev a litre, approx 90p. LPG
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  Current pun 23 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Do you not think that to promote electric cars there needs to be a change in the law so that some electric vehicles could incorporate a small engine without...
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  My Thai 21 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Last September, I sent you an e-mail to ask if you would be good enough to give your thoughts on Chiang Mai in Thailand. Your reply tipped the choice of...
• MPV SUV - Cheapest car and insurance for "less abled" 8 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  .  So it seems my only option is to buy a car here, ideally something high like an SUV or MPV, I do not have the money for a new car and so I guess it will be eBay or local paper.  I do not want diesel but not adverse to LPG, Electric or Hybrid if they exist.  I say that because I have
• BMW 528 Tourer - Dealer sold car with Speedo not working nd many ot 25 May 2013 (Forum)
  given to the dealer as he used them to open the spare wheel area as I wanted to look at the LPG system that the car had. 90 minutes later, after I and another member of staff had searched the car, the yard etc, the dealer was still trying to get me to come back tomorrow, but I was arranging
• Volvo XC90 (2002 - ) - 2003 2.9L Transmission problems 25 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  My 2003 XC90 T6 started behaving strangely about 6 months ago (shortly after converting it to use LPG), and I received a Transmission Service Urgent warning message a few times. The car drove perfectly well with no further errors until about 2 months ago - when I noticed the transmission felt like
• any - Older cars, values, classics, useable? 7 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  condition of mine. Course it's all academic cos i don't intend to sell it and if i did the LPG conversion (unless removed) would knock it's classic value, and there's every possibility my son will keep it going if it's still here when i kick the bucket.   I don't think there's
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  Painting by numptys 23 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  This must be one that deserves as much publicity as Direct Line’s claim to let named drivers build up their own no claims. Last summer we sold my son’s...
• DIY Transport Policy 4 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  anyway. 3. Use tax incentives to persuade bus operators to switch to LPG or biodiesel. Other public transport: 1. Encourage tram and light rail initiatives where they make commercial sense. Make it as easy as possible for private operators to build and operate these systems. Don?t leave all
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace - Dad-to-be swapping small van for a LAV - which one 20 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  reliable with expensive consumables - DPF, DMF and the fragile injection system. I also am keen on converting the next vehicle to dual fuel (to petrol & LPG/propane) to save on running costs & improve emissions. However the van based LAVs tend to have weedy petrols and powerful diesels and I
• Transcontinental road trip 30 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  and long. The traffic was awful. It was rather a shock to be in the middle of a huge city of 12 million people. However the city's smog problem has been significantly reduced following the recent mandate for all the taxis to run on LPG. Furthermore we had to grapple with an awesome exchange rate