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• Small automatic runabouts and rental cars 6 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  .   I come back the that old standby - would I buy one at home.  Well no I wouldn't because of all sorts of reasons mainly related to feeling good about oneself when driving up to appointments, or into the car park of the (golf club/gym/church/synagogue)* delete as appropriate.  Were I to move
• starting up car business 11 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  with BCC? Am i best to sell them purely through the auto trader? What do i do about the cars v5 (ie, register or will i take the part of a trader?) I also have a few old work collegues who work at various dealers who always give me first look at their part ex\'s before ethey go through the auction which
• Ford - How to approach Dealer after repair that wasnt fix 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  on and it didn't fix it - so he put the old one back on. So last Monday i took the car to local Ford main dealer. I explained the symptoms and they kept the car in for 2 days. I got a phone call sayig that everything is fixed. I picked the car up on wednesday but nothing has changed - the car is still exactley
• Hpi Recorded on Security Register 21 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  on the 'Security Register' - I hadn't even heard of this before but apparently car rental firms put their own cars on there to stop them being offered for sale illegally. The car I am interested in is nearly 10 years old though so I have no idea why it would be on the HPi Security Register - do you think
• Free car.Yay or nay 8 May 2008 (Forum)
  for all other costs e.g. tax, insurance, maintenance. At this stage I do not know how long we would have to keep the car but I would think it would be about two years. It looks like the car will be a Ford Focus 1.6 Tdci, about 12 months old. We will jointly do about 30,000 miles pa, mainly on quiet
• nearly new ! 9 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  off my trade in i smiled at him and walked. 2 next i went to a fairly large dealer not main checked on the phone about state of car and checked on his webb site looked fine 60mins drive to view car was £7000 2 year old diesil 23k on clock full history got there car had 2 bald tyres engine bay
• Estate car recommendations 17 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Hi! I'm looking for a new (actually used, but new to me) car that's going to be suitable for a family of 4 - me, partner, and our currently 2 year old and 2 month old kids. We currently have a Ford Focus (2016) and while it's not a bad car, it is a bit of a squeeze, especially
• Help Required with New Car Options Please 23 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  of £14,000 allowing for trade-in figure of about £6,500 (slight dents to mini boot where it argued with electric garage door) and am looking for a car less than a year old if poss - I think this rules out Prius anyway. Any ideas
• Merc A140 or Honda Jazz? 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  My wife's 1994 Escort is now well past it's sell by date (especially the lack of brakes - scary!) and with a young child and another on the way we thought it's best to buy a newer car for her. We don't want to spend more than 9K if I can help it and we didn't want a large people mover thingy like
• Nissan Micra 2001 K11 MK2 - Electrical plug on a retractable seat belt. 17 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  Hi, I am attempting to replace the retractable seat belt on the passenger side. I can get the old one removed including the yellow electrical plug which is plugged into the seat belt. I bought a second hand seat belt from Ebay, and the ONLY part that is different on the seat belt
• Alfa Romeo Brera - Alloygators - poor quality and a waste of money 3 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  This will be old news to a lot of forum members, but after fitting Alloygators to my Alfa Romeo Brera a few months ago, I've realised how little durability they have - plus they damage your alloy rims. Living in a tight cul-de-sac, I've bumped the kerb a few times at around 5 mph only
• Saab 95 - Seat belt issues 8 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  So I'm a little 5' tall  old lady and drive a large Saab estate. The law says I must wear  seat belt However, the seat belt goes across my throat. If I come to a sudden stop, this will more than likely kill me by crushing my windpipe or severing an artery. You cannot alter the seatbelt
• Chip shortage 27 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  We hear a lot about the chip shortage affecting the car industry but other impacts I've felt this week (literally) is on gas boiler spares. My combi has been playing up and my plumber has diagnosed the PCB. Usually he phones his supplier and gets one next day but they have none. Hopefully
• Lexus IS250 - How long to keep tyres 4 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  Few month ago I acquired a little used 2007 Lexus IS. The car spent most of it’s life garaged by a LOL (little old lady), recently with the cold weather the front tyres started to skip a bit when turning slowly over imperfect road or camber. My understanding is that this is a trait of rear wheeled
• Ford Focus - Ticking noise from tyre 17 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  , this was not the case.  I then jacked the car up and rotated the wheel to see if I could hear anything. I then noticed that there was something rolling around INSIDE the tyre as I turned the wheel. I imagine this may part of an old valve stem or similar. Could this be the cause of the ticking? It may
• 2003 Golf 1.9 sdi. - Golf Mk 4 cambelt change. 12 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  I've owned my 2003 Golf Mk4 1.9sdi from 12 months old and 3k miles. According to VW a cambelt change should be every 4 years or 40k miles for this model. It's currently on 51k miles and has been regularly serviced (by me after the warranty expired) apart from cambelt which is perhaps a bit
• Mitsubishi Colt Red 2005 - Mitsubishi Colt 2005 battery clamp 10 Jun 2021 (Forum)
  I have an old Colt that my daughter used to learn in way, way back. She returned the car last year - and like an i****, I didn't keep it ticking over, so now the battery is completely dead (and probably loads of other issues I don't know yet!). I thought I'd give it a charge, so went to take
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 05 2.2 VSA light on: Dealer wants 1600 quid. 31 May 2020 (Forum)
  Yep, thats right. The dealer has told me that my VSA module is at fault and needs to be replaced. The orange VSA warning light is on the dashboard. The car is 3.5 years old (44k and full dealer history), and to have a £1600 quid quote is shocking (200 is labour). I've spoken to Honda UK who
• BMW - What are BMW thinking 21 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  favourite of all a 1993 325i convertible. I still have a soft spot for old model BMW's but they've  made nothing I like for a long time coming up for 15 years maybe it all started with the bangle era cars but even they look nice compared to some of their latest offerings. The likes of the X4 and i6
• Dunno. Some kind of 125cc Yamaha - Scooter sans dipstick? 19 Nov 2019 (Forum)
  Just had a loan of the GF’s new-to-her scooter (inherited from her brother, I think) and could find no trace of an oil-fill port and associated dipstick. I used to stealthily top-up her old one (Yamaha Breeze) often finding it half-empty, but could’nt figure this one out