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• Battery mystery 23 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Remember the 1966 Dodge Charger with the starting problem? I attacked it with a multimeter and found the battery was only delivering around 8.5 volts when operating the starter. It was nearly three years old, and the car had been in storage for a lot of that time, so I wasted no time replacing
• Toyota Carina Oxygen Sensor Problem? 30 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  . 1) How easy is it to test an oxygen sensor to be sure that it actually is faulty? 2) If the oxygen sensor is indeed faulty, what sort of money am I looking at for a replacement, including both the part and the labour? Is it economically viable on an 11 year old car? I’d much rather fix
• Steel Wheel Blues 12 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  yet another trim detach itself and roll gently across the junction, to be crushed to a pulp under the wheels of the passing traffic, making one's gleaming nearly new car instantly look like a ten year old banger? Please don't suggest cable ties, it's bad enough getting a puncture on a wet night
• Citreon AX 1.5 Diesel 1 Jan 2001 (Forum)
  I have a 5 yr old (N) AX 1.5 diesel with 64000 miles on the clock. It's had regular servicing and recently new pre-heater plugs and a new cam belt. I want to keep this car for 200,000 miles if I can (as it's cheap, does amazing MPG and I'm now doing about 25000 miles each year), but this winter
• Nissan Note - 16000 miles with Nissan Note 1.4 Petrol 3 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  Avant's report on his Skoda has prompted me to do the same for our Note, now 3 years old.  To explain the relatively low mileage it is almost always used for 60 mile trips, only once or twice a week, plus weekends away, rarely any trips less than 20 miles.  We have kept a tatty old
• Xantia vibration at speed 19 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  in august 05. I also have an old xantia (the hydraulics were leaking gently for years and I just topped her up with lhm here and there, so eventually they broke badly) however, the car itself is fine, and I have new tyres on her and new spheres.. So I?ll be taking bits off her for later usage before
• ASTRA head gasket 17 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 1994 L reg vauxhall astra 1.6 Cesaro 8valve model and have lost complete faith in my big local vauxhall dealer. I have owned it since 1 yr old and has done 55k mainly town traffic journies of at least 20-40 mins (7-15miles) The problem I have is something to do with the cooling system
• Citroen C3 Aircross - Hire Car 22 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  Just had one of these as a hire car for few days. The seats are squishy and the engine is pretty good.  The SatNav works and infotainment in general is OK, if a little hard to navigate.  We had four adults sat in it in comfort and five could fit.  Boot was a decent size
• Audi Q5 - Buying an SUV - help! 23 May 2022 (Forum)
  & better equipped car - something like a Q5, X3, Toureg, XC40 etc.   I'd like to do what we did with the CH-R, which was to buy it 'nearly new' (up to a year and a half old sounds about right) and pay the bulk of it off up front.  Given how similar the cars I'm interested in are, I'd love any
• Vauxhall Antara - Bought used car without warranty - Advice please 5 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  I'm wondering if anybody can offer some advice, please. I bought a 2013 Vauxhall Antara 2.2 Exclusiv yesterday. I bought it without warranty, as it was a part-ex and unfortunately this particular dealership has a policy of no test drives, due to the current Covid-19 situation. The car has a full
• SUV or MPV - Cheap car/van, SUV or MPV 17 May 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, I need a new cheap car/van. I work for myself in art and antiques and currently run a Renault Grand Espace It’s great to use as a van, but also a great family car at weekends. Only problem has been removing, then storing, the putting the VERY heavy rear seats back in again, all the time. I
• Ford Mondeo Mk4 - European Breakdown Cover - General France Driving 21 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  is just approaching 10 years old, Full Service History and will be serviced the week before I go. Never had an issue with it. So all that being said, I want to get a single trip eurpean breakdown cover for the car. Any recomendations? Any to Avoid? I'm with the AA already over here but as I won't
• BHP Doesn't mean much 16 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  ) a Fiesta with 100 or 125 bhp. That's the sort of power to weight ratio of a sports car but now seems to be the norm. When I first started as an old bill 40 years ago we had Escort 1100s as panda cars. (?60 something bhp?). Adequate when driven properly. 2001 I bought a Citroen Xsara 1.4, 75
• Underbody rustproofing or sealing 8 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  of them have fails or advisories for corroded brake lines, wishbones and general suspension corrosion.  I always thought this was something these days which only affected cars of over about 15 years old.  So I'm thinking of trying to do some rustproofing of key areas so I don't get
• Honda Jazz - Jazz manual gearbox. 19 Jan 2018 (Forum)
   Going to see another Jazz tomorrow: a 13 plate ES manual with 13k on the clock.  Unlike the situation prior to our purchase of the dear old Powershift, I've been doing some research prior to viewing and driving the car. I've been reading about a weakness in the Jazz
• Rover 600 - Getting a flat tyre on the M62 19 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Ahh the joys of travelling, as I progressed along the M62 on Monday evening I was aware of a steady 'tick' 'tick' 'tick' that wasn't from the radio and then it progressed to 'thud thud thud' and I knew I had a flat tyre... So the car is 18 years old, but I'd replaced the spare tyre
• N/A - Motor Accident Centre 12 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  it on a Classic Policy as it is over 20 years old having brought another car for daily use. Out of the blue today I got a call today from the above company on a Manchester (0161) number.Usually scammers are quite obvious by the high level of background noise, lack of any detail and, sometimes, heavy
• Ford Focus - Ford Focus TDDi cut out and won't re start 19 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  line, once this is done he can see fuel coming to the injectors but car still won't restart. I don't want to spend a fortune on garage diagnostics etc as the car is old and not worth spending more than £300 on really, i basically am wondering if it's likley that there is still air
• Hyunda i40 - Gearbox & Clutch Problems. 8 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  Took delivery of a new Hyundai i40 last year. Not purchased, just leased as a company car. Almost 12 months old now but already covered nearly 30,000 miles mainly motorway. I have concerns with the gearbox and clutch. When the mornings are very cold and icy the gearbox is very stiff, although
• Worst car you have ever owned or driven? 3 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Whats the worst car you've ever had the misfortune to drive?  For me it was a then brand new '12 plate Nissan Qashqai 1.6 manual. I had to drive it up and down the country for a few weeks.  I found it utterly gutless, steering far too sensitive (maybe i'm too used to Land