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• OMEGA HOW BAD 20 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I have owned a '92 Granada Scorpio 2.9i 24v for about 5 years now. I still love the car, runs well, and plenty of power when I want it. My problem is that to be honest its looking now like an old farmers run about, the back arches are scabby, and the paintwork dull. Only have about £7k to spend
• Old Vauxhall Astra 17 Jan 2001 (Forum)
  short trips. Bearing that in mind, what should she ask an independent mechanic to look out for in particular and what are your opinions on the price and reliability of the model? I have checked into the car-by-car breakdown page on this site and am sending a print-out to her.
• European Breakdown cover 31 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Anyone know of a company that will do a fortnight's cover on a 16 year old car?
• Glove box and other cubby hole contents? 21 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  temporary work for three years ago) Some old fuel receipts ( my goodness it used to be cheap ! ) A remote control for my Tom Tom ( hadn't remembered it had one ) Some replacement bulbs ( for my old car ) A tyre depth gauge ( why would I feel the urgent need to stop and check that mid-journey? ) A glove ( so
• Avensis D-4D Diesel - Opinions/ please ! 9 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  !! At the moment I have an old '94 Corolla 1.6i petrol which is too small, although with its 110Bhp is rather quick....... I need a larger car, probably will be looking at an estate version avensis, and also maybe towing a caravan I am able to borrow at times. Can anyone tell me what the performance
• Value of Old Escort 16 May 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, A good friend of mine is changing his car on Saturday. He is changing from a '94M 30k mile (yes thirty!) 1.6 Escort Mistral to a two year old Mini ONE. He has been offered £200 token part-ex for his Escort as part of the deal, however i can't help thinking that this is a woefully low offer
• Two car family, new & old 9 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  you are aware that your car doesnt have ABS like all the big boys about you and you take that into account, in a city centre you can nip into gaps and park where others can't, being 7 years old with its fair share of dents and dings you don't need to be that careful about parking scrapes etc. When
• Rip off Insurance? 27 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I bought a car in early sept and paid for my insurance with another insurance company . Before that I scrapped my old car as it was knackered. I have no gaps in my insurance as I kept it going with my old insurance company for (my old car) and then changed over to the new
• Dealers and part ex cars 13 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  when you trade in ya old car at a dealers do the dealers just send them off to auction or could you just go and buy one from them ?
• Cheapest new cars 3 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  IE, brand new or pre reg: Mini size. I'm looking to buy a car for my 17 year old niece as a present for here uni run from her rented accommodation.
• Is there extremely reliable used car under 10k gbp 8 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  in shops all the time with my 2 old honda accords, made in the uk always problems and always no on can solve them even autorized services... Reliability and automatic cruise control a.k.a distronic are must. also good rust protection as well since my old honda cars rusted extremely badly
• Car Insurance 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Old hat to most, I expect, but I have never used a website that can give comparative insurance quotes for various insurers. Can anyone recommend one please?
• Volvo 440/460 - cold starting all ok again... 28 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  since replacing the engine coolant temp (ECT) sensor this morning before work (decided it was easier than doing it in the dark in the evening). Had proved it was the ECT as bought a new one (~£20) and then on a cold day, tried starting car, not happy. So unplugged old sensor
• Vauxhall Astra Club, Automatic, 56 plate - Failing gear box, old recall?? Coolant in gear box 9 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  out today (by chance) about the old recall regarding coolant getting in the gear box; a Vauxhall garage confirmed that my car went in for the recall work in 2009 but chap commented that they would not know exactly what work was done, ie was radiator changed etc.  Is it possible that when
• Help. 5 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have a BMW 5 series 96 old model, and when I bought the car it had nasty metric wheels, so I contacted the local BMW dealer to get some new alloy wheels. Now I know that the old shape 5 (known as e34) has very slightly smaller wheel hubs than the newer shape (known as e39). Now I have had major
• Classic car insurance for young drivers 23 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  of you know any particular insurers that would offer classic car insurance to first time drivers. Also, how old would the car have to be to count as a classic with the insurers? I’d love an e39 5 series because you can get 1998 examples for around £1000, but if the cars needed to be 25 years
• Darracq - Genevieve is on tomorrow 21 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  The classic film about old cars is on Talking Pictures TV tomorrow at 2.20, if anyone is interested
• Lexus LS430 - Driving to Europe in an old large engine Lexus 4.3 24 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  So on a last minute impulse I have just booked a ferry trip to France in my 2002 Lexus LS 4.3 litre an old beast which hasn’t been in use for a while now . Now I have just realised that there may be some additional issues with driving a large engine car. Apart from getting the warning triangle
• Renault Selections PCP 27 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  good but a couple of things make me wary 1. I would be getting a brand new car which I have always vowed not to do as I would suffer the depreciation, whereas I have seen 6 month old versions for £3000 less. 2. I always think of the old Ford "Options" scheme and various people whom I knew got bitten
• 24 Year old looking to buy first car and don’t know what price range to look in 23 Nov 2019 (Forum)
  This is a UK site so none of us will be able to offer much if any help I’m afraid, none of the cars you’re looking at are available in Europe and insurance and the used market etc will be very different no doubt. If you were living here I’d advise against borrowing for a first car as you