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• Kia Carens diesel, any major niggles? 18 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  The better half has decided that we need a new tow car for our caravan (950kg max). I'm quite happy with my old Peugeot 405 GRD, but it's an image thing and she who must be obeyed has spoken. After some research I believe the Carens, the old model, may meet all our requirements. Can't seem
• vauxhall, meriva - rubber seal on oil filter 6 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  i recently done an oil change on car i recently bought, so fitted new oil filter as well  which was a corrugated cardboard type that clips into the cap which came with a round rubber seal which is a little larger than the filter, when i took the old one out it didn't have a seal
• Nicest sub-5k, 50mpg diesel auto to drive? 3 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  I love piloting my 20-odd-year-old Saab 900S automatic; but it loves filling-stations. So I'm looking for a used diesel auto that's not thirsty but is still a driver's car: you know what I mean. Top-speed not important but mid-range overtaking-urge is. Not over-fussed about high
• vauxhall Astra 1.6 - engine management control unit 2 May 2010 (Forum)
  hi,I have been told I need a new ECU at a cost of £850,no fault codes found but warning light came on and car was sluggish (losing power but still driveable-ish) cleared all old codes memory to see if that would work but fault light came back on and old codes are all reloaded
• Nissan Primera II (1996 - 1999) - Double de-clutching? 15 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 12 year-old Nissan Primera, which is quite temperamental about getting into 1st. Clearning out my attic over the weekend, found an old AA Book of the Car dating back to early 80s. Learnt the art of double de-clutching, tried it, and 1st gear reluctance now cured! Just wondering, does
• Flash motors outside crap properties 4 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Went past a house fronting the A1. Outside on a driveway are a 3 year old BMW M3 convertible and a 4 year old 3 series coupe , I think also an M3 The house is peeling, windows are rotten and there are pieces of cardboard and newspaper on the windows instead of curtains .. Ridiculous . Anybody
• Golf mk 3 brake conversion 7 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  hello all , i have two mk2 16valve golfs one is a 1990 with the big brakes the other is a 1987 with the small brakes , can i swap the brakes i want the big ones on the old car as i am scrapping the newer one. the old brakes are differant to the new ones, i would have to change the whole hub
• Small 4 seat cabrio? 7 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  A mate has offered to lend me his MINI cabio for a few days, as his back hurts, so he is driving his Mondeo. I was thinking...I fancy a small, cheap four seat convertible. Apart from a 2CV and an old Beetle or even an old Golf cabrio, what else (please no Escorts or Astras, I would prefer some
• Brake fluid change at 2 years? 17 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Just booked my Seat Toledo TDi in for its 20,000 service with the dealer. Was informed when booking in that it "requires" a brake fluid change at 2 years old, and did sir want this doing at the same time as the service (the car will be 2 years old in June). Price quoted is £41 (for the fluid change
• recall 28 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  for some time) The Xsara is about 10 months old... You would have thought if its an important check they would be complelled to use the DVLA addresses ? Sorry to all you Xsara owners... (is this a tactic to avoid getting on the recalled cars list?)
• Holley Carburettor 30 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  I would appreciate advice on: A)recommended products/methods to clean out old petrol from a Holley carb (car has been left standing for some time and old fuel will have evaporated by now leaving a non-combustible residue behind) B) Any suggested Holley experts in the Surrey to get the carb set up
• What cars have air purification inside ? 12 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  Hi people, What cars have air purification inside ?  Can you write me few models new or old manual or auto petrol or diesel it doesnt matter :)  
• Revealed: The first ever Euro NCAP-rated zero star car 19 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  the punto was one of the best performing crash test cars when it was released. now its old desighn has been left behind
• For a 25 year Old - Fun throwaway (hopefully not) 19 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  I have a canadian nephew studying here for 5 years. At home he drives a choice of family cars from a BMW328ix, a mercedes c250 4wd and a humble toyota mini MPV (which is what he goes out and drives when he doesn't want to go fast but enjoy pushing it a bit. Last week I took him off
• N/a - MOT: Number plate stuck on old plate is failure? 4 May 2012 (Forum)
  on my back over b******ized plates, please) and I took along some legal plates I've just got to stick on top. Before I stuck the legal plates on the tester told me he'd fail the car for having one plate stuck on another. I couldn't get the the old plate offs because I didn't have the key
• Do the VED bands mean the end of the petrol V6? 11 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Both the cars in my household have V6 petrol engines with automatic transmission. One is a 2000 Jag S type with 3 litre engine and the other is a 1999 MB W202 with 2.4 litre engine. At the moment I'm still paying the old-style VED because both cars are pre-2001. But both are well over 100,000
• Buy car and export it straight away? 13 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  DVLA upto 4 weeks. Waste of time!!!! cos I wanna export it ASAP. Q2. OR  Do we fill V5C/4 ( permanent export ) of the sellers logbook and send it to DVLA? In this case I will have rest of the logbook which is still on old keeper's name. Im not sure is it the way a car export works ? What
• Car stolen 23 Aug 2024 (Forum)
  Mercedes’ 220 8 years old stolen. Just had it serviced and the MOT. done. Question is can I transfer the insurance to a new car or is it start again?. Got to start looking for a car and next years insurance will go through the roof. Any suggestions appreciated.
• Car Checker 24 May 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, Some of you mention in prvious posts of a website that you can put in a number plate to check if a cars is off road or alive and kicking. Any ideas what this site is? Would like to see if any of my old cars are alive and kicking? TIA
• 172 - SLK roof update 12 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  forum is full of instances of this problem. I have informed HJ of the site and re contacted Mercedes customer care. Their last stance was the car is almost six years old....time I first got in touch...so tough. I asked if Mercedes cars were expected to come apart at 6 years old. Mercedes say the only