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  • Carbon tyretracks 19 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
    For the past 2 years I've been running a Volvo XC70. This car has given me all the comfort that I could wish for with its fantastic seats and long travel...
  • Three across 28 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
    We have a young son (15 months) and are expecting twins (slightly more than we bargained for), so will need a car capable of taking 3 baby seats - ideally...
  • Unkindest cut 7 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Last Friday my wife purchased a 9 months old Audi TT automatic with 4,500 miles on the clock from a main Audi dealer in Liverpool. Yesterday, Sunday morning,...
  • Broken brake 7 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Had a warning light come up on my BMW 1-Series, relating to Suspension Stability Control. The diagnostic states "brake hydraulic malfunction" DTC at a...
  • DSGusted of Bognor writes 31 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    Further to my e-mail of 27 July 09, detailing problems with the gearbox on my Seat Altea Sport. FIRST bill £1,004 after 35% goodwill from SEAT UK. SECOND...
  • Three across 17 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I live in London and currently drive an 10-year-old Ford Mondeo which has been very reliable and which I have no reason to change other than that I will...
  • I-can 19 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
    It was interesting to see the comments from a reader about the new Honda Jazz and its automated manual gearbox. I have now had a Honda Jazz ES fitted with...
  • Audi Q7 (2006 - ) - Looking to buy an SUV - is anyone else? 17 Sep 2009 (Forum)
    which are just stupidly priced My experience is as follows so far: Audi Q7 - Possibly my top choice My local dealer group are not selling any new, they have just cancelled their demo as there is no demand They have a forecourt of S/H ones most at full sticker price, the most recent ones are even
  • Putting the boot in 18 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
    My father had someone go into the back of him last week, a company car driver. He has had an estimate for repair and the insurance company have deemed...
  • Shifting circumstances 20 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I've driven manual shift cars all of my driving life, more than 30 years so far. I'm 52. I'm thinking about exchanging my mid-sized manual for two cars,...
  • Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - Insurance Write-Off - Payout Dispute 26 Apr 2009 (Forum)
    another one the same anywhere, let alone locally. In the local area, there are only half a dozen Rover 400's of the same age and type - but not of the same spec or mileage. Insurance have offered £1475 for the car (already having raised that from £1100) and claim that is top book price, but I can't see
  • Off’d Corsa 18 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    We have a 1995 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 auto 5-door that has done 44,500 miles, mostly on journeys of a mile or less in our local urban area. This could well...
  • Harsh mellow 11 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
    I write to beg your help and advice on the tyre noise and harshness problem with my otherwise perfect Mercedes C320 CDI estate. The tranquillity in this...
  • The hypocrisy in road pricing 5 Dec 2006 (Forum)
    I was fuming this morning whilst in the car listening to a debate on Radio Five Live speculating on the contents of Rod Eddington?s report on road pricing, I did not catch all of the show however the presenter, Mathew Bannister, did not help my blood pressure, he tended to defend the principals
  • Blasts from the past 13 Dec 2004 (Forum)
    for the first time. Photo backs up the print I have on the wall of Mansell passing Senna at the Hungaroring* that this was one of the cleanest and prettiest F1 cars ever designed. Shame it also wasn't one of the most reliable! *THE opportunist F1 overtaking manoeuvre of all time. Page 143 - XJ-S V12
  • Rot In Peace, Peykan 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
    Just learnt from BBC TV that the Iran Khodro Company has stopped production of the infamous Peykan, based on the 1960's Hillman Hunter 1725cc and Iran's "people's car" for almost 40 years. Tehran's city sprawl has long been a sea of orange Peykan taxis driven by maniacs, much like the battered
  • my hit list of new cars to buy.. 15 Jul 2004 (Forum)
    17513 1998/4 152 10.3 (seems like a good one also) Others a4 1.8 T Limited Edition 4d Multitronic Petrol 21445 1781/4 160 8.3 mazda 3 1.6 TS 4d Activematic Petrol 13800 1598/4 103 12.0 C180K Classic 4d Auto Petrol 21469 1796/4 143 9.6 new golf 1.6 S FSI 5d Auto Petrol 15525 1598/4 113 10.7
  • Faltering Nissan Cherry 4 Feb 2004 (Forum)
    of my Dad who bought it for his girlfriend to learn to drive in and she drove it a few times then decided she didn?t like it and then they split up and it had been sitting on his drive for 18 months bar a six month period when one of my Dad?s other colleagues borrowed it) to use Lead Replacement
  • New C-Class... 21 Nov 2003 (Forum)
    I collected my wife?s C-Class Avantgarde SE estate last Friday, and we have spent a few days with the car. It is our first M-B, and here are our first impressions: DEALER -Very professional vehicle handover-no rushing. 10/10 -Vehicle preparation very good-but see below. 8/10 -Dealer workshop very
  • How to get a traffic hazard recognised 10 Oct 2003 (Forum)
    hard in wet conditions by one of these impatient idiots, but it\'s not an uncommon occurance - there aren\'t many days go by when someone doesn\'t barge infront of me. I\'ve contacted the council about this before but they didn\'t reply. Recently they have installed a puffin crossing just beyond
 

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