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• Cambelt change interval: Rover 25 27 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Can anyone advise change interval please. Car is 3 1/2 years old - £56k miles, twin ohc.
• First runabout for youngster? 20 May 2004 (Forum)
  A mate is looking for a first car for his 21 year old daughter - Somerset area. Any ideas of a good runabout with low insurance in the £2000 area? Matt35
• auto box problem - Leganza 14 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Is there any reason why the auto box on my leganza is blowing oil out of the breather pipe.The car is 5 years old and has 55000 on the clock.
• Battery Condition 12 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  I have an old car which will be garaged over the winter, I beleiev there is a device that will maintainthe battery condition, is there? and how do I get one? Regards Kevin G
• Citroen C3 Picasso - 25 year old, first car, must take a lawnmower 29 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  Hello I am buying my son his first car so that he can eventually get enough ad hoc gardening work going to set up on his own. Must be Group 10 and under (I am led to believe) and ideally be big enough to get a commercial lawnmower and gardeing tools in. his usage will be 80% around
• BMW 3 Series Touring/BMW 5 series touring - Hire Purchase vs a Personal Leasing Contract 23 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Thinking of changing my car.  Currently have five year old Mondeo Titanium estate. It was the first car I had ever bought new, and have grieved at the depreciation and vowed never to buy new again.......however, would personal lease of some sort with a fixed term be a solution?  I've
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 05 1.8 key reprogramming/coding 12 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  and put the old car on this. This allows me to open the car and lock it but not start it as the imolbiliser kicks in. Although I can start it on the two other keys. Reading the literature in the handbook is it simply a case of getting my third key cut and then re-coding this as per the instructions
• Mazda Mazda 2 (2003 - 2007) - Difficulty in Selling 4 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  We've finally persuaded my 80 year old father to give up driving. He has a 3yr old Mazda 2 Capella that has done about 5000 miles. Nobody seems interested in looking at it or if they do they make silly offers of around £2500. I think one problem is that the car is in Carlisle where the pool
• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - 2.0 TDI 140 engine - fuel consumption 5 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I was wondering why it seems that the Audi A4 with the 2.0 TDI 140 engine is so much more thirsty than other VAG cars with the same engine ? My car has now done 10.5K miles and compared to my old TDI 130 the fuel consumptions is still fairly unexciting. I get 44-45 MPG on a motorway run if I'm
• Comprehensive cheaper thean 3rd PartyF&T 6 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  It is renewal time - as usual I have trawled the web and come up with an odd quote. My car insurance that is up for renewal is 8 yrs old and although I have Comp Ins I dabbled with the idea of 3rd party. Same Company for all 3 prices Comp - Self & Wife - £200 excess Premium = £220 3rd Party F&T
• Two V5s for same car! 10 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Daughter is trading in her old Clio against a new one which she picks up at 9am tomorrow. While checking the documents that she will hand in she revealed that she has two V5s for her old Clio. Both are identical except for a)serial number at the top and various other ref numbers and b) the date
• HELP!! Ford Escort 17 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Good morning! please, if possible, i would like to ask the help and the brains out there, on why my "y" reg (old Y reg) 1.3l escort has trouble in the mornings... It starts first time, every time, but, after about 5seconds it starts to splutter, and stall, that is unless you stay in the car
• Buying new car before selling old car 1 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all, I will very soon by buying a new (to me) car, but will very likely be buying the new car before i sell my current car. My question is this - Once i have bought (and am insured on) my new car, how can i allow test-drives of my current car? It will be parked on the drive, therefore
• Mitsubishi Lancer - Very low mileage car 26 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  Casually glancing through Autotrader last night I found a nine year old Mitsubishi Lancer with only 11,000 miles.  On the assumption that this is genuine, and the photographs are a true representation of the condition of the car, would you buy it?  The price is £3,490
• A new car for the household 2 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  Mrs daveyjp wanted a new car - her A class was coming to 5 years old and things were failing - so at the end of March she picked up a one year old smart forfour.  She has had a couple of mk 1 smarts, but for a family of three needed more seats.  This fitted the bill as even the A class
• Car/MPV with 3 kids 28 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  Expecting a third child soon and that's forcing me to look at changing my car (Honda Accord 2.2). With a 6 years old, 4 years old and a new baby it'll be almost impossible to fit them all at the back. I've already tried all their seats and it didn't look good.  I'm looking at either
• Any - Dilema 24 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  I currently drive a 12 year old Skoda TDI with 130PD engine which is approaching 120,000, to date the car has been reliable and is regularly serviced by independent VAG specialist, however I am not sure how long the car will remain reliable and start to cost  money to run more than normal
• VW GOLF or anyother model - What car to choose ? - very much confused 11 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  John, We have been looking for a 3-5 year old  automatic car for past 3 weeks but not getting anywhere. We always owned old BMW's which never gave more than 19 mpg. What we need in new car? - Great comfort as BMW, all modern facilities,good MPG and great value for price
• Saab 9-3 Convertible 1.9TiD - Emissions in 2008 model year cars 2 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  I'm looking at buying a Saab 9-3 diesel convertible. The reasons are that I'd like an open top car that fits two adults and two teenage children and costs about £12000 for something 3 to 4 years old. I've looked at quite a few cars and I like the Saab's old fasioned ness. I do about 15,000
• New car required - help please? 17 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi BR's, A relative of mine requires a car to replace her old Vento diesel. She requires a mid sized car with liftback hatch or estate for the dog. The budget is around £1500 pound and MUST have a diesel. I have suggested that she spends around £1000-£1250 to save a few £££'s back for repairs