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• C3 Opinions 8 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  comfortable, but in this car I fitted just fine. The only downside is that with me in the front seat, you can forget about anyone else sitting behind as there was very little legroom left. Rear visibility is a bit iffy when reverse parking, the back pillar (C?) being quite wide and the headrests obscuring
• Road rage - moi? 8 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  with the court official. It must be Pasadena Court we had to appear. Brief instructions on how to how to get there were given. I drove like the wind breaking every rule in the book (no lectures please). Arrived in underground car park with 5 minutes to spare. One parking space only was available which
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  I'm going to lose my NCD because a man falsely claims I scratched his car - is there anything I can do? 13 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  After parking in a shop's car park, in the only slot available, I saw someone on his phone. I ignored him until he came up to me aggressively and accused...
• Kia XCeed - Kia Xceed PHEV review 8 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  in the front and rear,heated steering wheel,cooled seats,digital dash board and every safety item such as blind spot monitoring,lane keep assist,collision avoidance etc. It comes with front and rear parking sensors and camera and even parks itself!. I have installed a type 2 charger at my house
• VW cc 2016 - VW Group cars with 02252 Generator fault on OBD 20 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  +are not good for the AGM plates in the battery. So a typical short drive with start stop heated seats lights on etc will take more out of the battery!!!  So many are using SMART battery chargers which is fine if the car is parked up for weeks but a modern car should be able to be parked
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 97 XSi Phase 1 has my head gasket gone? 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  leaking and now there's white emulsion on the oil filler cap. not only that it's pushing oil up through the spark plug threads. I assume the head gasket's gone and give up hope and park it up in the garage. It's been parked 6 months. Now it's been driven, around 10 miles. Didn't overheat, engine seems
• Getting even the San Francisco way 10 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  of her, I tarnished her \"image\", her \"reason for living\". Now, she does park there or on the sidewalk sometimes, but it is usually for only a few minutes, and then she leaves. Fine with me. So now, I still put letter on the windshields of illegally parked cars in my neighborhood, and I even
• Ford Fiesta 2003 1.25 LX - EAC Fail 23 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  ). When parked up at home I waited for my dad to get back and look at it and he switched it on and all seemed well. He took it round the block and it was fine. So we assumed it'd just had a 'funny turn' but got the AA out and the bloke could find no wrong but suggested the throttle body might need seeing
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - First 1000 miles... 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  gently but I think it'll have a fair turn of speed if I need to floor it. Handling is fine, it might not be as good as a Focus on the limit but, hey, it's a family hatchback so I don't drive it like that so I couldn't care less. Much less ponderous than the C5 was while the ride is very good too
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  Lost my licence after insurance error - what should I do? 28 Nov 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I was stopped by the police yesterday after my car came up as having no insurance. This was a shock as I have been paying £370 a month on a policy that...
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  North wailes 12 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Over the years I have read your columns with interest and enthusiasm, but I always felt uncomfortable with your negative stance over speed cameras. Feeling...
• Audi A4 B6 - Stuttering engine then stall - 2004 1.9 TDI 23 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  in relays under ECU which caused limp mode plus soaked carpets inside drivers and rear passenger behind driver side. Cleared blockage and dried out relays and all appeared good. 2 days later I got CEL light and code P0230 but car still ran fine. 3 days after this, as I was arriving home
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  The battery on my new car keeps going flat - what could be the problem? 18 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia with 8000 miles on the clock. The car was running fine until the end of October, but I parked it in a garage overnight...
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  My number plates have been cloned, what should I do? 22 Jul 2021 (Ask HJ)
  My number plates seem to have been cloned. This came about as the police wrote a quite threatening letter to me about speeding from a completely different...
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  What is causing my Citroen C5 to run roughly? 13 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  The night before last I drove, with a friend, to a meeting about 10 miles away in my recently-purchased Citroen 2008 C5 2.0 HDI 138 Automatic, 61,000 miles...
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  Squeaky scream 9 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My wife's 53,000 mile, 2006 Toyota Landcruiser LC5 has made a squeaking / rubbing noise when starting from cold for the past couple of years. (The noise...
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  Wide eyed and legacyless 4 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2006 Subaru Legacy 3.0. It is a blast and I love it. But it will stall with no warning or fuss on the first journey of the day. Other times of...
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  Why do motorway service areas encourage customers to leave so quickly? 5 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I met with a colleague at Cambridge Services (A14) today, enjoying a leisurely chat over coffee, purchased from the onsite facilities. After a while we...
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  The never ever 13 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  A colleague has just purchased a FIAT Punto that was a 'new vehicle'. The vehicle was purchased using her old FIAT in part ex. As her old car was not quite...
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  Not what it steamed 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 48k mile 2002 FIAT Punto from a second-hand dealer two weeks ago for £2,200. I also bought 3-month warranty. After one week I needed to put...