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• Audi Quality 2 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  golf and his boot looks like it was used as a pick up such is the wear and tear. What makes me comment is that I was cleaning a 4 year old A6 today, also with leather. Now this car has 150,000 miles on it yet the boot area, which gets used extensively, is still as tidy as it was when new, because
• Any - Gap Insurance 31 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Been quoted £200 for three year total loss on an 18 month old car recently purchased. Never used it before, what are people’s views please. Just after a bit of advice. Thanks.   
• £2k to spend on a diesel estate 7 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  My neighbour has got roughly £2k to spend on a diesel estate. He's content for hefty mileage and anything up to 10 years old.  What car should he be looking for?
• Licence advice 11 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  My old mum is upgrading her automatic Micra for a new Micra or Yaris. She has an automatic licence. Is she allowed to drive one of the new semi automatic cars on an auto licence? Thanks for you help!
• Best used performance under £6000 26 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Any ideas on what is the best all around sporty performance car you can get which is less than 4 years old for about £6000? Thanks
• MG Rover 9 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  I notice from today's Telegraph (Business section) that MG Rover are currently the only bidders for an old Daewoo/FSO car mfg plant in Poland. Perhaps their next move is to release a badge engineered version of the Polonez...
• Rover 75 Tyre Wear 27 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  i have a 16 month old rover 75 18500 miles and have very bad tyre wear on the edges anybody else had this problem, other than that is a great car.
• Golf TDI cam belt 4 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  VAG recommend changing at 60k miles without a time based alternative. What is recomended for lower mileage cars - ours will reach 60k miles when it is about 8 years old.
• Catalytic converters 28 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Has anyone had experiance of having to replace a catalytic converter? My sons Mercedes 190E 2.0 needs a replacment soon and he has been told the cost will be over £1000 !!!!!!!!!!!! Car is nine years old
• Battery life? 5 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  How long should a car battery last? The one in my Japanese hatchback is 4 years old and I've noticed some starting problems lately....how can I check if it's a battery problem?
• EURO 5 / 6 AND NEW CARS 22 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Dealers selling new cars and offering thousnds of pounds in special offers are on the increase and why is this ,the debt crisis would be the obviouse one ,but there is another reason many of these cars are old stock and are not E6compliant ,not that they will tell you that ! dealers are going
• Avensis 2002 2.0i vvti - Head Gasket Failure 15 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Hi I just bought an Avensis  2002 2.0vvti car and the head gasket appears to have failed. Its the old shape car (facelift version) 2002 and 125,000 miles so prob one of the last built of that shape. Used lots of water (but not oil it seems
• The fear factor - cars 13 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Because of the costs involved in repairing a modern car outside of warranty, are my friends right in getting rid of their astra diesel? Gearbox failure, needs clutch, exhaust dpf and a major service required plus brakes and tyres. Car is 5 years old due mot, they can get a good deal
• £5000 What Car 12 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Have got a vectra at the moment and myself and hubby cannot agree on a car has anyone any suggestions. I want smaller car but big enough to fit buggy in boot, 1.4 engine and is going to last us at least 5 years. The last car was 4 years old and has cost us a small fortune on garage bills, which
• is this normal practice? 3 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  . Basically they get you to drive the same model you want, sign a contract and put down a £500 deposit and then they ship the car in from one of their other branches.   I am not sure who would put a deposit down on a 3 year old car they have never seen. I
• Two week old Golf with bad paint 26 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  that wont polish off, and even a totally matt patch on the back bumper, which, now I've noticed it, I can't stop looking at. The leasing department of our organisation take delivery of the car and then give you a time to come and get it. I assume they check the vehicle over before letting the delivery
• New car quest 25 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Hi in my seemingly never ending quest to find the "right" new car I noticed that both motorpoint in Derby and motorhouse 2000 in Sutton have some great deals on Ford Focus diesels., but some of the models shown are not sold in the UK anymore, although they were 2 years ago. Namely the Focus TDDI H
• Car insurance claim 8 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I have dameged the back of my car and I tried to claim insurance to repair it, but they decided it was beyound economical repair. So then sent me the cheque of £400, my car is 10 years old and apart from the dent at the back there is nothing wrong with it. Although they gave me £400, I can't
• Summer car convertible 12 May 2020 (Forum)
  Hi all Reached that stage in life where I want a weekend/summer car for a blast around the countryside (when we can). Small budget 3-4k upto 14 yrs old around 100k mileage looking at Z4 or TT. Any advice I understand reliability and problems at this budget and age but it’s purely a weekend car
• Fiat Panda - Parking with the front wheels straight - or not? 3 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Hi all I tend to park the Panda and the other car, an old Honda Shuttle, by reversing into a car park space and by the time the car is straight, the wheels tend to be at an angle. I wonder, does leaving a car like this all day/night put any strain on driveshafts, rubber boots, grommets