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• Whats it worth - Car Value 4 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, My dad is to sell his two beloved cars due to company car arrival They are 1. Audi A4 1.8 'P' Reg 122K miles This car is Bergundy Red, VGC bodywork wise. Has the odd stone chip and parking dent but nothing noticble to the eye. Front bumper has a several small paint peels about size
• Ford Focus - Exhausted 28 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  woulnd't go at all. So I turn into a side street, turn off again, no warning lights. Check engine temp, fine. I know all the fluids were ok as I checked them just yesterday. Give Dad a ring and ask, should I take it home? He says yes, so I crawled home at little more than 20 mph, sounding like the engine
• Mondeo TD gears difficult 24 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  to get into third, getting into first gear from neutral seemed to get more and more difficult, to the point where I was really having to force the stick. And switching up from there wasn't as easy as it should be either. When I got to the car park and needed to reverse, it was as equally difficult. When
• Cutting out when idling - Merc C240 12 May 2004 (Forum)
  in the last 3K miles), it\'s irritating. It has only ever happened when I\'m in a queue, and when the engine\'s about three quarters warmed up. Typically, I\'ll be stopped, foot on brake (selector in \'drive\') and the engine just cut out, all dash lights on, and no engine. If I select Park, switch off
• Bought a new car 1 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  wheel. Rear parking sensors or camera. A wee bit of get up and go, so about 100bhp. Was after quick availability, so no waiting on a factory order.   1st car to consider was the Fiesta Titanium 1.0 Ecoboost 100bhp. Have had 3 Fiesta’s
• Mercedes B class 180d AMG - Quick review. 17 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  at the equipment, for a £27,000 vehicle it is poor. For that money you do not get the following which were standard on my old model SE. Front fogs Parking sensors (camera instead) Self park Auto dipping rear view mirror Folding mirrors I was also surprised it didn’t have: DAB radio Xenon headlights Heating
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  Penalty ‘Fixed’ 27 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I forward this email to you in total frustration at the way that the traffic police and their partners manage their dealings with the tax paying public....
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Corsa C won’t start first attempt, but will second 28 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  picture). [url] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640x480q90/538/Uesw8H.jpg [/url] OIL: Changed oil, oil looked fine, but the filter is a mess, fit for the skip
• From The telegraph - Police admit using mobile speed cameras are 'like 26 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  . The Association of Scottish Police Superintendents (Asps) suggested tactics such as parking mobile camera vans on a bridge above stretches of motorway, such as the M9 approaching Stirling, is more likely to raise money than save lives
• Jaguar XF 2.2D - Is it safe?? 12 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  was doing 70 mph on a dual carrigage way, very scary. I rang Jaguar and they sent out an AA van. The technician came but couldnt find anything wrong, reset the warning light and told me just to be careful. I drove for another 45mins fine then it went again on the M62 doing 75mph, very very scary as i
• 2 perplexing problems 1996 Range Rover 20 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Optima. I got a Key Code Lockout, which is not unheard of when a battery goes very flat on the car. I put the Key Code in right first time, re-synchronised the handsets, but when I came to start the car I got nothing out of the starter motor. The dash lights come on fine & there are no warning messages
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  Where do I stand if I have been unknowingly driving without a licence and insurance? 29 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
  A few months back I was driving my son's car. We parked and when we came back someone was just about to put a note on to say someone else had hit it. Minor...
• Ford Maverick - Advice needed re a refund 28 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  I'm new on here, and need some advice. My Mini Cooper is about to enter the great car park in the sky, and I've been looking for a cheap second-hand car. Nine days ago I saw a Ford Maverick, took it for a test-drive, it seemed fine, except for a big crack across the windscreen. I
• Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe CDI250 62Reg - Pulling Left 19 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  they can do to adjust or compensate for this. I've been on a road test with a service engineer driving, he also said it is normal for Mercedes in the UK to pull in this fashion due to the road camber, but I can replicate the result in a flat car park. I
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 06 1.8 Acceleration reduced warning then car won't 13 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  noticeable with the car was that there was a lag in acceleration after each gear change. After arriving at work, about 15 minutes driving, I parked the car, turned off the engine and restarted it. It worked straightaway and no warning lights came on. I can only surmise that this was because the car had
• Cheap Car - Suspicious 29 May 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, Today I noticed a car advertised for sale parked in my village. I'll spare you the details, suffice to say its 55' Plate, 80k miles and the owner budged £200 off the sale price to £4k when its really worth £6000ish. Just to make it clear, no money has been exchanged and I have agreed to pick
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.8 petrol (?) Stalling engine & ign. light. 17 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  of other bits too. The car after i have driven about 20miles then park and then get back in just after i have started driving again ( i basically drive from work to parents house, pick up son then drive home again) i normally pull into the same road (my parents road) and reverse out. Anyway it has
• What to buy 19 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  only do 60 as I'm never in a hurry and like to save the fuel costs) I need to be able to put my bike in the back. (I cycle the last bit to avoid Bristol parking) It fits in the 306 with the rear seats down and the front wheel still in place. I could remove the front wheel if necessary, as I'll have
• Pug 406 V6 Wierd Oil Pressure Problem 9 May 2005 (Forum)
  tried unscrewing the oil filter and turning the engine over - oil did eventually start pouring out and on retightening the filter I got oil pressure back. I then ran the car about fine, parked it up, tried it again 4 hours later - no oil pressure! This problem only ever occurs when the car has been
• Carjacking Notes 4 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  to check the damage the suspect pulls a weapon and takes the car. Other carjackings occur at stop signs or lights - the suspect may approach you and pull a weapon on you ordering you out of the car; or as you are pulling into or out of a parking space - a second vehicle may block your path