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• Subaru Legacy and Outback Diesel (2008 - 2009) - oil and filter change - put old filter back on 4 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  with them for another day so they refitted the old filter. They've offered to have the car back and fit a new filter saying that would be ok. I think I'd prefer another fill of new oil as some of the old oil in the old filter will have mixed with the new oil. Is that fair enough or am I being over fussy
• MGB GT - Tyres 28 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  probably 20 years old. Although my car had an MOT inspection a month ago it is surely a worry that old tyres on classic cars are being certified as road worthy when they should be scrapped after say 10 years. The recent news whereby cars over 40 years old will be exempt from an MOT is doubly worrying given
• Honda Stream - Engine Management light on 'new' 15 year old car 2 May 2018 (Forum)
  My wife likes large old Hondas. So we bought a 2003 Stream privately, full service history, recently serviced and MOT'd. Nice clean oil. On the way back from the seller's house the engine management light pops on - you couldn't make it up!  It still drives fine though. On a car of this age
• Where have all the old bangers gone 26 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Has anyone else noticed that these days nearly all the cars are smart and seem to be lucky to see anything older than ten years old where as when i started driving in the mid nineties you would see cars with odd wings/ doors grey primer and oxide red paint around the wheel arches with thick
• When does a car become "old"? 14 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  This is something that can mean different things to people depending on your own situation,it could be at three years old or longer,or maybe when the warranty expires,or when it gets it first big bill or ding,for me i tend to move them on when i get to 100k on the clock which is silly
• Trying to trace an old car.Any ideas how 9 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  When I was a kid I used to see a Lister Jaguar XJ-S registration number A502 OFO on my way to college in Hereford. Has anyone any idea on how I can legally trace it? I have tried the club and club website without luck. My interest in the car was rekindled when I bought an old car magazine
• Old Ladies! 10 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  weekly shopping. Despite protests from her husband, 87, she has decided the car must go. Mrs Molloy has asked the raffle's organisers to sell it for her and the couple will keep their reliable 15-year-old Volvo."
• Disposing of Old Car 29 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, My GF has an old Nissan Sunny which is G reg and has a few months MOT left on it. Her parents are about to give her their car when they replace it (not as flash as it sounds). The bodywork is a bit rusty in parts (the CAR!) but it got through its MOT last year OK and doesn't appear to have
• Old immobiliser key - make? 24 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  a new one? That's unless, of course, immobiliser keys for 18 year old cars are easy to get (and cheap!)!
• any metallic - make new car old 13 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I have a new metallic painted vehicle that i want to look old. Everyone seems to want to make them look new except for me.  Is there something , say wax like like ,that I can cover the awful silver metallic with to make it look like it has had 20 years service? I dont want to go
• new old shape zafira - 7 seater best buy for £10,000 3 May 2014 (Forum)
  have a budget of 10,000 and looking to buy the old shape but new zafira for 10,600. it will have vauxhall lifetime warrantee, is this a deal deal or should i be looking at a used car of better made?
• Old car speed camera flashed 4 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a legal problem, my old car that I sold about a month ago has been caught by a speed camera and is still registered in my name. It looks like the new owner did not register the car. Trouble is, I know this person and am reluctant to pass on their identity unless I really have to. I
• Ten uses for old engine oil 5 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  .Dilute with paraffin and paint on sheds 2.Treat fence posts and garden stakes 3. Paint onto old car's springs and subframes 4. Use in my 50+yr old Atco 17 and 20+yr old Mountfield Empress. 5. Apply to undersides of mowers for winter period 6. Use in chainsaw for blade
• any - old wiper blades 31 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  I have just renewed the wiper blades on my car and was wondering if they can be recycled anywhere?
• A modern take on an old story 2 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Car parked at the kerbside in the village - piece of paper over the tax disc - "Tax applied for online" !
• Best first car for a 17 year old 23 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  my son has just passed his test at 17 and i wondered what would be a good first car which has a low insurance rating,excellent fuel economy and reliability. any ideas.
• 2013 vw polo - question, 'Should I buy an old car with low miles 22 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Questiuoner posed 'should he buy an immaculate  2013 vw polo ?' Going forward a few years, had the question been posed then, maybe worth bearing in mind that if that had been a this current years electric car, in all probability at 9 years old then it would have been looking at vast
• BMW 5 series 530d - Old car low miles or young and high: BMW 5 series. 15 Oct 2011 (Forum)
   I want to buy a used BMW 5 sries 530d. There is a massive range of cars and prices at the sub 12k end of the market <6 years old. I would love some friendly advice on  whether I should buy a 2007 with 150k miles or a 2005 with 100k? Both come
• FIAT Punto EVO (2010 - ) - What price for a new nose? 3 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  It seems like Fiat are up to their old tricks. Lets change the nose on the Punto and bung the price up. I remember they ruined the car once before in the early 2000s with a nose job. Oh and how come my old £7k car is now a £14k hatchback. How long before the discounts fall out of the sky. Since
• Private Number Plate Swapping 29 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, Was wondering if someone could give me some pointers in what I do when i want to swap my private number plate from my old car to my new one. The old car im still keeping aswell so that needs its old registration put back and then obviosuly place the private plate on the new car. I have