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• Insurer won't cover courtesy car 17 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  My insurers refused to cover a Citroen C3 courtesy car while my car is being serviced because the courtesy car is expensive!! They won't cover a courtesy car that is more valuable then your own car! Well then, my just over 3 year old C5 is then worthless and I can't be trusted with a nearly new
• Old man with a mission, but no hat 24 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  go more than 35 mph. When we went through a village with a 40 limit, he drove at 30. In a 30 limit he went at 20. On the rare occasions he touched 45, he braked whenever a car passed coming the other way. When we finally got to a derestricted section where he/we could go faster, he slowly accelerated
• Honda CR-V - Replacing suspension 27 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  , when it was a much younger, which would make me feel satisfied with the car overall. The cost for replacing all 4 shocks and springs would be around £500. Is there a sense to invest another £££ for over 15 years old car, or I should just change only the rear springs as this are essentiall
• Family Car - XC90 or Discovery Sport 17 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  Hi all, Apologies for the long first post but have been reading through the forum and found lots of really great content. My wife and I have a 2 year old, 1 year old with another on the way. We now need a larger car and have been sopping the market for the past month. We
• Citroen C Zero - Hidden High Costs of Owning an Electric Vehicle 8 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  .  It will cost £3,080 to replace (with 10% discount).  The car will no longer charge because of this.  Citroen dealt with the problem like we were discussing a washing machine.  Thought the vehicle too old and high mileage to warrant a good will gesture.  Too old at 6 years surely being
• Vauxhall Corsa 2007 - 83 yr old stopped driving, one for SLO76 5 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  I thought this might amuse SLO.. As i said in the other thread, one of my friends has decided to give up driving, had advertised the car, had a couple of replies and one guy offered a silly low price, pointing out various (minor) defects and trying to knock a lot off. As she
• N/A - Car scrappage – the French way 5 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  As part of a “Climate Plan” the French government has launched a scrappage scheme for older vehicles to encourage motorists to trade up to newer cleaner replacements. Your old car or van must have been registered before 1997 for petrol
• VW Passat 2.0 TDI Estate - Buying a high mileage (+30k/year) VW diesel? 23 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  at a few examples of around 3 year old high mileage VW Passat diesel's on offer from dealers and have a few questions on buying one of these. We're hoping to use this as a family car and probably won't do more than 5k miles a year in it. Is the old adage about German diesel's true
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 2000 1.5 Coolant Temperature light - on or off? 5 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  when the engine starts. Should this be the same for the newer car? I have checked the leads going to the sensor on the water pump and there is 12v there. I also pulled the leads off the old cars sensor and the light still come on when the ignition is turned on. I took the radio out of the old car
• New Lada - 43 years young 10 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  amazed it still has the old truck style steering wheel so it looks like there is still no rack and pinion :(. Now us westerners will probably think so what, but the Lada 2107 in many ways is the worlds best selling car, some reports suggest they have sold more than the VW Beatle and the last version
• Height Barriers 23 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Following on from a similiar threat of speed humps making roads damaging for low cars, does anyone else have a problem with height barriers ?. One of my vehicle is an old Bedford RL and when we lived in Pembrokeshire we would go out on Sundays with it. Now we are back in Hampshire there is almost
• Volkswagen Golf TSI DSG - need changing cambelt 19 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  My vw golf  (automatic TSI 1.6) is 5 years old with only 18000 miles on the clock.  I took my car for annual servicing and was told that I need to change the cambelt in the car?!  Is this really necessary?  I have only done 18000miles. 
• Renault Clio II - Car smoke black 4 May 2015 (Forum)
  hello My Clio 2 1.5 DCI has got a problem when you start the engine it smokes grey but when you are driving it smokes black and grey The old engine got broken so I had to replace it It doesn't burn oil
• volkswagen lupo - My first car 26 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  im turning 17 in less than a month and im ttreating myself to a 'brand old lupo'. any warnings to consider? hints and tips? please advise me as to where i can get quality parts (aftermarket/genuine, online/off) All advisories WILL be considered and very much
• whats your best car for the least money 21 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Mine's has to be a three year old lada i had about twelve years ago, only paid £280 for it, never gave me any trouble and sold it 18 months later for £350. i have to admit i actually liked driveing it, is that sad or what.
• Autotrader volume of ads 28 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I have noticed that the number of cars for sale on Autotrader has decreased in the last 4 months from around the 390,000 mark to around 320,000. Is this due to less people buying new ones and hanging on to their old cars, so less p/x's or private sales to me made? Or is this just typical
• Cheap rep-mobiles 14 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Has anyone noticed how cheap late-model old-shape Mondeos and Vectras are becoming? Your looking at around £6k for 07 reg examples with average mileages from car supermarkets. Seems like a lot of car for your dosh, what do you reckon? Surely the best used buys out there??
• Car / Tram interaction 29 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I have recently returned from Prague and was impressed with the way that trams and road vheicles integrated on city centre streets. Can anyone explain...
• Finding out if a number plate is still in use 12 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I remember seeing a site that can tell you if a vehicle number plate is still used on a car but I cannot find it. I have found the details of some of my old cars and would love to know if they are still on the road or at least if the number is still in use.
• good dealer service! 22 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I found some little rust spots in various places on my 7 year old Mercedes 220. I contacted a local main dealer who asked to see the car and the service record...up to date... they inspected the car and it seems the whole lot will be done under warranty. I am really impressed.