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  • MG MG ZT (2001 - 2005) - help - mid-life crisis? 1 Oct 2007 (Forum)
    I have just reached 40 and am wondering if I am having a mid-life crisis. As some of you may know from my previous posts, I had decided to buy a year old Honda Accord diesel for my next car, but I now realise I have a problem. I have become obsessed about buying an MG ZT, the old shape with twin
  • Audi A1 - Air con service cost 13 Mar 2021 (Forum)
    £149 for a four year old car which seems extortionate to me. Where do people here get this done and do I need to bother if it’s working fine? Thanks guys.
  • Audi S3 Sportback - Reversing sensors 21 May 2017 (Forum)
    This car, under two years old is not fitted with reversing sensors. Google comes up with several suppliers with fitters nationwide, (franchised presumably), such as AVR and AVS. Has anyone used a supplier that they can recommend. Thanks
  • Renaul Clio - Timing Belt 9 Jul 2014 (Forum)
    I have had my timing belt changed at 38,000 with water pump 5 years ago and only done a total of 78,000 now but the car is 10 years old, do I need to do it again?
  • Hyundai i20 - Paintwork inspection 23 Mar 2013 (Forum)
    Please could anyone tell me what a paintwork inspection (rust keeps coming through my car from 6 months old) and can anyone inspect the paintwork , or are certain qualifications held by the person inspsecting? Mossymoo
  • BMW 3 Series Touring - Cleaning leather seats 26 Sep 2011 (Forum)
    My tan coloured leather seats are starting to look a bit grubby as the Car is 7 years old, can anyone recommend any products for cleaning them? Thanks in advance.
  • Unusual Sightings Vol 14 20 Nov 2007 (Forum)
    13 ***** Another thread for commenting on rare, unusual, old or just plain daft cars etc. 629669 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- PU.
  • changing spark plugs - 3 cylinder Corsa 16 Nov 2006 (Forum)
    use to change spark plugs years ago but notice they look different now a days any special technique to change plugs on modern cars 4 yr old 3 cyl corsa
  • Free subaru legacy 11 Apr 2006 (Forum)
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PlymouthFreecycleUK/message/22 OK, so it's an old one. But it's got to be worth it for mucking about in some fields surely! I suspect the car isn't a million miles away from Plymouth. H
  • Spotting a secondhand as an import? 10 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    I am planning to buy a secondhand BMW/Merc. I have found that a car about 2 years old has 2 or 3 owners with various reasons from the dealers. Can these be imports? How can you tell please?
  • aircon..sour smell? 26 Mar 2002 (Forum)
    Hi My car is three years old and recently when I put the aircon on (cold) there is a sour smell almost like vinegar. I changed the cabin filter but no change. Does this mean that the system need to be cleaned out thanks alan
  • Mk IV Supra turbo 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
    Getting tempted by one of these now they're getting a bit cheaper. Anyone got one? What breaks? Bit worried about "downgrading" to a 6/7 year old car. Manual or automatic.. ? Tomo - what's the handling like.
  • Honda Civic Aerodeck 10 Mar 2001 (Forum)
    What does anyone think of the old shape Civic Aerodecks 1.6 VTEC SEs currently on sale at some Honda dealers for about £10500?Are they good value at this price as a family go anywhere do anything car.These are brand new cars.
  • Ford C-MAX - ford cmax only 2 years old from new, clutch gone 16 Nov 2015 (Forum)
    Hi, I've found these pages via google and also watched you on don't get done get Dom.   My cmax is 2 years old, 63 plate. I had it from new. It's done 16k, and in the last three weeks the eco light has come on (meaning it has switched off the autostart at lights function
  • Kia ceed - Kia dilemma 1 Dec 2013 (Forum)
    Hello all - long time since I was on here, those with long memories might remember me as Citroënian...been through a few cars since then. Am trying to decide which car to buy and the BR always has been helpful in the past. Choice of three really. I reckon I'll do about 15/16k per year Old shape
  • Pro motorist party? 4 Oct 2004 (Forum)
    they would be? My old hatchback car weighed in at 1180 kg. Superminis are now that heavy. My old hatchback,even with a 2 litre engine would have mid to high thirties all the time. Superminis do this around town! Cars of a comparable size and with similar engine capacity are getting fewer mpg than my old shed
  • Toyota HSD - Advice. Old man put down deposit, changes mind 7 Mar 2015 (Forum)
    Hi  The old man owns a 61 plate Auris HSD and went to the Toyota dealership last Saturday with a possible view to downsize. Saw a 13 plate YARIS HSD with price of £13.5k, put a 1k deposit down and signed on dotted line. A day later he called me to say hes having cold
  • Scrapyards 13 Nov 2006 (Forum)
    where wellies and old jeans etc, you are prepared to get a bit oily or dirty but the satisfaction is there that you have saved yourself a load of money, understood the car a bit better, kept the scrapyard open, done a bit of recycling of a second hand part but still life in the component, kept your
  • Buying advice please - used, large family 8k 6 Mar 2021 (Forum)
    Hi, I need some buying advice please.  I'm looking for largish, used family car for around the 8k mark. Up to 6/7 years old.  Preferably petrol as making lots of short trips. Mileage up to 60k. Usual prerequisites, frugal, reliable, and safe as will have 2 under 10's
  • Kia Sportage 2020 1.6 GDi - The Drive Home, First impressions 3 Mar 2020 (Forum)
    So, Collected the new Trottinette this morning. Car nicely parked outside the showroom with space to walk around and check it. Copy of 2 page PDI checklist ready to see. Quarter tank of fuel, Sportage floor mats fitted foc. Everything as it should be. Salesman
 

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