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• Car choice 25 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  A friend is looking for a replacement for her Ford Ka. She is going for a 1-year old as opposed to new. Her personal choice is down to either a Skoda Fabia, Seat Ibiza (I know, they're the same floorpan) or a Hyundai Getz. Your opinions would be welcome and yes, I know a lot like the Toyota Yaris
• vw passat batt life 24 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  How long can I expect the battery to last? It is just comming up on 4 years old the car starts no problem, but if it's not started for a couple of days it sounds if it is cranking a bit slow and the stop sign on the multi fuction display illuminates briefly. The car is a 2000 passat 115pd it has
• Mercedes Roof Boxes 24 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Is there any way of attaching a roof box to a car which does not have roof rails or 'gutters' in which, in the old days, the feet of a roof box frame could stand? It is a Mercedes that I am interested in but as many cars don't have rails and none have gutters the question has a broader application
• Car Electrics 5 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  I have managed with some help from the people in this forum to repair the heater in my VW Passat (see old threads for info), but would like to sort out the other electrical faults such as window switches not working and intermittent functioning of other electrical components. Would an auto
• Car names 19 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Why do European countries name their towns, islands, cities etc after old Fords Granada, Capri, Cortina, Sierra etc. Can you think of amy more? Or, what does BMW stand for - Brutal Money Waster? or Ford Found On Rubbish Dump? or MITSUBISHI
• Trolley jacking points 2 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I will require some new tyres soon but have a concern regarding the best place to jack the car up via a trolley jack, when you see the tyre fitters in action they don't appear to give it a lot of thought but i have heard stories of underbody damage.The main dealers are unhelpful. The car is the old
• Car Acronyms 12 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Let's have a few: FORD - Found on rubbish dump FIAT - Fix it again, Tony LOTUS - Lots of trouble, ususally serious PORSCHE - Poor Old Rich Sod Cannot Have Everything BMW - Buyers Mostly Winkers (or something like that) VAUXHALL - Vehicles are Useless, Xeroxes have a longer lifespan LADA - Lurid
• Best used car under £3000 for young(20) driver 30 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Probably a long shot. Looking for a used petrol car for a 20yr old driver. As she does some motorway driving she would prefer a 1.4 unless someone can suggest a powerful enough 1.2 ( she has been on our insurance as a named driver on 3 different cars even a used golf gti so she's a very
• Small car recommendation 15 May 2018 (Forum)
  I am starting a new job that will involve driving 100 motorway miles a day. I need to buy a new car that is economical, suitable for motorways and that my recently passed 18 year old can drive without me having to sell a kidney to insure. My budget is about £3500 I was thinking
• Why less older cars. 22 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  Just driving to work this morning and I overtook a Y reg 1983? Ford Escort that seemed completely fine. Just started to make me wonder why we see less older cars on the roads today bearing in mind that cars rust less, engines can do 100k plus miles and break down less frequently. I am suprised
• Automatic City Car/Hatchback. Suggestions? 22 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  I'm thinking about replacing my four year old Skoda Fabia. I'd like a city car/hatchback that is big enough for a child, is fun to drive and pretty reliable. I was contemplating a VW Golf but am put off by the price and reliability issues. Most people I speak to say I should go for a Japanese
• Car to seat 5 adults for 150m commute 18 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  I now share a lift with 4 other people we drive one day each. My bmw 4 series only has 4 seats so it looks like getting a different car. Can anyone reccommend a suitable car? The only one I like is the old shape Jag XJ tdvi possibly a 2007 shape but I'm not too sure what
• Hyundai i40 diesel - New car? 3 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  Hello - I'm looking for a new car. I currently have a banged up old civic and am now looking at a Hyundai i40. Having never owned or driven a Hyundai, my question is are these cars any good? I have noticed they are very common as private hire taxi drivers in Glasgow and a couple have told me
• Ford Focus - Car key will only lock, not unlock 3 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  Hi I don't have remote central locking. I have just had a new key made for my car as the old one snapped. They key turns the ignition and can lock the car, but not unlock. I will take the key back tomorrow but just wondering if anyone had any ideas? It would be really inconvenient if I
• Ford Mondeo - Cracked piston 17 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I have a 5 year old mondeo 1.8 TDCI which has only done 80k miles and has a cracked piston. To repair it by putting in a new engine would be £4500, and a second hand engine would be about £1000 cheaper! Basically this car is scrap as the cost to repair is more than the car is worth
• Bargaining at independent car dealers 20 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Every time I have tried to buy a secondhand car (usually c.3-4 years old) my attempts to get a better deal have failed miserably. The advertized price is the price - no flexibility at all. This seems to be very different from buying new cars where there seems to be no fixed prices at all
• Skoda Fabia (putitive leastwise) - Can a new car be better value than a fresh second 1 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Cos, at least if purchasing from the franchised network fresh second hand cars appear to be as dear as poison, mind ...................when I trawled the Autotrader site it was no better as all the fresh cars  still appear to be within the dealer network. Or am I just gettin old
• News - Britain's Most Used Car 30 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Interesting article on the right under news regarding average model mileage breakdown by WarrantyDirect. The example in the article is a four year old Micra with 30k on the clock. You may be tempted to pay a bit extra as, using the 12k per annum average, it does appear lower than average mileage
• Car debt at death 1 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Within the next couple of days the father in law is expected to croak it. He has finance on his car that still has some way to go. Mother in law doesnt fancy trading her broom up, so will need to sell it. If she just stops the payments, is she liable or does the debt die with the old man. Yes
• Invalid Cars 4 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Driving through Crawley this lunchtime, saw one of these little electric cars (the sort usually driven by old ladies along the pavement). This was being driven by a man but along the road, even though there was a pavement available. He just trundled on as though he was a miniature car. No problem