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• Mitsubishi Galant Estate 29 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I`m off to check out an automatic 2.0 and a 2.5 V6 Galant Estate in the next day or two. They look ideal: the size of an Omega with the reliability of a Honda and no image to speak of so minimal theft worrys!! Reasonable insurance - even for the 2.5 - and well within my £10K budget. As long as I
• corsa 1.2 choke 18 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  yes???? But would this cause me any problems when the engine has reached operating temp. The automatic choke stays on for a long time due to no warm air entering the engine and I assume this is causing bad fuel economy.......
• Cruise Control 12 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  A friend of mine is buying a new car and believes cruise control is a most desirable extra. My experience of these devices is limited. SWMBO had an Automatic Talbot Alpine years ago and the cruise control was dreadful. It accelerated and decelerated noticeably when engaged and this surging motion
• Battery Recommendations? 10 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  The signs are that I'm close to needing a new battery on my 1992 BMW 525i automatic. I thought I'd get a quote from the local BMW dealer but also from a couple of other sources. I'm after a good quality battery at a reasonable price; the trouble is I am out of touch with the technology and don't
• Peugeot 404 17 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  I/we have an old (1991) H reg 405 GTX estate automatic. The poor old thing must be getting to the end of its natural. what do I/we do? Flog it privately? put it into BCA at Blackbushe? part exchange it, or what? How much am I/we (notice I am being very careful to include her indoors
• Honda Prelude Import 10 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I have just acquired a 1993 Honda Prelude 2.2 VTEC Automatic which is a japanese import on L reg. The speedometer is marked up to 180 kmh max which works out as 111mph. I understand japanese cars (and motorbikes?) are restricted to this top speed. Is there a way of derestricting the Prelude
• Jaguar X type 2.5 Auto 24 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  ratios far longer than needed on long uphill pulls. Is anyone else disappointed with this car? I know it has 'sport 'mode and a manual selection option, but that isn't the point of an automatic. I was completely put off.
• Fuse box problems with Ford Granada 2 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  the fault with it. I think the switch for the kickdown is going, the Ford dealer says this is ok. Does anybody have any ideas ? Ford Granada/Scorpio, Model 1992 2.0 DOHC automatic Thanks in anticipation. Stuart
• Renault Laguna Auto 4 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  I have an "N" reg Laguna Automatic. For a few months I've had a problem with it "holding" low gear when cold, but today it went to "3" on the Motorway and stayed there for 40 miles all the way home. Running it later when cold, it's doing the same thing. I've obviously a serious problem. Honest
• New car - making a shortlist 28 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  , but two friends in the village have them and both say there's no fun in driving them.  One calls it a 'lump'.  The automatic, called 'S-tronic- is basically a DSG. BMW 2-series Active Tourer     Silly name, but a good car that could be a front-runner.  220i petrol
• Drivethedeal. 29 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  automatic now starts at around £23,000 !! - with around £4,000 knocked off at some brokers.  That sounds a lot for a Fiesta. It's making that Fabia automatic SE hatch look cheap at a discounted price of not much over £13,000.
• Honda Accord - 2004 Accord v 2008 Mondeo mk 4 24 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  engines once they fixed the swirl flaps and similarly good things about the Honda 2.4L K24A series engines. I should note that I'm a young driver so the insurance is ~1.5-2x more for the Honda. The 2004 Honda Accord 2.4L i-VTEC Executive is up for £2.7k, automatic, petrol, has had 1 owner
• Cheap running costs for 10k/year commute 3 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Hi,   I'm looking at needing a car to drive a 25-mile each-way commute 4 or 5 times a week, giving a total annual mileage of perhaps 9k. Mixture of motorway and enough stop-start that I want an automatic, all of it hilly. No significant use for the car other than the commute
• Cars should be fun 3 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  think these are my key criteria:- Fun.  I want to just grab the keys and go for a drive for the sheer pleasure of it.  Automatic.  I know some people will think fun and automatics don't go together but I simply don't want to go back to a manual car.  Its been
• Medium Automatic Required in place of Hybrid. 19 May 2012 (Forum)
  Good morning My parents have owned the Civic Hybrid (58) since 2009 and my father yesterday contacted me saying that he is thinking of part exchanging...
• Toyota RAV4 Automatic 2003 120000 miles - Erratic problem pulling in low gears 21 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Erratic problem pulling in low gears The symptoms are: 1. Every now and again the car will really not like to gain speed form low speed. Other days...
• All - Changing to Automatics 14 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  HJ seems to be fielding numerous questions in the DT Motoring Section and here about the new Jazz i-shift and people complaining about "jerky" gearchanges,...
• Skoda Superb (2008 - ) - DSG not as efficient as was promised? 15 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  When DSG gearboxes were first available, they were claimed to be a great advance on old torque-converter automatics. Apart from faster and smoother gearchanges, the elimination of the torque converter was supposed to make them much more efficient, so that there would be no increase in fuel
• Suitable car for tall person with injured knee 7 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  With my badly damaged right knee and a bone structure on my left leg that makes a shepherds crook look arrow straight the top priority for me when buying a car is seat comfort and front leg room. I've been driving petrol Volvo automatics for a number of years; an early XC70 (not for the faint
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - '01 HDi - Strange 'knocking' through the steering 1 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, Bought a 2001 Citroen C5 recently (the 2.2HDi SX automatic hatchback). Lovely car in all regards apart from a weird sort of "knocking" that's transmitted through the steering column. (Well it looks horrible too of course, but practical family diesel automatics aren't that common, so