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  Plywood lining system has damaged my van - what are my rights? 17 Mar 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My son purchased a new Renault Master van five months ago. He paid extra for the van to be lined with plywood. Two months after buying the van he became...
• Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi 2008 DPF and Turbo Woes 25 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Hi all, I am posting here to share my as yet unresolved Ford Focus issues and plan on updating over the next few days as the proposed solution goes ahead. Hopefully it will be of help to somebody in the future. The car has run smoothly since I purchased a few years ago with around
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  Selling an Australian car in the UK 12 Nov 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Around 18 months ago I brought my Australian car over to England (where I am now living) and felt that now would be the right time to sell so I could...
• Peugot 207 - Is it OK to mix OW-30 and 5W-30 oils? 17 May 2024 (Forum)
  . Problem is I don't know what oil the previous owner used. No indications of the correct oil to use in the car manual or on the service record!!! A check online suggests all 207's from that era use OW-30, and some can use 5W-30 as well. Safest bet is therefore to use 0W-30. But what if the existing
• What to do with car for three months? 16 May 2022 (Forum)
  So my son's gf is off to the US for 3 months. She has a 2011 Mini Cooper S and she is wondering what to do with it. It will be parked off road. Options appear to be: - Just park up and see if starts when she returns. Advantage being it could be SORN and maybe there'd be a small insurance
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  Can you recommend a cheap way to clean fogged headlamps? 4 Feb 2022 (Ask HJ)
  Is there a DIY way of restoring fogged headlamp lenses?
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  Citroen C1 - cam belt or timing chain? 20 Jan 2022 (Ask HJ)
  Does the Citreon C1 (2009 model) have timing chains or belts?
• Tesla beater or hot air? - Lucid Air (that's its actual name!) 9 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  - the longest currently on the open market.   The Air Dream Edition, which costs just short of $170,000 (£124,000) in the US, travels about 28% - or 115 miles - further on a full charge than Tesla's Model S, which Lucid Group's British-born CEO Peter Rawlinson helped develop. It also
• Mazda 3 - Rust in Mazda 3 24 Nov 2021 (Forum)
  old enough to remember rust and welding being a regular occurrence in the 70’s but this is our first modern car with an issue. Anyway, discussing with the indie, he says the subframe rust is not very serious and he can treat it with Schutz for an hour and a half  labour and £30
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  Are service books purely digital now? 22 Jul 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I have been told that the service book is purely computerised for my new car - but surely I should have a paper service book so I can see a record and...
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  Are there any differences between a private light goods and a light goods vehicle? 7 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Are there any differences between a private light goods and a light goods vehicle? If a 1997 Escort van is a PLG does it mean it's a commercial vehicle?
• VW Golf TDI 1.9 130 - Mk4 golf electric issue 12 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  /unlock Interior lights only work when pressed manually Also cluster resets randomly when driving Airbag light on but very dim Traction control randomly comes On. sometimes will turn On and off if I press it but rarely The one light in the passenger o/s on the roof comes on with door open
• Volkswagen Beetle 2.0L V reg 2000 - Battery Light has come on 12 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  and the battery light has now come on does anyone know if this means that maybe there is likely to be an alternator problem?? Or would a VW Beetle"s battery light just come on for a simple battery change? As I have had this car for 10 years and cant remember this happening before I have changed the battery 3-4
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  How can I reduce road noise in my car? 27 Jul 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I would like to reduce road noise in my 2013 Toyota Verso Excel. Would changing the tyres /wheels help? The tyres currently fitted are 215/55 R17.
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  What's included in the list price of a vehicle? 13 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  Cars with a list price over £40,000 pay higher VED, so what's included in the list price?
• BMW/Audi/Mercedes - £15k budget for a family car 27 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Hey all, I've got a £15k budget for a new (2nd hand!) car. I've been looking at the following: BMW 3 series Touring M Sport (05-12) Mercedes C220 CDI Estate (2008 > ...I think) Audi A4 Avant (Either Black Edition or S-Line) So mainly
• Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 auto 60 plate - Loss of power/no warning lights/useless dealer 13 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Please help. Got this car s/h at christmas and its started playing up. Within a couple of miles from home, after coasting, you put your foot down and its lost power. Stopping and putting it into neutral, the engine slowly revs to 2800rpm and stays there. If you stop the engine and restart, its
• Time for STANDARD national on line parking? 9 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  pay for parking so why the hell not make it SIMPLE and SMOOTH ? A sad looking local car park machine with it's steamed up perspex window had a major queue the other morning due to vandalism (a machine smash and grap?-someone desperate for a few £s!), with an attached long dreary TYPED
• Amazon Prime v BBC - The Grand Tour 29 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  week ,such s the reference to Carol Vorderman which met with stony silence. Hats off to Amazon who have given Clarkson the free rein that he never was allowed at the BBC. I'm sure we will see him demolishing his house sometime in the series. Wonder what Chris Evans must be thinking of if he ever
• Briggs & Stratton mower sooty 6 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  This mower is under 3 years old and is clean with very low mileage (small garden!). I was away last w/e and Mrs S said it felt like it was running short of fuel - it starts to rev itself when it is. (The engine runs at same revs whether clutch is engaged or not). So she filled with unleaded from