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  Best tyre size for comfort on Lexus CT? 5 Dec 2019 (Ask HJ)
  What’s the best tyre size for comfort on the Lexus CT? It's currently fitted with R16s but the ride seems hard. Can they be changed to R15s?
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  What's the best diesel on a £5000 budget? 16 Jan 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking for a used car with a £5000 budget but it needs to be a diesel as I'm covering 1400 miles per month. I'd prefer an automati0. What do you recommend?
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - yr2004 - camshaft snapped, compensation???? 23 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  noise, but they said they hadn't time to look at it properly & she'd have to come back in a few weeks time. Last week the cam shaft snapped & wrecked the engine. They want over £2500 for a new engine. The car is just out of Vauxhall warranty. It has full Vauxhal S/H. Its done just over 30K miles. She
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  Do tyres over five years old invalidate your insurance? 8 Oct 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I was under the impression that tyres over five years old would invalidate your insurance no matter what type they were. How can part worn tyres be allowed?
• Getting incorrect MOT advisories deleted 26 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  last MOT I got an advisory "Front brake pad(s) wearing thin" which did surprise me as I check them when I rotate the tyres every 10K and I’m not a heavy braker – so, against my instinct, I trusted the tester's discretion and bought a set of pads (Eurocarparts 50% off sale - woohoo!) and set
• Time for a rethink on junction design? 6 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Having watched a few "UK Bad Drivers" videos recently, a lot of the accidents occur when a driver at a junction turns right across the path of a car (or bike)  s/he hasn't seen in time. It is invariably the fault of the driver turning right, but it always seems to happen straight after
• Audi A6 / A3 - Nearly new cars 16 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  ). Now, I can find a fair number of petrol A3's in a good spec for this budget ('66' plate onwards) or I can go the 'luxury' route and plump for an A6 in 3.0 diesel format. http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201708017931430 http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert
• Honda Civic - Which Honda Civic? 26 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  son or mpg, he has test driven a 1.4 and thats seems to be ok but the 1.8 seems to be considered to be much better bet. Many thanks for any opinions.   http://www.croylandcarmegastore.co.uk/used-cars/7522681-honda-civic-1.4-i-vtec-s-5dr/   http
• FIAT Panda 2011 Dynamic Petrol 1.2 manual - Timing Belt /Water pump replacement kit 20 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  Does anyone know if there is a genuine Fiat kit for the above including tensioners pump etc or are the kits available separately? If so is there a recomended retail price for the kit(s)? Is there a book time available for both jobs together or do the individual jobs book times
• Selling old SORNed car: should I tax & insure? 22 May 2016 (Forum)
  I've got an old car on my drive that's been declared SORN.  It's about 15 years old, but runs fine and has MOT until September.  I think it's worth around £500 (it's a 2000 reg 3 litre Jaguar S-Type auto if that makes any difference). I want to sell it to reclaim the space
• Volvo V40 Cross Country 1.6 diesel lux model - Buying and financing used car 24 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  loan for £7500  ( can get 3.3% apr with m&s bank repayments £218 X 36months and pay the rest with savings using a credit card to hand over some of deposit so I have the extra security that using a credit offers and paying off the card before I incur any credit card interest charges
• Porsche Boxster - Warning lights on dash after fitting a fuse 12 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  be reset please? As I understand it he hasn't started the car - simply turned the ignition to the first position.  Car is a 2006 Boxster S.
• MINI cooper 2005 - Grinding sound from 2005 MINI cooper 24 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  gearbox bearings, O/S drive shaft, and Diff (costing me £800!).  The garage also replaced my gearbox with a reconditioned one (at no extra cost), but still the sound remains. The sound does not occur when the car is out of gear, ONLY when under load.  Does anybody know what
• Used car depreciation. 4 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  .  The problem with the second option is that I don't know if it is a viable one or not. What price will the used updated Mazda 3's be in about a year's time. If it's much more than £10,000 then I may as well just try to get a decent car now
• Golf or Civic.. 20 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  managed to find 2 potential cars and was hoping i could get some advice as i know very little about cars.. ** First contender is a VW Golf TDI GT - 2007, 54k miles. Excellent condition at £5k - being sold by a mate who i know has looked after it. ** The other is a Honda Civic Type-S GT
• Citroen C6 - Citroen C6 Diesel engine fuel supply 11 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  fire started just after joining M25 at J13. moved out to middle lane 65 mph  misfire started and repeated and engine stopped as approaching J 12 ,slipped clutch  to get to n/s lane ( no hard shoulder) decided to abort and go home via M3S . released clutch and engine bump started. Continued
• Jeep Cherokee CRD KJ - ABS Light and brakelight on dash 10 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  Hi , I am trying to fix the ABS on the above jeep , front bearing replaced including abs sensor as it was s/h it was better to include the abs this way and was guaranteed and resolved the bearing issue it had . The sensor has a resistance of .624 ohms and the rear sensor on the diff is also .625
• A-M Spring Concours @ Ragley Hall 20 May 2014 (Forum)
  Took this in on Sunday. What a delight to wander amongst so many desirable examples in glorious conditions, etc., etc., apart from that new(ish) Rapide S! The Works Team had one on display on their pitch. What an ugly mutt that is from the outside, although the interior is simply
• 2003 Renault Laguna 1.9dci - Starting problem 4 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  and there is a fair amount of fuel pumping out when engine is cranked. I presume this is a fault in the injectors somewhere but is there any way of finding out which injector/s is faulty? Can they be overhauled? What would cause injector to fail due to a turbo fault? Could this be a immobiliser problem or something
• Vauxhall Vectra B 1998 1.8 Petrol - Electrical Problem 25 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  like a dream, sweet smooth, acelerates well, seems desperate to get up into high 70's when being driven, revs don't seem to be restricted.  BUT!  for no reason and seemingly at random, engine just stops as though key turned off.  Wait a few seconds starts fine, pulls away fine