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• Suzuki GV bargain new prices 22 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  I've always like the look of the Suzuki Vitara. I saw that the GV 1600 is now available new for 10999 against a list of 12495 which I thought was good. Just looking through the local newspaper (for a ford focus)and found new GV 1600 offered at 9995 , which sounds tempting, 20% off list
• Small reliable car 16 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  I am looking to buy a small(ish) 5 door car - VW Polo size approx costing around £5-£6K but having read reviews (with some horror stories over faults) on various sites including this one, I am a bit confused as to which to go for. For short list I have VW Polo 1.4CL, Skoda Fabia 1.4, Ford Fiesta
• fiesta cold starting : help ! 11 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  ford fiesta 1.1 cfi ( k reg 80k ) cold start problem. car starts & runs for 5 to 10 secs and dies then refuses to start. only way to solve is a tow then runs perfectly. warm start no problem. car has been checked by local garage 3 times and computer faults rectified ie. new lamdba & mass air
• what is this box?......... 25 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  there is a box connected somehow to the manifold on my mondeo zetec 1.6 which is blowing, it is situated just infront of the fan and has a couple of pipes connected to it. I have contacted local ford dealer today who said they cant fit it in to look at until a week wednesday, dont realy want
• oh no! leaky mondeo 7 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  a mention in the cbcb. Have others found the problem to be the seal between light unit and bodywork, or within the light unit? Any success getting Ford to fix the problem on a 3-4 year old car? Thanks all Andy
• escort not getting gas. 16 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  Hi i have a small problem with my 89 ford escort! I was hoping someone would have the answer to my problem. Ok here's the story. my car was running fine and doing good when it all the suddon shut off and when i tried to start it again i noticed it wasn't getting gas i also noticed smoke was coming
• automatic mondeo 27 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any idea what could be the most likely problem with my R plate 2.0L LX auto mondeo which has been changing gear violently with the O/D light flashing? This only really happens when the car is warmed up on motorway journeys, temp guage is reading normal. Ford want £90 to check
• Focus - which engine? 16 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  I am thinking of biting the bullet and spending more than I normally would on my next car, probably a Ford Focus between 2-3 years old. Can any present owners comment on the performance of their current model? I am looking for performance over mpg so I have ruled out the 1.4 or 1.8 diesel (yes I
• main dealers - how do they sell cars??? 2 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  how is it that main dealers are still able to sell cars? go to a ford dealer for example, and ask for a price on a car, and for a high spec focus / mid spec mondeo, the price they qoute (after a cash discount) will be in the region of £2.5K more than somewhere like motorpoint / trade sales!! ok
• AA 'BuyaCar' site 24 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Reading the AA magazine this morning, I decided to try their BuyaCar site, hoping to find a used Honda Accord. Selected the manufacturers list, and attempted to scroll to Honda, only to find that 'what you see is what you get..' The only manufacturers supported are: BMW, Fiat, Ford, M-B, Peugeot
• Electro Smog 24 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Just when you thought cars were getting safer . A study carried out by the University of Umea Sweden tested the inside of many new cars for electrosmog.A safe level for a pregnant women or young child is 1.6 Microtesla,the volvo S60,V70 and S80 had 18 microtesla and the Ford Focus only 0.06.In fact
• 2 year warranties (again!) 20 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  A few days ago there was a discussion on the new European Standard for a minimum of 2 years manufacturers warranties from 2002. Please forgive me raising the issue again but there seemed to be conflicting opinions. I have ordered a Ford Galaxy (sourced from Europe) for delivery in February
• Motorpoint 14 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  I can get a new UK spec 1.6 Focus Ghia from Motorpoint for approx £3K less than the best deal my local Ford franchise can offer. The only snag as far as I can tell is that due to the fact that it is an import (of some kind)it only comes with 1 years manufacturers warranty as opposed to 3 from UK
• Noddy Cars 14 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  that one up? Or what about Ford's THINK? My God, it's straight off kids telly! I know that weight has to be kept down, but really...... Come to think of it, more and more small cars now seem to be the product of 'nursery school' design.
• Ka and Supersites in the North 21 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  is little different than through Ford Direct. Currently a 2000W Ka Collection with between 5000 and 10000 miles is selling for around £6500. Is anyone aware of any Supersites in the North, and also are there any pitfalls involving Trade-sales of Slough? Should I be tempted?
• Giving Up Smoking 6 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  around the problem by "simply disconnecting the pipe at the valve". Do you or your readers have any experience of this, or advice to offer, please? (I am planning to have it diagnostically tested at my Ford dealer, as advised by the tuner
• OIl sludge 7 Jan 2001 (Forum)
  My 95 ford fiesta 1.1LX appears to use a lot of oil, I can see no leaks, it does not appear to burn any oil but it does have a oil sludge problem, it is reguarly serviced and doesnt do short runs. I have changed the oil filler/breather cap (i.e. crankcase ventilation) to solve the sludge problem
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  Can an insurer combine damage repair costs from two separate accidents to write off a car? 27 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My father was involved in a collision, causing damage to the nearside rear of his 2016 Ford Fiesta. The third party accepted responsibility and we contacted...
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  Worrying Ford Focus noises 23 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am new to cars and I am having two noise related issues in my Ford Focus Lx 1.6 (Petrol 2007). I bought it as a used car with warranty in January 2012....
• Motoring in Tenerife 3 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  a Picasso and two van derivatives. A Transit Connect Tourneo and a Citroen ?Jumpy?! We ended up with a brand new Jumpy - just 160km on the clock. It?s a Citroen Dispatch van with 9 seats. Raised a few laughs when I brought it to the apartment, but to be honest on very twisty and steep mountain roads