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• Peugeot 207 - New car advice 12 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  but have heard bad things about reliability, despite my 206 being fine for me.  For those wondering, my budget is 3500-4000 max and im looking at doing about 12k a year mileage. Any advice on any of these cars would be really appreciated.    Cheers,  Mat
• Small Automatic with 5 or 6 gears? 21 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  but it appears that the general theme for cars of this size are 4 speed autos. She wants a minimum engine size of a 1.4 with a 1.6 (same as her Clio) the ideal. Budget is £7k max. So far I've looked at Corsa, 207, C3, Ibiza, i20, Note, Punto, Polo and they all
• Any - Short Car Trip to Germany - Advice Needed 29 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  My lad and I are planning a short (3 to 4 days max) road trip to Germany next year.   Will want to take in some of the sights in / around Berlin etc. I'm OK with booking the Euro Star train but unsure how I go about booking accommodation for the trip as I don't know exactly
• Vauxhall Vectra C - buying a >3 litre car... scouring autotrader 10 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  Current Volvo is a bit too asthmatic for towing the caravan, so my cunning plan has been to do an autotrader search for a petrol engined car, 3.0 to 3.9 litre, up to 10 years old, max price £5000.  As you will be aware the site narrows the range of manufacturers for you
• Toyota Avensis 52 1.8 VVTi - HC emissions 22 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  wondering whether this dramatic increase in HC emissions is a consequence of the engine burning oil, and whether I should expect further rise in HC emissions which might then lead to the car failing to pass MOT (max HC 200). CO emissions also seem to have gone up, currently at 0.18 natural, 0.14 fast
• any - exec/saloon 21 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  I am just written off my 57 407 2.0l diesel. Car has lasted 90k, was a good motorway traveller, doing 20k a year. Looking at max 6k. Read so much differences of opinions over Diesel vs petrol (recent which study
• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - 03 1.5 Timing Chain replacement 22 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  and non-genuine one. Am I making a mistake by using non-genuine timing chain kit? The car is only worth 2k or 2.5k max. Thanks for your advice. P.s Will never buy a Nissan car again let alone an Almera.
• Peugeot expert 53 1,9 non turbo - Too much oil in my diesel van 9 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  happened no smoke no noise drove nice . 3 miles later at a round about , it started again smoke noise and high revs . By looking around on this web site , too much oil was the problem ( I think ) So I drain 4 pint of the oil . The oil level it's now half way min/ max . What shall I do next .? Do you think
• £3k budget - low insurance estate cars? 17 May 2011 (Forum)
  5 mile weeks doing the supermarket run, with one or two longer motorway trips a month.. All told about 4-5k miles a year max. Living in darkest Peckham, insurance is a problem - cheapest price this year came in at >650 with 3 years NCB on a car I paid 1500 quid for.. With that in mind
• Cheap Used Car 3 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  miles per year. I've got a wife and 2 young kids so needs to be quite something I can fit them in. Been looking at the usual, Fiesta, Escorts, Polos etc and I have 3 main questions if anyone could help out?: Trader or private? Any cars you would recommend or avoid? What would be the max mileage you
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - 96 1.6 Temperature not right 10 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  ) or occassionally shoots up to the max (seems to be when idling or going very slowly) only to settle back to very low when you get going again. I initially though the temp was low because the radiator fan switch was broke and the fan was on all the time, but tested it with the fan unplugged and it still hardly
• New runabout required! 22 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  don't do a lot of miles per year (max 5000) so it'd be a waste of money to get a really expensive car, unless it was pleasurable to drive - the Jazz was exactly that, whereas the Mazda 2 felt quite underpowered. Any suggestions on a car that I haven't thought about? Thanks.
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 2003 - 1.4 petrol using a lot of oil. 4 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Hello, I have a problem with my oil in my VW Golf reg 53. For the past year or so the oil light comes on about every 1000-2000 miles. Every time I check the oil, it has gone down to low, so I am filling it back up to the max point. I am using the correct oil as I checked with VW garage
• Free High Street Parking - Hens Teeth 1 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  the presence of a very busy main line rail station There is a max 2hr limit with no return within 1 hour. You can ALWAYS find a space within 30 or 40 yards of where you need to be. No one seems to take the Michael, no one double parks, it is all very civilised, and I have only seen one warden in the area
• Auction Advice 20 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  but my mate has just bought an ex-fleet C-Max without any problems. Will £4k get me something half decent and avoid the 'dodgy motor' trap as I am not a car expert!? Many thanks in advance for any help. Cheers.
• LPG Conversion 19 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  hours from the UK. 1500 miles or so. Amazing and wonderfully confortable. 39mpg on petrol, gas about 26mpg (careful driving...90 miles per hour max). Best car I have every driven in fact. Thanks again
• Living with a turbo: advice please 26 May 2006 (Forum)
  that three fundamental things apply equally to turbos fitted to diesels and petrol engines: * In the words of one MB expert, "anyone with a turbo engine should never consider using a non-synthetic oil". * Frequent oil changes are essential (i.e. 5000 miles max with fully synthetic; oh, alright, 7500 miles
• Speedo Inaccuracies & Service intervals 12 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  The Speedometer in my car shows 10% faster than actual road speed when compared to the portable GPS. So 60mph on dial is actually 56mph, 70 is 63. This...
• VW Golf MK3 Auto Transmission 28 May 2005 (Forum)
  I have read several manuals and their appears to be no general consensus on how to measure the AFT dipstick level on the 096 transmission box. When cold the level should be at the bottom of the dipstick and when warm between the max/min marks; conversely mine appears to be the complete opposite
• Mercedes Benz - C-Class: Pulling Left 6 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  that we recently sold drove straight as well. reason we bought the MB - was going to buy the C-max auto - but build problems/cvt, etc - so went for the MB Any views!! Thanks Lucian