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My husband has received a renewal notice from the AA for his car insurance. Unfortunately he has been made redundant recently (he is a civil engineer) and after notifying the AA of this, his premium has...
I have owned a Honda Accord Tourer for over five years, and until last week, I have been fortunate in never having a puncture. To my horror, there was no spare wheel in the boot. Checking with the local...
I have a Ford KA 2004 model. My blowers inside the car are only blowing hot air even when on cool. The car gets really hot inside even on short journeys.
My daughter has a Mazda 6TS2, purchased in April 2008. It has just been in to the local Mazda main dealer have a few faults fixed under warranty one door lock not working, shuddering when braking (they...
I assume that your advice re fitting winter tyres to all 4 wheels applies equally to "wearing" Autosocks, especially to a RWD car (Lexus IS250), even though the Autosocks website make no mention of this...
Your feedback on the Vectra CDTi were taken into account when I acquired, for 'very right money,' an ex-fleet 2006 estate, about 12 months ago, for towing a caravan, since when I have replaced the dual...
I own a 2.0 170 TDI PD with DPF and on our web site Seatcupra.net and other VAG web sites we are getting news of the franchised dealers reflashing the ECUs to a lower PS (about 155) so the reliability...
I just bought a 1999V Ford Cougar, full service history, excellent condition throughout, but aircon not working. Just been to Kwik fit to recharge the gas, but got it for free because the air didn’t get...
I just bought a Corsa 1.2SXI. I have been driving it now for 3 weeks and it has just started to make a tapping noise very much like a diesel. I have changed the oil and filter (the oil was dirty and the...
On the 17th March my V11 dropped onto the doormat and I was surprised to see that 12 months tax for my BMW 120d (129g/km) was going to cost me £120 rather than the £90 I was expecting (for once I thought...