Return from Neverland

My wife and I are returning to the UK after 27 years in The Netherlands. We expect to move in July 2009. The pound is so low and there are so many discounts available that I intend to buy 2 new cars in...

Give it the hammer

I’m emailing you to let you know about the excellent service I received from Central car auctions in Glasgow when selling my 9-year-old Honda Accord with 112k miles, it made £800. The company was very...

Happy pack

In a rash moment I part exchanged my 2004 Civic Type R for a 2008 Type R GT with Sat Nav and HFT, 9 months old demonstrator. ‘Honda Happiness’ is offering a fixed price servicing package for 5 years or...

Hyped drid

As a pensioner, I have to minimise the running costs of my car so I traded my 3-Series BMW for what I thought would be a much more economical car. I chose a Honda Civic Hybrid because the website and...

Write or wrong?

My husband recently met with a car accident due to black ice. There is a lot of damage to the car - the front bumper, hood and the back bumper are totally messed up. The interior is fine and the engine...

Dies, foolish things?

I am looking to swap my aging Freelander for a used Honda CRV, with a budget up to £7k. I've never owned a diesel before but am tempted by getting one due to the rising VED costs and wanting to get better...

Skimmed alive

I have owned a CRV for a year and from new have had a judder when applying the rear brakes. Honda has said that it will solve the problem by skimming the discs. I am reluctant to accept this as I feel...

Ishifty fingers

I too bought a new Honda Civic with I-SHIFT gearbox earlier this year. Trading in a faultless 2005 Civic with conventional automatic gearbox was the worst day's work I ever did. Trying to hurry the I-SHIFT,...

Bat man

6 weeks after buying my 2008 CR-V 2.2 EX diesel, I parked it at Gatwick Airport for a 2-week holiday. When we returned to the car, the battery was completely flat; no lights, no unlocking on the fob, nothing!...