I may be in the market soon for an Estate, me being me, I want something a little exclusive, me being me I like my leather and luxury, and as readers may know, I like my Jags I always remember Top Gear (JC) reviewing a X type estate very favourably, it beat a Volvo Estate (don't remember which one) in a group test. I liked the improved front end treatment after final facelift. I like the interior as it also improved in the later years, and was thinking of going to see this at the weekend. Before doing so, I wanted to se what HJ says about it, and was rather shocked at this statement om the car by car analysis. "Late X-Types on 08/09/10 reg best avoided as quality went down because a lot of the work force were working notice and because a lot of the cars sat in compounds for extended periods before being sold." On my part I would like as near to new as possible, meaning an 09 car, and conventional wisdom is that later cars are better as problems get ironed out during lifespan, yet this rather sweeping statement seems to wipe out the last 3 years of production as not being worth looking at, and in turn means HJ is suggesting looking only at examples which might be 5 years old or more. I have no aversion to driving older cars, but really want to sanity check that analysis. What is the detail behind that statement above? can any users of later Xtype estates comment? Thanks Read more

Hi I am looking for some advice on behalf of my girlfriend.

We recently sold her car privately to another private individual. Since then the new keeper has contacted me claiming that the car is clocked. He showed me a website where you can check the mileage of a car, its called VOSA. I looked it up, and yes it does look like the mileage is incorrect. The clock says 67k now, but there are figures saying 157 k on the website. I have rang trading standards and they say that we havn't done anything wrong as we were unaware the car had its mileage tampered with. By the way, the car had a stamped BMW service that supported this mileage. My girlfriend has owned the car for over a year, having no trouble with it.... Read more

I had a continuous clicking noise from the front right hand side of my car which I traced to the purge valve on the top of the charcoal filter for the emission control system. I disconnected the electrical connector for the valve, whilst I had the ignition "On" (foolishly) and now that I have reconnected it, the Exhaust emission warning light is "On"and the clicking has also since stopped.

Can anybody please tell me ... Read more

I have a Zafira (B) 05 SRI 16v 2.2 petrol.... Read more

Hi, I was wondering if a 16 mile each way commute would be a problem for the DPFs in modern diesels?

My commute is roughly 15 motorway miles and 1 on the access roads so about 20 minutes door to door.... Read more