November 2012
Hi there,
I'm looking to sell my 2006 Renault Clio Campus Sport 1.2 (56 Reg) - but I noticed today that my service history book seems to have gone walkies. I bought the car second hand in Jan 2010, and I have all its MOT certificates and receipts/details of services to the car since I bought it - but no service book as such. It definitely had a service book when I bought it...... Read more
Looking to buy a Nissan Primera 1.8 Petrol
2002 to 2006 year ... Read more
About the only fault those are known for is crank sensor failure on earlier models. I had the pleasure of being in one that produced a sudden, deafening silence at <COUGH> mph on the A1(M).
IIRC there was a recall, so check whether it's affected and that it was done. Then again, it'd probably have gone by now if it were going to......
We have a 59 reg 2010 VW Polo, 1.2 (70hp) 5 door that is coming to the end of it's 3 year HP contract. The final payment is £5600 for us to own the car. We currently pay £200 per month and as we are self employed and times are harder than when we took on the finace, getting rid of the £200 monthly payment will be quite welcome. We also have a Volvo 940 estate that is very reliable and in excellent condition that we own outright. Our quandry is, if we decide to get rid of the car, what is the way of going about it. We can hand the car back to VW but we feel it is worth more than £5600 so that means we are giving VW money that would be useful to us. If we took out a loan the repayments on £5600 would be about £150 per month, and then, in theory, we could either keep the car or sell it for, say, £6250, pay off the loan and have a bit of additional cash. Another option is to trade it in, against either an Aygo ( we've had one before and like its cheapness) or an Up, on the assumption that we will get a better trade in valuation and may possibly get the deposit on another car and lower repayments ( Aygo's are about £129 per month, Up's possibly similar)We may need to move in a few months and would prefer to live in a town ( we are very rural at the moment), in which case we will only need 1 car and, for practical reasons the Volvo may be the more useful to keep ( we have 2 dogs) so this also needs to be factored in. Any other suggestions are welcome. Read more
This seems to hinge on whether you're going to move to a town or not. It would be a poor deal to buy a new car and then sell it after only a few months. I think you need to decide that question in principle before deciding on the car.
If you do go for a city car, the Hyundai i10 is worth looking at: my daughter got one (new) recently and it was a lot cheaper than a Citigo and still quite a bit cheaper than an Aygo. You could also consider something bigger and secondhand, which would fit the dogs and one day replace the Volvo if that starts getting expensive....
I am about to promote my assistant and as part of his improved package he will be getting a company car. In March his wife will produce their first child and I expect that within two or three years child #2 will arrive. The new father suffers from a bit of bad back.
I want him to have built in SatNav and Bluetooth and understandably he wants a car with a higher ride height to aid his back when taking the child in and out of the car. He will do about 12,000 - 15,000 miles each year with at least one motorway round trip of about 450 miles each month.... Read more
Sorry-wasn't meaning to be contrarian or patronising. It's just that a lot of people are jumping the other way.
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need some help and advice please ... Read more
The early 2.0 PD TDIs were affected with injector and oil pump failures were they not? Plenty of posts on here elaborating on those issues, e.g:
I have a 2002 Grand Voyager 2.5CRD engine and I would like to use it to replace the engine in a 2004 Grand Voyager 2.8CRD. Can anyone tell me if this is a straight swap please? Thanks Read more
No it isnt sorry.
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As far as I know it is now law in the UK for LHD wagons, if you take the number of mile these people do and its RHD wagons in Europe I would suspect the accident rate is very small.But one point the UK do very little checking of drivers hours or the state of the truck unlike mainland Europe.
I see this featured in car ads as some sort of desirable optional extra when surely it just means 'sidelights are on all the time'?
what will they think of next - 'Nightime Road Ilumination System' for headlights? Read more
Most of them a bit too camp garish and bling for me, fashion fad of the year..dimdip was excellent for the purpose.
You have to think about how many dealers would want to participate. There are so many permutations and specs that customers can choose that it takes time to prepare a quote: would dealers go to this effort on the off-chance that the ciutomer would choose them?
I have noticed my traction control light is on and one day i full throttled the car it refused to change gear, could this be the gearbox or a simple oil change of the gear box? Read more
This may not be a gearbox fault.If the t/c light is on,then this needs investigating first,along with any engine management faults.hth
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Ok thanks very much for your help guys!