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• 1972 MGB GT 1.8 - Buying a 1972 MGB GT 22 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  Dear Sir, Recently I found that an old friend was going to sell a 1972 MGB GT, which had been lovingly cared for all its life and was now under its own cover inside a garage. (Two owners from new. Present owner has had it for 40+years)   It is a car I'd always admired, but I cannot afford the present asking price of £10,000. Naturally I do not wish to hurt my friend's feelings by offering the price I can afford and yet the dealer prices are lower still.
• Toyota Yaris - Horn not sounding 16 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Hi Posters,  Toyota Yaris diesel 2010.   The car had the MOT last month and passed at the dealer. Then two weeks later the car was booked in to have some work carried out for TSBs, I believe these relates to the DPF oil fire and air bag recall.    My question is, is  there anyway when the mechanic removed the steering wheels cover to access the air bag to inspect as part of TSB would have compromised the function of the horn.
• Volvo V40 - Owners Reviews 21 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Just a note to the webmaster on HJ that the Volvo V40 2012 owners reviews have been somewhat skewed (to say the least) by the multiple additions of reviews of the same car by one person, namely V40MAN (entries for two variants within 1 day [almost certainly the same car - he probably didn't know the review doesn't appear straight away on the site so entered it several times] and multiple copies of each).
• Ford S-MAX - Reasonable wear and tear? 2 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Following a good discussion on this forum, I went for a Ford SMax last year, and spent £9k on a 2007 2.5T from a main dealer.  I've been really happy with the car. I've since put it in for a service to a different (more local) main dealer, and they have found £2k worth of work.  They reckon that neither they warranty nor the MOT failure policy cover any of it.
• Insurers make my blood boil 20 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  Last night I renewed my and my wifes' cars online with Axa at a very competitive rate.  I filled all the forms out correctly and told that we both watned to drive each others cars for business use.  I am a Chartered Surveyor, she works for the NHS and is mainly a housewife.
• Mazda 3 TS2 1.6 Petrol (56 plate) - Mazda 3 Inlet Manifold Gasket leaking air. 20 Oct 2012 (Forum)
    The Mazda delaer commented that the inlet manifold gasket *may* be leaking air. The car's covered only 31,500 miles!  What could've caused this? Dealer has quoted £231 to rectify.   I explained that I have a Mazda Extended Warranty but dealer stated that Mazda would need evidence of the fault.
• Honda Accord Coupe - Honda Accord 08 - VSA warning light 4 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  I bought this car from Arnold Clark in Scotland last weekend. It is registered March 08 with 27,500 miles on it. This weekend the VSA warning light comes on and isn't going out. I believe this is now covered by Honda under their BMW 5 Series E60 - BMW e60 520d auto gearbox problem 7 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  The BMW dealers reckon they want to do two gearbox oil changes to see if it will fix it.. despite it being "sealed for life" .. and my understanding that two oil changes are only to clear out contaminants.. and the onyl contaminants I can think of will be shards of the gears themselves! I have extended warranry on the car, but  a gearbox oil change (£500 worth - £170 oil) would not be covered and may not fix the problem. Anyone have any ideas? Will BMW listen if I take the car to a transmission specialist?
• Skoda Octavia - Variable Servicing / Oil change 6 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Hi I bought a 07 plate 1.9 diesel Octavia last month and a mighty fine car too. Trouble is I can't get my head round a two year service interval ( I always did a six month intermediate oil change on my last car) and since we only cover 10K a year, so might be better changing to fixed annual service.
• Chrysler Grand Voyager - I have a hissing noise 4 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  I have had the car for a year, and since I bought it there has been a hissing sound coming from the passenger side foot well. I eventually took off a small cover just adjacent to the blowers, and found where the linkage for the foot break goes through the bulkhead.
• Auris T180 - Selling my T180 10 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  It is priced to sell as i have bought another car already and i have 2 weeks overlap on my insurance and 2 weeks on autotrader. At the end of the 2 weeks i have the option of trading it in.  If someone offers full price then great but I have enquired about extended Toyota warranties which range from £450 to £515 and I am willing to reduce the price by £450 to cover the cost of a 1 year Toyota warranty.
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 00 2.0hdi 110 hp strange rumbling sound. 17 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  I have a rumbling sound coming from front end, imitates sound like loose exaust or engine sump cover but isnt I have checked! on accelerating only, but disapears if hand brake is pulled up, like something is resonating. the car was booked into a dealer to service and cure the noise they charged me £ 337 and did not cure it, told me to live with it for a while but refused to refund my money they replaced handbrake cables and had the vehicle in now three times, still not cured the noise.
• Volvo XC90 (2002 - ) - 04 2.4 D5 engine durability 14 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I have a Volvo XC90 D5 SE Geartronic which I bought new in June 2004 and which has covered 35,000 miles. I read the recent auction report on this site that stated that an XC90 price reflected the common problems and expense with injector failure. A look at the car by car whats bad section revealed that the cam belt and tensioner are also prone to failure and should be replaced at 60,000 miles or 4 years.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 Power steering fluid leaking? 25 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 1999 Ford Focus 1.8 (petrol) which has covered 81k miles since new. Because of the age of the car I occasionally take the car into a reputable garage so that they can raise it up and look underneath for any signs of leaks. Anyway this week I took it in and they had a look underneath and said there was some wetness from the power steering rack but that I should just keep an eye on the level in the fluid reservoir and that it didn't need repairing immediately.
• Renault Scenic (2003 - 2009) - 06 1.5dCi Whining noise at high speeds 19 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Does the extended manufacturer warranty cover disks/pads as they will need changing in a few months?
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.8 Zetec Engine Problems 14 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have just got myself a 1.8 Zetec I got the car cheap as it was sold with engine problems the owner thought it was a snapped timing belt. I have had a quick look inside the covers and the belt still seems to be holding tention. I have tryed to turn the engine over by hand and it all seens to be ok it turns smoothly.
• Renault Megane CC (2003 - 2010) - 2005 1.6 Help with fault finding 9 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, not sure if anyone can help at all with my Megane Dynamique- I know nothing about cars I'm afraid. I've had my car for a couple of weeks with no probs. Tonight, however, when I was out in it I noticed that it felt like I was driving in too high a gear (is the best way to explain it) although I was in fourth gear doing 30.
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 00 1.6 Sparks from my ignition coil 31 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Since fixing this fault i have a new one that i was wondering if anyone knew what the problem could be and how to fix it? The problem is that whilst driving in the rain twice now the car has shuddered a few times, then there was a loss of power then the engine stops. On lifting the bonnet and restarting the car i noticed that a spark was travelling from the top of the ignition coil (Replaced only two months ago) and the rocker cover.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 intermittent speedo fault 23 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Friend of mine has a 2001 Ford Focus,1600 Zetec--delighted with the car apart from an intermittent failure of the speedo,which occasionally drops to zero when driving then shoots up again.Car has done around 70K miles. As far as I know theres no loss of engine power accompanying the speedo failure,and no loss of instrumentation anywhere else on the dash.Shes only had the car a month,and its covered by a Mickey Mouse warranty from a local garage which basically excludes everything but engine and gearbox,so looks like its down to her to sort it.
• Just passed test! Now need to swap insurance. Help 16 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I'm 23 years old and Recently passed my test and pass plus, I insured myself on a Toyota Yaris that belonged to my girlfriend but now find I need instead to be insured on my mums car , which is a mini cooper s 2004, my policy with ecarinsurance doesn't cover me to drive my mum's car til I'm over 25.I haven't driven yet since I passed. What is the best way to do this? I need to start getting some driving practice in asap.