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  Can you recommend an SUV available on the Motability scheme? 15 Mar 2022 (Ask HJ)
  We've followed you advice over the years which guided us to a second hand 09 plate Mazda 5, and a beautiful brand new 18 plate Mazda CX-5 Sport Nav. Due...
• Toyota Yaris 1.5 - 10,000 miles on 1 Dec 2019 (Forum)
    The car was comfortable, reasonably spacious (considering its compact dimensions), extremely economical and very well equipped having: Cruise Control, Reversing Camera, Sat Nav etc. The above issues made this a difficult car to live with. This car has now been traded in and I’ll start a new thread on its replacement. Think this thread proves that you can do all the research you like, but you do need a bit of luck as well when car buying.
• Replacing a Hyundai i10 15 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  Order placed for an SEL 110 bhp 6-speed manual: the only extras needed were metallic Race Blue paint, a reversing camera and a space-saver spare wheel.  I think we've done the right thing, but I look forward to people on here telling me we didn't.  I hope it's of interest anyway.  
• Honda Civic - Is this car a good buy / fair price? 15 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  Something a bit newer (even if it has more miles), or something with a higher spec (such as with reversing camera, Cruise Control, etc.). Or is this car still a good buy at this price?
• Lexus RX400h - RX400h owner's review for gordonbennet 20 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  I find I have to drive around car parks with the windows down and the (decent) stereo on, pedestrians just don’t hear you coming when running on battery power and step into your path lemming-style. Reversing lights are awful, I’ve replaced them with LEDs which means the parking camera is now useful at night – but the electrical noise from the dodgy Chinese LED's means I have to turn the wireless off when reversing to avoid a blast of white noise!
• Help with replacement car choice 16 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  The Hyundai has been generally reliable with only two faults fixed under warranty, a failed propshaft bearing and failed reversing camera.   What would the backroomers choose in my situation?
• Renault Clio - Should I change my car to a diesel? (advice) 3 Jun 2022 (Forum)
  This I have worked out the costs of my fuel bill could potentially be halved with long distances I intend to travel – considering the MPG is double on my current clio. This Clio is 2017 and pretty much has all the specs my current Clio has (minus a reversing camera). This has done approx. 27,000 miles to this date. My intention would be to part exchange this outright in cash - which would only set me back by about a grand - but i know this is well in  budget for me.
• Irrelevant - Looking for advice and opinions. 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  This vehicle was one of the Manufacturers Approved vehicles. The vehicle has an excellent reversing camera on which reference guides should appear. As my old vehicle was an identical model I am of course familiar with the system. I was told by the dealership that these lines had been removed for safety which is of course pure B/S.
• Honda Civic 1.0 SR - First impressions 9 May 2019 (Forum)
  I am not sure if its GPS based or trying to detect signs but either way it was wrong Although it is a bigger car the new one feels no bigger to drive. The reversing camera in todays rain was far better on the new car. Rear visibiliity has never been an issue for me but the new car's spoiler is even thinner and the overall glass area is pretty big. Some of the interior is a step backwards.
• Hit and drive off accident A406/A105 - Help 23 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  At that point he tried to make me feel guilty of something he did wrong. I got his details then reversed into the petrol station. Still in shock. Called the police. They could not do anything as they did not witness anything. Gave me a ref. I was asked if I was ok. I did not feel well. Spoke to my friends and told them I would go home.
• The Far Side 16 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Let's say you're some big cheese here with connections and you live on the busy highway. So you build yourself a couple of speed humps of your own so that you can reverse out of your driveway by making the traffic slow down. Quite common. Result is we got more speed humps than Big G says you can poke a stick at. But what I found in yesterday's paper is a very good example of motoring life here.
• Grrrrr 19 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  But that's another story. Luckily there was little danger of being blitzed by the Citizen Surveillance Cameras, anyway I always drive on a foreign license in UK. After 900 miles around UK in this lump it was a great relief to get back to Manila, board the Better Half (by now the Bitter Half)'s Ford Lynx 1.6, zip away from the car park with a tropical spec aircon blasting ice-cold air, room to move one's corpus, plenty of space for the luggage, and to be thankful for being reminded of the American interpretation of what automobile travel should be about.
• Grrrrr 18 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  But that's another story. Luckily there was little danger of being blitzed by the Citizen Surveillance Cameras, anyway I always drive on a foreign license in UK. After 900 miles around UK in this lump it was a great relief to get back to Manila, board the Better Half (by now the Bitter Half)'s Ford Lynx 1.6, zip away from the car park with a tropical spec aircon blasting ice-cold air, room to move one's corpus, plenty of space for the luggage, and to be thankful for being reminded of the American interpretation of what automobile travel should be about.
• Citroen DS5 - My Road Test Report 13 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  All very clunky – so much so, that I ended up plugging in my Tomtom and using that instead. One very good feature was the reversing camera, augmenting the rear parking sensors – a good thing as visibility through the tiny rear window is terrible, and the screen looks about 50 yards away in the rear view mirror. So how does it drive?
• The complete driver. Why worry? 27 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  A couple of bicycles strung on the back of the old jalopy will soothe the tree-huggers and possibly cover one?s number plate from the speed cameras. If the bicycles are ever stolen or removed, do retain the carrying-frame. This has tine-like fingers protruding from the rear of the car at just around face height for motorcyclists and cyclists.
• Hijacking - worth reading. 23 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Don't do stupid things like leaving your cellphone, briefcase or shopping parcels on your passenger seat. If you fill up at a petrol station check to see whether the place has surveillance cameras and try to park within their range. Don't take pamphlets from complete strangers at stop streets and robots. Never drive with your windows down or your doors unlocked. Don't pick up hitchhikers.
• Anatomy of a ride 23 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Ride briefing is carried out by the stage leader (me for once) about where we stop, who has the Fix-A-Flat aerosol, the disposable Kodak camera and First Aid kit just in case, does everyone have copies of their reg docs and licence etc etc. Police have been known to take your ride if you can't prove ownership and we all know what happens to it after that.......ends up either in the chop shop or the local mayor is riding it with no reg plates.