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  What small automatic would you recommend for £9000? 29 Jul 2015 (Ask HJ)
  What small to medium size 5 door petrol automatic hatchbacks can you recommend for £9,000? Usage mainly in town and occasional motorway trips. Reliability...
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  Which 4x4 crossover with an automatic gearbox? 21 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to purchase either a crossover or 4 x 4 vehicle. My main criteria are: High ground clearance (farm roads, rough ground), comfort and either...
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  Small petrol automatic - recommendations please? 9 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for something with five-doors to replace our beloved Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.6JTDm 120PS, which isn't practical with kids. It's our second car and...
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  Troublesome automatic gearbox on my Grand Modus 29 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have an issue with automatic gear box on my Renault Grand Modus 1.6 (2008). Have driven autos for over 20 years, mainly Japanese cars so this is my first...
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  Which small automatic? 8 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  We are looking for a cheap to run/repair economical car which will do about 16,000 miles a year. My wife has an automatic license & so that limits...
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  Automatic decision 9 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have had VW Polo 1.4 automatics for the past 12 years, new each time and have been very happy with them. Mainly I commute to work in and out of central...
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  Could pressing the wrong pedal have caused these old ladies to crash their automatic cars? 22 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I know two elderly ladies who have each written off their nearly-new automatic cars due to lack of control. I am convinced that, in their cases, the problem...
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  Can you recommend a small automatic 4x4? 10 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for a secondhand small 4x4 for my mother. It needs to be able to house two smallish dogs in the boot. She does about 6000 miles a year and...
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  Spaghetti Carbonerror? 3 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I own a two-year-old BMW X3 3.0 Diesel Automatic. The 'birth certificate' for this car states it has CO2 emissions of 226g/km, which just puts it into...
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  Maz’d been 16 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  This weekend I viewed a small Mazda car on display in a Guildford mall. When I expressed interest in the automatic version on show and on trading in my...
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  Mass murder 14 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to replace my current car with a diesel BMW - either a 330 or 335d. Having read of potential problems with dual-mass flywheels, is it something...
• Toyota Yaris - 17yo first automatic car, MK1 Yaris too old? 3 Jun 2022 (Forum)
  Hi all,  Sorry if I have gotten anything wrong, this is my first post to the forum, I was wanting to ask a few questions as I hadn't really found any answers to them anywhere else. I was looking to buy an automatic as my first car, although I'm passing on manual (hopefully) I really don't enjoy driving it and was looking to buy a reliable automatic. I figured Toyota Yaris mark 1 with the torque converter fully automatic gearbox is usually a byword for reliability when compared to the semi autos in more recent yaris's and other cars.
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  The automatic gearbox on my 1991 BMW became very stiff - what's wrong? 2 Jul 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1991 BMW 525i in very good condition, it has covered 135k mile since new and has never given a problem. I drove it robustly the other day in very...
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  Failed automatic transmission on 2004 C-Max - can I sue Ford? 23 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Our 2004 Focus C Max has just had a terminal automatic transmission failure. The local garage (member of Good Garage Scheme) has confirmed it needs a new...
• Help please! Recommendations for automatic car 1 Jan 2025 (Forum)
  I’m looking to buy my first car and have no idea where to start and don’t know anyone who knows much about cars. My requirements are: - Automatic only - £7k budget - Would eventually want to use the car for commuting to work 2-3 times a week (this is a 120-mile round trip) If helpful, I’m based in Leeds so have been looking on autotrader for cars that are available within a 50mile radius.
• Automatic advice 6 Nov 2022 (Forum)
  Hello everyone, first post here, I'm looking for some advice, due to health problems I'm struggling to use the clutch as I have left leg problems so am looking to get an automatic, the problem is I'm struggling to find much information apart from horror stories, basically I'm on a limited budget of around £2000 and needing a mid sized family car, I do around 10k a year but need something I can depend on, I know nothing is 100% reliable but also don't want something that's giving me problems every few months does anyone have any suggestions on what sort of car I should be looking at thank you in advance  
• Volkswagen Golf - Automatic VW Golf won't change into 4th gear 29 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  My Volkswagen Golf, 2003 automatic model has problems changing from 3rd to 4th gear. For the first 5 minutes of the journey gear changing is fine,changing into 4th with no problems. But after around 5 minutes of driving the car will go from 3rd to 4th and straight back down to 3rd.
• Volvo v70 2.4 auto 2000 - Automatic gearbox lifespan 6 May 2018 (Forum)
  I have an older car which i would like to keep the miles down on, so it seems like a good idea. However the car has done 128,000 miles and has an automatic gear box. The gearbox fluid is still a nice red colour and changes gear well. Do these gearboxes last well or is it just asking for trouble?    Any help or experience with these boxes would be most appreciated,    many thanks 
• Controlling an automatic slow speed 16 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  Then using slipping clutch, bit of accelerator, maybe touch of foot brake I creep foward into the narrow garage opening up to and close to the wall ahead, brake to a stop, switch off , leave in gear ,release brake. Contemplating as to how I could control an inch forward with an automatic cvt can someone advise me in detail how I could this and how to inch the vehicle forward undercontrol and without colliding with garage door frame/wall?. Thanks in anticipation. dvd
• Mercedes/BMW/Audi/VW - Premium small automatic 8 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  It has however been excellent so far. Anyway, I would like to get another premium hatchback next time that must be automatic, preferably torque converter box but also something that I can believe to be reliable for a decent length of time. Am I right in saying i should rule out 4 cylinder bmws, 1.8 mercs and anything with a dsg!??