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• Mini one 2007 - Garage not fixing problem? Where do I stand legall 14 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I had a coolant leak and the coolant exchange was replaced, this lasted for 6 months and needed replacing again, the garage did this under the parts warranty...
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  What jack for changing wheels? 11 Dec 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Is it worth investing in a proper trolley or bottle jack and a torque wrench for swapping between winter and summer wheels? Or is the mini jack and tyre...
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  Been offered a car with EU plates. What are the implications? 20 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have been offered a Mini Cooper 06 plate, registered in Republic of Ireland. I am in GB. What are the implications of transferring the registration of...
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  Used small cars 10 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Could you recommend a used hatchback with good boot space for lugging saddles, dogs and agility equipment etc. around? It's for my 21 year old daughter...
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  Which automatic gearboxes are used by Addison Lee Ford Galaxies? 12 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have had occasion to use Addison Lee mini cabs recently. They run a fleet of Ford Galaxys and the drivetrain seems to be particularly smooth. Do you...
• Morris Mini 1962 - Dynamo 24 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  My car has been off the road for a while and I recently changed the car to negative earth, which only involved connecting a battery charger to the car...
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  Contradictory requirement 21 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Could you please let me know what you think are the top three automatic 4x4s based on the lowest petrol or diesel consumption.
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  Kitch and shrink drama 7 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  For many years I have owned and driven 4x4s: RangeRovers, Shoguns etc. For many reasons I am now considering to a smaller car. I have always fancied a...
• Small luxury cars? 11 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  If Subaru produced a smaller, more space efficient Forester with better interior. If BMW produced a more space efficient 1-series. If the MINI had four doors, a better ride and better engines. If Lexus simply produced a 'mini' IS250. Considering the number of retired people coming out of large executive saloons, I would have thought that a manufacturer could clean up a car with the attributes noted above.
• Big problem on the roads this morning 18 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I went through this and another quarter mile up the road there was a two car shunt. Another 300 yards and a new Mini was into a tree! Coming past the two car shunt and passing the Mini, a guy in a Picasso was two inches off the rear of my car and then overtook me in an industrial estate/30mph On the way back home around an hour later, we were u-turned on the dual carraigeway with the multi car pile up, to enable them to clear up the carnage.
• Everyman Racing at Prestwold Hall, Leics 29 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I spent a wonderful morning yesterday out at Prestwold Hall, just outside Loughborough, Leics, taking part in a Mini Racing event (which was given to me as a 30th birthday present by my wonderful other half) and had an absolutely fantastic time. Over the four hours or so I got to drive a coach, run a fun Autotest in a Mini Cooper, be taken out for a few laps of the circuit by an instructor and then put down a few laps myself, take a gorgeous E-Type (still bearing Jack Brabham's name) out for a few more laps, and then be a passenger alongside one of their pro drivers in a Cooper S for a couple of extremely high speed (and slightly mental) laps.
• North Coast 500 4 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  At this time of year thoughts turn to summer holidays, and one idea my wife and I have for a few weeks away in the summer, probably early September, is driving the North Coast 500 in our Mini convertible. We’ve seen a few packages offered by various firms, which seem reasonable value, but does anyone have any experience or ideas about the best way to do this trip? 
• Most remembered car tv advert 11 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  Probably been covered but here goes What car tv advert do you remember most? Is it the Mini Metros being driven off the boats at the South coast? The Fiat Strada being built by robots? Volvos being driven through windows by crash test dummies or the Citreon BX being eaten by a mechanical Grace Jones?
• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 24-12-2016 Part 1 31 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  My employers have a Ford mini-bus I drive occasionally. The mileometer failed several years ago, and only the trip mileage is displayed. However, it always gets through the MOT without comment from the testing garage, no mileage being entered on the certificate.
• Ford Fiesta - OBD Code Reader 1996 Fiesta LX 9 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, I just bought a mini OBD2 code reader after being told it would work on a '96 fiesta, but it doesn't, or at least i haven't found the correct software. Can anyone advise me on either a phone apt which will work with it, or which OBD reader i actually require.
• Impress our car uninterested Son - How do Audi do it? 5 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Cos Skoda failed, Mini failed, despite the nightclub effect showroom, Volvo then failed, Suziki also failed. But boy o boy when he sat in the wee A1 Audi .........................he was genuninely smitten. But I did not see anything particularly different about it, though this was perhaps bearing in mind the price premium.
• ??? - Towing a horse box 19 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Hi am wondering if any one can help me, am currently driving a mini, and am now having to up date my car to something that can toe a horse box but I have no idear where to start am only 25 and don't want a huge car(4x4) but something big enough to pull and also need something economical has anyone any suggestions
• Audi - A4 Avant SE 2.0 TDi Multitronic - opinions? 6 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  OK, I was going to take on a Mini Cooper S though it has no aircon so I now have 2008 A4 Avant SE 2.0 TDi Multitronic lined up, any thoughts? I think it is a 140 rather than 170, its a PD so not expecting great refinement, any views on the Multitronic gearbox?
• Alfa Romeo MiTo (2009 - ) - Looks Good! 29 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Based on the Grande Punto/Corsa platform and will be good value for money. Looking forward to HJs road test. Should sell by the bucket load to those not wanting a MINI. If it weren't for the dealers ...
• Are we breeding pansies? 3 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  All the young uns under ((22 mind) tell me they need power steering as a pre requisite of their first car irrespective of their budget,now i know this is after passing their test in a power steered airconditioned super mini,buy hey,the modern boy and girl is going to grow up to be a right pansy if they cant turn the steering wheel in a t reg mk2 1200 clio discuss