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• Old rover 623 - Should i get AGM battery or lead acid battery? 19 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  also with genuine gm as well, not happy at all. So i need something very reliable since i dont want to change my car battery very often, this year i already bought 1 car battery for my other old car so   i preffer long lasthing technologies and products instead of cheap junky car batteries...   are the car battery which can last 6 or more years?
• Any - Old car tests 29 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  I've been lost in  Thames TV world recently. They have some hilarious car tests from the 70s with Tony Bastable involved in many along with Shaw...
• Various small hatchbacks - Young drivers, their cars and their parents 12 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  Four of my teenage daughter's 17-year-old school friends who've passed their driving tests this year have parked outside my house, so I try to do at least a quick visual check  of their cars and reported any problems to them...
• Old tyre advise 9 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  Advice which I used to practice untill this car when I didn,t bother almost to my cost. When you get new tyres swop the best one for the spare,otherwise the spare will end up old and perished with cracked sidewalls about to give up the ghost. Mine went flat while waiting at tyre centre less than 15 miles and 24 hours from the time it had to be used.
• Ford Focus Estate - 2017 Focus deals vs 4-5 year old cars 15 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Still returning 42mpg but the transmission slop is getting worse and it's developing a taste for oil gradually. I've had a good look round Autotrader and at discount new car websites. The cost of ownership for a 3 or 4 year old car and a new one is almost the same. The cost per month is within £10 - 20 between a 5 year old car and a new one. I'd be happy with a 1.0 125ps Ecoboost or the 1.5 150ps Ecoboost.
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - repair or retire a 12 year old 29 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Difficult decision time. My 13 year old Picasso has suffered a clutch failure. Looks like about £400 to repair. I have caah set aside for a replacement, is it best now to cut my losses and scrap the pic? It's got 90k on the clock, bought at 3y old by me and done a well maintained 5k ever since.
• UK£5k: used Fiesta or new Panda? 8 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  The wife's 8 year-old Fiesta is looking a bit tired. I've boiled down the replacement options to a choice of either: - Part-ex it against a brand new Panda 1.1 with air-con; - Part-ex it against a a 3 year old (old shape) Fiesta 1.3 special edition (alloys, air-con, 20k miles).
• Taxing a vehicle 25 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  The PO clerk told me that I could not tax the car until the day before the old one expired as I didn't have a renewal notice from the DVLA. Apparently you can't take the old tax disc in within 14 days of expiry to ensure continuous cover any more.
• Temporary Insurance 8 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Am taking delivery of new car today, selling the old one privately - esure want £85 to keep the old one on temporary cover for a month (annual premium is normally £350). Is this normal and are there people who will insure it for a short period?
• 3year old Vauxhall versus 6 year alternative brand 22 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  I would looking at a particular Vauxhall, it was 3 years old, low mileage, small engine with turbo. The price of it was the same as a 6 year old equivalent from alternative Japanese brands (and it has higher mileage).  Honest John rate the Vauxhall Insignia at 3/5 Should I got for Vauxhall?
• Windscreen scratches - 2002 Polo 22 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Could it just be because the screen is less upright than on the old car, or have we got a problem? For information: The car is a 2002 Polo, the windscreen has been replaced twice (once because of the scratching, but with no admission of liability, and once because of vandalism).
• Older cars 19 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  From HJ's piece, 'Trading in Older Cars Likely to End' (more EU rules) he concludes that "Basically, the value of any car more than 7 years old will be virtually nothing." For people like me who regard a 7-year old motor as just run in, I can't decide whether this is a good thing or not.
• Identify old car from picture? 8 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Someone else used to do photo "competitions" - but this isn't one. Spotted on my travels and I have no idea myself what it is, but would be interested...
• A quick blow-over with the spraygun...... 20 Apr 2011 (Forum)
    This rather defeats the object of the exercise, which is to make the cars look smarter!   I can understand this with old bangers or cars that have had repairs done, but on 5 or 6 year-old cars?
• CARS - The Good old days 28 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Remembering with a friend a few of the liitle things that used to make us smile when cars came in for fixing.   The lady, recovered by the...
• Flood damaged cars. Scrapped or old on? 27 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Seeing the terrible flooding on the TV and vast numbers of vehicles trapped in the water I wonder how many will be scrapped and how many will reappear...
• imported car warranty 27 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  i have been looking at a focus zetec auto, 4000 miles on a 03 plate. it was brought in from jersey when 6 months old, it is now 12 months old. garage selling said car say it has 2 years ford warranty left. can i expect any problems getting warranty work done. has anyone been in similar situations and did it get resolved. thanks
• Tracing an old vehicle... 11 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  I'd like to repurchase the first car that I ever owned. (LPX230Y). Does anyone know of a service for tracking down the owner of a specific vehicle? Do...
• MOT question - buying car from Northern ireland 30 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  I live in Scotland but have seen a car in Northern Ireland I'd like to buy. It's just over three years old, but in NI it will not need a MOT until it's four years old.  But I'm wondering that if I buy it and give the DVLA my British address I might not able to tax it as it's over three years old and no MOT.
• Renault Clio Renaultsport - Cam belt failure, out of warranty. 27 May 2016 (Forum)
  With a rough estimate of costs around £7500. Renault say it's not economical and have offered me £1000 towards a new car or a used car up to 3 years old. The cam belt should be changed at 6 years old / 72,000 miles(?). My car is almost 6 years old wit 24,000 miles on the clock. The garage have indicated the cam belt would have been changed at next service.