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• Pre-Registered v. Nearly New 14 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Hello Everyone Fairly soon, I plan to change my 4 year old Vectra CDX DTI. I bought it pre-registered from a car supermarket at £8000 under list and its covered 90,000 fairly trouble free miles. Though I would like a 'premium' car, my budget would only buy a car a few years old, particularly if I want a similar specification (leather, climate etc).
• Best Car - Worst Car 23 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Similar threads have been run in the distant past, but now we have some new members, I thought it may be a good idea to kick this one off. Starting with me Best cars I ever owned: Renault 11 GTL 3 Door 1985MY. Reliable, solid, drove well, covered over 40,000 miles in it 5 years. Citroen 2.0 16v Xantia VSX. Excellent drive, very fast and comfortable. I was sorry to see it go.
• Warranty transfer to new owner - problem 12 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  The dealer now wants 2 hours labour to do the inspection at my cost. When I asked what if anything was found, would it be covered under warranty, the dealer says "we'll cross that bridge when we come to it". I'm not happy about this open ended agreement but want to keep my buyer happy. Car is booked in on Thursday for the check.
• Mondeo TDCI 19 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  This starting situation doesn't improve on each starting attempt since. I take the car to the main ford dealer and tell them the problems. I collect the car at the end of the day being told everything is fixed and the car would still not start, even outside the dealership!! I go back into the service reception and a technician comes out to see for himself that the car doesn't fire up on the trun of the key.
• Car seized for no insurance - urgent help needed! 24 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  Yesterday his parents took out insurance on the car and tried to pick the car up but the police wouldn't let them as they weren't the registered keeper of the car. Now, they phoned this morning to see whether they could go again with their son so that the owner and driver would be there but they're saying that they refuse to release the car without a valid insurance certificate with the OWNER on it, not just the nominated driver.
• any - car purchase £1000-£6000 hj/news 21 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  if the banks are now making it hard to get finance because the asset will not cover the potential losses if the loan is still more than the value of the car then the car is obviously overpriced. When i was still working in the motor trade i advised a colleague NOT to proceed with a deal that would have seen a customer owing far more than the value of the car (retail!)
• any - used car problems 28 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  On the web forum I have found lots of good information on Dual mass flywheels, Particulate filters and driving style with both of these things on the car. What I never was asked at the dealer was whar would the car be used for! I would say, first port of call if you have a car that is still under warranty, ask the dealer, as there may be a recall for your car and secondly, if you have dealer servicing carried out you will have your warranty, and if the car is serviced annually you will have some cover up until the 4th service is due, because the dealer will recover some cost from the manufacturer if it is aknown fault, and also will want to keep your custom.
• M25 services (lack of) 23 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  In a clockwise direction, there are none between Cobham and South Mimms. That is equivalent to numbers 7 and 12 on a clock face and it covers one of the busiest stretches where the M3, M4 and M40 all join. Unless you choose your time to travel, which as a retired person I am lucky to be able to do, covering that particular stretch can take some time as the variable speed limits are almost always in operation.
• VW Golf TDI - £8k car a write off after only 20 months 15 Jul 2014 (Forum)
   Its a grey area with used cars though..... Forgot to say, the car is a 2008 model
• MOT failed after 150 miles---URGENT HELP 13 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  On 28th December I paid 100 deposit for a car. The dealer told me he needed 1 week to get the car ready. After 1 week I went to collect the car. I paid the rest and I got the car. At home I realized there have been some changes to the car, so I went to have the car tested for another MOT.
• Honda Civic - Battery terminal left loose ... 1 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  After a body shop repair a couple of weeks ago, the car wouldn't start this morning - just completely dead. AA called, who found that the battery terminal was resting on the battery and making a very loose connection, not bolted on, and the terminal cover was sitting on top of the suspension housing a few inches away.
• BMW 1 Series - BMW 2016 (manual petrol) won't start initially 14 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  Car won't start as it used to. It takes a few times before it starts.  This has been happening on and off for about 2 weeks ago with the snow, I had left the car off for about a week. This hadn't happened in cold days before.
• Audi A3 2002 1.6 petrol misfire ? 24 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  I have a weird problem with my Audi A3, maybe someone has come across this before, or can provide helpful suggestions of where to look…. The car is an Audi A3 1.6 petrol 2002 with a AVU engine. It’s covered 280,00 miles but has been well serviced, there is for instance absolutely no cam wear and the head is yellow inside, not black. The car runs on LPG as well as petrol.
• Dacia Logan MCV / Ford Mondeo - BHP & Torque 28 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I am a computer geek rather than a car guy so would really appreciate someone advising what these actually mean to me in terms of the above scenario.  My dad keeps saying to me that I need to get a 2.0L or 2.2L car and they are becoming rarer these days.
• Skoda Fabia VRS OCT 10 - New engine needed, no warranty provided 30 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  However, I was led to believe that all this would be done as a gesture of goodwill from SKODA uk. The garage had advertised this car to me as having a years warranty and thought I'd be covered for that. I parted with the best part of £10,000 to buy this car. Where do I stand? The dealership say it doesn't come with a warranty, Skoda uk have just advised that it does.
• seat Ibiza 2010 1.6 se 7spd dsg - Loud buzzing noise from dsg between 20-40mph 13 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  I have since been to another independant garage who road tested it on a recently re-surfaced main road (there's a rarity),& the tech reckons it's a problem with 2nd gear? This car has covered 29k miles,serviced independantly,& has not been thrashed. It's been used daily,mainly on A roads & some local. It is going back to the main dealer next week to be tested.
• Volkswagen Polo IV - Oil Pressure Problem 19 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  Got a VW polo 2002-2005 model, 1.2 petrol engine, chain driven oil pump and the car has covered 70k miles. Was driving along and the oil pressure warning light came on, along with quite a large loss of power having to rev it more than usual.  So far, I've done the obvious things; changed the oil and filter and changed the oil pressure switch which made no difference and didn't put out the light.
• Honda Civic hatchback - 54 Honda civic cdti 1.7 possible head gasket issue 26 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, Just wanted to get some advice about my car. Recently had an issue with my cambelt. The glow plug light came on while driving and so I turned the car off but it wouldn't start again, just turned over upon inspection it seemed the cambelt cog wasn't attached properly and worked it's way loose, eventually mangling itself and breaking through the cambelt cover.
• Insurance claim, points not added to insurance 18 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I've had to make a claim on my insurance, but forgot to add 3 points to my cover at time of renewal. From the moment I called about the accident I told them about the points, the person in the phone never seemed bothered and processed the claim. The car was a total loss so had to contact dvla who again informed the company of the points, obviously.
• Vauxhall Zafira Exclusiv - Vauxhall Service Dealer and Lifetime warranty 12 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  Any advice on this is much appreciated. The car I have is a new Zafira Exclusiv 1.6.