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• End of the road for Guiness Label in windscreen?? 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  More than 30 vehicles have been towed away from Sandwell streets in a major crackdown on car tax dodgers. The move is the latest in a series of swoops by the council's highways department, the DVLA and police. The motorists were caught in kerbside checks and visits to their homes after tip-offs from neighbours and traffic wardens.
• Citroen Xantia HDI fault. 7 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  There does not appear to be any pattern to the fault i.e.. it happens at different speeds and with or without the caravan on tow . Citroen Customer Service are not very helpful , their attitude being if the machine shows no fault then there isn't one , also Citroen technical don't seem to have any answers . This recurring problem is spoiling what I think is a very nice car ........
• European Holidays 3 May 2001 (Forum)
  One or two points I would like to make is that of the use of rear fog lights,if you have only one and it is not in the middle and you are involved in a fog related accident you will have comitted a serious offence ,if the tyres on your vehicle are not to speed rating of that vehicle your car could be impounded,if you have not got a spare set of classes in your car you could be stopped from driving,if your car has been modified and you do not have the appropiate paper work ie tow bars, wide wheels, different exhaust, if you were to be involved in a caravan accident all these would be checked,There are many rules and regulations that differ from country to country. People may laugh or not take these laws seriously,but the number of times I have been called upon to translate (not my fulltime job) for people you have come a cropper in my part of Germany seems to be increasing.
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  Faulty used car - can I demand a refund? 8 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Last year I bought a Volkswagen Polo from an authorised dealer. The car was an ex-demonstrator and had just 7000 miles on the clock. Over the past few...
• Unhappy with main dealer-how to proceed? 13 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Meaning i'm likely to be having the car towed off for £450 to £500, getting the fuel pump done by the other garage for a total cost of around my budget (guess at present). So, after all that, what are peoples thoughts? fair? unfair? how should i broach the subject with the main dealer?
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  My car broke down because of too much oil in the engine - can this be fixed? 26 Jun 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have an Audi A6 2008 and last week on the way to having a service, the car blew loads of blue smoke out of the exhaust. It was towed back to my address...
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  What type of van should I get driving farming equipment around? 18 Apr 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I'm starting a courier business for farming equipment. What is your advice regarding the size of van I should get? I'm unsure of which would be more viable...
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  The turbo on my 2014 Nissan Qashqai has failed - do you think Nissan will contribute to repair costs? 15 Feb 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2014 Nissan Qashqai 1.5 DCi, which I have leased from new, driven sympathetically and had serviced at the correct intervals (the last service...
• 2007 Mini one 1.4 - Bought faulty car from dealership. 16 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  The car has continued to do this ever since when the engine is hot and the car is going very slowly or reversing. My dad contacted the AA who towed the car back to the dealership the following day. The dealership said they would fix the car and they had it for a week however the owner was very reluctant to do any to the car and cleaned there was nothing wrong with it until my dad said the AA had towed the car and that he had a report from them.
• Mini one 1.4 2007 - Advice on faulty car from dealership 16 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  The car has continued to do this ever since when the engine is hot and the car is going very slowly or reversing. My dad contacted the AA who towed the car back to the dealership the following day. The dealership said they would fix the car and they had it for a week however the owner was very reluctant to do any to the car and cleaned there was nothing wrong with it until my dad said the AA had towed the car and that he had a report from them.
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  No VAT on used car but same price 25 Nov 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am about to buy a used Volvo V7 D5 Auto from our local Volvo dealer. I only drive about 5,000 miles per year, almost always on long trips (I ride a bike...
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  Should I allow my BMW 120d's turbo to cool after driving? 1 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I was interested in your comments about letting a very hot turbo idle for 30 seconds before switching off. Am I correct in interpreting this as applying...
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  How hard does the turbo work under normal driving conditions? 23 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  You quite rightly advocate running a turbocharged engine at idle for a minute or so after a vigorous run in order for the turbo to 'cool off', and my last...
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  Clutch issues at 54,000 miles on a Peugeot 308 15 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  360 days into our (second-hand - 58 plate, Nov 2008) ownership of a 308SW HDI FAP, the clutch pedal sank to the floor and stayed there. The AA duly towed...
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  Can you recommend a sporty estate for my wife's business and a mid-engined sports car for me? 21 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have been struggling to find a balance of cars in our garage. Our current cars are a 12-year-old Range Rover converted to LPG and a modified 55 plate...
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  I filled my diesel Jaguar XF with petrol - do I need to have the whole fuel system changed for £7,000? 28 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I filled my diesel Jaguar XF with unleaded fuel. I drove it 400 metres to my house with no problem. In the morning I had difficulty starting it. When it...
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  Could you recommend a more economical replacement for my wife's Subaru Forester? 10 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife is using a Subaru Forester XT 2.5 auto which we bought in 2009. I anticipated that the annual mileage would be around 6000, but in fact it's double...
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  Should I replace my Toyota Avensis with the current model? 18 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 1999 Toyota Avensis estate (2.0-litre petrol) has, after 170,000 trouble-free miles, expired due to a burst radiator and subsequent cracked cylinder...
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  Fresh fried turbo 17 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I am currently having my TDI serviced today at the Audi dealers. I had previously reverted to the fixed 10,000 ml service routine at 24,000 at last service...
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  The lessor evil? 11 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  A small problem to which I think I know the answer. We have two cars, both ‘57’ reg: a Toyota RAV-4 XT4 and a Hyundai Tucson CRDT Limited’. Both cars are...