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• Removing dried tree sap 8 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all, Does anyone know a way of removing dried tree sap from car paintwork without causing any damage? The roof of my car is covered in the stuff due to the previous owner parking under trees. Its an Omega estate with no sunroof and has solid paint. In anticipation.
• Ford over to Renault ?. 11 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Hello,   My wife is part-exchanging her car tomorrow (4th August) and I have a question about car insurance. If she changes the insurance for tomorrow (kicks in at 00.01 tomorrow morning) is she still covered to drive the car to collect her new one?
• 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?
• Dublin Airport - Car Hire 8 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  In september i need to rent a car for 3 days from Dublin Airport.. Have booked via Holiday autos who are sending me to one of the "big brands" and have used Holiday autos own excess cover. Does any of our Irish contributors have any better choice.
• anybody heard about worldwideinsurance? 19 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Hi   I will be renting a car for 10 days in St Lucia.   The insurance offered by the car hire company was really expensive and i was recommended to pick a car hire insurance (i never heard about that)   I am looking at worldwideinsurance.
• Do we keep cars long enough? Golf TDI 507,000 mile 26 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Autocar magazine has just taken delivery of a VW Golf TDI with 507,000 miles covered. I wonder how many change because they think their car will start to cost them money in repairs. Often forgetting the value of the cheque being written to get what they hope will be cheaper to run.
• SEAT Ibiza III (2002 - 2008) - Finance 18 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I'm going to need to get some sort of credit to buy this car but have had problems with this in the past which is still being sorted (no CCJ's or anything yet, just defaults). I have enough to cover insurance and the first £1k, should I try to get the extra and then go for a car or wait until I find a car then go for the finance?
• Buying car from executor 13 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Unfortunately her mother died some time ago and the Micra is being sold by her executor. What do I do re the car registration document? The section to fill in the previous owners name is to be left balnk? Do I need a copy of the death cert? A letter from a solicitor? I know this was covered recently. Thanks
• Yaris as a first car bargain. 2 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  They quote £6500 - £ 8192 on T3, 1.0, 1.3 or 1.4 D4D yaris. Could a 1.4 D4D, 3 door, T2 be a first new car bargain at £7395. or T3 at £8192. 3 year warranty, breakdown cover, home delivery. Plus a years free insurance (up to Sept 03) !!! Plus they hold their value better than most.
• 4 diif makes - Electric car range 4 Apr 2023 (Forum)
    While you would never run a car until it stop, and to be honest they all had fair warning from the car to find a charging point, it never occurred to me that this would be an issue, I also question why they would do it in the first place since the whole point of having a secure cover on the fuel tank is to prevent people from stealing fuel from your car.
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  My car has developed a suspension issue less than a month after purchase. What are my rights? 14 Jun 2020 (Ask HJ)
  My car has developed serious suspension and air con issues 28 days after purchasing from a dealer. If not covered by warranty, what are my rights? The...
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  How long can you drive a foreign car be driven in the UK for? 5 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  What are the rules for using foreign cars in the UK? A car owned by a European family now living near me shows a foreign number plate and has done so for...
• Ford Mondeo Estate - Clutch wear 2 May 2014 (Forum)
  Total cost £935 for the new clutch, paid for by Motability, apparently without questions. I would have thought that Ford's warranty would have covered this after such a short time and low mileage. Is this normal? I would have considered this totally unacceptable if I owned the car, Motability cars are on a lease system and the Ford dealer said that I should just accept is as it was being paid for by Motabily.
• Ford Galaxy (2006 - ) - 07 1.8 Rear Door Handle & Trim Falling off 2 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Just so you know, the door handle is electronic, so it is not supposed move as such but you grip the handle to put it upwards. The car is about 13months old and still has 2yrs of the warranty left. When I contacted my local dealer (who I purchased the car from), they were not sure if this problem would be covered by the warranty - stating that trim is only covered in the first year???
• Parking Enforcement Criminals 24 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I saw the funny side of it the next day - you couldn't make it up Shirley Hatcher Mrs Hatcher said: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw it. "My car was covered in polka dots from the paint they had used. "I was fuming, absolutely fuming, all I could think was what sort of idiot did this. Occasionally things go wrong Southampton City Council A spokeswoman for Southampton City Council said the authority would cover the costs of repairs to her car.
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  Grate expectations 25 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I was driving along a fairly new all-purpose road that runs parallel to the motorway, in the dark, no streetlights and some way from habitation. It was...
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  Our Ford Focus was diagnosed with a slipping clutch, so why won't the Ford warranty cover it? 9 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Whilst climbing a moderate gradient in a queue with a driver and four passengers in our Ford Focus, suddenly a horrible gassy smell filled the car. The...
• Best way to get a car home? 9 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  It's declared SORN and on my parents driveway, but can't stay there long term. It's currently covered by his insurance, but I can't see this staying the case, if he cant afford to tax the motor, he's not going to cover his DD next month. So, i'll need to get the car 150 miles back to my house & into the garage, where it was before loaning it to him.
• Learner driver and insurance 10 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  Daughter has just started driving lessons.I've bought L plates and want to take her out myself in my car. Am I covered on comprehensive insurance for her to drive as a learner or will I have to load my insurance with a higher premium. How does it work?
• Pay as you drive insurance hits roads 8 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I know it's been covered here before but now NU have implemented it. http://www.orange.co.uk/news/topstories/2269.htm?linkfrom=hp1&link=ticker_pos_1_link_5&article=l04617297 It could save a fortune on multi car households