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• VW T Cross - Exporting a family car from NL to the UK 9 Jan 2021 (Forum)
    Then I get temporary plates and can drive it on Dutch roads for 14 days.  Or I can do this, deregister online from the UK later - but they wont give me this certificate.  God knows what the implications of that are. What worries me is whether I can drive it through France and the UK.
• If you're going to test-drive an EV or PHEV.... 16 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  They had a BMW 225xe available (most dealers don't), and as I like to start a short-list a year or so in advance I arranged a test-drive - only to find that it wouldn't run on electric power.  Battery low, according to the screen. I've generally been lucky with car salespeople in the past: this one was keen and friendly but was new to the job and had no product knowledge of hybrids.
• Honda Civic - My First Car Inspection and Test Drive 30 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  So after lurking on these forums for a few months now I finally felt confident enough to inspect and test drive my first potential car today a 2013 Honda Civic. For the most part it went well but I did notice a few issues. 1. Kerb damage to two of the alloys  2. Peeling / corrosion of the side skirts: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4auya10n68w3rtj/Side%20Skirt.jpg?
• Looking for recommendations! 1 Nov 2018 (Forum)
    Golf gdt is too much, Mini cooper SD has everything apart from the boot space and iv heard they arent that comfy. 320D is perfect but rear wheel drive (the x drives mpg is too low) and the rest seem to have way too low real mpg compared to their official figures.   Ideas please guys!
• Mazda 2.2 skyactiv 6 Tourer - Whether to replace Mazda 6, with what? 30 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  Conscious there may be bigger problems to come. The car suits our needs; comfortable, responsive driving, spacious, and economical purchase price and on road. We will continue to drive 20k/yr mainly driving 12 miles into town and also long journeys with 'A' roads and motorway. We have a rural location but do not require 4x4, if push comes to shove we can use farm truck.
• Rough sounding cars 29 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  I would never buy one of these vechiles simply because the noise is so awful. I would need to always drive gently around town and would never enjoy using the power. I'd need to drive it gently for it to be bareable. I was behind a recent Mustang GT today. It not only sounded awful but was also accelerating far slower than everything else.
• Driving Entitlement and DVLA 10 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  Obviously it’s not been threee weeks and I’ve heard nothing yet and the online license check thing still doesn’t say I can drive C1. Question is do the DSA hold records or inform the DVLA that I have passed? I’m paranoid that my certificate will get lost in the dungeons of Swansea offices and I’ll have no way to proove I passed apart from the DC25/Form they mark the driver faults on.
• Porsche Boxster Sport 2008 - Bafflement 15 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Turned the ignition off and the spoiler went up with the brake lghts still on and the roof motor trying to operate. Decided to go for a short drive and reversed off the drive. The dash then read "check reversing lights" Went for a short drive. Got back and went through the same ignition off/spoiler up and brake lights on. Disconnected the battery and reconnected it  the same problems.
• vectra 2002 1.8 16v ecotec - car cut out whilst driving, wont start, no crank 6 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Car cut out whilst driving and now will not start. Turn the key - nothing. Dash lights come on as they should, no change in the fuel guage. Fuel pump doesnt make any noise. Can here a click from the relay in the boot fuse box and clicking from the front end, not sure if it the fuse box or ecu i can hear.
• 2005 ford focus 1.6tdci - Injector issue 24 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Plz help i had a leaky no.2 injector so thought id be clever and sort it myseld so went to halfords and brought some plastic lock tight stuff and sealed it where pipe meet injector ?? Thought job was done has stopped the leak drive fine ??? But next morning (still no leak) went for drive about 3 miles into my drive the car pulled bk and made a read bad clangy noise and filled road with thick white smoke so pulled over scratching my head started it up again and clanging was still there and loads of smoke still ???
• Have you come across people like this (in the UK) 19 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  He then went on to say to me that it was my driving that was causing it! I am 80 years old and have been driving for 55 years!  When I questioned his attitude towards both me and the car he flounced off without trying to resolve the issue with me in an adult way.
• Have you come across people like this (in the UK) 13 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  He then went on to say to me that it was my driving that was causing it! I am 80 years old and have been driving for 55 years! When I questioned his attitude towards both me and the car he flounced off without trying to resolve the issue with me in an adult way.
• Ford Focus Estate - Older Ford Focus 2.0 tdci 7 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  My only concern is when I test drove it there was a good bit of white smoke during the first few minutes of driving and the motor was ever so slightly rough. Then it cleared up and was smooth as silk, good power, straight as an arrow. The seller said he'll guarantee the drive train for a year, but I'd still rather not break down on the motorway eight hours from home.
• mk 5 golf gti petrol - dsg gear lever 12 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Was stationary and moved gear lever into tiptonic position, something seems to have failed in lever operation, lever became stuck in tip position and all the red gear positions appear together on the dash display. I managed to get the lever back to the normal drive neutral park position. Tried disconnecting the battery to see if the dash display would correct itself but NO Car is driving normal in drive and paddleshift is working but display is showing all positions at once and does not change.
• Which one? - Buying 11 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Hi there   I'm looking to buy a small family hatchback.  I would like something reliable, little or no road tax, preferably diesel and nice to drive - it has to have 5 doors too. Im looking to buy pre-reg. I have narrowed down the following:   Toyota Auris - been for a test drive and was ok. Doesn´t have cheap road tax and the interior looked a bit bland.
• Jaguar X type 2.2d Automatic - Turbo Charger Actuator 22 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  Turn off ignition and wait a minute or so and the fault disappears only to return again at some random driving condition.
• MK 3 Mondeo 2.0 Diesel Auto - Torque Converter and Brakes issues 26 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Hi,   I have recently bought a 05 Mondeo Auto 110K  I have noticed while towing I am getting a lot of shudder in the car  ( like running over cattle grid/ or about to stall) when towing the car. It seems to be around 55mph, Revs just under 2000mph.  It happens occasionally when driving the car normally. When changing from D to P with the engine on, there is a vibration on the stick but nothing like the shudder when driving.  I am right in thinking this could be Tipper Truck and Limp mode - Two Surprises OUCH! 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Oooof! Driving up an A road couple of days later, car shoots across from the right (VW passat) and suddenly loses power and then proceeded to drive very slowly up the road, obviously unable to accelerate. I managed  to brake sufficiently to stop, and when we pulled into a petrol staion the driver said sorry, I saw you etc and said he would call the breakdown services.
• Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi 2003 - Focus 1.8TDCi 2003 with random engine cutout 11 Feb 2014 (Forum)
    After waiting by the roadside for a few minutes with the ignition off, the car restarts as normal and drives away as if nothing ever happened. This has occurred 3 times in last 2 days over about 100 miles of driving.   I have hooked the car up to an OBD connector and phone app which tells me that there are no recorded fault codes.
• All especially including silver grey Mondeo's - Teeny space saver wheels well really just discs 23 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  How long and how far can you drive with one of those stupid space saver wheels, before it constitutes a danger to other motorists. For the last two weeks a clearly liveried corporate Mondeo (a computer firm summat to do with baby oak tree seeds) has to my certain knowledge been driving around with a rear drivers wheel using the tiny space saver disk.