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  Which small car offers good fuel economy? 16 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has a Vauxhall Meriva 1.6 Club which is three years old in August and has done about 15,000 miles. It cost just under £9000 new as it was the last...
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  What cars with three proper back seats? 24 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My wife is expecting twins - and we have a 2 year old and a labrador already. We drive low mileage (9000 pa) and need an automatic (I have a bad knee)....
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  Honda fixed my faulty gearbox for free. 22 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2003 Honda Jazz. When it was seven years old, I had reason to call at the service department of Brayley Honda, Hemel Hempstead, where the service...
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  Could pressing the wrong pedal have caused these old ladies to crash their automatic cars? 22 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I know two elderly ladies who have each written off their nearly-new automatic cars due to lack of control. I am convinced that, in their cases, the problem...
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  Clio partra 24 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has reluctantly decided to give up driving and even more reluctantly to sell her old Clio, which has served her well for many years. It is an 1994L...
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  What could I replace my 15-year-old Volkswagen Polo with? 12 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Having recently sold my trusty 15-year-old Polo, I'm looking to replace it with something similar in size. I only do about 1000 miles pa and the car is...
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  Is there a reliable car my 19-year-old daughter can learn to drive in for under £6000? 1 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for a good, reliable secondhand car for my daughter to learn to drive in. She is 19 years old. I live in Kingston upon Thames and my budget...
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  Legal A’d 5 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 5-year-old Mercedes A140 with only 37,000 miles on it. I bought it at less than a year old from the Mercedes dealer. I have now been told that...
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  Watching the second hand 22 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have seen a nice one-year-old Ford Focus C-Max Titanium, 6,000 miles, at a local Ford dealer for just under £14,000 and I am tempted to buy. However,...
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  Why does the fuel economy differ by 9mpg between two identical Ford Focus? 10 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife and I have identical Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec diesels, one four and one two years old, and we often swap. The tyres are the same make and same pressure,...
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  Do we have a case against a dealer for badly advising my father-in-law when it came to financing his car? 8 Oct 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My father-in-law recently passed away and I have been tasked with selling his one year old car. Up investigation it seems he had been given really bad...
• Mazda 6, Skoda Octavia, VW Passat, Ford Mondeo? - Best value Family Estate for around £5000 19 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  With a budget of around £5-6k, and annual mileage of around 8,000 miles, I don't know whether or not to go for: A 4 year old VW Passat 1.6 Diesel with +140K miles on the clock A 7 year old Mazda 2.0 Diesel with 65K miles on the clock A 5 year old Skoda Octavia 1.6 with 40K miles on the clock A 5 year old Ford Mondeo, with 60K miles on the clock Or am I missing a trick - and should I be looking for something comletely different!?
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  What should I pay for a one-year-old Ford Titanium TDI? 30 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Can you advise what the target price should be for a one-year-old 59-plate Ford Titanium TDI (either 1.4/1.6) diesel? I am a cash buyer and I'm being given...
• FIAT 500 (2007 - ) - New Fiat 500 11 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  A lovely young lady with legs that went on forever, allowed me inside to fidddle about. What a cracking looking car. This, Mr BMW man, is how to do Retro. UNlike the new mini, Fiat have captured the spirit of the old 500 superbly. Sure its bigger, than the old one, but all the styling cues of the old one have been carried over, including the inside where plastics have been cleverly made to look like painted metal dashboard.
• Old Which? Road Tests 16 May 2003 (Forum)
  In fact any interesting ones in the loft you don't want? Be really amusing to read through them again knowing now what we know now of the average 1960s car. I do have loads of old Autocar/Motor mags but these mostly start around 1971 so the 1960s are poorly represented in my reading matter. Now if only Chris Watson was still here he'd have them for us in a flash...there was a guy with contacts.
• When does a car become dead? 6 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have often read on this forum that one should continue using an old reliable car until it is dead. What are the signs that that a car needs to be inevitably replaced?
• Cars and snobs 23 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  In technical a thread with a lady with a x reg astra has been told its a banger and people that sell such very old cars are technically selling barrow boy bomb site cars. Comments please.
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  Should I switch from petrol to an EV if I want long term reliability? 3 Jun 2025 (Ask HJ)
  I've owned my 15 year old MkVI Golf TSI for 12 years and it's reliably covered over 160,000 miles. However, expensive problems are occurring and there...
• Jaguar XF Sportbrake - New or nearly new car advice 25 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Long time lurker but first time poster,   Currently trying to decide on a new car to replace my current company car (Lexus CT 200h) wanting a much bigger vehicle thats good for long distance and around town. this will be my own purchase not a company car. do about 20000 miles a year and plan on keeping the car until 6 years old.
• Monthly Running costs for Used Cars 29 Nov 2000 (Forum)
  I'm trying to find out average monthly running costs for used (1-3 years old) cars - any ideas where to look? Car Mags are very good for data for new cars (insurance, pence/mile, depreciation, service costs) but I'm looking for similar data for used cars. I'm about to change jobs and will give up a company car for a cash allowance - £400 per month after tax.