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• Value of Old Escort 16 May 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, A good friend of mine is changing his car on Saturday. He is changing from a '94M 30k mile (yes thirty!) 1.6 Escort Mistral to a two year old Mini ONE. He has been offered £200 token part-ex for his Escort as part of the deal, however i can't help thinking that this is a woefully low offer, and the dealer doesn't really want the car anyway.
• Two car family, new & old 9 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  It is difficult to put into words but it is such an involved driving experience. Going along the motorway at 70mph you are aware that your car doesnt have ABS like all the big boys about you and you take that into account, in a city centre you can nip into gaps and park where others can't, being 7 years old with its fair share of dents and dings you don't need to be that careful about parking scrapes etc.
• Rip off Insurance? 27 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I bought a car in early sept and paid for my insurance with another insurance company . Before that I scrapped my old car as it was knackered. I have no gaps in my insurance as I kept it going with my old insurance company for (my old car) and then changed over to the new company straight away.
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  Should the warranty cover a burned-out clutch on my mother's 3000-mile-old Suzuki Grand Vitara? 16 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 71-year-old mother drives a six-month-old Suzuki Grand Vitara manual diesel and recently the clutch started slipping, so she took it back to the dealer....
• Is there extremely reliable used car under 10k gbp 8 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  Is there extremely reliable used car under 10k gbp, i want to have distronic, the things i want - i dont want car to be stolen  so audi,bmw ,mercedess are automatically removed, hybrid cars are also stolen a lot if not whole car catalytic convertor... lambdas everything,..
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  C-Class or Mondeo? 24 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a KIA Cee'd 2.0 diesel which I use to tow a caravan of less than 1,100 kgs MTPLM max. It is a task that it does satisfactorily, albeit only nine...
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  Did a speed hump cause my airbag malfunction and accident? 27 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My wife was driving our six-year-old Ford Mondeo Ghia X Estate along a local road when the driver’s airbag exploded without any impact. The car was travelling...
• Dealers and part ex cars 13 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  when you trade in ya old car at a dealers do the dealers just send them off to auction or could you just go and buy one from them ?
• Cheapest new cars 3 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  IE, brand new or pre reg: Mini size. I'm looking to buy a car for my 17 year old niece as a present for here uni run from her rented accommodation.
• Car Insurance 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Old hat to most, I expect, but I have never used a website that can give comparative insurance quotes for various insurers. Can anyone recommend one please?
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  How much should a new heater matrix cost? 23 Aug 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I had a coolant leak from the heater matrix on my Ford Focus and was informed it required replacement by our local Dealer who had serviced the car from...
• Volvo 440/460 - cold starting all ok again... 28 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Had proved it was the ECT as bought a new one (~£20) and then on a cold day, tried starting car, not happy. So unplugged old sensor and plugged in the new one, with the sensor dangling in the engine bay. Car started first turn of key. Reconnected old sensor, car won't start. So this morning armed with a couple of deep metric sockets (21 & 19mm) I removed old sensor, put finger over aperture to prevent coolant loss then screwed in new sensor.
• Vauxhall Astra Club, Automatic, 56 plate - Failing gear box, old recall?? Coolant in gear box 9 Jan 2012 (Forum)
   Found out today (by chance) about the old recall regarding coolant getting in the gear box; a Vauxhall garage confirmed that my car went in for the recall work in 2009 but chap commented that they would not know exactly what work was done, ie was radiator changed etc.
• Help. 5 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have a BMW 5 series 96 old model, and when I bought the car it had nasty metric wheels, so I contacted the local BMW dealer to get some new alloy wheels. Now I know that the old shape 5 (known as e34) has very slightly smaller wheel hubs than the newer shape (known as e39).
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  What first car should I get my 17 year old son? 18 May 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I'm a single mum of a 17 year old boy and would like to buy him a car so he is independent and I can work more hours. I have a small budget of about £2500...
• Classic car insurance for young drivers 23 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  Also, how old would the car have to be to count as a classic with the insurers? I’d love an e39 5 series because you can get 1998 examples for around £1000, but if the cars needed to be 25 years old, I’d have to look at something like a cavalier, merc 190, Volvo, Saab, or any other car that’s fairly safe.
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  Which small, £1500 car for a new driver? 11 Jul 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My 18 year old granddaughter recently passed her driving test and needs a small reliable car for daily, short distance commuting, maximum price £1,500....
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  Buying a used car 5 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My husband is needing to replace his car which he uses for commuting to work (around a 25 mile journey along the motorway). He has a budget of £2500 and...
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  How do I reject a car as unsatisfactory? 8 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I'm wondering how you go about rejecting a car, as it has been in and out of the manufacturer's workshop for various faults. The car is only three months...
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  Taking a car to Singapore 19 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My brother is planning to move to Singapore in a couple of months and says that cars are very expensive to buy there. Would it make sense for him to buy...