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• CLK 320 - four year report 6 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  Apart from tyres and brakes the pse pump went which was around £600 and the roof mechanism failed....£1000 plus at the main dealers....£100 at indie who replaced a part. Passed its mot this morning with advisories on tyres. I've done 10k a year on average and have clocked up 140k. I could be lucky and get £3k in exchange if I wanted to swap.
• France/Italy or Scotland - Early March or May? 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  It`s around 500 miles to get up to north of Applecross from here - only a little less than Reims.. another day from there would be passing through the Alps.. Which would you prefer and why? ;) I`m having trouble deciding - or to put it another way - I have to present viable plans to the boss shortly ;-) Cheers
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  I want to insure my 22-year-old daughter on the family's Vauxhall Tigra but it's very expensive - should we replace it? 3 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a September 2000 Vauxhall Tigra with 67,000 miles on the clock. Since breaking my wrist earlier in the year I have re-discovered the joys of public...
• '98 Astra rear shock absorber 5 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  On way home from the weekly shop yesterday, passed through some speed humps, and noticed a knock at the rear of the car. Thinking "Oh damn my exhaust hanger has come off again" I carried on for home trying to ignore it! Hubby had a look when I got home and to our shock (excuse the pun!)
• BMW X5 used off road - shock! 14 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Everyone slowing down to look of course, but since there was no damage I kept going. A very lucky driver I thought. Blow me down if about 10 minutes later he passes me further along the road doing about 85mph..! Well, at least he couldn't be accused of buying a 4x4 and never taking it off road.
• Motorised roller skates 18 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  What was more frightening was the fact that just 20 yards beyond the point where I passed it, it would have reached a roundabout - I hate to think what happened there. Anyone know what the terms of use are supposed to be - road legal or pavement only?
• Car for young driver 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  His budget is about £2700 for the car, and his insurance on top of that is likely to be about £1100 on a typical group 2 or 3 car. He has his Pass Plus also which will help to reduce his premium slightly. Anyway, does this seem a suitable car for a young driver? I have seen some decent looking P reg ones with about 50K miles on for less than 3K and they seem well specified.
• Jeep Grand Cherokee, VW Touareg - another "which car" thread... sorry 1 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  hi and yes, this is one of THOSE threads. My father recently passed away and once the house is sold i am doing the adult thing of clearing loans and putting something aside, but i would also like to change my car. i currently have a 2005 honda cr-v 2.2 i-cdti which is the first "suv-ish" car i have owned, and i like the high seating position a LOT, plus the ground clearance and 4wd gets me to and from some out-in-the-sticks fishing spots. there is also an offroading park in a forest very close to me which i would love to have a bash at but doubt the honda would cope.
• Citroen Picasso - Nightmare with repair costs/engine 15 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Had car back for an hour and same light came on, plus it put putted/huffed and seemed to have no oomph. Took back to garage; they checked out the cylinder by stripping it; said it could be starter motor and replaced that; also checked the throttle and cleaned it out.
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  How does the ULEZ scrappage scheme work? 8 Aug 2023 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter has an 11 year old diesel Mercedes M class that is current valued at approx £11K but is non ULEZ compliant. She lives within the boundary of...
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  I bought a £41k for £35k - am I liable for the premium tax? 19 Apr 2023 (Ask HJ)
  I read with interest your answer about a car which although listed at above £40k, was purchased below the tax premium limit. I have recently purchased...
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  DPF not fitted as standard on 2009 Volkswagen Golf 31 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  In your recent reply to my question over my car having a DPF fitted, you replied it most probably did have one. So I emailed my VIN number to VW and...
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  The lease police 30 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I read a letter in your column regarding lease purchase. HPI covers hire purchase information, not lease purchase. Some finance companies don¹t seem to...
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  Are dash cams a wise investment as extra insurance? 18 Jul 2019 (Ask HJ)
  My son has recently passed his test and I am about to add him to my car insurance. We will switch to a black box company to get a better price. I also...
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  Risk action 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My son is looking to renew his car insurance. He will be 18 in February. He passed his test 6 months ago, and got his car when he was 17, so now has 1...
• Ford zetec S - Car juddering creak noise will it ruin car/transmi 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  I drive a manual car and my car is parked in a incline road so when I stick it in reverse and I would usually apply minimal throttle to make the car move because I don't like to rev the car while my foot is still on the clutch as I heard it isn't good for the clutch but sometimes I don't apply enough throttle then the car will judder or make a creak noise as if the car is about to stall.    I have done it quite regularly or dozen of times since my brother passed his test and he parks quite squint plus on the other side to avoid pavement kerb so I can't do anything but to perform low speed manoeuvre.    I am concerned if this can damage the clutch/transmission or car mechanical components.
• Musa - Lancia 25 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Having just returned from a holiday in Italy I thought I would pass comment on the hire car I had. With Lancia's return to the UK I was interested to be given a Lancia Musa for two weeks. It appears that this is basically a Fiat Idea with Lancia's corporate nose and badges.
• Nissan Qashqai (2007 - ) - good choice-opinions/alternives please 19 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I did have an altercation about 5 and a half years ago found against me. My husband is a new driver (30 this year, passed test 4 yrs ago, with pass plus if that counts). We've been paying just under £800 a year for the insurance, I'd not really like to go over that Fuel: I have no idea what to go for here. At all.
• Mazda 2 - Tree falling on car 24 Apr 2012 (Forum)
   She does indeed use it for work as a teacher almost daily and he uses it occasionally.  Incidentally he has passed his IAM Test and is a good driver so will be badly penalised by this stroke of bad luck. Main question though is what are the chances of getting compensation from the local authority for not protecting the road from old trees at the roadside that can be dislodged in the wet weather?
• New driver - car handling 10 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I got it on the road as his dad turned up then acted as taxi. Does anyone mention this sort of handling during tuition, even pass plus, or is it left up to parents? We know kids are going to pile into cars when a taxi costs so much. Apparently quite a subdued lad at school today - realising he could have killed his friends - and I got a box of choccies.