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  Buying family estate with a £17k budget? 4 Nov 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking at replacing my current car and need something that will give me enough room for 2 children and bikes but is also suitable for work (mainly...
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  Should I be worried about the battery in a used hybrid? 10 Jan 2025 (Ask HJ)
  I have driven a number of Honda Jazz’s for years. I now want to buy a newer car as the current one is 13 yrs old but I am anxious about hybrid. However...
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  Our neighbour hit our car quite badly and won't pay for repairs - what can we do? 27 Oct 2017 (Ask HJ)
  We just brought a new car and our old car is parked on our driveway, which we share with our neighbour. I've switched the insurance to the new car as we...
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  One year old high mileage Insignia - good used buy? 14 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I'm planning to buy a insignia from a Vauxhall dealer. A 2014 model for £10,800. But this car has 53000 miles already on in 1 year, and has 1 key missing...
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  Distance relative 25 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I currently drive 25-30kmiles per annum and have a 2003 Citroen C5 2.0 SX petrol, bought last October now with 59k miles. Not long after purchase it became...
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  What do you think of the Mercedes-Benz R129 SL? 13 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have the opportunity to purchase, as a private deal, a LHD 1994 Mercedes-Benz SL320 roadster, which belongs to a friend of a friend. It is white in colour...
• Rover 214i Cabriolet 18 May 2007 (Forum)
  My old man is thinking of getting on as a weekend, summer car. What are people's feelings on the Rover and any alternatives up to £2.5k ?
• Jaguar XK8 and XKR (1996 - 2006) - Statistics: A valid way of assessing a good buy? 9 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Examples include: 17350 miles, 6 years old, £16995 21000 miles, 9 years old, £14445 42950 miles, 6 years old £28,995 86000 miles, 9 years old, £17995 148000 miles, 8 years old, £11850 I decided to spend a hang-over recovery morning typing in all the XK8s for sale on Autotrader (250 so far, more to come) into a data-base and see if I could find a relationship between Price, Mileage and Age.
• All - Fire Extinguisher, how old is yours? 13 May 2020 (Forum)
      So what do you do with the old one?    Well the advice in Essex is to use it to release the pressure, remove the top then pop along to the Pitsea or Brentwood recycling centre and dispose of it.    When they are reopened of course.
• 'New Old' Member Dropping By 25 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I actually used to visit these forums many years ago before I could even drive, but came across it again today so thought I would re-join... Some of the discussions on here are really interesting, and I love talking about cars so hopefully I can add some of my wisdom to the debates, lol! I'm Dan, 21 years old, student, and I drive a 57 plate BMW 116i. Previously I had a Ford Ka, which I had up until this summer when I had a run-in with a foreign lorry on the M40 :( Love my Beemer and think it's the best looking/handling hatchback you can buy.
• Rover 25TD or Alfa 147 or keep 214 12 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Thinking of changing girlfriends 214si for either of the above as she has now tripled her commute distance and will be doing at least 25K a year. Now, do I (1) keep current car with 110K for another 3 years and pay for any repairs should they need doing (2) buy something I have always wanted - Alfa 147 Tspark thats a couple of years old. Reliability and cost of repairs a drawback?
• Mileage reading for auction cars 11 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Is it true that dealers wont touch cars with over 80k on the clock?   I am looking for a BMW 320D manual, about 5 years old with 80-100k miles on the clock. Should I try BMW dealer first?
• Company Car Buyers in Middlesex Area? 7 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I need to get 3 quotes for an old company car that is being disposed of. I have quotes from two companies, but cannot find any others. Any recommendations/suggestions? TIA
• In car charger question. 15 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  As strange as it seems i need to know which is the positive wire on an old nokia charger? There is a black and black and white wire moulded together that would normally go into the piece that would go into the car cigarette lighter. All advice gratefully recieved.
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  Buying an ex-lease car? 21 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy a nice two-and-a-half-year-old, one-owner Mondeo from my local Ford dealer but the V5 shows the owner/keeper was a lease company. Does this...
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  The pre-sale service on my new car was not carried out, can Trading Standards help? 24 Jul 2023 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Honda HRV from a dealer who said he will give the car a full service and stamped the service book accordingly pre sale. Having got the car home...
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  Should we get a petrol or diesel Volvo V40? 21 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  We have decided to purchase a year old Volvo V40. It's a second car that would have be mostly short journeys and twice weekly 40 mile commutes, doing about...
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  Should I buy a Lada Niva 4x4 14 May 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I spend a fair bit of time in rural Bulgaria. The hire cars are expensive and not up to road conditions of rutted cart tracks. I notice that most neighbours...
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  Which auto for my neighbour? 28 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I've helped my disabled 78 year old neighbour buy new cars every four years because previously she could not negotiate a sensible price. We've bought three...
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  My insurance premium went up by seven pence this year. 9 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  In the light of many comments in your column regarding ever-increasing car insurance premiums, and also in the press, I though you might be interested...