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• High mileage corsa 13 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  I\'m thinking of buying a B class corsa (1997 P) it\'s one of the 16 valve models is 7 years old with one owner so I\'m assuming e\'s done a fair bit of motorway driving with it. The mileage is at 110k. Any thought onto how much life the vehicle has left? It\'ll be used as a school run/shopping car so not much mileage but alot of the obvious start stop strain.
• Meguilar's - any observations 5 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  This, the Gold version polish, sells in my local store for the equiv of £8.67 for about 300 ml vs good old-fashioned Turtle Wax which runs £2.47 equiv for the same amount. Both are US imported. The former claims to be the duck's guts but it's only wax after all and very expensive. I'm wondering whether I should treat my new car to it and if so what benefits can I expect, or just stick with the tried and true.
• Polo 1.4 or 1.9 18 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  One of our cars, a 16 year old VW Polo is coming to the end of its life. We need a replacement and like another Polo. This time we want a diesel but don't know whether the 1.4 TDi or the 1.9 TDi should be bought - secondhand.
• Private Reg Query 13 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I am selling my car which has a private plate. Obviously I will remove this and (hopefully) replace it with the original reg as I still have the old no plates. Could anyone advise me of the cost to do this through the DVLA and if any/what forms need to be filled in.
• Primera aircon 18 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Also, the aircon has lost much of its efficiency. Whereas 6 months ago it was icy cold, now it is barely cooler than the ambient air. The car is 6 years old, and I know that aircon systems lose gas over time, but this does not explain the dripping water or the fairly sudden drop off in performance. What could have caused this?
• Subaru Legacy - Owner Experience 8 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Just read HJ CBC Breakdown on this model and, in theory, seems quite a good bet as a used 3 year old buy. The 4WD and low range would be useful for occasional towing plus estate car practicality. Do any of the BR community own one, or know of one, and if so what has their experience been. I'm mainly interested in fuel economy, handling, reliability and any horror story catastrophic failures of major components.
• drum brakes to disc brakes 19 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have a vauxhall vectra hatchback. 97 (P) reg. As i am thinking of sticking a set of alloy wheels on the car, i would like to know if it's possible to change the drum brakes to disc brakes. Is it just a matter of takeing of the old & putting on the new. Or does it have 2B a complete axle change? If can just change from drum brakes to disc brakes, is it a very complicated job?
• Diesel fuel additives 12 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  I am taking delivery soon of a Skoda Octavia with the 130bhp tdi pd diesel engine fitted. I have used Millers Diesel Power Plus for many years in my 11 year old Passat. Skoda discourage use of fuel additives on the basis that engines are designed with modern fuels in mind. I would be grateful for your opinions on whether it would be a good thing to continue using this product in the new car, a waste of money or positively a bad move.
• Merc C Class spec 25 May 2003 (Forum)
  Imagine my surprise when making further enquiries to discover it had no air con. I'm amazed they were turning these cars out at 25k new in 1999 without a/c. Worse still, they want 12k for one now! Apparently a/c was always an option on the old shape C180
• Ford Escort 1.3 Endura-E Oil 12 May 2003 (Forum)
  I am a little confused as to which oil to use in my Ford Escort 1.3 Endura (1997). Handbook with car says 5/30 ford spec oil as does Haynes Manual, however Halfords application sheet gives oil as 10/40. As this is basically an old design engine I would of thought 10/40 or 15/40 would be the oil to use.
• Legal underage driving 21 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  i.e. someone under 17 could drive in a private field legally. If that is right, does it follow that for a private field, read large empty supermarket car park. Of course there are public liability issues because there would be no insurance, but I could take my 16 yr old son for a short legal lesson could I not? Anyone know the situation here? Thanks in advance
• Alloy Wheels - Pitting 26 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Apologies for my ignorance on this issue but can anyone describe what is meant by alloy wheels pitting and what does it look like? I have an 18 month old car and on the surface of one of the front wheel rims there is a discoloured mark about the size of a 10p piece (I had assumed that this was perhaps due to a stone being deflected into the wheel when in motion.
• New Registration & Licensing Regulations 22 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Covers change of ownership,trade licences (now available to car washers),S.O.R.D amongst other things. Of particular interest is Reg 11 on changing numbers.Will this kill the trade? DVD
• sticking with fully synthetic oil. 23 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  As the car has always used fully synthetic - am I right it thinking that the best choice would be to go with mobil 1?
• Lucas electrics 25 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  While looking for information on the control box, I came across this, which should amuse anyone who has ever owned an old Landie or British Leyland car: http://www.landroverclub.net/Club/HTML/Humor_electrics.htm By the way, can anyone explain to me, very simply, what the three coils in a Lucas control box actually do?
• Seat Leon 1.6 Fuel 8 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  The car has been running great on the normal unleaded the dealership stuck in it when I test drove it. Are there any long term effects of not using 98 RON? Tim
• New MINI 3 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Its a very nice piece of kit and everyone is stopping outside our house to have a look! Lovely to drive - feels like a much bigger car on the motorway and yet like a Caterham on the country roads! What more can you want? Sold the old Cinquecento for a grand today as well so motoring wise pretty damn chuffed. Piers
• 7 seats but dont like MPVs 1 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  I'm looking for a car with 7 seats for family running around and the occaisional longer trip, but dont like big MPVs as they seem a bit van like. I've got about £8-12k to spend and it has to be an automatic. My thoughts to date: Vauxhall Zafira, Peugeot 406 estate, maybe an old Mercedes E-class estate.
• My car was mistakenly scrapped by dvla 13 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone, So to cut a long story short we recently (in September) bought a 5 month old car from a main dealer. Just before Xmas we received a refund on the road tax .... very odd We called the dvla to find out why they had refunded the road tax and they said it was because the car had been reported as scrapped on their system and asked us to send photos of the car/Vin etc sitting on our drive.
• Coupe 4 seats - Car Buying Advice 7 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  we need coupe with 4 seats something with killer looks likes Jaguar XKR. cars could be 1 to 2 years old with 10k millage I am lookign at cars: Jaguar XKR Merc E Class Cabriolet BMW 6 series Please shed some lights on the above choices pro and cons especially where i will be if i want to change car in 2 year again and if there is any better option/car availble.