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• No appeal of sub-£10k cars with VED of £500 ?? 12 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  Hi, As some of you may know, I swapped my Jaguar XF 3L petrol for a Rover 600 earlier this year. It is now 4 months since I did this, and I can still see my old XF for sale on AT. Recently the seller (trader) reduced the price by about £800 so it's now just under £9k. But I wonder whether the £500/yr VED would put people off these cars @ this price level ?
• Personlised Number Plate - Logistics? 17 Jun 2017 (Forum)
   Do I contact my current insurer first and hope their isn't an admin fee this close to renewal date or go on the DVLA website and transfer it over and then renew the insurance? I use my car Mon - Fri but I do have a driveway to park offroad if needed and I still have the physical number plates that were removed from my old car. Any advice greatly appreciated.
• VW Golf - 5dr Golf registered as 3dr with DVLA, HPi & VW 16 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  I'm sure that there is nothing dodgy with the car - it was originally a VAG owned lease car and then one private owner from 2 years old but I'd imagine that when I come to trade the car in within a few years this could present a problem. Is there an easy way to change the V5, HPi report and VW database so that they show as a 5dr version.
• VW - Extra miles on clock following a sale. 23 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  I'm trying to get another take on something that happened after my daughter traded in a car at a VW garage. She had a drive in a demonstrater and agreed to buy. The car, as I said was a demonstrator and had approx 7800miles on the clock. The trade in was a 10year old Focus with approx 55k on the clock.
• Returning a lease car 19 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  The Juke goes back to the lease company next month. I have looked at the BVRLA website for specific advice about the condition in which a car should be returned, but it is password protected - so much for care for the consumer! The car is about to be three years old and has done just under 20,000 miles (out of 24,000 contracted).  Internally, it is fine needing only a good vacuum and wipe over.
• Skoda Citigo 1.0 - 3 cylinder regression 27 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Ive had two fabias with the old 1.2htp 3 cylinder engines, which in comparison are quiet and silky smooth as they use a counterbalance shaft. The new 1.0L 3 cylinder engines very obviously dont. The rest of the car? Tat. Reminded a bit me of my first polo in 1976, talk about cheap feel and basic!!
• Hyundai i20; Ford Fiesta - Hyundai i20 vs Ford Fiesta 22 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I am looking to buy my first car to commute to my job (40 miles a day). My priorities are reliability and safety and at the moment I am mainly looking at Hyundai i20s and Ford Fiestas. My budget is £6500 and I prefer the car to be less than 5 years old.
• Motability Renewal Options 11 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Im posting on behalf of my 74yr old father. His Motability car is up for renewal from next  month and Ive been trying to help him come up with a decent replacement for his Citroen C4. He never ventures onto the motorways at all and very rarely uses roads with speed limits in excess of 40mph.
• Jaguar XJ8 3.2L year 2000 - Battery drain 19 Sep 2013 (Forum)
   The battery on my year 2000 XJ8 3.2L runs down to 20% of capacity and c.11.9 volts if left standing for two weeks after a run or charge, and the car on occasion has not started due to a low battery. Disconnected from the car the 100 AH battery, Bosch 12 months old, holds its charge and tests OK. An auto electrician found a current drain of only 0.2amps  with the car locked, presumably for the alarm system.
• Ford Fiesta 3dr Zetec 1.0 80ps (203 1) - Change of car ? 2 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Hi  I have a Ford fiesta zetec 1.4 it was 3 yrs old when I got it and I have had it 4 years very happy driving but as its now 7 years thinking of changing as my finance is all but paid . The car I have been looking at is  Ford Fiesta 3dr Zetec 1.0 80ps  ( 2013 ) sales person tells me it is the new eco engine but not turbo no rd tax better on petrol cheaper on insurance .
• Ford S-MAX - Car servicing dates 29 May 2012 (Forum)
  My S-Max will be three years old on 29 June 2012.  It was serviced in May 2010, early April 2011 (due to an extended holiday) and I now need to consider the 2012 service.  Servicing regime is 12,500 miles or 12 months.  My car has done 31,000 miles.
• Lexus Gs or Mercedes E class - Next car??? 17 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Background Retired now doing appreox 4000 per year. Mostly low mileage journeys. Head says Give up car and use taxis when needed and/or hire car for any longer journeys Heart says Luxo barge at 2/3 year old to last next 5/7 years then will be 75 and driving will be hell by then.   Budget can be p to 20,00 Realise issues with diesel and DPF so wondering if Mercs are good/bad in this respect.
• peugeot 307 sw 2002 - Dull thud when trying to start, and won't start at 26 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Do these motors pressurise for any reason? If there is a possibility of the timing belt being dead, and the car being 250,000kms old, I will have to sell for spares and get another car. But not a Pug, I am sick of the orange particle filter lights coming on, 500€uros, and the diesel additive running out, another 400€uros.
• what car to buy - opinions please?? 25 Jul 2010 (Forum)
    Don't like it, the build quality is rubbish, it's got lots of creaks and rattles, it keeps losing power, and the road noise is worse than my old Fiesta. So I want to change it.  I wondered if anyone had any opinions re similar sized cars.  Ideally I want to spend between 10000-11000, and I guess what matters most to me is a car that feels well put together and is quiet!
• Honda Civic UK (1995 - 2000) - 96 1.6 Automatic-Handbrake does not hold 28 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Its mum's car. !996 N reg/5 door with 54k She says when in drive with the handbrake on the car moves forward, with a groaning noise coming from the rear brakes. I have tested it myself and it does seem that the passenger rear caliper is not working, as the car lurches to one side when moving forward.
• LPG conversions -- resale values 3 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I was having a look at a couple of LPG conversion websites, and was wondering about the resale values against a diesel car. Say, for the sake of argument a 2.5l petrol car cost about £3000 at 4 years old because of the fuel consumption. A similarly-powered diesel car may well be the thick end of five grand at the same age due to the superior MPG, but with an LPG conversion costing between £1500-2000 it seems to me that the petrol option would be cheaper and more fun as well.
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - Ford Ka, good first car? 1 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  My daughter is hoping to take a test soon and wants to buy a car to practise in and drive once she's passed her test. (she's unable to add herself to our cars insurance) She has a max of £1,500 and likes the Ka. At this price there are quite a few available. I have to go and look at a few in the next day or so, so is there anything I should look out for ( I believe they can have a tendency to rust) and is it a good buy?
• Idle thoughts on new road tax. 4 May 2008 (Forum)
  I was going to update my car which would be a decent profit for a dealer. With the new road tax coming in I have changed my mind as the old car will save me a good bit bit on road tax as time goes by and still runs ok. My neighbour has a similar car to mine but newer and I guess much more carbon efficient yet he will pay more tax than me.
• San Storm convertible? 16 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  James May (who was hosting the event) likened the San to the Japanese Q cars, because of the size of it. Don't know what other people think, but for £10k I'd put my money into a 2nd hand MX-5. You could get a nice 1.8 with low mileage and only 2 or 3 years old for that money.
• Porsche Boxter - deposit paid! 28 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Not sure if anyone cares about this but there are some who doubted I would ever buy a sporty car. Well I just put down a deposit on a black P reg Boxster 2.5 (private sale)! Having looked it over inside & out, it didn't look much more than 3 years old which says a lot about the build quality.