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• Spanish Austin Victoria 14 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  In my line of work I travel to Spain often. in Bilbao I had noticed a car parked across the street from our offices which looked like a triumph Dolomite crossed with an Austin 1100. the badges said Austin Victoria. Can anyone give me some more information about this car ?
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  Lexus RX450h navigation problems 7 Aug 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I used the voice command to 'Go Home' in my Lexus RX 450h and 20 minutes later got a message to say there were traffic issues on the selected route and...
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  Smart, for four 29 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking for a car that will take four people and their luggage on holiday to southern Spain. I need comfortable seats and a smooth ride. Cruise control...
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  What could be causing our SEAT Alhambra to struggle on mountain roads? 3 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  The last two years have seen us drive to our holidays in Southern France and Spain in our 2004 SEAT Alhambra TDI 130. The journeys have been uneventful,...
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  Are KIA Sedonas known for having poor brakes? 15 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  We are experience a continuing groaning noise when bringing our 2004 KIA Sedona automatic to a stop. We have been back and forth to our local dealership...
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  Two left feet 7 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I would like to endorse you advice in using automatics. In the 1960s I took over my father's automatic Jag, having just sold a manual Mk2. I quickly worked...
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  Stopping speeding 10 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I suggest there is a better alternative to road humps. These could be replaced by a single red light at the side of the road that is either on or off....
• SEAT Mii - Car Pricing 31 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  I live in Spain and whilst on the internet I recieved a pop up for Seat Mii's and the astounding price they were asking was unbelievable, Seat Mii 3 door base works out at £4,650, Boost up to a 5 door with some included extras and the price leaps to £5,200.
• How to report a scam on Autotrader? 9 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Got an email back, written in illiterate English, claiming the owner is a Royal Navy captain based in Spain, who bought the Conti cheap from the NAAFI and has to sell it quickly because his six months without re-registration has run out! As usual, the car will be delivered to the UK and the money will be paid via a third party.
• fiesta 97 - Fiesta ignition key barrel (again - sorry) 29 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I have read on here the barrel is held in by a silver cap that is crimped over the barrel and this seems to be what I have, question is, how can I remove this cap without causing too much damage? Just to confuse things I live in Spain but the car is a German import. My first post so thanks for looking,   Gumski 
• Volvo XC90 (2002 - ) - Would you consider this car? 23 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I e-mailed in a very general manner (not referring to the make or model of the car) and got a message back that the car is in Spain. It was taken there buy the owner due to the economic crisis - she returned home she says, but cannot sell it there as it is RHD. Assured me that the car is A1. All fine so far. But, firstly how can inspect the car without committing to buy it.
• Hiring a car in Belfast, driving in to ROI 3 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Anyone have any experience of this? What about hiring a car in Europe mainland and driving say from France in to Spain, how does it work. Guy
• Agreement Doc for Repair to Avoid Insurance Claim 16 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  He's now agreed with the third party to pay for the repair himself and avoid any claim on insurance. The other person seems okay with this - and he's moving to Spain in a few weeks. After this is sorted step-son is going to get rid of the car to save money and cancel the insurance. He therefore needs something legally binding that the third party signs to say no claim will be made regarding damage to his vehicle or personal injury etc.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 petrol estate. Air-con problem 11 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Any help please.Fitted a secondhand compressor to air con as original had a gas leak and getting parts to repair down here in Spain is a virtual no go area.Anyway,works fine,better than before apart from a terrible rattle from the clutch when first switched on.Two or four attempts later the noise stops and I can use it all day without probs.The noise is the clutch connecting and releasing at an alarming rate which improves each time you switch off and on again.Had the pressure checked and that is correct and the power supply is not fluctuating?
• Summer Driving (hopefully...) 24 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Any chance of some advice? I've lived in Spain for 10 years, always managing to avoid the summer jams in England on my occasional return trips. However, this year the plan would be to go from Portsmouth to North Devon on the 22 July, exactly one day after the schools break up!!
• VAG Group v/s Labour Unions 29 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  VAG have a winning hand here, they could easily move production abroad ? don?t they already manufacture in Brazil, Spain, Czechoslovakia? Anybody know of any others?
• Spanish Car Prices (in English!) 10 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I am going to live in Spain soon, and, sadly, will probably have to part with my 2000V Focus tdi Zetec(49k, ac, metallic etc, & a recipient of HJ's recommended TLC). Apart from its thirst, a joy to own, BUT rhd/UK spec. I am thinking of a smallish diesel SUV, which is comfortable, not too awful to drive, and will last me for quite a few years.
• Diesel oil change advice 29 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  Car does a variety of short journeys to work and longer weekend runs and its last 5k miles included a trip to Spain. Thanks PhilW
• A303 - European Superhighway? 30 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Two points; 1.) If a road carrying this amount of traffic and also part of the Euro Network were in Spain/Portugal/France/Italy then I'm sure they would already have a 3-lane superhighway in state of the art tarmac - funded by the EU of course. In Blighty we have to struggle along a single carriageway more suited to a B-road across Exmoor.
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  Why is car rental in Europe so expensive? 15 Mar 2022 (Ask HJ)
  We were due to go to Spain for a week last August until travel restrictions forced us to postpone to the end of June/start of July this year. When booking...