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• Hyundai i40 diesel - New car? 3 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  Hello - I'm looking for a new car. I currently have a banged up old civic and am now looking at a Hyundai i40. Having never owned or driven a Hyundai, my question is are these cars any good? I have noticed they are very common as private hire taxi drivers in Glasgow and a couple have told me they are far better and more reliable than their precious skodas.
• Ford Focus - Car key will only lock, not unlock 3 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  Hi I don't have remote central locking. I have just had a new key made for my car as the old one snapped. They key turns the ignition and can lock the car, but not unlock. I will take the key back tomorrow but just wondering if anyone had any ideas? It would be really inconvenient if I can't get in untill tomorrow.
• Ford Mondeo - Cracked piston 17 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I have a 5 year old mondeo 1.8 TDCI which has only done 80k miles and has a cracked piston. To repair it by putting in a new engine would be £4500, and a second hand engine would be about £1000 cheaper! Basically this car is scrap as the cost to repair is more than the car is worth!
• Bargaining at independent car dealers 20 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Every time I have tried to buy a secondhand car (usually c.3-4 years old) my attempts to get a better deal have failed miserably. The advertized price is the price - no flexibility at all. This seems to be very different from buying new cars where there seems to be no fixed prices at all.
• Skoda Fabia (putitive leastwise) - Can a new car be better value than a fresh second 1 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Cos, at least if purchasing from the franchised network fresh second hand cars appear to be as dear as poison, mind ...................when I trawled the Autotrader site it was no better as all the fresh cars  still appear to be within the dealer network. Or am I just gettin old and miserly.
• News - Britain's Most Used Car 30 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Interesting article on the right under news regarding average model mileage breakdown by WarrantyDirect. The example in the article is a four year old Micra with 30k on the clock. You may be tempted to pay a bit extra as, using the 12k per annum average, it does appear lower than average mileage. However, for the specific car it is an average mileage so you could end up paying more for an average mileage for model car.
• Car debt at death 1 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  She just want's shot of the car, minimal hassle.
• Invalid Cars 4 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Driving through Crawley this lunchtime, saw one of these little electric cars (the sort usually driven by old ladies along the pavement). This was being driven by a man but along the road, even though there was a pavement available. He just trundled on as though he was a miniature car.
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  Approved used car has no service history - what can we do? 10 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My son bought a 2007 used Mercedes-Benz C220 CDi Sport from a main dealer in Aberdeen about six months ago. We have since discovered the car has barely...
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  Which larger estate would you recommend for carrying medieval reenactment gear? 14 Nov 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking for a large estate to carry quite a lot of kit for medieval reenactment gear. Ideally something not that new but reasonably reliable from say...
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  Excessive road noise on Ford C-MAX 16 Nov 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I have had a Ford C-MAX 1.8 TDI. It now has 62,000 miles on the clock and recently I have noticed excessive road noise from the front tyres. My local Ford...
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  Land Rover Freelander - when should I change the cam belt? 17 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My 2008 Land Rover Freelander is nearing 50,000 miles. Can you tell me when I should change the cam belt? A friend of mine (who works with Land Rovers)...
• KIA Ceed 2L diesel Sport 3 years old 33,000 miles - No accelerator - loss of power - engine stops 23 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  KIA CEED 2L Diesel Sport – 3 years old, 33,000 miles, majority motorway miles   Yesterday driving at 30mph the engine seemed to die.
• 1.4 TSI DSG - Skoda Octavia advice 27 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  We want something reliable after a couple of years of garage bills with my 17yr old MINI. We enjoy fairly regular camping/day hiking trips in the Lake District [100 mile round trip] and will want to continue with this, so need a fairly well sized car with a good boot.  In light of this we've been looking at Skoda Octavias, and have drifted slightly above budget to the likes of this; https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202103250579510?
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  Would Mercedes-Benz contribute to an ABC pump replacement? 10 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  My 2010 Mercedes-Benz CL500 was making noise so I took it to local dealer. He called in a Mercedes-Benz dealer who diagnosed the ABC pump failing. The...
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 06 1.6 Major leak into passenger & rear footwell 12 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hello folks, I really need someone's help. My car was bought in July at a well known car supermarket. It's 3 years old. Having resolved to try and work out why I had such a bad condensation problem in my car following the truly torrential rain a week ago, I found several litres of water in the passenger side footwells, most of which I've mopped up.
• Ford Focus - Wondering about new car 23 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I keep wondering if I should buy a new car, first new one since a terrible Renault 9 on no-deposit finance years ago, a car that put me off buying new or Renault ever since. I run a 61 reg 1.6 Focus, which is very good, though it hates speed humps, and is a lovely car to drive.
• Ford Fiesta Finesse 1.3 - Wiper stalk/ column doesn't work 22 May 2015 (Forum)
  I thought the indicator/ wiper sets would be interchangeable, and before scrapping the old car I would change them over. So that's what I did today. I thought it had gone fine until I realised that none of the buttons on the wiper stalk worked, on either car... The indicators, lights, horn, hazard lights work on both cars, but nothing on the wiper stalks.
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  Ford Fusion replacement 12 May 2015 (Ask HJ)
  Can you recommend a replacement car for my wife? She currently drives a Ford Fusion which she loves as she is only 5ft tall and finds the driving position...
• Renault Grand Scenic 6 years old, 60000miles - Renault Scenic loss of power/handbrake fault 30 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Been having a few issues with my Renault recently.  About a month ago the car cut out on my commute to work.  Wouldn't restart on the roadside...