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• Used Saab 9-3 25 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Considering buying a used 9-3 - 2 yrs old 25,000 miles What should I watch out for? Is this a good vehicle - I'm looking for something solid, comfortable and safe - good on the motorway and ok to drive in town. I've looked at the car-by-car breakdown - just wondering if anybody has good/bad experiences of these.
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  What's the best first car for under £7000? 18 Aug 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for the first car for my daughter and can spend up to £7000. I will need to sell it on in 2.5 years so looking for something that may hold...
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  New insurance after a crash? 14 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Just crashed my car and the insurance company is more than likely writing it off. I'm not sure how it works with insuring the replacement. Will it be a...
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  Valetta parking 3 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife and I have reached an impasse when trying to choose a new car. For most of the year, we live in Gozo: a wonderfully old-fashioned, sunkissed hideaway,...
• Low mileage insurance? 15 Apr 2022 (Forum)
  I get frustrated trying to get insurance quotes. It just seems they are harvesting data. I pondering getting a an electric car, but wanted to keep the old petrol one, for longer journeys and more capacity. Someone pointed to me to a classic car, but they wanted £2,000 in premiums. Although it is n't a classic car, but an older car.
• Handing back a car on Hire Purchase 25 May 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all. I am almost 30 months into a 5 year HP payment plan on my current car. As far as I am aware this means I could hand the car back to the selling dealer and walk away with nothing more to pay. However, being almost two and a half years old the bodywork is not perfect, no dents but a few minor scratches that could do with work before the dealer would sell it on.
• 2015-2016 - Toyota Yaris or Ford Fiesta? 1 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Hi. I am looking for a used car for around 6-7k which I think could get me around 5 years old car. I quite like the look of a Ford Fiesta ( 1.1L or 1L ecoboost) and Toyota Yaris 1.3L petrol cars (both 2016 models). I'm having hard time deciding between the two so was hoping for some opinions on which on may be a better choice?
• Peugeot 3008 - Scrape on approved used car 3 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  've put a deposit down on an approved used car (just over a year old) and afterwards whilst looking at the car again noticed a little scrape on the opening side of the drivers door, as though it's been opened against a wall or something.   Picture here:  20191203-094233.jpg   The dealer has told me they can touch it up but will still be visible.
• Finding the name of the previous owner of a car 13 May 2018 (Forum)
  I am sure a few years ago, the V5 document gave the number of previous keepers and the name and address of the most recent.  However, the V5 which has just arrived for my wife's new (to her) car has only the number of previous keepers and no name.   The car is only 20 months old and was bought from a main dealer, so I assume it was a demonstrator or Mobility owner.  In any event, I 'm not worried, only curious; but when did they stop putting the name of the previous keeper on?
• VW Urban Fox 55 - VW Fox Wishbone Bushes 4 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  Is the car safe to drive?
• smooth riding family car 4 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Hello, talking to my dad this weekend who is under the doctor with neck and back pain,        he is going to change his car due to the harsh ride of his audi which is not helping the      situation,he is not bothered about badge but wants a saloon or hatchback family car as      he does a lot of running around with grandchildren. the ride is the important bit for him.
• Hyundai i30 Estate - Buying a new car 15 Aug 2010 (Forum)
    However the dealer will give me no discount from the list price as I'm getting the benefit of their manufactures trade in trade up which gives me £3000 for my old car.  Does anyone know if the dealership is pulling a fast one when they say there is no movement in their price in these circumstances?  List price is 17,150 + 395 (paint) less £3000 trade in trade up my car is only worth £1000 max.
• What search radius for a car? 11 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I'm soon likely to get pestered into looking for a car for my 18 year-old son (not a simple task!), so have been perusing the Autotrader website for a few ideas. I've always put 'national' in the search distance - usually being willing to travel pretty far to view the right car - which made me wonder how far other Backroomers would normally limit their search......
• Cars parked everywhere,frustrating... 2 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I am on the road everyday in my line of work ,and get annoyed by the seemingly endless stream of parked cars on a lot of roads,which means i am forever stopping for oncoming traffic,we have an old chap who parks his car on the road outside his house on the corner as you turn in to the estate from the main road and have seen people nearly drive in to it many times,still its up to him and just one of the frustrating things about driving,one of the reasons i wanted an auto.
• Ever had an unlucky car 26 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Garage door fell against car while being moved - knocked off door mirror and damaged door skin - quotes for repair awaited. 4. This morning, windscreen cracked. Repaired today. Has anyone else bought a car that seemed destined to be unlucky?
• Ideas for first car? 1 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Am about to start learning to drive and realise that it would probably be a good idea to get a car seeing as my parents only own automatics. What is a good car to get for around 2 - 3k? Wouldn't want it to be particularly old because I will probably drive to school (30 miles there and back) and around quite a lot so I want something reliable and solid.
• Tax disk from previous car! Help! 13 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, I traded my old car in in April which was on it's last legs. I just got through a letter from DVLA stating that I owed them £19 + a £40 admin fee for the car's tax disk as I am still the legal owner, even though I got a form from the VW dealership at the time stating the opposite.
• Getting RAC Inspection - advice 25 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Do you think they would refund the deposit on the car? It would be from a main dealer on a car less then 2 years old. Would like to hear from anyone who has used RAC or AA for inspection, I'm not a member of either. Thanks
• Lost car key 1 May 2005 (Forum)
  My car keys has been stolen last week and I have not got a spare for it. I have asked AA to open tht door lock for me and I have the key for the ignition (it is different from the door key), and have left the door unlock so I can get access to the car and drive it.
• Car warranties - worth it? 15 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  My main worry is that the autobox will fail and I'll be left with a massive bill (that happened to me on my previous car and I was forced to sell it). Anyone got any thoughts? for background info the car has 45k on the clock and I do between 12 and 15k a year in it.