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• Cost of motoring 28 May 2004 (Forum)
  The cars have covered around 133,000 miles in that time. This makes depreciation a shade over 4p / mile. Pretty good, I thought. Then I worked out the total cost (I also keep reasonable records of money spent) - I find that my cars run at around 17p / mile all in.
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  I need a large family car for low mileage use. Would a plug-in hybrid suit? 22 Apr 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to buy a secondhand family car. I will do short commutes to work (7miles), schools trips and occasional long journeys. It will need to be a...
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  A friend opened my car door and damaged another vehicle - am I liable? 28 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  A friend asked if someone with whom he had done a house and car swap, could drop off his car at my house. When the car arrived he had his wife and two...
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  I bought am ex-demo car and the clutch has failed after 5500 miles - should the dealer repair it for free? 16 Jan 2018 (Ask HJ)
  On 1 June 2017, I bought a Nissan Qashqai ex-demonstration car with 2000 miles from a Nissan main dealer. The clutch failed last week, so I took it in...
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  Car hire at Malaga Airport - what do you think of this? 19 Oct 2014 (Ask HJ)
  Seeing in your column the many horror stories about car hire abroad felt it only fair to recount our recent experience at Malaga Airport. We had booked...
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  Damaged vehicle repairs 10 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has just had an articulated lorry rip the side off her car on a roundabout and, of course, we are now in the usual insurance tangle. The car...
• BMW 525D Touring E61 - Poor Service & Rejection 19 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  I arranged to return the car again, coupled with installing Ipod connectivity at a time convenient to me. The car suffered with random alarm soundings, until early June when it was going off early one morning! When I went to start the car, it didn't with loads of dashboard lights flashing at random intervals.
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  Which car i will keep, Nissian Almera 2.2 or Vauxhall astra 1.6 17 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have Nissan Almera 2.2D sport (52 reg 84,000 miles). But it failed its MOT and I had to spend £900 to fix it. It took 3 months to fix. I bought it...
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  Bore and stroke 27 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Please can you give us any advice regarding a problem with the Toyota Avensis? Earlier this year we noticed our car was using a lot of oil and our son...
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  Keyer ceased 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My father's Motability car was stolen from the rear of his driveway. My mother started up the car to go and post a letter. She noticed that the letter...
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  X Klamation 9 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a 2003 Jaguar XK8. I was told I would get a 12-month warranty with the car and when it was delivered by the salesman, I was asked to...
• Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Lacquer peeling on RED Merc A class 2016 19 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  I contacted the Merc dealership & there workshop assessed it and said they would make a case for repair to Merc UK, they admitted they had seen this before on other cars. Merc come back with a 50% goodwill saying the car come with 3 years warranty which is now obviously passed. Ive heard there is a separate warranty or cover on paintwork but im finding it difficult to get a confirmed timescale for that, does anyone else know if there is such a thing?
• Honda Jazz - Cat N concealed by dealer 14 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  The number plate was covered up in the advertisment in Autotrader which was why I did the basic check when I arrived at the dealer and saw the car. I realise now that I was naive in not checking more thoroughly before paying the deposit and I will be a wiser shopper in the future.
• Ford Focus 2013 - 17" v 18" alloys. 12 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  So imagine my surprise when I just handed back a hire vehicle - a Focus with the same engine. Over the past two weeks I covered just under 700 miles, average mpg? 62mpg.  The rental car had done similar miles, same model year, same engine, basically the same car (Zetec S -v- our titanium) driving on same roads, same driving style.
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  Will fitting a towbar invalidate my warranty? 17 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently bought a new Ford Kuga and want to get a towbar fitted by an independent company. However, my local dealer has told me (in writing) that...
• Worst car, forced to own through circumstances 20 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Back in the early 80s we could get an LA car loan as a car was required for the job. Only problem was it had to be British (before said LA got threatened with the EU court) Given the starting salary, that was either a basic Fiesta or metro.
• Porsche Boxster - Replacing Porsche boxster with 4 seat car? 15 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  I have a lovely boxster 2008 but my daughters start school soon and I need to find something with four seats. My wife drives a Lexus rx400h as the main family car. The second car will only cover 4000 miles a year. I also like something a but different I have loved my boxster and I have started to look around but nothing ticks all the boxes. I have driven the Mini Cooper D but found the ride very firm even compared to the Porsche and they are not cheap.
• Ford Focus 1.8 2009 plate (vision blue) - Probs with peeling on ford focus 3 May 2012 (Forum)
    Also noticed inside the stereo buttons, a couple of those are flaking.  This isnt what I was expecting from a £10,000 car and am starting to get slightly worried.  I have owned other cars for 5 years or more and never noticed flaking buttons and flaking lacquer on outside.  Wished I hadn't got such a shiny car now.
• Mazda 2 - Tree falling on car 24 Apr 2012 (Forum)
   He is covered on his mother's policy and   a) they have threatened to knock off the Protected No Claims Discount  and b) they now suspecting that he is the main driver and want proof that my wife uses the car.
• Audi A6 + RS6 (1997 - 2004) - 98 1.8 A6 Brake Failure 21 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Dismantled banjo inspected and cleaned all surfaces and rebuilt. Filled and bled system all OK. The car had been serviced by Audi 6 weeks before and had a fluid change. Whilst under the car I also noticed a drip of Coolant from the floor tray and traced this to the bottom of the front timing cover. The Cam belt and water pump had been changed 4 weeks ago due to the cars age 1998.