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• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2001 (Y), 1.8 TDDi Ghia 15 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Posted around a week ago re: Focus TDDi, about to do a deal on the car, had a car inspection report that indicated a possible oil leak that requires investigation. The franchised dealer that we're buying it off has seen the report and serviced the car, and says it has attended to any problems found in the report.
• Mazda MX5 (1998-2005) - Paintwork Quality 10 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I am in process of valeting my 30 year old female cousin's MX5. It has done about 55k miles and is a Y Reg. Now I have owned and washed many cars in my day but I have never seen one with so many stone chips and rust spots as this! Is this just a feature of "sports cars" and their relative height on the road?
• new car dealer and dvla 19 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  In the middle of may this year purchased a new car from a main dealer, also part exchanged my old car as part of the deal. upon request I handed in all my vehicle documents including the v5 log book. The saleman assured me that everything would be done as regards informing dvla etc.
• What hapens to the Lemons? 19 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Is it something that nearly new car buyers should be aware of? Hugo
• Car for huge mileage? 27 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Therefore, my annual mileage (my wife can't drive) is likely to skyrocket from about 5000 to somewhere around 30,000. I am sceptical that my 9 year old Rover 200 (excellent car though it has been) will be up to the job and, besides, the petrol costs would be astronomical. I am now thinking about getting a diesel car. I am not all that bothered about prestige etc. and I think that fuel economy will be my primary concern.
• VW Golf 4 TDI Match 100 cablegearchange 28 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Hi all, I wish I found your website before we purchased our car... We have bought a one-year-old VW Golf IV TDI three weeks ago. Since the first days we (my wife and I) had difficulties selecting gears - we returned the car for a check and VW readjusted the gears.
• Deal of the month 8 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Here's the deal. 01Y Corsa 1.2 Comfort with 41k - cost to change £7495 "Fire and theft insurance" (Gap insurance?) £29.99 per month Finance at 20.9% APR - £195 per month Total cost to change - £13499.40 Value of car in 5 years' £1200 Net cost including depreciation - £12300 The car's worth about £5500, less at auction. The sad thing is, he doesn't even have a bad credit record. Or he could have done: 03 Corsa 1.2 SX - £7838 with a year's free insurance (£600) Trade in for the old car - £850 (pessimistically, more privately) Finance at 6.7% APR - £136.97 x 60 or £214.55 x 36 Total cost to change - £8218.20 or £7723.80 Value of car at end - £4200 or £2800 Net cost including depreciation - £4018.20 or £4923.80 So, a deal that could have cost him less than £5k over 5 years on a brand new car has cost him over £12300!
• What I eventually bought 3 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  I would like an automatic again but am not fussed about the badge. I am looking to spend £12k - £13k so most likely the car will be @3 years old. I know that a Ford Galaxy powershift and Seat Alhambra DSG would fit the bill but as I don't need 6/7 seats that much I don't really want a car that large to drive all the time.
• Rust retrospectively, predicting future 5 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  and most modern young drivers will never have. But how do you predict the future for buying as rustproof a car as possible, when a Volkswagen and Mercedes Benz can rust faster than a Peugot and Fiat in the modern era? Lets narrow it down a bit to where it really matters, an old boy buying his last new ( retirement) car for under £8,000.
• Old Polo v New Polo 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Just prolonging the 15000 word dissertation a bit longer here really... Been driving a brand new Polo for the last couple of days, and thought I'd compare...
• SEAT Ibiza Sport TDi 130 - opinions? 15 May 2003 (Forum)
  Right, I'm totally bored with my Jan2001 Honda Accord SE Exec 2.0 VTEC - it's a very nice car and all but it bores the pants off me. It's too big, too soft, too cosy and too much like the sort of car my in-laws should have (whenever I give them a ride anywhere they always say "Ohhhh this is a lovely car, we should get one like this").
• Volkswagen Polo IV - Tree sap on car 15 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  I left my car at a manchester airport car park where you drive in to the airpark carpark, take out your luggage and the car park staff park up your car. we were away for 45 days and on our return in the evening, we checked around the car for dents, but everything was ok apart from the car needing a good wash.
• third letter 19 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I am an old person and was accompanied on the occasion in question by my four-year-old granddaughter. "I would like to point out the further inconvenience of unwittingly using a defective meter which then fails to refund the money inserted.
• three years 6 months - Ssangyong Korando 15 Jul 2025 (Forum)
  It made me smile, It has been the longest I have kept a car for many years Just one minor problem in that time, a coil pack at a couple of months old. Since then routine maintenance and 2 tyres. Still good to drive, still like the looks and especially the classic dashboard layout with physical controls.
• Renault - Should I trust Renault? 21 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  We have been very happy with our Kadjar which we bought new 3 years ago. So much so we were on the verge of considering a Clio as our second car But at just 3 years old the automatic gear box on the Kadjar has failed resulting in a lengthy visit to the garage (>10 days) as a part (something to do with the clutch??) has to be ordered Thankfully an extended warranty was purchased!
• SEAT Ibiza 1.0 TSi - Main Dealer, Specialist or Indie service 21 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  Does anyone think that the car would be worth less at trade in time, without a full main dealer service history? Would still have a full service history, but the last 2 or 3 wouldn’t be main dealer.
• Travelling abroad - when possible. 14 May 2021 (Forum)
    I cam move this  a bit later to general... What does the panel think about post pandemic travel, by car or otherwise.
• Ford Focus 2016 - Retractable Tow Bar 11 May 2021 (Forum)
  Electronic automatic retractable tow bar is not working. Car is 5 years old, I've had it for 14 months and never used the tow bar. I need it in a couple of days so thought I would test it first. Saw how to do it on a youtube video and tried the same thing on mine today without success.
• Suzuki SX4 S-Cross - Suzuki SX4 S-Cross 2017-19 dual clutch issues? 24 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Hi I have been thinking of buying this car as it meets a sweet spot for price/features/age. Considering spending up to £14k on a model 1-3 years old. We have to buy an automatic as my partner has an automatic licence. All the models we've seen so far have a dual clutch.
• Vauxhall movano 2.3 - Short journey for diesels DPF etc 16 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  If I also use it for trips to the supermarket and driving around town (maybe 2k miles per year) will this cause any diesel/dpf issues over the long term or will the 4x 90mile journeys per week be enough to not make the short journeys have any negative effect?   I was thinking about buying an old small petrol (yaris) for the short journeys but with the extra cost for the car / tax and insurance I'm not sure it's woth it for just a few thousand miles per year.   Thanks