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  Buying used diesel estate/hatch that will not depreciate with high personal miles 15 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for a used small estate car or square ended hatchback which has good mpg which will not depreciate massively. I will drive the car 110 miles...
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  What's the minimum mileage a car should do to keep it in good condition? 27 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  No single car meets all my needs. I'm prepared to have two, but only cover about 4000 miles a year in aggregate. I'm aware that under-used cars deteriorate...
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  Curates eggs 5 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 10 year old L/H drive VW Passat TDI Trendline estate car. Low mileage had since new. Superb car and do not wish to sell but import into UK....
• Advice on second hand car purchase 17 May 2024 (Forum)
  I'm doing about 175 miles a week, mainly motorway trips to and from work which is why I went for the big old Skoda and the C class before it but I'm wondering if the big old diesel engine route is still the way to go. I do a longer run to Oxford from Liverpool about once every 6 weeks or so. Budget is about £6,000.
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  What automatic car should I replace my old Kia Picanto with? 27 Feb 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to replace my 2005 Kia Picanto (automatic) with something similar, but more up to date. My budget is up to £8000 and a torque converter would...
• The Reality of Low Cost/Desperate Motoring 2 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  A Megane would not have been my recommended car but at this end of the market, I believe, condition and service history is all important. Worst comes to worst, the cost of the car plus tyres is about £600. If the car lasts a year, that's £50 a month.
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  Do you know where I can get an air filter for my 1986 Ford Sierra Cosworth? 2 Aug 2017 (Ask HJ)
  Do you know where I can get an air filter for my 1986 Ford Sierra Cosworth? Ford don't list this item and I've tried Euro Car Parts, Car Parts 4 Less,...
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  How do I find a value for my low mileage 1997 Ford Escort? 6 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  My dad has a 1997 4-door Ford Escort Freedom 1.3 with 32,629 miles. It's been garaged for about 5-6 years and was barely used before that. Despite looking,...
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  Should I be worried about buying a low mileage used car with three owners? 6 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to purchase a 2006 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2, 52,000 miles and I purchased an Experian vehicle check. I noticed there have been three owners, however,...
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  Jaguar F-Pace electrical fault - what's the cause? 29 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  My Jaguar F-Pace is five weeks old and has done 1500 miles. Last week, at the traffic lights, I put the car into neutral and all the electrics went dead....
• Maintain no claims bonus 23 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I think my options are: 1. Take a policy out on my wife's car. As her policy is 4 months old, there would be some cost to cancelling it. Although the annual premium is ~£50 cheaper for me insuring it. 2. Buy an old cheap (low insurance group) car, park it up and insure it.
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 1.9CDTI Engine Build Quality 30 May 2014 (Forum)
  Has anyone else encountered the same problems as myself with this engine? The car was purchased in Oct.2007,as an ex-company car with a good service history,it being only just three years old,with a mileage of 91K. Within a couple of weeks the intercooler had to be replaced ( under the sellers warranty),as it had a hole appear in it,after which the car ran well until 3 weeks ago when it had to be rescued with a suspected cam-belt failure.
• Buying advice for a newbie (& an old one at that!) 19 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm looking to pick the collected hive mind of the Honest John forum about what car I should purchase! I've never owned a car in my life (I'm...
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  Replacing a used Octavia - good idea? 23 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I’m thinking of replacing my 2003 Skoda Octavia Elegance hatchback 1.9 TDi. The car is great and tows a 1140Kg caravan with no problem, but I want to replace...
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  Looking for an automatic family car? 28 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I currently drive an Alfa Romeo Giulietta (Cloverleaf) that is 2 years old. It's not very well built and I would like a car that is automatic (my wife...
• Anyone been successful in the small claims court? 7 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  (needs reconditioning of gear box c£2000) I am just about to fill out forms for small claims court but am unsure what I can present as evidence that would help my claim. The dealer is going to claim that 2500 miles was "satisfactory quality" for a car that age - even though we paid over £3k for it. Has anyone successfully got a refund from a dealer in a similar situation for a car this old?
• Primera 2.2DCi - dead turbo? £'s to fix? 22 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Hello Again, Picked up the Primera 2.2DCi on Friday. £50 valet simply amazing and car looks fantastic (for a diesel estate!). Car is an ex company car 03 SE spec estate with the 2.2 136BHP DCi engine. Has done 75k with Full nissan service history. Last service done at 72k. Great. Can't go wrong at £4400.
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  Should I buy a Toyota Yaris which has been used for towing? 6 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am trying to buy my first car and have come across an ideal Toyota Yaris 1.0 VVT-I T2, priced at £3850. It looks great inside, is five years old and...
• Hyundai - Hyundai "Happy Returns" upgrade your scrappage buy 23 May 2010 (Forum)
  Customers will be able to trade up and down the range if they want to switch to a different car or add options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- What do we think of this idea? I reckon its a go-er, though poor old "apple" still hasn't had his first i10 let alone a new one.
• Gutted. My new car is old already! 1 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Very proud of my fab Volvo S60 D5. Upset that today I find out that there is now a new D5 engine with 185 bhp (mine 163bhp) and 400nm Torque (mine 340nm)...