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• Need a new car, how much should I spend? 2 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  Hey all  My car looks like it's on its way out and it may be time for a new old one. I don't have a max budget per se, as I'll be taking out a loan for it (I very recently got a relatively well paying job so I don't have the cash to hand to buy a car outright, but I know  I can cover loan repayments) In theory I could spend up to £5k on a car, but I don't want to do that unless its necessary.
• VW Dealers sold me a damaged car. advice! 10 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  The manager said "dont worry about that! your clock starts (exchange clock) when we open back up! I have the car on PCP can i hand it back plus get my old Audi back (still in their possession) Exchange the car for another VW maybe a cheaper one, would my original £2750 i was given as part ex still be used against another car from the dealership!
• VW GOLf 1.9 TDI - Advice on selling my VW Golf 7 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  HI Due to retirement I am selling my Golf TDI  it was first registered July 2008 and is almost 12 yrs old. I have personally owned it for almost 10 yrs it has a full service history and 11 months MOT the mileage is 77k. Honest John have valued the car at £2400 and We buy any car.com around £2000 although they have yet to see the car.
• Small automatic runabouts and rental cars 6 Feb 2014 (Forum)
   The Picanto has slightly odd seats that are OK, but not great.   I come back the that old standby - would I buy one at home.  Well no I wouldn't because of all sorts of reasons mainly related to feeling good about oneself when driving up to appointments, or into the car park of the (golf club/gym/church/synagogue)* delete as appropriate.
• starting up car business 11 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  working in and out of the motor trade, i have always taken a personal and buisness interest in cars. With a fair ammount of knowledge of motors and a fair/good understanding of the industry and buyers trends, i am tempted to go part-time in work and buy and sell cars with the rest of my time. I have had various jobs form finding cars for customers to being a vehicle finance manager.
• Ford - How to approach Dealer after repair that wasnt fix 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  He thought it might be the Idle Control Valve so put a new one on and it didn't fix it - so he put the old one back on. So last Monday i took the car to local Ford main dealer. I explained the symptoms and they kept the car in for 2 days. I got a phone call sayig that everything is fixed. I picked the car up on wednesday but nothing has changed - the car is still exactley the same.
• Hpi Recorded on Security Register 21 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  The car I am interested in is nearly 10 years old though so I have no idea why it would be on the HPi Security Register - do you think it could be an admin error? I'd greatly appreciate any advice/whether anyone else has had a car on this register.
• Free car.Yay or nay 8 May 2008 (Forum)
  It looks like the car will be a Ford Focus 1.6 Tdci, about 12 months old. We will jointly do about 30,000 miles pa, mainly on quiet motorways. Coming to the point, can anyone see any pitfalls re insuring it or anything else?
• nearly new ! 9 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  i have been looking for a decent 2 hand car for about two weeks 1: main dealer very good car decent trade in price\'was going back next day to buy (£10K price)checked their web site £500 pounds cheaper,showed this to sales man he said you can have it at that price no problem,he would knock £500 off my trade in i smiled at him and walked. 2 next i went to a fairly large dealer not main checked on the phone about state of car and checked on his webb site looked fine 60mins drive to view car was £7000 2 year old diesil 23k on clock full history got there car had 2 bald tyres engine bay was very!!
• Estate car recommendations 17 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Hi! I'm looking for a new (actually used, but new to me) car that's going to be suitable for a family of 4 - me, partner, and our currently 2 year old and 2 month old kids. We currently have a Ford Focus (2016) and while it's not a bad car, it is a bit of a squeeze, especially if we are travelling to see family which is about a 2 hour drive from where we are.
• Help Required with New Car Options Please 23 Nov 2011 (Forum)
    I have a budget of £14,000 allowing for trade-in figure of about £6,500 (slight dents to mini boot where it argued with electric garage door) and am looking for a car less than a year old if poss - I think this rules out Prius anyway. Any ideas please? Have already discounted A-class as seat on test run did my back in!
• Merc A140 or Honda Jazz? 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Assuming I could get either as above what car is most likely to lose more money over the next 5 years? Also can anyone tell me the true servicing costs of these cars as I just can't believe what the dealers told me as they came out with so much bull...!!
• Skoda Enyaq - EV charging cable 27 Apr 2025 (Forum)
  Last night for curiosity we plugged it back in and it worked fine as we heard a click and the display turned purple and began charging the car. I think its been dirt on the connections, my question is is it ok to use some electrical contact cleaner on the cable to clean these as I do on my old corsa's electrical contacts before each winter      
• Nissan Micra 2001 K11 MK2 - Electrical plug on a retractable seat belt. 17 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  I tried gently pulling out the white plug with pliers so I could connect the yellow plug from the car back in again. I had no success in pulling out the white plug.  Any help will be very much appreciated.      
• Alfa Romeo Brera - Alloygators - poor quality and a waste of money 3 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  This will be old news to a lot of forum members, but after fitting Alloygators to my Alfa Romeo Brera a few months ago, I've realised how little durability they have - plus they damage your alloy rims. Living in a tight cul-de-sac, I've bumped the kerb a few times at around 5 mph only to find, even at such low speed impacts, the Alloygators detach from the rim and make your wheels look awful i.e. they wobble as you drive making the car unsafe.
• Saab 95 - Seat belt issues 8 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  So I'm a little 5' tall  old lady and drive a large Saab estate. The law says I must wear  seat belt However, the seat belt goes across my throat. If I come to a sudden stop, this will more than likely kill me by crushing my windpipe or severing an artery.
• Chip shortage 27 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  We hear a lot about the chip shortage affecting the car industry but other impacts I've felt this week (literally) is on gas boiler spares. My combi has been playing up and my plumber has diagnosed the PCB. Usually he phones his supplier and gets one next day but they have none.
• Lexus IS250 - How long to keep tyres 4 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  Few month ago I acquired a little used 2007 Lexus IS. The car spent most of it’s life garaged by a LOL (little old lady), recently with the cold weather the front tyres started to skip a bit when turning slowly over imperfect road or camber. My understanding is that this is a trait of rear wheeled motors with low profile tyres (mine is 17" on 245/45 at the back and 225/45 at the front, both Dunlops of some kind)..
• Ford Focus - Ticking noise from tyre 17 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  I thought it may be a stone or nail in the tyre but after thoroughly checking, this was not the case.  I then jacked the car up and rotated the wheel to see if I could hear anything. I then noticed that there was something rolling around INSIDE the tyre as I turned the wheel. I imagine this may part of an old valve stem or similar.
• 2003 Golf 1.9 sdi. - Golf Mk 4 cambelt change. 12 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  I've owned my 2003 Golf Mk4 1.9sdi from 12 months old and 3k miles. According to VW a cambelt change should be every 4 years or 40k miles for this model. It's currently on 51k miles and has been regularly serviced (by me after the warranty expired) apart from cambelt which is perhaps a bit beyond me.