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• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - Warranty claim - Ford wriggling 23 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Just been speaking to my dad, his almost two year old Fiesta 1.4TDCi has done 56,000 miles as a driving school car. He has noticed when the car warms up gearchage becomes difficult, especially going through the neutral 'gate'. It will disengage gear OK, spring to neutral then it requires a real push to get it through neutral before it goes into the next gear with no problem.
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - warranty 30 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  2. if it doesnt go, is it worth me buying an extended warranty for it after garage warranty ended? 3. or should i just take the car back to the garage? trouble is though, the car i px wasnt up to much, and i got a good price for it (i did not dupe him in any way!), so im a little anxious about returning if he's figured that the car i left him with was trash.
• Volkswagen Tiguan SUV (2008 - ) - Broke down 7 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Dealer good with loan car (especially as I didn't buy car from them) 4. Bit worrying about reliability at so short a time.
• First Car 9 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I have been asking around at College for which they think in their opinion they render the most reliable car. However, some suggestions are that a Vauxhall Corsa 1200c.c. Diesel is in order. I ask what do you suggest and how to proceed further. My father has suggested to start with "an old banger"; but in my opinion I think it will be long-term more efficient if I can buy a half-decent car so I don't need to spend a lot of money on repairs etc.
• Have cars become far too complicated? 14 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I've heard about the BMW 'i' drive thingy and similar and think to myself 'no, no, no'. Grumpy old git getting behind the times or average consumer? Will we get to the time where a manufacturer does what the t.v. product makers have done and dumbs everything down so that there aren't a myriad of buttons on a dashboard and if you want to turn the aircon on there's a great big button in front of you that's glaringly obvious.... or will it keep going and get so bad that most people don't have a clue of what three quarters of their car can do?
• which car for use with 3 child seats? 2 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I have a 3 dr 05 Astra with 3 belts in the back so I hope this will be fine for me - I keep my cars in tip top condition and the thought of it ending up in the cosmetic shape of the Ka brings tears to my eyes!
• Long term seat comfort-how to tell? 17 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  How can you assess long term comfort from a test drive where aches might not set in? Only previous car to give me this was a Citroen saxo I had from new with its small offset pedals and cheap seats that flattened. I found I was sitting twisted with that one. Omega should be a comfortable old barge!
• Cheap cars 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Can't wait to see the expression of my work mates when the boss turns up in a £53 car!!
• Ford Fiesta 1.4 - strange noise 4 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I own a 9 month old Ford Fiesta 1.4 (left hand drive - as I am in Gibraltar) that was bought from the local Ford main dealer when new. Recently the car has started to make an unusual 'metallic sounding tick or click' in certain situations.
• Replacement for daughter's Clio? 30 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  despite her 2 previous cars being Renault, - a 5 and an old Clio neither of which gave any trouble at all, and is considering a "new" (not necessarily brand new) car So far she has mentioned Honda Civic , Seat Leon, Toyota Corolla, and Skoda Fabia.
• 200 miles and dead plugs on a 306 28 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I've kept the 4 'old' plugs and checked their serial numbers, and they are indeed the right plugs for the car / engine - and you can tell they are new plugs. Thing is I'm now nervous that there's a deeper problem here which is going to rear its head again - I've only done 100 miles since the newest set were put in.
• 18k to spend - speed & prestige needed 23 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've just got a new job & am looking to change my car. I have a Golf mk4 GTi, 1.8 turbo, chipped to 190BHP. I absolutely love the car and find it fast & nice to drive (despite what others say about it on this board!). I now want to buy something that will be in the next level up of performance, and want some prestige with it too (sad I know) which means not having something too old unless it's pretty special.
• How cheap does a Lacetti have to be? 12 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  My parents are considering replacing their 4 1/2 year old Focus 1.6 Flight, now coming up to 80k miles. They will not consider any of the following:- i. buying a nearly-new car from a car supermarket or even a main dealer; ii. buying a new import (fair enough - they're not cheap enough for me either); iii. buying from a dealer outside the local area; iv. selling the car privately so they can haggle just on the price of the new one.
• Merc A-Class - Who are they kidding? 23 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  What a throughly disappointing car.
• MX5 Auto advice required!!!! 31 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  The problem really is this The dealer tells me that it's a UK car, but I can find nothing about UK MX5s autos anywhere they all seem to be imports. If anyone has knowledge of these cars, I'd appreciate their opinions (good/bad points over manual) and an idea of what mpg I would be likely to achieve.
• Pre Motoring Tension 5 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Fearing something dreadful, I looked out of the window to see front door open and sheepish ten year old boy come out followed a few seconds later by irate mother. Slamming the front door, she unlocked the car, they both climbed in, and she then slammed her car door too so hard that I winced. With no seat belt for either occupant, reverse gear crunched in on the third or fourth attempt, and no use of rear view mirror (she was looking at son throughout), she shot out backwards in to the street, missing the dropped section of kerb with one side of the car and riding up the kerb and on to the verge the other side.
• Need new car suggestions 4 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I need to change my current car 1996 clio to something larger - ive got a beautiful 1 year old daughter and the associated pushchairs/highchairs/shopping that comes as part of the package. The main problem is that the clio rears seats just arent suitable for a child seat to fit in securely.
• BMW questions 12 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Also I've looked in HJ's directories but there's nothing useful in there. So does anyone have any links? The thing I most want to know is that, as the car is 4 years old and has covered 107k miles, will it be in need of a timing chain change? The last service of the car was at 91k so the garage is going to do a (non-BMW) service on it but I just want to check what the status is with the chain - I've bought a car before (Passat) only for the timing belt to break within a month or so of ownership...
• Ford Focus / FSH - Warranty 20 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  I then called Ford who say that there is a 1000 mile leeway (or 1 month) on the service intervals. Any more invalidates it, and it's only goodwill from them that i can rely on. As i bought he car via internet / phone, it's covered by distance selling laws. The company happily admits that I have until Tues evening to return it for a full refund. That said, I like the car, and it's gonna be a big inconvenience... my px car has gone - i'll be carless until i sort a new one.
• Heater matrix pressure valve recall VW G 29 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I appreciate it's an old car, and that if the modification had been carried out the matrix might not have gone, but I wasn't aware of the problem until reading up on the internet when I first noted the problem. It occured immediately after a service (always the way, garages seem to wreck my car!)