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  3-piece sweet 18 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I need to replace my old Audi A4 Avant TDI. Living in Central London running a furniture/antiques shop and with dogs, I want a workhorse. It must be...
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  Scrap happy 4 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I’m looking to get new or newish small car for my wife who works part time as community nurse. Also occasionally used as a second family car. Question...
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  Don’t breaker the bank 20 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
  We are considering buying a new car and scrapping our 11-year-old Peugeot 406 to take advantage of the Government's Scrappage deal. We are looking to...
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  Tall order 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I am considering buying a new car as my aged mother is finding my aged Corsa increasingly difficult to get into and out of. Are you able to suggest some...
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  Picks and shovers 28 Feb 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Do you know if there are any New models of crewcab/5 seat pickups due out this year? Surely a facelifted Navara can't be too far away? Also, how do you...
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 1996 2.0 8v: running hot can't find a solution 13 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Evening folks, I've got a '96 2.0 8v megane that has recently started running hot. out of 6 bars it always used to run at the 1st bar, rising to the second...
• Big car with good economy 22 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  All on this list are diesels Ford Focus Titanium Est 1.6 DPF diesel Peugeotg 307 SW SE 136 Saab 9-3 Linear Spt Est Diesel 120 Mercedes B180 SE Seat Altea XL 140 C4 Picasso Exec 1.6 Hdi Renault Scenic Priv 2.0 Dci Seat Altea XL 140 DSG VW Touran SE 2.0 140 Renault Scenic Priv 2.0 Grand Honda Accord Est Sport 2.2 Cdti Saab 9-3 Lin Spt Est 150 BMW 318d ES C4 Picasso Exec 2.0 Passat SE Est 140 Toyota Verso 2.2 T Spirit Ford S-Max 2.0 Zetec Reanult Laguna Initiale 2.0 Dci Audi A4 Avt SE 2.0 140 PS I know that this is quite a varied list and as good as Mondeo's are, I don't really like them.
• Most Written off car. 5 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  The figures broadly reflect the typical shape of the UK car parc, with Ford occupying the top three places, followed by Vauxhall, Rover, Renault, Nissan, Volkswagen and BMW. Ford Fiesta was found to account for seven per cent of all claims during the period, followed by Ford Escort (6%), Ford Mondeo (5%), Vauxhall Corsa (4%), Vauxhall Astra (4%), Rover 200 (3%), Renault Clio (3%), Nissan Micra (3%), Volkswagen Golf (3%) and BMW 3 Series (2%).
• Renault Clio Sport 172 Value 30 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, My mate's got the above car and is looking at getting rid in favour of a diesel. We went looking at a Seat Ibiza TDi 130 yesterday at a Seat dealers...
• I think we may have a shortlist 8 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  I still want one, but not sure if I could live with the Mk3 golf lookalike interior that is out so out of date. Also might be a tad out of budget unless I get one that's been ragged to death. 3. A Renault Megan diesel. Probably the only car I could afford new as the car supermarkets are full of them. Just a bit concerned about Renault reliability although it ticks all the boxes for safety and is a little bit quirky. 4.
• Colchester dealerships - The merry go round 23 Jul 2025 (Forum)
  Kia ( Now Glyn Hopkin ) have moved up to the top of Ipswich road by the A12 to the ex Honda site and recently joined by Glyn Hopkin Nissan who have moved out of a constricted site in the town which was shared with Renault and dacia all of which were Glyn Hopkin. Volvo have moved to take up the huge Skoda site.  
• Dacia Duster Essential Mk2 - Rusty parts newly bought Duster (incl. Exhaust) 27 Mar 2025 (Forum)
  Hi (Sorry to be back so soon with another question on the forum) I've just bought a 2022 Duster with 18k miles, from a Renault/Dacia dealership. For various reasons, I stupidly didn't have a good look underneath until I got home. Now that I have, I can see that the exhaust is quite rusty. There's also some rust on one of the parts where the back wheel connect (sorry, don't know the name).
• Help me choose from these used MPV cars please :-) 1 Mar 2023 (Forum)
    Ford S-Max Ford Galaxy Citroen C4 Grand Picasso  VW Sharan Seat Alhambra (I can't locate any though) Kia Sportage   Or early: Berlingo Multispace  Peugeot Partner Tepee Renault Kangoo   Please shout up if you think of other cars that will suit, in my price range. (Though an estate won't give me the inner height I'd like) Mileage isn't too much of a worry, as long as there's great service history.
• Tiny turbo pops! 8 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  We’ve heard loads of cases of Fords now infamous Ecoboost 1.0 motors going pop early doors and many a tale of woe regarding Renault/Nissan’s 1.2 TCe engines failing catastrophically. I’ve just had a friends 2015 Vauxhall Corsa 1.0 Turbo with 35,000 miles up suffer engine failure. The wee car has been neglected, she just looked confused when I asked when it was last serviced.
• Shape shifting electric city car? 4 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  If it got stuck in performance mode it wouldn't be too much of a problem, but in city mode with that 25km/h limit, much more so.  I really like the Renault Twizy and this evolves that design further, along with addressing the glaring problem of owning one somewhere with a climate like ours (not being fully protected against the elements, and no heater).
• Dacia Spring - What is going on with Dacia and safety?! 17 Apr 2022 (Forum)
  Renault and Nissan seem to hit modern safety targets relatively high and constant, not so with Dacia. I was reading a thread here about the Jogger and the Spring; both sound like interesting cars, although for different usage, so I had a look at their safety record, and it seems something is going amiss with this brand.
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  Which electric vehicle should I buy? 13 Jul 2020 (Ask HJ)
  Would you go for the Tesla Model 3, Kia Soul EV or Hyundai Kona Electric? Thanks.
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  What is the best small four-wheel drive SUV? 20 Feb 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please tell me the best automatic small 4-wheel drive SUV please? My budget is £15,000.
• Nissan Note - Diesels 2 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  Do peeps have any experience, knowledge or thoughts on  Nissan diesels that they wouldn't mind sharing? I think the Nissan diesel as fitted to the Note is made by Renault, but that's literally all that I know about it.  I haven't looked at a post 2013 plate Note nor driven one, but its an alternative that someone suggested on another thread and one that I'm becoming quite interested in.
• Diesel engine life 17 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  Hi All, A few quieries on diesels i would be interested to know your thought on 1/ I know i may be opening a can of worms here but id be interested to know peoples opinions on a fairlt typical / reasonable life of a modern diesel engine. ?? I have heard of more conventional diesels - pre common rails- doing 3-400k ( peug, citroen and renault laguna) but id be interested to what sort of milage a new style - eg common rail- diesel engine would last for before major engine trouble 2/ Do likes of fuel pump, turbo, injector, head gasket failure usually happen on a diesel engine before main engine wear?