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• NHS Salary Sacrifice 20 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi The NHS Trust i work for has stopped the "old" lease car system and have plans in the near future to bring in a salary sacrifice system. Does any body have good or bad experinces of this salary sacrifice scheme? and would any body know where i could get a quote or 2 so i could compare what i would get compared to buying my own.
• Audi A4 - steering problems with A4 14 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  My sons A4 is a high mileage diesel estate about 10 years old. Recently the car has been difficult to steer, pulling both sides, going where it wants on bumpy roads etc. The tracking has been checked, the tyres are ok and the local garage has had it up on the ramp and cant see any problems.
• Mercedes E Class saloon - which one to buy? 5 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Looking to treat myself to a 2/3 year old E Class saloon. Needs to be automatic and I quite fancy the flippy paddles to gearshift.  I like my cars to be fairly quick  but not to AMG standard. Therefore fuel economy is not an issue here.
• Peugeot 406 hdi 90 - puegoet 30 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  i have recently noticed that i have a slight viberation/judder coming from low down in the engine bay or possibly gearbox when driving under load,its been suggested that this could be the flywheel,the car has 76000miles on the clock and a full peugoet service history,its a 2003 saloon and ive owned it since it was 6mths old,any ideas please?
• nissan micra 2005 - timing chains 20 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I hear this is a very expensive job what i would like to know is if this is a common problem with  micras off this year the milage off this car is not high.  I had a 1998 micra before and it never gave me any issues until old age took over
• Seen Anything New/Unusual Resurrection 3 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Thought i'd kick off part three of our journey around HJ member's travels searching for any car (or any type of vehicle) which has been new, unusual, surprising in any way. I'll kick this one off as this morning i was at a roundabout behind an old Oldsmobile Cutlass in red with a white roof. Must be one of very very very few in the UK surely.
• Biodiesel 29 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Now I am normally an observant person and would have noticed this before and the fact that the transfers look new compared to the diesel transfers that are old and worn. Is this something new Jet garages are doing or is this what they have always done. Do any other suppliers do this and could it cause damage to any of the diesel engines in cars at present.
• CCTV enforcement. 22 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  On another thread the conviction of people reversing up a slip road has been discussed. As there is never a traffic car when you need one, should traffic...
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 02 1.8 What are Track Correcting Bearings 21 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  A few yeas ago, the VW brochures for the old shape Passat used to talk about track correcting front wheel bearings. I would assume that this would be true of the Audi and Skoda range also as they share most of the underpinnings. What are these and does anyone know if they are still used on the more recent VAG cars ?
• New 1-50 insurance group classification system 6 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  http://www.autotrader.co.uk/EDITORIAL/CARS/news/new_insurance_groups_introduced.html My 1.3 Ka has gone from insurance group 3 under the old scheme, to 11 on this new scheme. I really hope this doesn't hike up my premium - this year finally looked like the first year the insurance would actually be a reasonable amount for me!
• Driver always at fault / guilty? 3 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Is there an assumption that a driver is always in the wrong if he or she hits or damages someone or thing with no witnesses. I am a firm believer that...
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.6 Misfire 7 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I think that I may also have later over-revved it too. What is the worst case scenario? I don't want to spend too much on an old Car.
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 97 2.0 Jerky at low revs. 23 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  If you back off the throttle and then go back on the car is very jerky. It will also occasionally be hesitant when accelerating. It has had new plugs, distributor cap and rotor arm; the leads are about 3 years old. It feels more like a fuelling/metering fault.
• Scratch removal 12 May 2009 (Forum)
  I have a large scratch (not that bad) on my Corsa's door and it is annoying me as the rest of the car is in pretty much new condition. I have t-cutted it and it looks a little better but thinking I need to get this done professionaly. Are they any cheap places that do this sort of work? Halfords said it would be around £100 but don't want to pay that much to remove a scratch on 81k nearly 10 year old supermini.
• Audi A8 (2003 - 2010) - Paint problems 1 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  My Audi A8 3.0 litre TDI is three years old with 29000 miles and it is suffering from severe stonechips on the bonnet. Audi have checked and say there is no problem. My previous cars Jaguar and BMW did not have this problem with the same kind of use.
• Land Rover Freelander 2 (2006 - ) - Freelander 2 or C-Crosser 7 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Can't make up my mind betw Freelander 2 or C-Crosser. Budget is for 1 yr old HSE or Exclusive (and a manual). Won't do much off-road but reliability and drive enjoyment crucial. Reckon on keeping car for 3-4 ys but which better residual. Comments welcome!
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 05 2.0 TDCI Rear brake pads 2 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I am about to change my rear brake pads. First car with disks on the back! I understand the winding the pistons back, but how do you reset the pads and...
• Panic! Snow on the way! 23 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Forecast for Saturday here in the East says 'heavy snow showers' - how many of us will be good citizens and do as we're told by putting a shovel, blanket, thermos of hot coffee etc in the car and making a journey "only if it's absolutely necessary"??? And what do little old ladies mean when they say it's "too cold for snow?" Does this also apply in Siberia where it is very cold and there's lots of snow?
• Rover 200 (1995 - 1999) - 99 1100 k series headbolts..re-use yes/no 9 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  some friends have just had the headgasket replaced by a trader that recently sold them the car i had a quick look over it and notice theyve reused the old headbolts should the 1100 k series have new bolts fitted or is it just a reccomendation?
• General - sniff test how much is the gear? 28 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  When testing if the head gasket has gone a garage sniffs the coolant what are those crystals? Where do you get the kit from? all i have is a old pressure tester sykes pic which does not fit most modern car's. Any idea of cost? This is not for a ferrari i had to put some details in to get on!!!