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• Big Brother?s Garage - Round five. 20 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  TVR Tuscan. 4. Ford Mondeo. ****** EVICTED VW Golf, Lada Samara, Vauxhall Vectra, Renault 5, Austin Allegro, Perodua Nippa, Citroen 2CV, Toyota Landcruiser, Peugeot 405. EVICTED ****** All votes have been reset to zero. Same format as before - nominate two cars for eviction.
• Big Brother?s Garage - Round one. 6 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  The 12 cars are as follows:- 1. VW Golf. 2. Toyota Landcruiser. 3. Lada Samara. 4. ****** EVICTED Renault 5. ****** 5. Ford Mondeo. 6. Alfa 156. 7. Peugeot 405. 8. Seat Leon. 9. Vauxhall Vectra. 10. TVR Tuscan. 11. Perodua Nipper. 12. Citroen 2CV (was formerly a Cit Dyane) Next Tuesday (6th July), I will attempt to tally up the scores.
• Cars which don't attract prejudice 30 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Alternatively a Mk1 Golf GTi could maybe swing it if it was completely standard and in a dark colour, but that's a bit old for reliable driving and modern service intervals. One friend eventually went for a Renault Safranne because it isn't "aspirational", wasn't expensive as a 2 year old car and most people wouldn't remember what it was. Over to you guys for some ideas! Gareth
• Not getting top speed mph 27 May 2003 (Forum)
  This question is probably "how long is a piece of string" but I'll give it a go anyway. I have a 2.1 diesel Renault Trafic van which was converted to a Camper Van from new. It is 1992 and done 48,000 miles. I have been told the van is under powered for a 2.1 diesel. I can get 60mph out of it but I presumed this was because it was a heavy vehicle.
• Sloshing water in passenger footwell 6 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Can anyone help please! I could hear water sloshing around in the passenger footwell of my Renault Megane (1.6, 4 yrs old). I could hear this for a few weeks, then I noticed that every time I pressed the accelerator the water seemed to churn, again in the passenger footwell & even if the car was stationary.
• Insurance 17 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I've just spent the last hour or so looking at various brokers' websites online. I am male, 24, living in zone 2 SW London, with a 1989 Renault 19 TXE, driving 10,000 miles per year SD&P only. I have one year's NCB, a 7 year old licence and no claims or convictions. The lowest quote was from Zenitih, through Budget Insurnace Services, at £630.94.
• Seized Clio Water Pump 24 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  A few days ago I mentioned my son's 1994 Renault Clio 1.9d in answer to a query. He bought this car about three years ago with 100,000 miles on the clock and I said that it had now reached about 165,000 miles with very little trouble. I should have kept quiet!
• Holiday Hire Cars 29 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Did anyone have any interesting experiences with holiday hire cars? I'll tell you about mine: HJ now has me so paranoid about Renaults that I was a bit taken aback when our Seat Ibiza hire car turned out to be a Clio! But I have to report what a pleasant experience it was. After the surprise of it's arrival and my initial fears about having a long journey ahead of us and WILL IT GET US THERE....
• Blasted French car manufacturers 15 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  The garage who normally service the car (non Citroen) apologised and said they were unable to do it because there is no central hole on the wheels on this car and apparently I believe on one of the other French manufacturers cars (Renault or Peugeot, which one escapes me). What this basically means is that these cheeky buggers are trying to force people to go to a Citroen garage to have tyres fitted at what can only be described as extortionate prices (we spent 55% less than Citroen quoted).
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  What used van should I buy? 20 May 2025 (Ask HJ)
  I have to find a new medium sized van quickly and am getting confused as to which to go for. I currently have a 2017 Ford Transit Custom which needs too...
• Renault Megane 99/T - Central locking not listening..? 25 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  Apologies for the long story for context. Pierre needed to be parked up after a water leak (sunroof drains blocked).  Everything was fine apart...
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  I was injured in a car accident - should I go to the doctor before agreeing to anything? 9 Jul 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I was recently involved in an accident. The insurance company are happy to go ahead knowing it was not my fault and have valued my car at £700 for a 2003...
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  Is turbo cool down necessary for modern cars? 27 Sep 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I've just acquired my first turbo car, a Renault Megane GT Sport and am somewhat unclear about the need for turbo cool down. My manual doesn't mention...
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  What's the most cost effective way of insuring a new driver? 10 May 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I'm trying to get insurance cover for my son who has just passed his test. We had already lined up a car, knowing its past history. Although it was 16...
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  Why has my Nissan Qashqai had worse mpg since the engine computer system update? 23 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I got a Nissan Qashqai 1.2 petrol from a main dealer at 9 months and 6000 miles and have run 3000 since then. Do you know anything about the recalled engine...
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  Garage has destroyed my father's car - what should he do? 26 Jan 2016 (Ask HJ)
  My father recently used a small independent garage (that he had used for many years) to replace the cambelt on his Renault Modus. When the car was initially...
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  Is the Honda Jazz SE i-VTEC a good car? 20 Jan 2016 (Ask HJ)
  We're planing on buying a second car for my wife (commuting and dropping our daughter to nursery). She is a new driver and would prefer a smallish car...
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  New/nearly new car for 86 mile total daily commute 11 May 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I'm a married 36 year father of two young children and returning to the UK after 12 months in Australia. Our previous cars in the UK were an Audi TT and...
• Renault Clio II - Sold a "not fit for purpose" 16 year old clio 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  HI, i am a part time motor sole dealer and i sold a car to a woman who after two months sent me a letter saying she had been onto trading standards who...
• Dacia Sandero 1.2 Access - Dacia Sandero 1.2 Access Review 7 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  Build quality is on a par with the Fords and Vauxhalls I have owned before, and is better than the Skoda, and MILES MILES MILES MILES MILES better then the Hyundai and Peugeots!  This Sandero is a solidly built vehicle and feels very robust (despite its Renault underpinnings).  Reliability has been sport on over 14k miles to-date.  My uncle who owns an accident repair centre is similarly impressed with its reliability. You might have guessed that I'm pretty stoked with this car.