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  Buying a new small car- Rio or Polo? And which spec? 19 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to buy a new small car for a daily 100 mile commute which is a mix of A and B roads. Tops speeds and 0-60mph times are of no real importance...
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  Which cabriolet? 25 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I'm changing my 3 year old CLK 200 sport cabriolet. I really want a metal folding roof as we want to do some long trips in Europe and I am not too happy...
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  Why don't you compare the costs of repairs of older cars against depreciation and the value of a replacement car? 3 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I don't quite agree with your suggestion that we should compare the cost of repairs to the value of the car. We should instead, compare the cost of repairs...
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  Audi A4 2.0FSI sensor problem? 10 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2003 Audi A4 2.0L FSI Sport that has a flat spot on acceleration, increased fuel consumption by about 20%, a variable tick over speed and occasionally...
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  Why would you buy a Fiat 500 TwinAir when it returns worse fuel economy than the 500 1.2? 8 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Further to our discussion about the FIAT 500 TwinAir, ‘Autocar’ only got 37mpg out of the car on its first drive of the Lounge and 35.7 mpg on the full...
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  I need to replace my Hyundai Terracan with something cheaper to run - would a Skoda Scout be suitable? 9 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Hyundai Terracan 2.9CRDT manual. It has 118,000 miles on the clock, I'm lucky if it is worth £4000. The Terracan does 22-24mpg and I need something...
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  I'm worried that my 2008 BMW 520d may have a DPF fault - should I have the oil changed? 3 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Six weeks ago I purchased an August 2008 BMW 520d Touring from a BMW main agent. It was supplied having being maintained from new by the same BMW dealer....
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  Which £7500 car is capable of covering large mileages in comfort? 6 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am currently driving about 650-700 miles per week (rarely on motorways) in my Laguna 2.0 auto petrol, and really need to change to a more economical...
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  Smokeless moan 19 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2002 Mercedes C220 CDI automatic, regularly maintained, still good to drive and still giving over 50mpg on motorways. Oil consumption is also very...
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  Fuelious reaction 22 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  In November we bought a Hyundai i10. The main reason for buying it was an economical runabout. In the handbook and in all the data it is advertised as...
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  Broken link 5 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  At four and a half years old with 45,000 miles on the clock and despite regular servicing and easy domestic usage, the timing chain on my 2,184cc Nissan...
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  Smartie pants 10 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Like CW of Moseley, I am experiencing much below indicated fuel economy from my new model Smart ForTwo. Friends with original model Smarts certainly seem...
• Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) - Garage keep finding new faults - now another £700? 16 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  The specialist diagnosed a fuel pump failure and a new one would be over £700, but they offered to fit it for free. There was clearly no issue with the fuel pump when the car went into the garage, and their argument is that the ongoing overheating problems have hastened the failure, which has been exposed by the work they've done to date, but that they didn't cause the failure, therefore I should foot the bill for the part.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2005 tdci Head CRACKED!!! w pics 26 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  So this morning he presents me with a cup of green coloured liquid and said its contamination, look at those tiny little particles in the fuel, he said they were going to reprogramme and drain the tank (after they had already done this once). I questioned that the fuel filter was at fault as surely it was its job to stop these black particles reaching the engine, anyway i left him to it and said i would be back at 4 to see what the problem was.
• Landrover Freelander - Consumer Rights Act 2015 10 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  From the AA van I called the dealer and asked if I shold get it revovered to him and he told me I could take it to any garge, so I had it recovered to a Jaguar / Landrover specialist that I have used previously. After much diagnostic work and repairs including a new fuel pump, new ECU and fuel injectors, all costing me over £3,400 the car was back on the road. Twice we offered to give the car back to the dealer for him to look at and repair and twice he refused, saying that my garage had caused the fault.
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  Need a large car with good fuel eocnomy 10 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking for 2.0-litre diesel car with 150PS. I need good fuel economy and impressive handling from the car. What should I get from the: Mazda6, Skoda...
• Toyota - Estima 1996, 2.2 3CT-E engine. Diesel fault. 29 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Denso computer 89661-28580 (anyone got the pin-outs?) I seem to have about 11.5 volts going into various pins on the ECU. I have 9 volts to the fuel cut-off solenoid. I have 5.4 volts at both wires on one of the 4 electonic valves on the pump that control fuel to the injectors on the pump. Engine earth seems OK. I did a diagnostic test - (the engine had not run since the ECU had been disconnected for a night).
• Nissan Note - Help needed - intermittent vehicle fault 26 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  Yesterday we switched cars and I put half a bottle of redex into the tank incase the issue was with fuel being ran to the dregs, or quality of the supermarket fuel. I drove the 23 mile journey to work with no issues. The car sat in my works car park for ten hours and started fine when I came to leave at 1am this morning.
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  Mis-sold an Audi A4 TDI with an engine remap 21 Oct 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a 2007 Audi A4 TDI 170 which has been remapped, I bought it as a family car to go to work and take my son to and from nursery. I don't...
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  Are diesel engines really that bad? 15 Mar 2015 (Ask HJ)
  Geoffrey Lean in the Telegraph blames diesel cars for pollution, forgetting that almost ALL commercial transport, on sea and land, runs on oil fuel. Modern...