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• Lexus RX400h - RX400h owner's review for gordonbennet 20 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Costs: Other than the 90K cambelt service (+£700 to usual service bill) there haven’t been any extra costs associated with running the car, I ditched the horrible squealy half-worn Bridgestones Duallers when I first got it and fitted road biased Toyo Open Country HT Mud&Snow tyres, the fronts are now down to 3mm after 40K miles and need replacing (I didn’t rotate them). They grip impressively in the wet and yet don’t squeal like most M&S tyres in the dry – I tend to corner hard and they really impress. My exuberant cornering style has probably caused another issue – I’m starting to get wheel bearing noise from the rear, I think there’s probably 10K before I’m facing a sizable bill!
• All makes and models - All cars are unreliable according to this site 11 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I am totally baffled by all this stuff I read online about what I always thought were the best cars in the world coming up at the bottom of the list of reliability and those cars that I always thought were rubbish (French, Korean for example) are coming up top. Am I just out of date and stuck in the 80’s? have things changed. A chap at a Honda dealer recently told me that French cars are way more reliable than German cars, is this true? Your suggestions please on a 'reliable' car that won't break down every day and that won't cost a fortune to repair when it does.
• Toyota MR2 - Used Car Taking Dealer To Court Help! 9 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  Rear brake calipers seized. Brake pipes corroded require replacement. Hand brake inoperative, N/s electric window inoperative Bulbs missing from rear brake light and tail lights both sides. Power steering pipes corroded causing leakage, require replacement. Extensive corrosion to vehicle and suspension components.
• Renault Clio - Renault Retail Group, long distance selling 14 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  I decided that i wasn't going to buy a car from Renault Retail Group, But after looking at the Renault Retail Group web site, i found a Renault Clio 1.5 dci 90 dynamique medianav S energy 5dr with 6000 miles on the clock at the Birmingham Renault Retail group, So i contacted the dealership and I asked if their was any body work damage or stone chips on the Clio since I was let down by the Liverpool dealership recently after been told that the car was in showroom condition and that I found 2 dents in the body work and I stressed this to the salesman and the salesman told me that the car was in mint condition and that the body work was immaculate and he told me to trust him on this.
• Parking fine - student in need of legal advice 8 Feb 2013 (Forum)
    Under Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, Schedule 4, Conditions that must be met for purposes of paragraph 4:   S (8) (6) A notice sent by post is to be presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have been delivered (and so “ given ” for the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)) on the second working day after the day on which it is posted; and for this purpose “ working day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday in England and Wales.
• Private Cash for Public Roads 23 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Labour leader Ed Miliband: "People are struggling to make ends meet" Alasdair Reisner, from the Civil Engineering Contractors' Association, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that one option was a system of "shadow tolls", whereby the motorist does not pay the cost but private firms are paid by the government depending on the amount of traffic using a road.
• Volkswagen Passat - Consumer Advice Req - 2 Breakdowns in 10 weeks 31 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  The car is very rough when idling, which is what it was doing before the no 2 injector failed. The car was returned to me last Monday, but I had a Ford S-Max on demo last week, so didn't drive my own car for 6 days. When I tried to start it yesterday the battery was dead. Jumped the car, went for a ride to charge it, but it was dead again this morning, which suggests to me that there is a short somewhere.
• Showroom appeal - when does the shine wear off? 5 May 2009 (Forum)
  Unless you spend the night before your trip compiling an iTunes playlist, the only sensible way to select your listening material is to select it before you plug the Pod in. The T3's audio system sounds pretty duff too - and it doesn't manage to maintain tune with an RDS FM station on a long journey. This amounts to a long list of minor gripes about what is, for the most part, a pretty well thought-out and commodious family car, that we still plan to keep for a long time.
• Citroen C4 Picasso 5-st (2007 - ) - Quick review (well, rant) 28 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  These cars (and most cars now) are great for the first three years when you can take then to a dealer and get them reset for free, but they are so unnecessarily complicated that software glitches will cost you real £££s down the line. In terms of making use of the technology, they need to hire someone who understands what gives useful and clear and rational help rather than leaving it to the nerds who can program to make some random decisions that spoil the experience.
• Hyundai i30 (2007 - ) - Review 20 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  It is unobtrusive but the plastics are good and the fittings excellent, with some nice touches like the double-lidded armrest between the front seats with a small picnic table under the top lid and, below that, a capacious locker for camera, mobile phones etc. with a connection for i-Pods (USB cable supplied). The ashtray is illuminated (there?s posh!). Another nice touch is a parking or credit card holder just inside the lockable glove box. The latter can be cooled but there is a thoughtful warning that condensation might ?spoil your pieces of paper?.
• C4 Picasso 6 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I find the exterior to be quite good looking, but then I think Citroen put a lot of style into their cars ? getting in and out is like most MPV?s being higher it is easier for those with reduced mobility. Once inside the first thing that struck me was how light and airy the interior was, this was even though the seat fabric was a dark grey/black.
• G-Wiz no parking or congestion charges 10 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  With four previous successful start-ups to his name and a victory for GoinGreen in the 2004 Startup Awards, Mr Johnston has the credentials for success. So too do the company?s founders: Nick Hewson was co-founder and chairman of Grantchester and Steve Cain was chief executive of Carlton Communications. The founders encountered a prototype of the Californian-designed electric car four years ago when travelling in India.
• The car you drive.. 21 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  And then you wonder why you don't have money for a time after hours. Ford You still live in the 70's, trying to cope with the new millennium. A loyal, diligent worker, but baffled by office politics and labour policies. Next car will probably also be a Ford. Holden You are the ultimate on-road idiot.
• Grrrrr 19 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  After 900 miles around UK in this lump it was a great relief to get back to Manila, board the Better Half (by now the Bitter Half)'s Ford Lynx 1.6, zip away from the car park with a tropical spec aircon blasting ice-cold air, room to move one's corpus, plenty of space for the luggage, and to be thankful for being reminded of the American interpretation of what automobile travel should be about.
• Grrrrr 18 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  After 900 miles around UK in this lump it was a great relief to get back to Manila, board the Better Half (by now the Bitter Half)'s Ford Lynx 1.6, zip away from the car park with a tropical spec aircon blasting ice-cold air, room to move one's corpus, plenty of space for the luggage, and to be thankful for being reminded of the American interpretation of what automobile travel should be about.
• 2500 miles per month. £2500. Diesel? Petrol? LPG? 1 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  Before that I lived 11 years in the United States where I drove mostly Subarus which I love dearly. (Had an 2003 Outback, a 2001 Legacy L Wagon, a 2000 Legacy GT, a 1998 Forester S, a 1998 Outback, a 1996, Legacy L Wagon and a 1995 Legacy Brighton Wagon) (All of them with the EJ25 (2.5) except the 95 and 96 which had the 2.2. In the US I also had a 1990 4Runner, a 1992 Audi 100S, a 1992 Volvo 940 GL Sedan, a 1993 Audi 100CS,  a 1995 Mitsubishi Mirage, a 1996 VW Jetta, a 1994 Ford Ranger and a 1996 Ford Ranger.
• BMW X1, Mercedes GLA, Audi Q3 - X1 vs GLA vs Q3 8 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  The way the steering feels and responds is brilliant. It totally took the effort out of driving, especially when combined with the S-Tronic gearbox! I totally recommend test-driving this before deciding. Less impressive things on this one were the cabin, I mean it really feels premium and every button/click-wheel feels Audi-tastic but the layout feels dated now.
• BMW M3 CS - Multiple Faults from purchase, No Help from Dealer 15 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  The part was out of stock at BMW and as the fault occured over a weekend the car was off the road for another 5 days but the fault was covered under warranty. Fast forward another month (still only had the vehicle two months!) and the o/s/f brake caliper seizes on which again means the car is off the road. I call the warranty company and they say that calipers are not covered under warranty. As such I duly call Beck Evans workshop who ask me to bring the car in but any work will be charged for .
• My Toyota Prius Review 7 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Now its no secret that im no greenie, i dont read the Guardian, i dont agree with most of the claptrap spoken about global warming and im definately not a fan of anything proclaiming itself to be an 'eco car' but for the purposes of this ive put my prejudices in a box and decided to develop my opinion on what its like as a car, and nothing else. Im also going to attempt to be fair to it and not compare it to the 230+bhp S-Type i usually drive too much. Right, the car, its a 2007 07 plate Prius in black, the T3 model and its done just over 46,000 miles and was acquired from a Toyota dealer (so ive been informed).
• Insurance claim hassle 27 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  My patience has been tried sorely these past few weeks. Wife's car was parked o/s our house, in the street, 3 weeks ago and was clonked hard by a local council minibus, meaning the car will need a new wing. Fortunately for us, as the minibus drove off without stopping, my local newsagent directly across a main road (we're at the head of a T junction, in a side road) witnessed it and recorded the make, model and registration number.... so i got him to sign and date it and kept his note for evidence.