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• Mitsubishi Shogun (1999 - 2007) - 04 3.2 Tyre Wear 9 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I do not go off road except on a caravan site. The steering wheel is slightly to the right in a straight line. i bought the car at 12 months old . It was a Mitsubishi management car. It has full Mitsubishi service history. Help please. Hamer
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - Fiesta durashift, any opinions. 26 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  On making enquiries they say it's got the Durashift, anyone got one, are they any good? I wasn't looking for an auto. Also is such a low mileage on a 4 yr old car a good or bad thing. The car is coming in to the dealer over the weekend from another branch so he couldn't tell me it's history. What should I be looking out for? Incidentally it's priced at £5889.
• Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) - 2003 1.0 Keyed car 19 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Look around for an independent bodyshop who will often be hundreds cheaper than a main dealer. As this is a paint job rather than a crash repair / panel...
• Motorcraft oil or Castrol GTX Magnatec 5 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  What Gearbox oil do they recommend. Also what are the benifits of changing the gearbox oil. The car is only 5 years old and has got 32000 miles on the clock.
• Pleasing fuel consumption 19 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I reckon 50mpg is pretty good for a car that pulls pretty well if you give it some wellie. There's a few people on here who are unhappy with their car's fuel consumption. Are there any others - like me - who are quite pleased with the mileage they are getting?
• Ford - £5,000 to spend, which Ford estate? 7 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  A mate is going self-employed, and most of his work will be for his old bosses who are in the US. He'll use the car for Dad's taxi runs, viewing the relatives, trips to airports and offices around the S of England etc. No regular commuting. He reckons he'll clock up 12k a year, he thinks he's best off with a petrol estate, and he really only wants Ford.
• Renault - 2002 1.4 - Power Steering 25 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I have an old shape megane (2002) which has developed a problem with the steering. When the car is cold, the steering is stiff (very heavy). Once the wheel is turned, it clicks and the steering feels fine, except for this click which is still present.
• Is the UK Driving license OK for Bosnia? 8 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  The Bosnian border guards are meticulous, pedantic and gagging for any excuse to find fault at the best of times. The car hire company allows cross border rental for a fee so that's appears not to be an issue. My full driving license is the old paper type. Many thanks, Steve
• New car after March. Budget: 8-9k 31 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Dear all, can you help? I am looking to change my faithful old PUG 406 1.8 to something a bit newer and a bit more up market. My requirements are as follows...
• Import part ex values. 23 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I have an old-style Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia which I bought as an unregistered import from Motorpoint in 2005 - it is registered on an 05 plate. I recently went to my local Ford dealer to test drive a new Mondeo. When enquiring about my car as a part-ex I was offered £4400 for it & the salesman told me that if it was a UK car I would have been offered £5200 & that this is standard for imports.
• London Congestion Tax 31 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I've seen signs that relate to Goods Vehicles etc, but a Land Rover 90 is getting horribly nearer a normal car in my mind... and as I drive an 8 yr old 3 litre petrol car that i'm planning on keeping, i'm getting a tad worried...is Red Ken after me?
• Diesel load v additives 2 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Having had the use of diesel cars, trucks, farm tractors, and marine engines, in my experience the operators / engineers invariably say that the engines...
• Mini One or Fiat Grand Punto 9 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I am looking to spend 6k on a car for my wife,i suggested a Mini one and she was keen but now has seen that she can get a pre-reg Fiat grand punto for the same money.My heart says go for a 52 plate 5yr old Mini out of warranty with around 50k miles,my mind says go for the still under warranty 1k miles punto,which is the best to go for?
• C-Max coolant level 22 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  I was wondering how normal it is to have to top up the coolant level, given that the car is only just over a year old, with 12,000 miles.
• Mondeo - mpg 18 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I bought a 2.2 TDCi 155 Titanium x 5 Dr on a 06 plate about 2 weeks ago; everything else on the car, so far! is fine. However, i've noticed that i'm not getting as good mpg as my last 2.0 TDCi 52 plate Mondeo. The specs of the 2.2 show 46.3mpg (from Ford) yet on my car info display it averages around 39.1 mpg (i have seen a marked increase in fuel used, a trip to my parents would take 1/4 in my old mondeo in this one it is almost half).
• Galaxy/Espace or Sharan 11 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Looking to spend up to £7000 on a people carrier (almost got a bongo but couldn't part with 7k for a car over 10 years old). Looking at around 99-01 reg, petrol engine i guess as theres not many diesels under 7k and don't do enough mileage to make it a major factor. I quite like the espace but no it's got a pink fluffy dice {next time I delete as its quicker!
• Selling Jazz CVT 26 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I'm also unsure of value, I had thought around £9.5k but is that a little optimistic. Its not an easy one to price because most 54 plate cars are the old model, and there isn't a great many CVT's around.
• Fiesta Rust 20 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  The rust is visible when the door is closed. I gave it a bit of a scrape and discovered a hole about the diameter of a pencil. The car is ten years old. Is this an MoT failure, bearing in mind that the car passed an MoT recently at a reputable garage. Is there anything I should worry about, should I get it welded or simply give it a squirt of Waxoyl?
• Worth a call? 25 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, Got a message on our answerphone from a chap who has apparently bought our old MINI. Seems genuine enough, but I was wondering if by calling him back to have a chat about it I was heading into unforseen peril. The only thing I can think of to try and route out rouge-dom is to call him (withholding our number) and saying I'd called about the car.
• tyre wear: nsr worn more than osr 15 May 2005 (Forum)
  The driver side rear has around 4.5mm left. It's a very noticable difference to the naked eye. Both are Dunlop SP9000s that came new with the car (Yaris). The car's done 48k miles, and is approaching 4 years old. On both tyres, the wear is pretty even across the width, and around the circumference. What could cause this uneven wear? I assume it can't be pressures or tracking, as those would result in uneven wear within the tyre, not between the two tyres, right?