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• Small Car Recommendation for 19yr old, £1500-2000? 21 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  She regrets not taking us up on the offer of old 1994 Volvo 440 "tip trip" car and needs to replace the Corsa with something cheap to insure and ideally more reliable than the Corsa has been. Any suggestions for £2000 max? thanks
• 3 year old Matiz 29 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  I have a 3 (and a bit) year old Daewoo Matiz with only 16,250 miles on the clock, according to the "Car-by-Car Breakdown" it will need a... 'Timing belt and GF50 tensioner pulley replacement at 40k miles or 4 years whichever comes first'.
• what first cars are young people buying these days 24 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  So if the kids are not buying these what are they buying? newer cars? different cars to Corsas? Is a 10 yr old car too old for todays young drivers?! Or maybe £1000 for a 54 plate Corsa 1.2 is too much money? any thoughts?
• Any car more than 10 years old - Can you insure for more than market value? 25 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  When you insure your house you have a specific figure printed on the certificate for replacement value. Is there any way of doing this with car insurance? I know there's gap insurance for new cars, but what about for the old ones?
• Old car: (Nissan Micra) 20k oil changes? 9 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  N reg Nissan Micra (K11 type) mileage: 69k I used to change oil filter on this car every 10k or 12 months, usually at MOT time. But I have changed jobs and now drive about 22k per annum. Just for arguments sake, would extending the oil filter change period to 20k damage the engine on a car this old?
• Replacing my old ST-2 3 May 2020 (Forum)
  I am not interested in 0-60 times but I do want something that has good in gear acceleration. I have been looking at 3 to 4 years old, I have about 17k plus my old car to trade in. any thoughts or other suggestions ?
• ADVICE NEEDED: getting rid of old car 22 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  Any advice on the below would be greatly appreciated! I want to get a new car and get rid of our old one, but the tax is due on 30th April and MOT in May. We can't have a gap with no car but equally don't want to spend money on the old car unnecessarily.  Current car is 2006 Mazda 6 which we got 3 years ago from a family member for £400.
• Want to sell year old Astra - best way? 25 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I own a year old 05 55 Astra 1.8 Design 5dr and would like to sell it as I haven't been offered enough in part exchange. I am a little concerned about advertising in Auto Trader etc because the car isn't that old and is worth about £9500 if I sell privately.
• Outrageous old car prices? 22 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I've been poking about for some car bist, and noticed an e-Bay ad for a 1992 Honda Accord for £1,495.00. Phew!! Why so much?
• Lovely old British cars 13 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/picturegalleries/8572354/Rare-British-cars-for-sale.html Check out some of the cars up for auction.  They...
• Changing cars mid-policy - insurance confusion? 11 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, Tommorow I get my old car taken away and put the replacement on the road, I have told my insurance policy to switch from my old one to my new one tommorow, however I cant specify a time it just goes in as 00.00 by default, I wont get my old car picked up till the afternoon and cos of the stupid SORN and car tax regs I can only retax my SORN car tommorow morning and I need to drive the old car to the post office to get the tax to make the SORN car driveable.
• Toyota Corolla Touring Sports - Used car prices after 3 years old? 29 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  Hello all, hope you are all well, Is it true that used car prices drop steeply once a car gets to 3 years old? I've heard this said in the past, think its supposed to be that the price drops once a car has to have MOTs. Don't know if its just an urban myth or not?
• Identifying old car parts! 3 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I've got a box of fuel pumps in the garage from various old cars that were left over from a business. They're pretty much all marked up AC Delco exchange service but checking a few of the numbers they don't come up in google or on ac delco's own site. I am fairly certain most of them are for pre 1980s cars.
• old snap on ratchet 30 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  ive just picked up a very old snap on 3/8 ratchet at a car boot sale it has the words "FERRET " F70N embossed on the side and is in a industrial fininsh i have never seen one so named before any one any idea how old it might be(needless to say it works like new!
• Buying 1 / 2 year old cars 9 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  I am looking at buying either a Yaris or Jazz that is 1 or 2 years old. However my concern is would I be buying someone elses lemon? - Afterall why on earth would you trade in a new car after only 1 or 2 years ownership? I can undertsand with Fiestas and Focuses, you are probably buying an ex fleet car, but I doubt that is the case with a Yaris or Jazz Any views?
• 2 month old killed by car 21 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Obviously as this is an ongoing matter for the police cant discuss too much, but the details so far are that a car swerved onto the pavement and hit the pram with a 2 month old baby in. Baby died later. Mother had minor physical injuries. Snip - PG The driver has stated his jeans got caught in the pedals.
• Meaning of raising/lowering the spark on old cars 22 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  Is it talking about advancing and retarding the ignition timing? The book is set in the 1930s dust bowl, and the cars were old, so probably 1920s models. One car that's mentioned is a Hudson Super Six. For example: when starting a car with the starting handle: "Pull down the spark so she don't take my arm off".
• New MG TF styling 15 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I know the old MGF wasn't much of a looker but why is the new MG TF styled to look like an 80's Opel Manta which itself was derived from the 70's Vauxhall Cavalier. I don't understand all this retro styling, if I want a car to look old I'll buy an old car !
• With what i can replace my Old Lexus? 14 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  my car was 12 years old. i am considering ls 430 or gs 350  or something else which you can reccomend.  
• BMW 3 Series Compact - New Battery for Old Car? 31 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  I have a sixteen years old BMW which is fundamentally very reliable once it gets going! The battery is a two year old Varta which is very "iffy" It charges...