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  Cam trick 24 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has a Volkswagen Polo S 1.2 64PS registered 06. The VW dealer has told her that she should have the cambelt changed as the car is 4 years old....
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  Has the garage caused my Volkswagen Bora to pull to the left by fitting new anti-roll bar bushes? 23 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently bought a Volkswagen Bora 1.9 TD 2000 on an X plate. After driving it for a few days I noticed it pulled to the left. I phoned the garage...
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  How do I change my 2001 Audi A3's oil and filter? 20 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please tell me if I can change the oil and filter on my 2001 Reg Audi A3 1.6 SE Manual? How do I do this.
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  What do you think of the Nissan Tiida? 4 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I'm not sure whether to trade in my 2002 52-reg 1.5 S model Nissan Almera or spend more on new tyres and brake pads. I visited a showroom and saw a basic...
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  My Alfa Romeo 156's cam belt failed and damaged the engine - was the timing belt replaced properly at service? 27 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I own an Alfa Romeo 156 diesel which was bought through the local dealership. I have maintained a full service history through the dealership and the car...
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  Is my 2006 BMW 335i\s 228g/km emissions rating accurate? 20 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2006 BMW 335i SE Coupe E92. My V5C shows the CO2 as 228g/Km but all the calculators I have used show 218. Any ideas? Could this be the result...
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  The hole truth 3 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have this week sustained damage totalling nearly £800 to my beloved BMW 728i Sport. The o/s/f coil spring snapped. And a tyre was subsequently damaged....
• Honda Civic UK (2001 - 2005) - 05 1.6 Electrical fault(s) on Sport 4 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hello Wonder if anyone can help or offer any advice, I've started getting some strange electrical faults today (apologies if it is long winded but I wanted...
• Farewell chug a chug Diesels - you served us well. 13 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Maybe not - as long as it moves along the road in its grim little petrol engine way and the eye pod plugs into the radio. Here it comes... with it`s anodyne buzzing and augmented central locking type electro magnetic inlet valves. No springs. The next test bed for the public?
• I Have a Question - Volume 298 [Read Only] 11 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  (I`m tempted to do this to be honest) Of course the issue is with the `market place seller` but being relatively new to all of this I would welcome your advice. In particular (for my future purchases) is the two items from one seller a risk it`s better not to take. Leaving Amazon out of it - are scams run along those lines with private sellers and what can you do about it. Thanks oilrag
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  Rank metering 30 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  They tried lights on the slip roads at J11 (eastbound) and J7 (westbound) on the M27 a year or so ago and they rapidly caused big tailbacks at peak times....
• The £6 Car Wash - hand valet - good value 25 May 2009 (Forum)
  I wish I could remember car wash prices in past decades because the last time I really used them was to put the Old Mans (white) Victor 101 - through one of those revolving brush washes in the mid to late 60`s. I remember it actually rocking the car if you were not `square on` to the track - talk about a soft touch! Another time I saw a cars wiper complete with arm caught in the overhead brush and being pounded against the roof at around one bang per second...
• Route advice please - Calais to Lot-et- Garonne 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  and onto the A71 and onto the free A20 and exiting somewhere around Brive depending on where we are staying.. It?s usually quite straightforward. However the tolls are creeping up along with the cost of fuel (petrol Mazda 6 2.0) and hotels.. I?ve often thought of heading out of Calais on the A16 past Boulogne then onto the free A28 to Rouen.
• New or Old shape Volvo V70 ? 9 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Thinking about a a vovlo V70 Need an estate car, and something that will tow a BIG 4berth caravan..... Article in Car Mechanics s Magazine about the new shape V70, how low spec ones are gettin down toward £4K ( I don't think I'd buy one that cheap though) I am prob wanting to spend £6-7K maximum. Diesels seem extremely overpriced considering they are prob only £1K more when new.... s/h it seems ot add about £3k to the price.
• Sweet justice 21 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  t been snowing and below zero. It?s a shame I suppose, that innocent parties get involved in someone elses crass stupidity and reckless behaviour but no sooner had we passed the scene than they were all at it again. Dogs learn quicker than that.
• Golf Lost Steering Servo 24 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  I returned to my car, MkIII Golf, on Friday and noticed the O/S/F wheel was in a puddle but assumed it was water. No such luck, as soon as I pulled away I realised I had no power steering so parked up and looked underneath. Yep a perforated high pressure pipe from the steering box to the N/S rack was to blame.
• Potholes and Road Safety 29 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Becuase if this they are more likely to rectify it (especially as we approach the end of the financial year when they have to spend money or lose it)\' \'Top idea. You can find your councils\'s number in the phonebook. Give them a buzz and ask for the highways department\' I am sure we are all aware of the many places where there are potholes and defective road surfaces, so if we all did something by making a phonecall, perhaps more would be done to make the roads a better place.
• Don't buy a Toyota - sorry ! 29 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Into Toyota Cambridge - a very helpful dealer, BTW, unlike the others I used, and they diagnosed a gearbox fault - probably worn bearing/s. Cost - £300 plus whatever is wrong with it as they have to strip the whole gearbox down. Letter to Toyota UK to see if they would help even in part, as, although out of warranty, the only reason the fault is there is because their dealers wouldn't fix it under warranty.
• Peugeot 406 Executive Turbo 22 May 2003 (Forum)
  Any comments on reliability? What age would I be looking at getting for £3.5k or under at auction? 99T perhaps? I've seen S reg ones on Autotrader for as little as £3k. I'm told Peugeots figures are unreliable. Where can I find accurate, indepedant performance figures for the 406 range? Is it worth considering or should I just go back to the predictable but safe idea of a 1.9TD Xantia SX, on a S plate?
• Just done CBT! 18 May 2003 (Forum)
  I had my CBT booked for today, as the weather had improved sufficiently (well, it was last week!). Of course, s**'s law dictates that it had to throw it down today, but that didn't spoil the fun. Despite the fact that it threw it down, and that I was wobbly as a weeble at low speeds, nothing could take away the fact that it was all really good fun.