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  Why is the part exchange value of our Mini Countryman so low? 23 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I would be grateful if I could seek your advice with regards to an issue that has arisen with our local BMW/Mini dealership. I currently drive a Mini Cooper...
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  Does anyone else have problems with the handbrake operation on the Volkswagen Touran DSG? 25 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  May I check, through your columns, with other Volkswagen Touran DSG owners about what I believe spoils an otherwise very nice car? My aggravation derives...
• Land Rover Defender (1946 - ) - Land Rover or other 4X4 for a smallholding? 27 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I may not succeed in buying it, but I am trying to do some of my research in advance, to get an idea of costs. One of the many issues I'm checking is vehicles. My current car is a 5yo Nissan Almera automatic, which is a great car for my current suburban existence but ill-suited to agricultural use -- because it's lousy at towing any sort of weight, and has little load capacity. I reckon that my on-farm needs can be best managed with a 4WD utility quad bike and small trailer. 4WD and soft tyres is ideal for getting over the damp land in question, and a quad is much lighter than a tractor.
• C4 Picasso 6 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Pulling away was easy enough, move the small lever on top of the steering column to ?A? and press the accelerator pedal, the electronic parking brake automatically releases and away you go. The steering feels very light with little feedback, but for this type of car I would expect this, building up speed the car started to move up through the gears, not the smoothest of changes, even my 10 yr old Accord manages smoother gear changes, but then I suppose it is not a conventional auto box.
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  Should I spend £2000 on repairs for my Volkswagen Golf or trade it in for a new Kia Picanto? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 2002 Volkswagen Golf automatic in June 2006 for £6500. Milage was only 16,000. I used it for the last four years and added 20,000 miles on it,...
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  I was sold a rotting car - how do I report this? 22 Nov 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I found a Hyundai i20 from a large dealer group. A video was arranged, a deposit made and arranged for it to be delivered to a local branch. They advised...
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  Would an older hybrid car suit a 500-mile weekly commute? 7 Jul 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I'm about to go from 100% home-based to a 400/500-mile per week commute. Currently, I have a 2009 Land Rover Freelander 2 with 144,000 miles on it, going...
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  Do old buses have a special permission to emit lots of smoke? 23 Jun 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I regularly end up following 2004 registered double-decker buses around Huddersfield. The exhaust is that bad that I have to put the air-con recirculation...
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  Can I cancel my purchase without penalty within 7 days if I buy a car online? 14 May 2021 (Ask HJ)
  I'm confused about my rights when buying a new car online from a main dealer. Am I allowed to cancel within 7 days from delivery without penalty?
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  I've recently been advised you shouldn't have a sat nav anywhere in the windscreen - is this right? 6 Aug 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I thought using a portable sat nav was okay providing it was not in the driver's straight-ahead field-of-view and have been fixing it at the bottom of...
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  What exactly leads to an increased insurance premium? 6 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  A year ago my son was driving home from work after nightfall. In an urban area, with not particularly good street lighting, he came to a cross roads. Having...
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  The RAC cancelled our car insurance after my wife's death - how can I now get cover? 11 Oct 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My wife recently died and as insurance companies require any changes to their risks, I considered it correct to advise RAC, with whom she had cover in...
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  By daughter's car was hit by a refuse lorry - what should she do? 3 Sep 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter's car was parked quite properly outside her house when it was hit by a BIFFA refuse collection lorry. The driver left a note admitting fault...
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  I want to install electric charging points at my office, how do I begin this process? 2 Aug 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My friend runs a small business with about 50 employees. He wants to install one or two car charging points in his office car park because an increasing...
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  Are there any advantages to declaring my classic car SORN for the winter in terms of road tax and insurance? 20 Apr 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I've had my 1986 Vauxhall Cavalier Convertible Mk2 for a couple of years now and have enjoyed driving it in good spells of weather. Is there any advantage...
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  A delivery moped hit my son's car - should the company that employ the rider pay for the damage? 19 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  My son bought a used SEAT Leon FR from a friend two weeks ago for £2000. It was in excellent condition with a full service history. On Thursday, two young...
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  I was in a car accident that wasn't my fault - so why won't my insurer give me my excess back? 28 Nov 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I had an accident in October, I was not at fault. It has been shambolic from the start. I saw in one of your columns an article about Tort law, which I...
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  Are Land Rover liable if their navigation update broke my Range Rover Evoque's navigation system? 10 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I brought a Navigation update from the Land Rover website for my 2012 Range Rover Evoque. The update didn't work so Land Rover suggested I got a new USB...
• Aisin (Japanese) Carb-equipped - The Snake Pit : Stripping a Late 80's Carburettor 16 May 2016 (Forum)
    I've done a couple of simple motorcycle ones (Kymco Zing 150cc Honda CG125 clone, and Yamaha RZR 133cc 2-stroke) a few times and had evolved a technique involving boiling with automatic washing powder, and then blasting the passages out with first the detergent, and then alcohol. The latter gets around the lack of compressed air, the former the fact that, in my limited experience, the sludge in motorcycle carbs was mostly a greyish mineral-looking deposit (maybe a corrosion product?)
• Audi A4 - Identical Fault code 65535 on ABS & Airbag Audi A4 9 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Hi Honest John and Co, I apologize in advance for this long email but I have tried to provide as much information as possible so as to get the right advice for my car. I have a 15 year old Audi A4 1.9TDi SE (automatic tiptronic, 4 door saloon, B5 model, engine code AJM, 85KW, 115bhp, on a 2000 X plate with 100,000 miles on the clock, VIN= WAUZZZ8DZ1A052193, Model Designation 8D2 OFK 3526492) which has the following warning lights present on the dashboard: 1.