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• Blasts from the past 13 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Shame it also wasn't one of the most reliable! *THE opportunist F1 overtaking manoeuvre of all time. Page 143 - XJ-S V12 Convertible road test. After describing the model facelift changes: "Indeed, a recent court case revealed some XJ-S faking, early cars being refitted with recent bumpers and trim and resold as much newer vehicles."
• Rot In Peace, Peykan 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Just learnt from BBC TV that the Iran Khodro Company has stopped production of the infamous Peykan, based on the 1960's Hillman Hunter 1725cc and Iran's "people's car" for almost 40 years. Tehran's city sprawl has long been a sea of orange Peykan taxis driven by maniacs, much like the battered Fiat 124's of Cairo.
• my hit list of new cars to buy.. 15 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Top 5 ---- mazsa 6 2.0 TS 4d Auto Petrol 16100 1999/4 139 10.7 (good discounts, can be got for 2K less) volvo 1.8 SE 4d Geartronic Petrol 19608 1798/4 125 (very safe, low depreciation) rav 4 2.0 XT3 3d Auto Petrol 18245 1998/4 148 (safest, fun, low depreceation) mondeo 2.0 LX 4d Auto Petrol 16865 1999/4 142 11.0 (great car, fast depreceation) accord 2.0i VTEC SE 4d Auto Petrol 17513 1998/4 152 10.3 (seems like a good one also) Others a4 1.8 T Limited Edition 4d Multitronic Petrol 21445 1781/4 160 8.3 mazda 3 1.6 TS 4d Activematic Petrol 13800 1598/4 103 12.0 C180K Classic 4d Auto Petrol 21469 1796/4 143 9.6 new golf 1.6 S FSI 5d Auto Petrol 15525 1598/4 113 10.7 passat 1.8T 20V S 4d Tip Auto Petrol 17355 1781/4 150 10.2 crv 2.0 i-VTEC SE 5d Auto Petrol 17813 1998/4 148 11.5
• Faltering Nissan Cherry 4 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  t want to carry on with them as I couldn?t see properly in the dark) and so give up now before danger struck and so it?s not as if the car is going to be used on the road. If anyone could help me I?d be very grateful. Keith
• New C-Class... 21 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I collected my wife?s C-Class Avantgarde SE estate last Friday, and we have spent a few days with the car. It is our first M-B, and here are our first impressions: DEALER -Very professional vehicle handover-no rushing. 10/10 -Vehicle preparation very good-but see below. 8/10 -Dealer workshop very grubby; worse than Ford dealers. 3/10 CAR-FIRST DRIVE -That new car smell!!
• How to get a traffic hazard recognised 10 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  The council don\'t seem interested in anything - I\'ve contacted them on a few points before without a successful response. It\'s hardly a police matter, so what next?
• Legal problem - can anyone help? 11 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  My relative says she pulled out when she considered that the motorcyclist had slowed down to a point where he was unlikely to do anything other than turn left, but she didn\'t actually see him start to turn left. As you\'ve probably all guessed by now, the biker kept going and hit my relative\'s front bumper from the side. The biker came off the bike but was not injured enough to require hospital treatment. No witnesses have said that they actually saw the accident but we have the details of two witnesses that say they saw the bike on the ground in the seconds after the accident with its left turn signal flashing.
• Dumb pop-ups=dumb marketing people 14 May 2003 (Forum)
  Everyday one of these ghastly things manages to insert itself on the bit of the screen I\'m reading. When I click at it, instead of disappearing it opens up the blasted site it\'s advertising and then I have to go through the rigmarole of getting back to where I was or else it sits there immovably. My enjoable reading has been interrupted and I do not find this clever, amusing, nor even good psychology.
• A most reliable car 17 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  There is no significant rot anywhere although the white paint has faded. The same was true of all the others: the 1980's one which looked like a copy of the Merc 190E is still a favorite with Manila taxi-drivers today and Lord knows what they must have survived to still be running. I also owned a couple of Mazda 929's in the Saudi days - again very troublefree.
• 98 S Vx Astra Estate 1600 Brake Failure 2 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  As a (sensible?) preparation for several long holiday journeys this car was serviced by a small independent garage in the local village that in the past...
• The long awaited Private Car Sellers! 19 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  He carried on " the aircon does'nt work , and why do you have a problem with high milelage ?" Could not believe this guy. Must have been in late 50's very well spoken lived posh area. Its true what they say you cannot trust anyone these days. Very next day i looked at a XR2 with a friend who was looking to buy it.Again it sounded excellent 2 owners, owned a professional couple in there 40's nice house e.t.c .
• interesting sat telegraph this week 11 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Gatso's are nonsense But so is the wider way the roads are policed We should not just be knocking the government?s crazy way of running the transport system, we should also start listing some of the obvious positive suggestions to make things better For instance (off the top of my head) - less bans, more retraining, retests, e.g. court tells you to take X hours of driver training in the next 2 months and pass a retest in the next 4 months - is much more likely to improve the driver than a ban - start attacking really dangerous behaviour (e.g. double parking outside schools, parking on crossing zig zags (unless there?
• Alfa 147 Selespeed 10 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  In town stick to the fully auto \"city mode\" Practice brings rewards with this car, unlike most boring fodder on the road today. So on drive quality alone the Alfa wins over the Focus, a view also shared by Channel 4\'s Driven show. Whilst the focus is very, very good the Alfa improves on it. In what way do you think this car a bad drive HJ ? How can a car that drives better than a Focus not be a great drive?
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  Can a traffic warden give you a ticket if you drive off? 28 May 2025 (Ask HJ)
  Can a traffic warden give you a ticket if you drive off?
• Skoda Fabia - Is there known issue for VAG 1.0TSI ? 14 Nov 2024 (Forum)
    Although we haven’t tested but feel 60PS version is perhaps slightly underpowered for 2020’s.  I can’t say the same for 1.0MPI(75PS) but maybe doable. My question, is there any known issue for VAG 1.0TSI engine ? I learnt that the dreaded VAG Timing Belt Changing Interval do not apply any longer.
• Mazda / Kia - Looking at write-offs as my next car 15 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  Provided I have the right assurance from the seller (either private or trade), would it make sense to go for Cat S / N, for a car that would set my back by £10-£13k (Mazda cx-5, Kia exceed).   Many thanks.  
• Ford - Powershift all bad? 22 May 2024 (Forum)
  We're looking at getting a 7 seater automatic MPV and I was considering the S Max or Grand C Max but obviously Google has horror stories about the Powershift transmission. Just wondering whether there are any versions that are more reliable, or whether people say it's a blanket no to all.
• Skoda Karoq - What's worse; modern cars or other people? 26 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  I managed to get the bumper back on and opened the bonnet to see what was up with the light(s).  They're one unit, bolted in two places to a metal support above and with a further bolt to a plastic strut on the lower side.  A little bit of wiggling and the plastic strut dropped off.
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  Can you turn off four-wheel drive in the Suzuki Swift? 28 Jan 2024 (Ask HJ)
  Can you turn off the four wheel drive on the Suzuki Swift?
• Citroen C4 - MOT Advisories - help 31 Jul 2023 (Forum)
    * Front exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases FLANGE AND BOX WELD. 6.1.2(a) * Central Rear Exhaust mounting defective RUBBER SNAPPED 6.1.2(a) *Offside Front Direction indicator slightly discoloured BULD PEEL 4.4.3(a) * Offside Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s) * Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened x2 1.1.14(a)(ii) * Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule x2 1.1.12(f)(i)   So my question is, from the above advisories, what are the chances of it passing this time round?