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  Is a faulty thermostat causing my 1999 Ford Fiesta to overheat? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 1999 Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec has started to overheat once in a while. Every now and then the temperature gauge flicks into the red. The warning light...
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  Is a two-year extension to my Toyota Yaris' gearbox warranty fair, following two failures? 31 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I purchased a new Toyota Yaris TR 1.4 D4D January 2009 and after approximately 125 miles the gearbox output shaft rear bearing shattered, resulting in...
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  Why did my Volvo V70's windows open during a ferry crossing? 3 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I recently made a ferry crossing to France with my new Volvo V70 2.0D which, incidentally, I’m really happy with. When I returned to my car on the outward...
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  Which small luxury diesel would you recommend for long-distance comfort? 28 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Having driven a Citroen XM, then a Mercedes-Benz E-Class and then Jaguar XJ diesel saloons for the last 20 years, I am now looking for a small, luxurious...
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  What should I replace my rusty 7-seat Mercedes-Benz E-Class with? 10 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 CDI EST. I've owned the car for three years now and I bought the car with the view of keeping it for 5-7 years. The car...
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  Noseless faces 17 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I was interested to read the article about 4x4s in the snow by Erin Baker. It really amazed me that the various public authorities were not organised enough...
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  Wet blank-it 10 Apr 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have valid VW Road Side Assist and VW Extended warranty for my 8-year-old VW Passat and the car is parked outside on my driveway. Unfortunately my Alarm...
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  Wealth and efficiency 27 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought my Ford Focus Ghia in January 2001, a size of car that would enable me to take my sick husband out and about. Fords had always been popular with...
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  Rustlady’s Benz 2 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have an 8-year-old MB 220CDI estate that has developed bubbling paintwork and underlying rust on the rear pillar by the tailgate opening. My local MB...
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  Post ‘it’ Note 12 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  We want to replace our from new 'T' reg automatic Rover 400 because of rust spots - roof, wheel arches and bonnet. Our daughter has mobility difficulties...
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  Skirtlifter 26 Sep 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I ordered a Volvo C30 1.6d DRIVe ‘S’ without the start stop option because, living in a rural area, I thought that the £250 option would be of little benefit...
• Honda Jazz/Fit (2008 - ) - 5 miles in a new Jazz 9 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  His almost 30 year love affair with the Fiesta is over ? my sister is buying his 1.4TDCi, just run in at 90,000 miles and my mum?s is sold. It was a 51 reg, but with only 24,000 miles and he could have sold it a dozen times. I had a drive in the Jazz last night and it is a well sorted car. Equipment levels are up there with far more expensive cars, the only major items it doesn?
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  Fatal traction 18 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  On Sunday I signed to purchase a new Hyundai i20 under the scrappage deal. I was dealing with a marketing person rather than a sales person and he had...
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  DeVious Licensing Authority 11 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  You stated in your answer that RO was liable as he hadn't received a DVLA acknowledgement letter (or chased them for it). There is no basis whatsoever...
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  Poled over 14 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I drive a Polo automatic 1.4 SE and find it underpowered, especially when needing a boost of power overtaking or joining a motorway. I am getting ready...
• Unreasonable expectations re: part exchange? 24 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Furthermore, Honda didn't want to budge on the price of a new Type S, saying they may be able to knock a couple of hundred quid off the exchange cost (which would be £7500 to start with). I realise it's not a great time to be buying/selling cars (particularly for Honda!)
• Physical degeneration and the motor Car 12 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  .` I remember age 17yrs laughing at the `Old Man`, who was contemplating power steering on a car back in the 60`s. The humour in it was not just my perceived `wimpishness`of this, but that he was built like a tank. Then there was the maestro clubman D i did 130,000 miles in the early 90`s and the frozen shoulder that refused to heal, followed by the other one going too.
• An open letter to Nissan 29 May 2007 (Forum)
  In buying Nissan I came to expect a level of mechanical integrity, build quality, reliability and in turn a dealer network capable of fixing faults when they do occur quickly efficiently and painlessly. Cars are complex things after all, and it?s not unreasonable to expect things to go wrong ? it?s how these wrongs are rectified that makes the difference. I was until recently the owner of a 2004 Primera 2.2 dCi ? a car I admired for its design, and specification.
• Insurance fun and games 25 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I've looked on ABI, and it appear that the S80 2.4 T (2435cc) is group 15 out of 20, and group 31 out of 50 on the new rating. The group is the same for both S and SE trims The S80 2.5 T (2521cc), which I have is also group 15/31, except the SE trim, which I have, is group 16/33. So it looks like what's happened is that many insurers will take me in the Group 15, but not the Group 16 car, as a young driver, and if I'd got the S trim, I'd still be in the same insurance group as the 2.4l, but my leather seats and 8-speaker sound system would cost me an extra £1000/year in insurance.
• ALB under difficult conditions 16 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Anyone who has seen a demonstration of ALB allowing the car to brake and steer and thinks that this will really work under all conditions is living in a fool?s paradise. Sorry to have gone on a bit, but two questions: 1) Have other BR?s experienced the above? 2) What should (could) my wife have done (I suggested using the handbrake)? SPOSP