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• Car for 'soft' ride 10 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  My parents are contemplating buying a new car (well one a year or so old) but due to my mother having back problems they are after a 'soft' ride. How/Where can I find out which cars may provide this - without having to read every review? They are looking at Ford Focus type cars Thanks Jibergurt
• Stop/Start Cars 8 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Or is my original impression old hat?
• Mercedes c63 / porsche 997 - Which car to buy 14 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  If I were to pick this car ,I would run it as my everyday car , I do less than 5000 miles a year . Or option 2 , which is a porsche 911 , 997 . A 2005/2006 model . I’ve never owned a Porsche and would like to do so before I get to old ??
• VED changes April 2017 23 Dec 2016 (Forum)
    On the other hand new car prices are getting ridiculous and am really scared that maintenance/repair costs of these tech laden cars may turn out to be astronomical. I cannot undersand why they are keeping the old rates for current cars and changing pnly for newly registered cars, is this just a ploy to boost new car sales?
• Buying a used car... 18 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I have been offered a Honda Civic estate 1999 , Ford Galaxy 1998 , Toyota Avensis 1998 and Honda Civic 1998 Auto .... arent all these cars too old ? I am interested in anyone opinion and ideas for other cars . I look forward to hearing from you .
• You know you are old when..... 29 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  You go to a show with classic cars and one of them is a 1990 XR3i cabriolet! Of more interest was a 1965 Anglia. The car had been owned by the same couple...
• What to check when buying a new car battery 19 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  I’m planning to get a new car battery as my old one is nearing its end of the lifespan. I found this car battery online store, but not sure what to consider before purchasing a battery.
• Would you buy a second hand car without seeing it? 10 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  15 months old, low mileage, main dealer, we have looked at identical cars, this one is a good price though the other end of the country. Would you buy a second hand car without seeing it? Any thoughts? Thanks.
• Can a car really be called "mint"?? 26 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I have been looking at cars on ebay and autotrader and some of them having done up to 90k miles can be described as "mint". Is this possible? Surely even a 6 month old car will have at least a few stonechips? Have they just called the chips away folks and then described it as mint?
• Vauxhall Rental Cars 31 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  HJ, With regard to your article on the contract for Vauxhall Rental cars. 66,000 cars for £900M = £13,636 each average cost - as you say at list prices. Any idea what ANC are paying for them? £500-600M? They are to sell them at 6 months old. Will they sell them for more than they paid for them?
• Citroen C3 Picasso - 25 year old, first car, must take a lawnmower 29 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  Hello I am buying my son his first car so that he can eventually get enough ad hoc gardening work going to set up on his own. Must be Group 10 and...
• BMW 3 Series Touring/BMW 5 series touring - Hire Purchase vs a Personal Leasing Contract 23 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Thinking of changing my car.  Currently have five year old Mondeo Titanium estate. It was the first car I had ever bought new, and have grieved at the depreciation and vowed never to buy new again.......however, would personal lease of some sort with a fixed term be a solution?
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 05 1.8 key reprogramming/coding 12 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all I am hoping that someone may be able to help I have a 2005 ford focus not the newer model on a 1.8 zetec. I have two keys for the car being the master and the remote (although the remote doesnt work). I purchased a third key off ebay on the basis I would be able to repgram the remote and put the old car on this. This allows me to open the car and lock it but not start it as the imolbiliser kicks in.
• Mazda Mazda 2 (2003 - 2007) - Difficulty in Selling 4 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  We've finally persuaded my 80 year old father to give up driving. He has a 3yr old Mazda 2 Capella that has done about 5000 miles. Nobody seems interested in looking at it or if they do they make silly offers of around £2500. I think one problem is that the car is in Carlisle where the pool of potential buyers is limited.
• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - 2.0 TDI 140 engine - fuel consumption 5 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I was wondering why it seems that the Audi A4 with the 2.0 TDI 140 engine is so much more thirsty than other VAG cars with the same engine ? My car has now done 10.5K miles and compared to my old TDI 130 the fuel consumptions is still fairly unexciting. I get 44-45 MPG on a motorway run if I'm really gentle, whereas the old TDI 130 on the same journeys would do 50-52 mpg.
• Comprehensive cheaper thean 3rd PartyF&T 6 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  In the end I have taken the existing Ins Co - £180 Comp with £200 excess - not bad for a Group 16 car all be it 8 years old
• Two V5s for same car! 10 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Daughter is trading in her old Clio against a new one which she picks up at 9am tomorrow. While checking the documents that she will hand in she revealed that she has two V5s for her old Clio. Both are identical except for a)serial number at the top and various other ref numbers and b) the date of issue - one is dated a week after the other.
• HELP!! Ford Escort 17 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  At this point it appears to be running on 3 cylinders, and some black smoke is comming out of the exhaust. After about 5-7 mins of high-ish revs, i get a puff of blackish smoke, the revs increase and the car then runs smoothly!! I have changed the spark plugs, HT leads, Dist cap and rotar arm, and quite frankly i am at loss as to where the problem lyes? the car, is ok old, but has got only 37k on the clock, and is in extremely good nick.
• Barge bargains! 22 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Is a two year old BMW 730d, 21k, at a BMW dealer for £17800 (before negotiation) a bargain? This car must have been around 50 grand new. http://tinyurl.com/6eav5j
• Anyone had an ECU repaired? 19 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Did it work? I'm trying to avoid shelling out a hideous amount for a new auto-boxECU on an old car and can't find a 2nd hand one.