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• Mazda CX-5 - Tyre Replacement 7 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  I think they have all been on since the car was new, so have done 13,000 miles. Thirdly, do I need to match the tyre(s)? It’s a Toyo tyre the Mazdas come with. Fourthly, how much should I be paying in total? If I go with the Toyo, it looks like they are between £90 and £120 per tyre. Would appreciate any insight.
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  Is ethanol going to damage my classic car? 24 Jul 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I run a low mileage 1988 Jaguar XJ-S. I have always run it on V-Power - which for a long time did not apparently have an Ethanol content, now it is 5%....
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  Do I have to add extras onto a car when buying or can I add them later? 25 Jun 2020 (Ask HJ)
  If I buy a used car from a main dealer, can I still have their optional extras fitted at a later date by them, or would I have to have them fitted when...
• Land Rover Range Rover 'Classic' (1970 - 1995) - 88 3.5 cutting out 30 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  The question is, is this a fault that is familiar to anyone, and can someone suggest which component(s) to change first (and where they are)? Oh, one other point! there is a cold start injector on the plenum chamber. When I had starting problems a couple of years ago (finally traced to unclean connector on the ECU) someone on here told me to disconnect it.
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  Does charging an iPhone or playing music on it drain a car battery? 29 Jul 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Does charging an iPhone or playing music on it drain a car battery?
• any - insurance logic - two drivers - three prices. 24 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  I recently asked my insurers what effect changing the second driver would have. It upped the price from a retired ex PSV Ambulance driver with unblemished record, to a mid 50's woman with one record of a hit years ago. It upped the price by maybe £20 in £200 ish. So I said well what if I didn't have a second driver? that upped the price by maybe £10. neither ladies live at the same address and have their own car.
• Merc A Class Key Fob Woes 1 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  Happy Sunday All... Any advice much appreciated. Just recharged the battery on an early A Class ('98 S plate A160), and having what appears to be a relatively common issue with the key fob and immobiliser. The battery has been completely flat for some weeks, now recharged without issue. The key fob however now fails to operate at all.
• Ford Fiesta - Insurance repair - reasonable time? 21 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  I haven't had an insurance repair before so, a bit new to me: not concerned if the garage say "It will be another "X" week(s)" or say something a bit more concrete - I am just concerned that the latest is a little open ended, while understanding they need to check things out, at what point could it be said "Surely that's long enough"
• MG ZS 2017 - Tyre Puncture repair badly done 15 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  This morning light on again, so took car to the local tyre centre my MG dealer uses. One very poorly repaired n/s rear tyre. puncture was in the first groove about 50 mm from the edge. Selling Dealer has agreed to pay for new replacement tyre. said no need to return it, but i will as I would like the matter of the poor repair sorted.
• BMW 120D MSPORTS - MOT pass but should be fail? 5 Oct 2018 (Forum)
    The garage has looked over the car and informed me that it hasn't been recently serviced a s told  and is actually 7000 miles over it's service due date, some other minor things, that I expected, nothing's perfect.  However, more worryingly, the car has a rear shock absorber that's failed, I've been informed that the front and rear wheel bearings have failed and the 'directional' tyres we're on the wrong way round, 1 tyre contains a split, all fail points on an MOT and they said they wouldn't have passed the car.
• Which non-Diesel Taxi car to buy? 23 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  Preferably looking for a car that still drives without needing a firmware/software update first lol - Finally can do 100000's miles easily in its life - Anything I missed from list above?
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  Is the Ford Powershift gearbox reliable? 20 Jul 2018 (Ask HJ)
  Has Ford sorted the problems with the Powershift gearbox? An automatic used Focus estate ticks most of my boxes but I am worried that the Powershift could...
• BMW 4 Series - Terrified when given lift 3 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  I was recently given a lift by a colleague. He was going to M&S, said do you want a lift, so I said yes as I needed to pick up something for lunch. He has a BMW 4 series, and he claims it does 0-60 mph in 4 seconds. Anyway, we were on a dual carriageway at the Fareham junction south of the M27, and he accelerated very rapidly, then went round a filter lane at an incredible speed before joining the M27.
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  What would cause the loss of power steering in my Jaguar XJS? 12 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1989 Jaguar XJS. Today I moved it off the drive for the first time in five months and it's obvious that the power steering has stopped functioning....
• Chrysler Voyager (2004 - 2008) - 05 2.8 audio system 3 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  I have located the amplifier and checked power supply i have 2x permanent 12v feeds, 2x battery negative and 1x ignition switch feed which are working fine. i have tried to trace the speaker wires from head unit back to the amp but i have no continuity (the colour coding is the same front and rear). i have tried to follow wiring through vehicle it appears to run down the n/s of vehicle and dissapears behind the dash, do the speaker wires go through another module in between head unit and amp. Also on the head unit there is a grey/yellow wire which is energised when head unit is powered up this wire is a power output according to the sticker on the radio but i cant find that wire at the amp where does it go?
• Swerving to avoid a crash (theoretical) 17 Aug 2017 (Forum)
      The country lane is about 3 cars wide and knowing that you've braked as hard as you can and do not have hope of stopping and there is a high hedge and no open ground to your left, are you meant to avoid the accident by swerving around car 1's front end and risk crashing into car 2, or are you meant to deliberately crash into the side of car 1 knowing you'll both be badly hurt (and that you or car 1 could still end up in the path of car 2)?
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  Will not having the emissions fix done affect the resale value of my car? 11 Jul 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2009 Audi A3 TDI with 98000 miles on the clock. I received a call from Audi for the emissions fix. From what I have read and heard I am unsure...
• Renault Megane 07 reg - Selling advice needed 5 May 2017 (Forum)
  It is in perfect condition mechanically and has really low mileage (26,000) as it used to be my grandads and I've only had it for about 18 months. Problem is my grandad was still driving well in to his 80's and he's knocked it about a fair bit. A large dent on drivers door, scratches on wing mirrors, bad scrapes along bumper etc. I want to get a good price so I can buy a decent replacement so I need to either get the body work sorted and then sell for a decent price or sell it for cheaper and do nothing about the body work.
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  What's causing the strange creaking in my car? 5 May 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I recently bought a Ford Focus ST 2016 with 17,000 miles. I have an annoying creaking sound from around the driver door and passenger door area. It's not...
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  Is there anything, other than long runs, that can clean a DPF? 2 Feb 2017 (Ask HJ)
  What year were DPFs introduced by Ford and Vauxhall. Also is there anything out there that can really clean them, apart from long drives?