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• Road rage - moi? 8 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Why of course, ma?am, you take the space, I?ll find another?. Parked my car, we all ran like hell to the courtroom, case was heard. Kids fined 11 and 7 dollars respectively. End of story. ?That was road rage? says my boozy friend. ?Couldn?t be, says I, I wasn?t on the road.?
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  I'm going to lose my NCD because a man falsely claims I scratched his car - is there anything I can do? 13 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  After parking in a shop's car park, in the only slot available, I saw someone on his phone. I ignored him until he came up to me aggressively and accused...
• Kia XCeed - Kia Xceed PHEV review 8 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  I managed to get a First Edition model which has every conceivable option on it.To name a few it has a power tailgate,electric memory seats,sunroof,heated seats in the front and rear,heated steering wheel,cooled seats,digital dash board and every safety item such as blind spot monitoring,lane keep assist,collision avoidance etc. It comes with front and rear parking sensors and camera and even parks itself!. I have installed a type 2 charger at my house and after plugging the car in,the charging takes approx 2 and half hours from empty to full and costs 45p per charge on cheap rate night time electricity.The car comes with an app on the phone to set charging times,lock and unlock the car and check various other thing remotely on the car.
• VW cc 2016 - VW Group cars with 02252 Generator fault on OBD 20 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  So a typical short drive with start stop heated seats lights on etc will take more out of the battery!!!  So many are using SMART battery chargers which is fine if the car is parked up for weeks but a modern car should be able to be parked for two weeks and start up ??? If you have the 02252 generator fault code and U100800 error then please get the modified wiring harness fitted this goes from the Alternator/generator to the battery.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 97 XSi Phase 1 has my head gasket gone? 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Gasket changed and drive away, still leaking and now there's white emulsion on the oil filler cap. not only that it's pushing oil up through the spark plug threads. I assume the head gasket's gone and give up hope and park it up in the garage. It's been parked 6 months. Now it's been driven, around 10 miles. Didn't overheat, engine seems to run ok, and it drives fine. Does still steam up. The oil on the dipstick is clean but there is some more emuslion around the cap.
• Getting even the San Francisco way 10 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Fine with me. So now, I still put letter on the windshields of illegally parked cars in my neighborhood, and I even occasionally call DPT, but when they persist and insist of doing what they want, they get the egg.
• Ford Fiesta 2003 1.25 LX - EAC Fail 23 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I restarted it and it still was flashing EAC Fail and was in what i now know is limp home mode, i got it home with it cutting out when stationary and turning right (what fun). When parked up at home I waited for my dad to get back and look at it and he switched it on and all seemed well. He took it round the block and it was fine. So we assumed it'd just had a 'funny turn' but got the AA out and the bloke could find no wrong but suggested the throttle body might need seeing to.
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - First 1000 miles... 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Feels really solid and has an aura of class that's indistinguishable from the Golf. And has a far superior toy count over a Golf SE - dual zone climate control, parking sensors, electric folding mirrors, headlamp washers, quality touchscreeen stereo with an SD card slot, etc, etc.... I find the seats very good, the perfect blend of comfort and support. As for the exterior, it's fine, looks handsome in Arctic Green (silver if you don't look too closely), and the headlights on dipped beam are amazingly good, that I hardly miss not having Xenons.
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  North wailes 12 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  Over the years I have read your columns with interest and enthusiasm, but I always felt uncomfortable with your negative stance over speed cameras. Feeling...
• Audi A4 B6 - Stuttering engine then stall - 2004 1.9 TDI 23 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  Cleared blockage and dried out relays and all appeared good. 2 days later I got CEL light and code P0230 but car still ran fine. 3 days after this, as I was arriving home from a long drive on motorway the car started to stutter at about 10mph and then when I parked up and started it again, rpm was jumping up and down in idle and stalling, then it cranked but wouldn't start.
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  The battery on my new car keeps going flat - what could be the problem? 18 Dec 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2018 Alfa Romeo Giulia with 8000 miles on the clock. The car was running fine until the end of October, but I parked it in a garage overnight...
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  My number plates have been cloned, what should I do? 22 Jul 2021 (Ask HJ)
  My number plates seem to have been cloned. This came about as the police wrote a quite threatening letter to me about speeding from a completely different...
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  What is causing my Citroen C5 to run roughly? 13 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  The night before last I drove, with a friend, to a meeting about 10 miles away in my recently-purchased Citroen 2008 C5 2.0 HDI 138 Automatic, 61,000 miles...
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  Squeaky scream 9 Oct 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My wife's 53,000 mile, 2006 Toyota Landcruiser LC5 has made a squeaking / rubbing noise when starting from cold for the past couple of years. (The noise...
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  Wide eyed and legacyless 4 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2006 Subaru Legacy 3.0. It is a blast and I love it. But it will stall with no warning or fuss on the first journey of the day. Other times of...
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  Why do motorway service areas encourage customers to leave so quickly? 5 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I met with a colleague at Cambridge Services (A14) today, enjoying a leisurely chat over coffee, purchased from the onsite facilities. After a while we...
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  The never ever 13 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  A colleague has just purchased a FIAT Punto that was a 'new vehicle'. The vehicle was purchased using her old FIAT in part ex. As her old car was not quite...
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  Not what it steamed 25 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 48k mile 2002 FIAT Punto from a second-hand dealer two weeks ago for £2,200. I also bought 3-month warranty. After one week I needed to put...
• 2019 Tucson Diesel - Hyundai 28 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  It was taken out yesterday, again another 6 miles, with no issues. Today it started fine, but had very little power or pull going thru town, the engine warning light came on (Malfunction Indicator Lamp), indicating an emissions issue, but power returned, it was driven for a further 15 miles with no problems at all, it pulled normally, there was no smoke or unusual sounds.
• What happens if someone passes away? (insurance) 3 Feb 2022 (Forum)
    The insurance is due next week and set to auto-renew. There is money in their father's account.  Car is up for sale. Car is parked on public road.  They are worried if they notify insurance, then may struggle to get insurance. Also, car may get taken away if uninsured on public road  or fines etc...   The other option is to drive the car off road somewhere else, but can the Son drive it to do this?