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• Narrow road, pavements and council 23 Feb 2024 (Forum)
  by parents walking their children to the nearby school. However lately there has been more traffic along it in both directions as a new housing estate is being built plus other road works in the area. The catch is that we now get people driving along the pavement at speed as they pass a vehicle coming
• Alfa 156 - Would you fix 11 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  would be worth about £1,000 I guess with a good engine, needs a new mirror case (passing motorist caught it) and has minor damage on the bumper plus some peel on the boot lid. I guess the sensable thing is to scrap it, yet I am so tempted to spend £2000 and do the engine repair. Why
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - Long term caretaking 17 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  motor going to scrappage, 14 yr old petrol Galaxy 120k original clutch, engine never been cracked open, but needs to much to pass next MOT, needs about a grand spent on it, plus Skoda gave me 3.5k on scrappage, too good to refuse really.
• Hyundai i10 (2008 - ) - Hyundai i10 or Suzuki Splash? 17 May 2009 (Forum)
  I'm looking around to see what to buy once I've passed my practical test which hopefully won't be too long as I've left it later than most (I'm 46). I've been comparing CO2 emissions and safety charts as well as prices until my head spins but I feel most drawn toward the Hyundai i10 followed
• replacing my VR6 for max economy! 2 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi everyone A new job with a 40 mile a day commute means my 1995 golf vr6 has to go. Over the last 2 years i've only had about 28mpg from it, plus the group 17 insurance and road tax means I'm going to be chucking away about half my pay rise!! I only paid £1700 for it, but its done 110K miles
• £1,500 buying decision 23 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  a fortnight - so I don't want to spend too much. Up to £1,500 or so. There's only a year or so before I'm likely to become a family man, so I quite fancy a coupé - of which there's quite a choice in the 10-year-old plus category I'm looking at. I'm currently considering the last shape Honda Prelude
• Mercedes Benz SLK AMG - Young driver reversed into my car. 2 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  reversed into me! So now I have to go to court?  Despite dashcam evidence.  Despite him admitting that he was driving at the time. I also have a witness to his reversing into me.  This young man had only passed his test 3 days prior (through the Army) yet thought this driving
• MOT failed after 150 miles---URGENT HELP 13 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  . Unfortunately, it did not pass. The dealer changed the tyres which influenced the MOT results. What is more, there is a different problem with the car, not the advisory item given by the garage where the car was tested 5 days before I paid the deposit. I called the garage and they told me they would look
• Audi A3 + S3 - Dealership servicing - Sump threads stripped. 2 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  hello. i put my car in for a service today at a dealership, they then called me to let me know that the sump plug fits loosely and that the threads are stripped and it'll be £250 plus to replace the sump! i suggested tapping new threads but say they are unable to do
• Hit & run - what is the likely outcome? 27 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  My car was written off in the early hours of last friday by someone who did a hit and run - we did manage to get a partial reg, and was able to complete it when his car was taken somewhere for repairs privately... I passed the complete reg to the police and insurance company and when I got a call
• Honda Civic - Shark Fin Antennas - Something to Avoid? 5 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  Driving along yesterday in gusty conditions, I heard a loud clunk on the roof of my car (Honda Civic 9th gen) as I passed a row of oak trees.  Got home to discover the cover
• 2004 Porsche 996 C2 - Woeful Dealer not fixing problems - Help Needed!! 29 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Hello all I purchased a 996C2 from Stratstone in Aylesbury on the 26th November, after a 300 mile shakedown run on the 29th November I reported 3 problems back to the Dealer: Air Con Not Working Steering Wheel Wobble at 65 plus Appalling Headlights (Porsche
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 95 1.4 Can too much oil in engine cause HG failure 18 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all, just found this site and hoping someone here can help us out.. I took my g/f's Corsa to a garage to get it MOT'd last weds, passed no probs so I asked them to change the engine oil while it was there. On saturday the car stalled and there was oily water spilling out from a hole
• A tear in my eye - a sale is made. 16 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Last week I finally sold my trusty 1990 Toyota Celica. She has served me well for the last six years, and I feel more than a little sad for passing her on. It was a little strange watching her drive off into the night, as I don't often get to see my cars being driven by someone else. I needed
• Honda Legend 2.7 12 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  It's Monday morning and another weekend spent checking out the sub-£1000s for brother-in-law who wants something smart which can sit on the drive for a few days in between the odd 40-50 miles paid excursion for work, plus the usual weekend visiting in-laws. The last 5-cylinder Audi Coupe I found
• Fabia Estate (2010) Mk 2, 1.2 TSI DSG - Random knocking noise when accelerating 26 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  . 6.     Since June 2015 – Started to use premium grade fuel plus RedeX fuel additive
• New Jaguar XF spotted? 30 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  out to the sides of the car, and rear lights were LEDs with a horizontal red band through a clear cluster. As it passed I noticed that the A pillar plus roof gutter and side window sills as far back as the B pillar (further back was hidden under fabric) were encased in wide chrome strip that for some
• Ford Mondeo - Large family car recommendations 6 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  . The Focus has also just had a fresh MOT which it passed without any faults or even advisories, as well as a minor service.   Ideally I'm looking for a car that will last us 5-6 years at least until we decide to upgrade again - e.g. plenty of room for a pushchair and potentially of camping
• Car for commuting 13 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  -start it's terrible. I'm getting just over 50mpg overall (real world not the computer) but with long journeys at the weekend too I'm doing 350+ miles a weeks so any savings would be useful. The car recently passed it's MOT but there were several advisories so there's some big bills on the way
• Rising cost of Car Insurance for young drivers 22 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  My two children both at that age for driving. Son 18 passed test, daughter 17 still learning. When getting Insurance quotes from comparison web sites for my son to drive his mother's car as named driver, £2200 plus. Mostly all quotes in that region. So when I tweaked the online forms