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• most reliable car high mileage driving 3 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I travel 90 miles a day travelling to work and back. What would be the best car for me to get to cope with this high mileage. It would have to be a diesel...
• Longest journey in single leg? 6 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  By which I mean without an overnight stop. I'm considering driving to Germany next year but it will be a 200 mile drive to Folkestone and then 470 or so from Calais I think this will be feasible in a single day...
• Mondeo Lights for Continental Driving 27 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 Mondeo Estate that i wish to take abroad. Does anyone know the procedure other than referring to a Ford dealer to change the headlights...
• Audi four wheel drive variants 21 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Does anybody know why the new A4 Quattro is still fitted with the "old" type permanent 4wd system instead of the Haldex system fitted to the TT , Skoda....
• Supervising a learner 4 Apr 2025 (Forum)
  My sister is learning to drive - she's passed her theory test and is having lessons with an instructor. She is thinking of buying a car now to get more experience behind the wheel before she takes her driving test, and has asked if I would supervise her. I have never done this before, but found
• Jaguar I-Pace - Self driving taxi 4 Apr 2025 (Forum)
  I’m in California for a couple of weeks and today took a self driving taxi for the first time in San Francisco. They’re called Waymo, use Jaguar I-Pace, and are part of Alphabet (Google’s parent company). You download the app, create an account, then summon a car to your location. You know it’s
• Lotus Eletre - First drive 1 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  Just had an enjoyable week in Essex driving, talking about and demonstrating the new Lotus Eletre. In a huge departure for Lotus - it’s over 5 metres long, an electric SUV with a starting price of £89,500. Dual motors with 450kW (612ps) and a 109 usable kW battery, the WLTP range is 373 miles
• any - driving in bus lane penalty charge notice 2 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  posts that differ from others....cheers  ;)   Another thing connected ...this "offence" occured on the same day as i bought the car and i cannot be absolutely sure what time i bought the car,i think it was probably me driving at the time (photo evidence is shown) but the old owners
• Ford Ranger - Pickup truck hit my car 10 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  HI, I have had an accident with a pickup truck. Pickup truck was in fourth lane and hit my car while taking exit from fourth lane to first. He was driving at 75-80mph and I couldn’t prove that he was driving fast.  Highway authorities couldn’t provide the video
• Ford Ranger - Pickup truck hit my car 21 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  HI,   I have had an accident with a pickup truck. Pickup truck was in fourth lane and hit my car while taking exit from fourth lane to first. He was driving at 75-80mph and I couldn’t prove that he was driving fast.  Highway authorities couldn’t provide
• MINI One - Problems with cooling system 5 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Recently I've been having some problems with the cooling system. The temperature gauge has been going all over the place, the fan is on pretty much the whole time I'm driving and stays on for about 2minutes after I turn off the engine, despite not being that hot. The water also
• Crackdown on driving whilst holding your mobile 25 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35141387 What frustrates me about all this, is the number of women (almost always aged say 25 - 40, attractive, well groomed in the modern, full make up and jeans 'pornstar' look), driving expensive cars who I see on my daily drives as the main culprits
• Vauxhall Astra G Diesel - Battery drain whilst driving 24 May 2014 (Forum)
  Astra 1.3cdti estate 2006.  Battery fully drains within 1 mile of driving with fully charged battery.  Battery and Alternator have both been exchanged with same result.  When fitting a new battery the car will start and drive for about 10 minutes, then the engine light will come
• UK driving licence 2 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Hi,   I am a Dutch businessman, involved in shelf companies and domain names, and commercially it would be much much better if I can use a UK driving licence. At this moment I use third-party registered office addresses, but I  will later rent an UK office
• second hand 4X4/ Van recomendations 18 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  Any advice appreciated as i'm not sure where to start  - I'm looking at buying a fairly cheap 4X4 or van Looking to spend about £3  -£4k with a not ridiculously high insurance group My work involves driving up farm tracks full of potholes/ craters on a daily
• £3000 auto car needed recommendations please 23 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Hi I have managed to save £3000 for a car, i cant afford anymore, it needs to be automatic, reliable, cheap to repair,tax,insure Economic Under 1.6 preferably Main use is school run, shopping, afterschool activities I hardly ever drive on motorways I do not drive fast I have one child who is 7
• Ford Fiesta diesel or petrol - Second hand car for daughter learning to drive. 22 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Gents and ladies, Need some help and assistance. Daughter is 17 in April this year.  She is mad keen to pass her test.  She is happy to meet certain costs to get a slightly better car.  Her driving will mainly be in and around town...longest journey 15 miles
• All diesels - Which driving style produces the least diesel soot 24 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  the characteristic black smoke but not at steady speed. 2. A hard driven diesel burns the soot that both hard & soft driving generate but which only hard driving will burn up leaving it to cause damage in a gently driven car. 3. It is about turbo boost. An small engine with lots of boost produces
• Points on your license 29 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  This, from my local area: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-14338331 There are over 400 people in Lancs and S. Cumbria driving around with points on their licenses exceeding the maximum 12 supposedly allowed.  This isn't just where I live; there's about 600 people
• Nissan Almera - Nissan Almera engine management light on 23 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  hi, Today i was driving my nissan almera (03 reg, with 69000 on clock) for 2 hrs on motorway and when i left the motor way and came to traffic lights to stop i found car revs going very down nearly at zero but then it goes up to its origional pt (pt where they r used to b starting the car