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• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 04 1.8 Alarm may have killed car 17 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I parked the car at work this morning and about half an hour later the alarm went off - for the first time ever! I then had to deactivate it a number of times and through various combination of pressing the interior sensing button and deadlocking/not deadlocking I managed to silence it.
• Mazda 3 - Mazda 3 (2013 on) - your opinions please 28 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Wind and road noise... mixed reports Steering feel - mixed reports again, although complaints seem in the minority Electronic service records... so what happens if I want to sell, or go independent for servicing? So I thought, who better to ask than the fine folk in the HJ forum, especially those (hoping there will be some) who've lived with the latest 3 and probably know it inside out by now.  Any views on that little lot?  How have you found running costs, performance, dealers, body quality, space, visibility (parking especially), ride, steering, noise levels and not least, reliability?
• Lexus RX400h - RX400h owner's review for gordonbennet 20 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Reversing lights are awful, I’ve replaced them with LEDs which means the parking camera is now useful at night – but the electrical noise from the dodgy Chinese LED's means I have to turn the wireless off when reversing to avoid a blast of white noise! Good/Bad?
• Audi Q2 - first 1,000 miles 25 May 2018 (Forum)
    And there's an indescribably good feeling that never again will I have to reach for the parking brake down by my right knee.  I still prefer a manual handbrake, but this one comes on and off automatically when you stop and start, and is doing its best to convert me. It's mostly very well furnished inside, although the door cards feel hard and basic, with a fine high driving position and very supportive seats.
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  I've been caught speeding 4 times in the last few weeks. Will I get a driving ban? 9 Mar 2021 (Ask HJ)
  Could you give me a ball-park figure for my law-breaking driving? Around a year ago I did the speed awareness course after being busted for doing 36mph...
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  Accident advice 27 Jul 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I had an accident the other evening while wanting to turn right coming out of a side road onto a one way road. There were cars parked on my left right...
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  Why do the police fabricate offences against drivers? 23 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I had the money and inclination to take on the boys in blue when they completely fabricated a "speeding" offence against me. They even produced a "witness"...
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  Penalty kicks 20 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  The Government/DVLA is scamming motorists. In 2008 my wife sold her Vauxhall Corsa to the daughter of friend of a friend. The necessary slip on the V5C...
• Any - Cars for tall people (6' 4")? - and my experience. 26 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  I have the seat as far back as it can go but my legs are still very much bent when pushing the pedals down. The headroom is fine but my legs (knees) have to go around the steering wheel and then my shins angled back into the pedals with my feet angling outwards. All this puts much stress on my legs and it is causing my right knee to click often.
• Will need a 'station car' car soon... 15 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  Let's paint the picture. I am a private owner and currently run a 3L Petrol Jaguar XF. It is Quite a Fine Motor Car and I do about 10k/year. From next year, my office will be moved to a city centre location, so rather than driving the Jaaaag to the office I will be going in on train. The train station is 5 miles away from my house.
• DPF Filters - Just how bad are they? 14 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  I get the impresssion that I would need to take the car (assuming I was to buy a DPF diesel of course) for a good blast up the motorway in order to give the DPF chance to clear (which is fine so long as it's guaranteed to do the trick) but does anyone have any clue with regard to how often and how long for? i.e. would I need to do it every week/2 weeks/monthly or what? (or does it depend on the model of car in question/ the distances I drive?
• Lamborghini factory tour 25 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Due to a rubbish Sat Nav app, I took a wrong exit off the Autostrada near Modena so arrived late.  However I and told them.  Not only were they fine, they laid on a private tour for me and my two boys.  It was well done, with examples of cut away bodies in white and engines in small display areas, showing how the main elements are built up, and then we were shown around the two lines for the Aventador and Hurucan.
• A year with the Jaaaaag 12 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  When I bought it the Sat Nav thought it was on the M1 all the time but that has been fixed and works fine. I've done almost 11,000 miles in it taking its total mileage up to 68k and it's been completely trouble free. No knocks, rattles, rumbles or anything. Everything works, started first time in sub zero temperatures and feels very solidly built.
• Toyota Prius III (2009 - ) - Impressions of the new Prius 29 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  When ordering my elder daughter's fourth Toyota Yaris, I was looking over the new Prius and was offered a test run in one - a fine example of long-term thinking by the salesman at the excellent Octagon Toyota in Bracknell, as he knew I have a new Skoda. His reward is that I'm happy to tell anyone how impressive the new Prius is.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 2000 2.0 HDI With Zero acceleration 9 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I'll start from the beginning and try to put as much info as possible. I started the car up one day and it was fine, then drove it 10 meters slowly in a car park and the engine tone changed. I put my foot down to accelerate and it had no power then the ecu warning light came on. It starts and revs when stopped perfectly.
• Mitsubishi L200 pickups (2000 - 2006) - How to replace a pickup? 23 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Budget should be circa £17k, mpg doesn't matter, but practicality, real life reliability, and any info on ownership / dealer woes are welcome. Happy to purchase new, but at the miles I'll be doing, suggestions up to 12 mnths old are fine. Can I have the best of all worlds in one of these cars?
• Living with the Seicento 8 May 2007 (Forum)
  It wont start to play a CD if the car is moving, but start the CD when your stationary and it plays fine, most odd, but its not a Fiat CD player ( Clarion ) so not directly linked to Fiat. I have decided to get the cambelt done a year early as it cant do any harm and then i wont be worrying about it ( I dont always trust manufacturers recommendations aimed at the fleet markets running costs ).
• Wrongly accuse of being in an accident 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I can only assume the other driver wrote it down incorrectly, and i don't think it is cloned either - I have had no parking fines or anything else. I also asked, that if they exchanges details, what name did 'I' give. She told me and it was not my name, or anybody I know. I have never lent my car to anybody either. My options are I attend court and defend this or I don't attend and my old insurers will pay out and I will have this claim on my record.
• Mobilo experience 15 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  , 2 people arrive in 2 cars, take details/get signature & leave. Now, I'm sure if I had just suggested that a Mondeo or Vauxhall was fine, then it could have been delivered with the hour (there are 2-3 of their outlets with 40mins drive), so could have been done-and-dusted within 2hours of 1st call, but as it turned it was no problem to me.
• Volvo S80 battery problem 1 May 2006 (Forum)
  I managed to get the RAC guy to give me a jump start and lso moanaged to clear out the flooding and the car ws fine..drove it a few places just to recharge the battery did about 100miles to and from Reading and I was satisfied that the battery had charged enogh. But yesterday after having parked the car for about 3 days..it was to my amazement that when i went to unlock the central locking with the remote the alarm suddenly went off nd it wouldnt turn off regardless how many times I pressed the remote.