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• Cooling systems: Why don't they... 14 May 2007 (Forum)
  ...use oil instead of water? No internal corrosion, no anti-freeze needed and I would think you still get effective heat transfer. or am I missing something? --
• pug 405 gltd. Strange noise from front. 4 May 2004 (Forum)
  pug 405 gltd, i got this funny metal straining sound and squeak from front of the car, the noise only happends when on bumpy, pot holed roads. New roads = no sounds.
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  Full fronting impact 7 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Our 18-year-old son is about to take his driving test and needs a car. He has been offered a Vauxhall Corsa 1.2i 16v Design Twinport 3 door with 54 plate...
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  Insurance for 19 year old - is this fronting? 6 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am 19 years old and have held my license for a year, and I got a quote of £1300 to insure a 1.8tdci Ford Focus (mk1). My mother filled out the details...
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  Bah, Hamburg! 14 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I wrote to you some time ago, perhaps a year ago, about my E46 BMW 320d Sport I imported from Hamburg in 2002. The car is serviced by my local BMW dealer...
• MG HS - Buyers regret. No thank heavens 9 Dec 2023 (Forum)
  Daughter was told that the DAB radio function (missing on some models in the past year or so) and a dab pliug in kit on the windscreen provided instead, had been fixed and new models should arrive fully equipped. So went to order one with the proviso that would check the car before completing purchase and would then pay balance r if not wnated return of deposit.
• Toyota Avensis (2003 - 2008) - 05 2.0 Condensation in Near Side Headlamp 20 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Dear All, Changed the dipped headlight and sidelight lamps on Saturday morning. Headllight was a bit fiddly due to close proximity of windscreen washer filler pipe. Put car through car wash and noticed a few hours later condensation on inside face of clear head light plastic lense. Could not see how moisture entered headlamp. No damage to headlamp lense and both the head lamp shroud and side light lamp all seamed secure.
• German cities Low Emission Zone 14 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  The plan is to roll out to other cities. There are four bands, older cars are excluded from day one. Cars in band 2 will be excluded from 1st Jan. 2010 when a review of the NOx levels will be done and if necessary future plans will be made to exlude the next band of vehicles.
• Microfibre Magic 17 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Hi gang - just bought one of those super duper microfibre cloths tjust to give it a try. Super! Great at removing all sorts of marks from hard surfaces and terrific on the car. Removed my sons' sticky finger marks from the windows and the 'film' which always seems to coat the inside of the windscreen and removing smears etc. from the dashboard etc. Haven't tried it on the exterior as I haven't washed it for a while but I'm sure it's going to be great - we suffer from hard water and unless the car is properly dried after washing any remaining droplets leave an annoying limescale residue.
• Me got parking ticket, can i appeal? 1 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, Parked my car on the High Street in High Wycombe today, as its a Bank Holiday Monday, a lot of people were parking their cars a long the High Street like they do on Sundays. I parked my motor in virtually the same spot as i did the sunday last week, but this time as i came back about 10 mins later, there was the dreaded ticket slapped on my windscreen, gulp!!!!
• new honda civic 30 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Screeching Brakes,creaking underneath which after many visits to the delaer resulted in new suspension struts on a car of 1500 miles! New windscreen seal as faulty. Yes the Honda dealer is helpful but on new honda all of this plus rear body fender not fastened --a Japanese car build in uk. Thing is i changed from bog standard Astras which never had a problem or rattle they just drove.
• French bred 3 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Particularly noticeable, and impressive, were the many Renault 4, 9 and 11s, some well over 20 years old, most battered and bruised but still up to the job (and with their current MoT equivalent certificates on the windscreen). Perhaps Renault made their cars simpler then and, QED, they were more reliable? Oh (and this hurts) an interesting footnote: was in a Peugeot main dealer with a relative, and noticed the hourly labour rate displayed - 27 Euros (£18ish) an hour.
• Police do U-turn on blue washer lights 5 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  This may surprise some folk... A chap fitted blue LED windscreen washer lights, as used by boy racers et al. He was seen by the Police who, understandably IMHO, fined him. The motorist, who is too old to be a boy racer even though his car is an ageing Fiesta, didn't want to make a fuss, and stumped up the fine.
• GM to phase out Android Auto and Apple car play 1 Apr 2023 (Forum)
    The aim is to collect data (no doubt to sell to advertisers) and to sell subscriptions.  Another attempt to get a steady stream of cash from the users similar to BMW heated seats subscription.  No doubt the rest of the manufacturers will watch to see how this goes and whether they should try it too.
• Cars are good for 500,000 miles 26 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  I kept it for nearly a year, but decided it was far too big (though it was a SWB) and heavy duty (3.5t) for my needs. Really liked it though, loved the highly adjustable (and very comfy) seat, the truly epic heating/ventilation system, the 'london taxi' steering lock, and looking down on SUV drivers!.
• Vauxhall - Genuine car parts? 16 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  Hi all, After having a local garage fit a cheap replacement mirror on the drivers side , I've had problems with the heating element. The mirror just won't clear and after checking the temperatures of both mirrors, the passenger side gets to around 40 degrees where as my side barely reaches 15. It's slightly irritating and I've decided that I'm going to replace the mirror again.
• Mazda MX5 mk2 - MX5 Hardtop Help Please 9 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  I have a 2001 Y reg MX5 (mk2) I am trying to get hold of a hard top I have found one very close to home, the price is right and it includes getting it sprayed black to match my car. BUT it has no heated rear window. In such a small car / cabin, does anyone have any knowledge or experience of such a hard top? Will I forever wish I'd held out for a hardtop WITH a HRW or don't I need one?
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 2.0 Rear wheel bearing stuck in hub 4 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I cannot get the outer part of the bearing out of the hub. (the car has discs all round) I have tried drifting it out with a suitable sized socket, applying heat and pressing it out using a vice but it wont shift. Any ideas? The really stupid thing is that I have the car immobile on the drive blocking my van in so I cant go anywhere until I get this sorted!!
• Toyota Yaris II/Vitz (2006 - ) - Seat belt safety recall 28 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  The move involves all Yaris models built in 2006 and 2007 and is part of a global recall involving 1.3 million cars across the world. Car owners are being told to bring their vehicles in after the problem was identified on a component known as a "seat belt pretensioner" which locks the belt in place. But it was discovered that this part could heat up and set a foam insulating pad alight, running the risk of a fire in a high-speed head-on crash.
• Ford Galaxy (1995 - 2006) - 1997 2.8 V6 heater matrix replacement- 11 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  My brother has a R reg Ford Galaxy 2.8 V6 where the heater does not pump out any significant heat and the matrix has been diagnosed as needing replacement. I have changed matrices on Golfs where it is not too bad a job but how difficult is it to do on these? The value of his car is low so it could mean scrapping the car or selling it cheap, but I could do it if it is not too bad...