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• Insurance for Ex-Company Car Driver 25 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Help...I'm trying to get reasonable quotes for car insurance. Ex-company car driver/34 yrs old/no claims in last 8 years/2 SP60's in last 5 years/40k miles per annum. Any recommendations? Current quotes £920 (Elephant)- £2200 (More>Than..so that's how they get their name!!)
• Car dumping 20 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  The quality of dumped cars in East Anglia is improving. Over the last couple of days, have seen a dark green L-reg Mondeo estate, a lovely old Mercedes 230CE coupe, a Renault Clio and a late eighties Jaguar XJ6, all obviously dumped and with bits missing.
• From the Guardian - More clean air zones in Europe 21 Jul 2022 (Forum)
  In Case anyone is travelling     https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/20/old-cars-forced-off-road-as-europes-clean-air-zones-nearly-double  
• 1 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  I wish HJ would stop banging on about left-foot braking, amongst other things. By his logic, manual car drivers must be lethal yet we never hear of such a case. It is just a case of old people driving automatics who should not be driving.
• Careless or what? 5 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  So we have a 97 yr old driving out of a drive onto a main road and hits A car on the main road Driver subject to eyesight test? Possible charge of s section 3 due care? Ummmmmmm
• New insignia sports tourer 9 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  Looking at a new shape insignia. Seem to be some great deals on a 1 yr old car. Looking at a vxline nav model. Anyone have experience of interior quality, kit levels etc?
• Suzuki Wagon R - Stability 15 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Daughter had to take extreme avoiding action on the A1 this week, and her little green Suzuki fell over on its side. Is there a known stability problem with these cars (and by extrapolation the old shape Vauxhall Agila)?
• ford mondeo - fuel injectors 12 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Couple of questions 1. Can i put used fuel injectors from a scrapyard into my car then get them recoded on the ecu ? 2.Can you get your old injectors reconditioned ?
• Cruise control, good, bad , or indifferent? 13 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I think good, wouldnt have a car without it. Maybe because most of my driving is done north of Carlisle in light traffic compared to the more manic parts...
• Citroen - DS 17 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  All this discussion about old cars has made me nostalgic for these. Have had several Citroens - in my view the 'quirkier' the better (apart from the XM). But the DS - should I? Could I? Buy one and afford to run it that is.
• Renault Clio 3 year Warranty question 12 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Am I correct in thinking that to qualify for the 3 year Warranty, the car must be serviced at a Renault garage? Looking at buying one approx 2 years old. Thanks.
• Rover 75 1.8 clutch 25 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  My Rover 75 clutch slave cylinder has failed causing the need for a replacement clutch & cylinder. The car is 3.5 years old with 38000 on the clock. Does anybody know if this is a common problem?. Cheers.
• Selling a vintage registration plate 30 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I'm buying a 42 year old car with it's original numberplate LLL NNN (L=letter N=number). Is it possible to sell that plate, and then get a new age related plate from the DVLA?
• Old man with a mission, but no hat 24 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Yet once I was past, I saw at the next village he was back to driving at 20 with a queue behind him. I have seen other examples of this behaviour. Once I was deliberately baulked by an old man who indicated right whenever I tried to overtake. I don't mind old men in hats in comparison to this kind.
• na - Driving a car without insurance on the vehicle? 2 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  I'm about to buy another car, so my previous will sit on the drive until it gets sold. The insurance will be transfered to my new car and the old one now uninsured. For arguments sake I'm unable to sell the car for a while and I need to get it MOT'd.
• Additional security on new cars 20 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Do you use additional security on your brand new car? I am referring to cars which are less than 5 years old. These cars tend to be fitted with immobiliser and code transmitter in the key fob which makes it hard to hot-wire a car. Just wonder if anyone use stoplok etc.
• Company Car Tax on used cars 11 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  My boss is thinking of buying me a car outright instead of via contract hire. If he buys a car over,say, 3 years old, does my tax liability change ? If not, then presumably it is based on the current list value &co2 rating. But what if the car is no longer made - what list price do I use ?
• Insurer won't cover courtesy car 17 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  My insurers refused to cover a Citroen C3 courtesy car while my car is being serviced because the courtesy car is expensive!! They won't cover a courtesy car that is more valuable then your own car! Well then, my just over 3 year old C5 is then worthless and I can't be trusted with a nearly new supermini!.
• Honda CR-V - Replacing suspension 27 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  Spoke with the wife about it, and she is not really happy to go with it, as she think in such old car there would be something another to fix sooner or later and the car could finish in sc*** yard due to overall corrosion issue or if something major brake, so she think putting £500 for new suspension is not wise or worthy.
• Family Car - XC90 or Discovery Sport 17 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  Hi all, Apologies for the long first post but have been reading through the forum and found lots of really great content. My wife and I have a 2 year old, 1 year old with another on the way. We now need a larger car and have been sopping the market for the past month. We narrowed it down to X5, VW All Space, XC90 and Discovery Sport of cars we liked within our budget.