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• Land Rover Range Rover L322 (2002 - ) - 03 4.4 V8 - buzzing noise 8 May 2011 (Forum)
  Hello all, I have 'borrowed' my old mans range rover recently, 03 plate autobiography.... and the car seems to have a really irritating buzzing noise from under the front the windscreen somewhere.. it happens from approx 55mph up and does not really stop....
• International Drivers and no claims 25 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Hi Guys, i am new to this forum. I am giving a friend of mine who is an international student my old car. It is probably valued at no more than 500. He is from Egypt, has been in the UK for 2 years as a post graduate student. In Egypt he drives and has a 8 years no claims. He hasnt yet converted his licence but is considering getting a UK licence.
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 3 x gearboxes in 1 month 14 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Service manager said he hopes this new one will be OK as the warranty on the gearbox will expire when the car is 3 years old i.e. 1st March. Surely after a catalogue of disasters Ford cannot simply disown the warranty work! or is the service manager correct? What would you do?
• Smallish automatic for about £6k 21 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  My daughter is looking for a smallish (for parking) "traditional" automatic to buy for about £6k. She does quite a lot of long distance motorway drives, and currently has a 9 year old Toyota Yaris, which has been excellent. We had a test drive with a 3 year old Mitsubishi Colt diesel automatic, but the auto lurched from gear to gear, ? had no torque converter unlike her current Yaris.
• Volkswagen Touareg (2003 - 2010) - 2006 2.5 New camshaft & oil cooler 19 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I know very little about cars, however considering warranty is 3 yrs or 60,000 miles, surely these parts are designed to last longer than this? Thanks for your help {if it's less than 4 yrs old, guessing 2006 for the year then?
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - Considering a 330d 24 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Im a 21 yr old lad and i want a car with good looks good power and something a bit fun but have to remember insurance, i'm thinkin about getting a 330d coupe about 3 yrs old prob 45k or so on the clock. The insurance even with my age isnt to bad on this and get a decent return on mpg which i probably need.
• Does the old nylons trick really work? 14 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Stopped in a layby to make a phone call the other day. Guy parked further up approached my car and asked for assistance because his had broken down. Turns...
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace (1998 - 2010) - 07 1.6HDI - cuts out it's only 20 months old 1 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  got a bit of a problem with this berlingo, as it cuts out after 20 minutes.. hoe the problem happs is that it warms it as any car would normally, then...
• Nissan Almera - Terrible headlights 19 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  They passed the MOT in March, so it shouldn't be a defective reflector or anything like that. Plus, the lights on my mum's (newer model) Almera are just as bad. My bulbs are the normal old-fashioned headlight type (usually called bulb 472) - any suggestions how to make them better? Uprated bulbs? ....or is there a way of changing the beam alignment further than the electric thingy inside the car can manage?
• A4 TDi 130PD 17 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Hi The auld petrol Vectra is becomming tired and I am seriously considering replacing it with an A4 TDi 130. I have always prefered oil burners, but have never owned any of these new fangled PD engined cars. I usually buy at 2-3 years old and keep for another 5 years moving on when I get a good 160k on the clock. How realistic is this to do on the new generation of PD engines compared to the older style I am used to?
• Windscreen Wipers 8 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  But there was a clip on each one which came off easy enough but I have a feeling they should be left on. They look like a very small old clothespeg and clipped onto the bar of the blade that would ordinarily clip onto the wiper arm itself. I've kept them in case I need to put them on in some way but they're a new one on me. (The wipers, without these "pegs" clip on and look identical to the old ones).
• removing bumper scuffs 10 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Anybody out there help, a little old lady scraped my back bumper yesterday, 2003 Honda CRV, its the black bumper not the painted one, doesn't seem to have broke the surface just a few lighter (in colour) marks. I have no wish to sting the old dear for a new bumper but would like to get the marks out.
• Reliability: 528i vs S-Type 15 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Hi all, a friend is current looking at 5 year-old (1999 S/T/V) RWD automatic with 100k on the clock, large saloon at £5-6,000 to replace his 10 year-old Scorpio. He has narrowed down to BMW 528iASE or Jaguar S-Type 3.0SE auto. Would anyone kindly comment on the 1) which is more reliable?
• MOT- new rules, or just applying the old 14 May 2004 (Forum)
  For years now I have grown accustomed to treating the MOT as a kind of free check-up. If the car fails the first attempt, I go and fix it and then get...
• Corolla 1.6 SR 6-Speed 9 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Thinking of trading in my rather well-used (but reliable, apart from the gearbox whine ?bearing?) Corolla old-shape 1.4 (no air-con or other goodies) for a 1.6 old-shape at much lower mileage - mainly because I know the Corolla now, so know what to look for, and the SR sorts out all the things about my car I don't like - floppy suspension, more engine poke and 6-speed box for the motorway.
• Insurance renewal 1 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  So I can buy from the internet as if I'm a new customer again or pay the renewal at £68 more?! Mmmm (I'm also considering (as I always am) changing the car it's now 3 yrs old - and there's nowt wrong wi'it but I just get the urge. I think I've narrowed it to 1 yera old Leon Cupra or Volvo s60 2.0SE - a curios pair but both a bit different and with 180bhp)
• Omega rust and final drive whine 16 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  This looks like a serious and expensive problem to rectify, and very disappointing to find on 3 to 4 year old cars. A 94k mile example which I drove had a whine from the rear, even at low speed. I have been surprised not to see these mentioned on this forum. Perhaps the noisy axle is uncommon, but the paint problem is clearly not.
• Mixing tyre brands 20 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Hi All, I'd like a bit of advice on tyre safety. My wife's company car has just had a front tyre replaced. As a result it now has a pair of 2 year old Dunlops on the back and 1 band new Dunlop on the front alongside a 7 year old Goodyear. All are 185/60R14. I was astounded that the lease company would not fork out for a matching pair on the front for obvious reasons of safety.
• Battery replacement - the sequel ... 3 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Some feedback on the extremely complex battery changing manoeuvre. The thought of trying to support the car's electronics using an old battery and some crocodile clips made me nervous so I made my own "memory saver" out of a redundant mains mobile phone charger (11.75 smooth volts, kind to electronics) and cigar-lighter plug with a built-in 2A fuse.
• Toyota HSD - Advice. Old man put down deposit, changes mind 7 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  I warned him that he will not get all his money back.  Turns out that its company policy that if you want to reject a car , the cost is 10% of the car. As he paid 1k, 10% means an extra £350 for him to get out of the contract. An alternative  is to buy another Toyota. There is no cooling off period as he physically went to the dealership , test drove the car and thrashed out a good deal on both the car and the px.