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  Is buying a five year old electric car a gamble? 5 Sep 2023 (Ask HJ)
  If I buy a five year old electric car am I taking a huge gamble on whether the battery will last? It would be prohibitively expensive to replace.
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  Son wants a Golf? 27 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My 24-year-old son wants to upgrade his old Clio to a VW Golf and spend around £6k. It's the old story of buying a car that gives him a bit of street...
• Do my old cars still exist? 24 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Chatting with my wife earlier this week we were talking about all our old cars / motorbikes. I remember all the registrations (15 cars / bikes in my case! and I'm only 34!). Is there any way of tracing whether they are still on the roads using the reg numbers or is everything so private that it is untraceable?
• Old cars' - MoT history 5 May 2021 (Forum)
   Walking around our Northants villages is more interesting than across our admittedly beautiful countryside as on a fine day there are often interesting old cars to be glimpsed, e,g D755MUD with a rare immaculate MoT history despite its extreme age and six figure mileage.   Here is an interesting site which analyses MoT results....  https://www.bymiles.co.uk/insure/magazine/mot-data-research-and-analysis/#average-annual-mileage-per-car ...interesting that the pass rate is at its lowest (around 60%) at 15 - 20 years old, and by the time a car is 100 yrs old it's back up to 80%!
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  what's the best £1000 car for a new driver? 20 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am 25 years old and I want to buy cheap car for around £1000 or less. I don't have any NCB so need something that’s cheap to insure and maintain. What...
• 'Cool' car for 17 year old girl 30 May 2008 (Forum)
  My girlfriends 17 yr old daughter will shortly be sitting her driving test. Assuming she passes, she will doubtless be wanting a car, and mum's company car does not allow her to be added to the policy (phew!). With a budget of £2k max ( I only paid £995 for my own car) what, in the world of teenage girls, constitutes a cool car?
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  Can I keep my uninsured car on the road as long as it's taxed? 25 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I'll be getting my new car next week. I'm going to transfer my insurance to the new car, but can I keep my old car on the road as long as I don't drive...
• Finding old registration numbers ?? 2 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  I've been searching for an old registration number I or my father had on our cars in the 60/70's. But can't find them listed anywhere on the various sites. Is there anyway of finding these old registrations, even if knowing the vehicle has been scrapped long ago.
• Old Pick-Up Truck Road Tax/Insurance 29 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I was idly wondering today about buying an old 'proper' pick up truck (Not a fashion statement) so something like an old Hilux, P100 etc. Is the insurance and VED on these comparable to a car or different as they are commerical vehicles?
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  Audi A5 clutch failure - can I keep the old part? 28 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My Audi A5 2.0 TDI is still under warranty and is suffering problems. The garage found suspected clutch slip and at a total cost to myself (£2187) have...
• BMW 3 Series E46 - trade in car requires repair, who is liable to pay 27 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Have traded in my old car for a newer model. the old car developed a problem with the engine before i left the dealers (while they were driving it to storage) but after they had signed the V5 as the new owners and after i had paid the balance on the new car.
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  What is the best age to change your car? 4 Jun 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2011 XC90 and want to know when is the best time to upgrade to a newer XC90 old style?
• Small Car Recommendation for 19yr old, £1500-2000? 21 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  She regrets not taking us up on the offer of old 1994 Volvo 440 "tip trip" car and needs to replace the Corsa with something cheap to insure and ideally more reliable than the Corsa has been. Any suggestions for £2000 max? thanks
• Bringing back old brands- Friday trivia 26 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Bell Boys post got me thinking. If you had millions to invest and wanted to bring back an old car name from the past, what would it be and what sort of car would you build? I'd quite like to see Triumph come back with a lightweight sports car to rival Lotus.
• Old Stock?? 31 May 2006 (Forum)
  Bought a fuel filter and an oil filter recently;fuel filter was marked "Motorcraft" as usual but the oil filter was marked "FoMoCo";a trademark that I thought was long gone but the part was not for an old car.
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  What's a good car for a first time driver? 19 Nov 2019 (Ask HJ)
  My 18-year-old daughter has recently passed her test and Grandma has offered to buy her a second-hand car, up to 3 years old, with approx. up to 20,000...
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  Ten grand tourer 14 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  If you had £10,000 or perhaps a bit more to spend on an old car (not a nearly young car) what would you buy or what would you recommend me to buy? Something...
• 3 year old Matiz 29 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  I have a 3 (and a bit) year old Daewoo Matiz with only 16,250 miles on the clock, according to the "Car-by-Car Breakdown" it will need a... 'Timing belt and GF50 tensioner pulley replacement at 40k miles or 4 years whichever comes first'.
• what first cars are young people buying these days 24 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  So if the kids are not buying these what are they buying? newer cars? different cars to Corsas? Is a 10 yr old car too old for todays young drivers?! Or maybe £1000 for a 54 plate Corsa 1.2 is too much money? any thoughts?
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  Should I buy a new car or a good year-old model? 15 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I'm retired, and my mileage annually is approx. 5,000. Do I purchase a new car (keen on a Focus or Astra) with usual discounts, or select a good year-old...