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• honda shuttle 27 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  Hi A friend has offered me his Honda Shuttle. It is a 1998 R 2.3ls with a full history in perfect condition. He bought it when it was a year old on 10,000 miles. It now has 35,000 on the clock. What would be a fair price for the car. Many thanks Simon
• Ford Fiesta - Cooling fan issues 2010 Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 26 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Car has been regularly serviced. Thanks in advance folks.
• Volkswagen Passat - How Can I tell they changed the brake fluid? 8 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  I explained that I would be travelling for the next six days and after reading the warnings in the service schedule the car was dangerous. They agreed!,   but then rang back to say they had re-checked all the records and yes the fluid had been changed and the record just marked incorrectly.   My question is how can I tell if the fluid is new or three years old?
• Recent Crash, Help wanted ref Insurance Co, please 30 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  My question is this. Because the car is over ten years old, (very low mileage, very well looked after, lots of life in the old car yet), I have this feeling the Insurance company are going to try and write it off. Has anyone come up against this sort of thing and been able to get it back off the company and get the damage repaired themselves?
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1996 1.3 Best method of changing air filter? 2 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  This might sound like a daft question but I changed the air filter on my dad's car a few weeks back (same engine 1.3). i found it quite hard as the top of the cover did not lift off, I had to slide the old out and slide a new one in, it took me a good 15 minutes (compared to about 30 seconds it took me to this my MK3 Fiesta and my dads old Ladas).
• Rover 827 pulling to the left 21 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  However when I have then tried to get the car to do it again, the car has driven perfectly. It might be just that the wheel has been caught up in a rut in the road and just the low gearing on the steering wheel makes it seem more noticeable than in other cars. (827 steering has some stupidly high number of turns lock to lock).
• Handling 5 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Whilst I may well be wrong that is not my definition of handling. The most potent car I have driven for any distance was some years ago in a newish Porsche 911 on some old Autobahns in Germany and it constantly needed steering correction. To a lesser extent the Gtis I have owned were more sensitive to road camber than cooking family saloons.
• Remote Central Locking 18 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Not very helpful in lots of circumstances. (although his remote boot opening works independently - which is quite good in supermarket car parks) My question is - should Mr H's car automatically lock itself again, after using the remote? The dealer/service agent says it should - be it's damn inconvenient. It seems an odd thing to have changed since my car came out - unless there's a good reason for it, that we haven't realised?
• When is the right time? 28 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  A 1 year old with 25000 miles for under £7k seems the way to go. I do not live locally, are these cars still under warrenty and dealer serviced generally? thanks for any advice
• Good lowish insurance group car for large young driver 11 Aug 2018 (Forum)
    The time has come for my 22yr old son to run his own car due to starting a post degree new job. For the moment he will take on my owned from new 17 year old 126k miles Skoda Octavia that has been well maintained and is MOt'd until March but I'm not sure it will make it through the new test next year (EML issue - caused possibly by EGR etc - not affecting running or economy & minor oil leak) Budget - circa £5k and probably petrol So starting to investigate what next.
• My wife is car hunting alone! 15 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  30 miles away Car Two 12 months old 5,500 miles £6,995 ? 200 miles away She called the dealer of car 1 and the fun started. ?The price on screen is £6,999 ? £6791 is a web price. It has no tax so we?ll throw that in, it?
• Ford Focus - Turbo blown, 1 week old, where do we stand? 1 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Hi all, can you tell me where I stand legally. I've had a turbo go in a car a week old, this has been confirmed and verified via the AA and an independednt garage, the turbo is blown and had to be towed by the AA. The dealer has offered to have the turbo repaired but by the garage of his choice and has also stated that he is only required by law to make a contribution and not the whole fee- which I think is arrant rubbish but you may tell me otherwise.
• Car versus Dog - Insurance premiums 14 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  We have at last a new car, one of the last of the previous generation Kia Sportage. It's ok but Insurance for the car is £234  fully comp, with endless years of ncb, maximun discount. The hound is insured for £3000 a year max claim and is  £540. excess is £175  + 20%.7yr old mixed breed not known for medical problems.
• ANY-car parked on driveway. - A cure for footballs belted into my car 3 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  So, till last year, we had occasional "Football" impressions on the car, when it was parked in the driveway.. Friendly polite requests met with mild aggression. Problem solved.. neighbour concerned has a new SUV to replace his old banger and which just happens to be parked on the street as they don't have a driveway.
• Suv Family car 5 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  Hi guys im after a car for my partner, I need a car which is high to make it easy with kids.  1st type of car was a SUV, my budget is 6/7k ultimate max8-9k. upto 6/7 years old decent economy max mileage 60k. my options in mind were ix35, and sportage which would get to the max budget.
• Mercedes A class 2003 - loan car 21 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  I've been loaned the above for the day and for a 15 year old car it's a good advert. All works except an auto adjusting mirror, it was never a car you'd have bought for performance but it makes progress reasonably, the driving position is high which i like. No rust anywhere and it must have had loads of different drivers, the interior is not worn and it shows that you can get an older car which will give good service with little depreciation too.
• Car scrapping question 20 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  Er...I want to scrap my old car. I picked a company from the list of ELV scrap dealers from the DoE website and spoke to them. They said they'd come and take the car away and I should give them the V5 document (I don't have a VC5) without filling it in and they'll send me a CoD later on.
• Vauxhall Zafira Tourer - Do i need insurance if i am not driving a car 27 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  Hi i have bought another car and my old car is just waiting to be sold. do i need insurance on that car even if i am not driving it? It is parked outside my house, it is taxed and mot'd and is on a public road, I called my insurer and they said as long as you are not driving it is ok but i wanted a second opinion of if this correct.
• Car Engine OIL 28 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Article on the HJ website that the averge motrist is confused as to what engine oil to use.  SO he or she uses any old oil.  What a sad state of affirs so people can invest thousands buying a car but can not be bothered to correctly service and maintain a car?  unable to read car manaul  and comprend and infer if the manual says use 5W-30 full synthetic then that is the oil to use.
• C5 Tourer - new shock absorber on 1st MOT!!!! 21 May 2012 (Forum)
  1st MOT on 2009 car. My car has failed its 1st MOT as the front shock absorber needs replacing.  How can a new car, with 30,000 on the clock need new shock absorber? I have never had to replace shock absorbers on previous cars and the first car i owned was 10 years old!