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  My BMW X1 suffers from a very hard ride - can this be rectified? 6 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  After a short test drive on the A3 I bought a BMW X1 Crossover with a load of extras from the local BMW dealer. I soon realised that the ride was very...
• New Buyers Help 14 Mar 2012 (Forum)
   Part of the problem is that we need a automatic gearbox (the wife cant drive stick) and in France you are looking at 10,000 first price for something decent.   What  I really want is a small-medium MPV/Crossover AUTO, but again the good ones start at 15K (with a automatic gearbox).
• Citroen Xsara - 1998 XSARA Hatch - Door Locks do not open with key 1 May 2010 (Forum)
    I generally do the work on cars myself but i am not great with electrics ( i never have got my head around how relays work)   So, the car door locks do not work... the seller told me this when i bought ti so i was not concerned, i was more concerned with a reliable engine after the last 2 cars i have had(Fiat and a VW...   not time for France's turn).   if you try to unlock or lock the drivers door with the key, the barrel just turns and turns, either direction.   if you try and do the passenger door, then it seems seized and will not turn either direction.
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - Five weeks with the Octavia 6 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Economy when it came was under 50mpg (50 on the trip) and now it is 60mpg+ on the trip and still improving. 600 on a tank not a problem. Boot really is huge and swallowed everything we would have put in the Honda for the trip to France (and the Honda was an estate which we would load up to seat level). Performance and economy did not suffer that much with the load (still 55mpg loaded and with air con on most of the time). Stereo is good although the CD changer is largely redundant (must get around to recording some MP3 CDs!)
• french car makers on the run 31 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  The association "securite-autos" is being backed by the magazine "que choisir" (a french "which?" magazine). note that peugeot france had issued a technical bulletin extending the guarantee upto 120 000 kms on the engine. the association notes an increase in the amount paid to new claimants since the association has become involved.
• Any considered - Best car to buy at 3 years old 25 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  I'll have the opportunity to buy my next company car after 3 years and this will be my retirement car to be used 1 day a week for work and the rest for visiting relatives and several drives down to Normandy and a couple to south of France  each year. I currently do about 24k miles a year and that will reduce a bit to around 20k. I'll need a large estate for our large dog and all our  clobber, something Mondeo sized or bigger is probably best.
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  How can I speed up the replacement of missing windscreen clips after a repair to my Citroen C3? 9 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Last year I bought a Citroen C3 Picasso locally. After multiple instances of cutting out on motorways in Europe (with ‘Anti Pollution Fault’) and having...
• Analysing Road Accident Statistics 18 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  The WHO ranks nations on road deaths per 100,000 inhabitants and we come out 5th best, with the better ones being three minor islands and Sweden. 3.59 per 100,000 a year approx for the UK. 4.5 for Germany, 4.7 Ireland, 5.2 Australia, 6.9 France and a staggering 12.3 for the US. You're three times more likely to die on American than British roads. Most broadly, road deaths accounted for only 0.5% of deaths last year, 33% of deaths were due to heart disease and cancer weighed in with a quarter.
• Friday Journeys 26 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Why do we expand access to all sorts of other things (TV channels, internet access speed, air transport, shopping hours, pub opening hours etc) yet restrict peoples' access to efficient use of their beloved cars? Sorry for long post - we were really fed up on Friday night, got to France too late for a meal and had to drive down the motorway to the first services to get a coffee and a sandwich! Phil
• Citroen Xantia auto gearbox problem 9 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  It is used for a mixture of short and long runs and towing. A fault recently developed while he was on holiday in France while towing a small caravan severe wet weather. The car became very sluggish to set off in first or reverse. When towing he could hardly get it going at all. Up hills solo; the same. At some point in the story the gearbox went into "fault" mode where the gear indicator lights flash, but that particular symptom has gone away.
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  The reason for the set price of diesel is partly to do with refinement processes. 19 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  You gave the correct explanation to PW of Leicester regarding the price of diesel. To expand on it, the fraction of the barrel that the diesel comes from...
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  Long delayed Skoda ordered 22 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I placed an order with DM Keith Leeds on 6 October 2010 for a Skoda Octavia Estate 2.0 TDI CR Scout 4x4. The only extra I ordered was metallic paint. I...
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  In-dealer’s exposure 20 Feb 2010 (Ask HJ)
  How do you go about dealing with poor workmanship? Our 2004/54 BMW 318i went in to the BMW dealer we bought it from for what we were told to be necessary...
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  Through the glass darkly 5 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I had a recent experience that some drivers will learn from. It certainly caught me out. I recently purchased a second-hand car (07) from a reputable dealer....
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  How should an MHEV operate? 7 May 2025 (Ask HJ)
  My Kia Sportage ('74 plate 1600 petrol GTLine MHEV) has a display option which shows when the 48v battery is charging but never indicates when the battery...
• Help can’t decide on family car 16 Feb 2025 (Forum)
  Live in ULEZ area so would prefer petrol car. Can’t have electric as live in terraced house and couldn’t charge it at home. Drive down France couple of times a year to visit family and camp so need a decent boot space. Trying to save to buy first home but have to use savings to buy car - would prefer to spend under £15K or as little as I can get away with.
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  Should I get the emissions update done on my 100,000 mile Skoda Suberb? 31 Jul 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2009 Skoda Superb. It runs very well, done 110,000 miles and I plan to keep it. Skoda have invited me to bring it in for emission software change,...
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  Buying a new car - what is recommended? 4 Feb 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am 85, male and fit. I bought a new Peugeot 308 SE HDI (136) in 2008, and have driven only 22,000 miles. I use my car for short shopping trips, and...
• The death of the diesel engine? 19 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Some 50 per cent of new cars sold in the UK are diesels, well behind the 70 per cent in Spain and France, but not far short of the EU average of 55 per cent. Europe is by far the biggest consumer of diesel-powered cars. As recently as 2010, Japan and the US had only a small, single-digit take-up for diesel cars.
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  Can you recommend a dog friendly car? 20 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  A friend of mine is looking for a replacement for his Land Rover Defender. The car must be dog friendly and comfortable. He lives in Jersey, so it must...