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  Which is the best wheel option for a Land Rover Evoque Si4? 6 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have ordered a Land Rover Evoque Si4 auto 4WD. This normally comes on 20-inch wheels, but there is a 19-inch wheel option. I argue that smaller wheels...
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  Mercedes-Benz automatic gearbox failed after 27,500 miles - where can I get it repaired economically? 21 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has owned a 2007 Mercedes-Benz A170 from new. The automatic gearbox has failed after 27,500 miles and the Mercedes dealer has said a complete new...
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  Help me in choosing my first new car. Needs to be low co2, powerful, smooth and economic 30 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to buy my first car. After researching a lot, I've short listed these cars, as I am only interested in diesel hatchbacks: VW Golf Mk VI...
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  What cars are best suited to older drivers 2 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My elderly parents live in rural Ireland, and are considering buying a new (or second hand) car. They've been Volvo estate drivers all their life, and...
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  Can you suggest a replacement for our SAAB 9-5 which will be comfortable for my elderly wife, who suffers from a bad back? 15 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My elderly wife has a chronic bad back, which severely limits her ability to sit for any prolonged period of time. Our trips are limited to a 50-mile radius...
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  Can you recommend a small, automatic car with good suspension and a comfortable ride? 13 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  We seem to feel every road imperfection that our 3-year-old automatic Astra traverses on the short journeys we mostly make. The Citroen C5 we had previously...
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  Expat advised 26 Dec 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I’m an expat living in Cape Town. I’m thinking about buying a Ford Ranger 3-litre TDCI manual but have concerns about the Turbo and Dual Mass Flywheel....
• Simple late 90's small car engines - advice needed 13 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I believe the FIAT FIRE engines are very good but ewith my budget £700-£1000 the car is likely to be well tatty by now. I love the 1.25 Ford Zetec S but I am right in the fact these need careful servicing? Something which will be hard to find on the used market. Then there i s the VAG engines, seem to be a bit ove rated from the cars I have seen so far.
• Big Brother?s Garage - Round four. 17 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  The cars with fewest votes will remain and the voting process will begin again until we?re left with *hopefully* one (or maybe 2) winner(s).
• Big Brother?s Garage - Round three. 13 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  The cars with fewest votes will remain and the voting process will begin again until we?re left with *hopefully* one (or maybe 2) winner(s).
• Funny workshop tales 28 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  I have 3 good friends all mechanics. 1 runs his own very well respected repair garage, 1 works on his own as a mech, the other a foreman in a ford main dealer 2 trained together, but all have worked together get them in a pub and get them talking about incedents that go on behind the reception desk My favorite. One of them his first week at work at a big BL dealer in the late 60's The managing directors car a S type Jag was on the ramp looking for a exhaust leak.
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  Is the Skoda Yeti the right car for me? 17 Mar 2023 (Ask HJ)
  I am interested in buying a Skoda Yeti. I have a budget of up to £10,000. We drive a max of 5000 miles a year and are not off-roaders in any sense! Would...
• Hyundai i20 1.2 Petrol Classic 2012 - i20 Electric Power Steering - USB Audio Fault? 25 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  I now guess that plugging in a USB memory stick to replay an audio book through the car's audio system somehow triggers this difference. I guess that this somehow affects the wheel speed sensors or computer(s). I guess that this stops the power steering from switching properly from slow-speed (max. assistance) to its high-speed (min. assistance) mode, and the brakes/ABS wrongly assume that a wheel is skidding, so can pull to one side or perhaps trigger the stability control?
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  How can I fix my car's demisting problems? 2 Feb 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have an Audi A1 with the 1.4 Tfsi engine and it suffers with terrible condensation, which can take up to 20 minutes to clear. My local dealer has had...
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  What's the best pick-up to replace my Isuzu Rodeo? 3 Jul 2019 (Ask HJ)
  Some years ago you recommended an Isuzu Rodeo which has served me well. I now need to replace it with something similar. I have about £15k to spend and...
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  What small MPV/hatchback should I buy? 9 Apr 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I want to change my 1.6HDI VTR+ Berlingo Multispace 2009 for something smaller with a petrol engine. My needs are easy ingress/egress, highish seating...
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  Buying a European car in Africa 14 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am in Africa, would like to buy a used German car. 1.8L max What would you recommend? Previously owned a Toyota Runx, but would love a "better" car....
• How the roads can save the economy! 6 May 2009 (Forum)
  Unmarked cars patrol the streets and motorways for "Operation Death Race Armageddon". Excessive speeding? Max points and max fine. Mobile phone use? Max points and max fine. No insurance/tax/MOT? As above. Dodgy number plate? Ditto. Driving without due care and attention/without consideration for other road users?
• Nissan QX bad emission. Time to sell? 23 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Everything passed but we have great difficulties getting it through emission. Car has done 125k. Printout as follows Fast Idle @ 3000rpm: CO = 0.287% (Max. 0.300%) *1 HC = 26ppm (Max 200ppm) Lambda = 1.004 (limits = 0.970 - 1.030) *2 Natural idle @ 675rpm: CO = 0.450% (Max. 0.500%) *3 *1 Started at 1.5% and I have to rev it to 6000rpm for more than a min to bring it back within limit @ 3000rpm *2 Fluctuate from 0.93 to 1.2 and drop again at 20 seconds interval.
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  Is it normal for a car to take 10 days to be delivered to a showroom? 26 Apr 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I'm about to buy a nearly new Ford Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost 140 ST-Line from Jennings. After seeing the car on the Ford Direct site and enquiring, I was told...