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4X4 Recommendations

Hi, looking to buy a second-hand 4x4. Anyone have any recommendations whether Honda, Hyundai, Nissan, Landrover, Mitsubishi etc are the best, and why?...

AB Editor

Have The Police Taken Their Eye Off The Ball Here?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23529736 Clearly motorists deem it worh the risk with little chance of getting caught....

bobo101

Road Accidents

Bit of a random one but is there another way of finding out if there have been any road accidents in your area and how many and where they took place, other than the live road updates?...

tonyav

Proper Speeder's.

http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/25-of-the-uks-fastest-speeders...

flump1

Hi Tony, the latest advert for the stop start technology ( good ad, can't even remember what blooming manufacturer it is ) , with the baby that starts howling as soon as the car stops...then snuggles...

BJS

Informing The Insurance Company

If you are caught speeding and instead of the points on licence/fine penalty you are accepted for the Driver's Awareness course, so no change to your Licence is incurred, would you still have to...

Avril04

Renault Megane Light Fault

A few weeks ago, the front, left hand indicator light on my Renault stopped working, whilst the side and rear lights remained problem free. Tonight the same has happened to the right indicator light....

vernonk

Parked Car

If a car is parked for a long time in the same spot in a road which has no parking restrictions, how long can it stay there before being reported to police or whoever?

ToraToraTora

Towing With An Automatic Car..

When I was growing up this was always considered a no no, not really sure why but does anyone know if there is (or was) any reason why it's not a good idea?

xvbn

Lost In The Car Park

We attended a large country show at the weekend and as usual we couldn't find our car in the car park when we came out. I noticed some other cars had long poles attached atop of which was attached a...

Marijn

Good Car Hire, Please

I live in South East Essex and want to hire a people carrier for a few days. Has anyone got any recommendations? I'd like it as cheap as possible, from a reliable firm. Thank you.

johnny37

New Ford Focus 1.6 Ecotech Engine

I was told by a Ford salesman that they no longer make a 2.0 litre Focus. Apparently the new 1.6 is as powerful as the old 2.0. This was done for ecology reasons. I have looked at the spec and the new...

ditchy49

Pt Cruiser

when driving my pt cruiser come to junction put foot on clutch after few seconds revs start to drop any body have this problem...

Marl

Car Door Handle

I have a 1990 Mk2 VW Golf Driver 1.6 and am having difficulty finding a replacement driver's door handle. Can anyone recommend a website or Golf forum I can visit?...

berniecuddles

Pay Pay Pay!

oh well another years worth of paying out for the motor (ford mondeo) £220 road tax £163 fully comp insurance (quite good i thought this year) £160 full service and mot and the bit that i forgot...

Meg888

Had A Little Bump....

.... and I've scraped someone's car - totaly my fault, rubbish parking. It's not really bad, the damage to my own is worse. Anyway they weren't around so I left my name/number/email on their...

friedgreentomato

Which One Would You Choose?

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Luzzly

Disabled Parking

Just wondered if anyone knew if there is a charge for disabled parking at Darlington Memorial Hospital.

Bazile

Engine Oil

I need to top up the engine oil in my car . However i dont know what type of oil is already in there . Does it matter if i top it up with a different type of oil ?...

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