car advice

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    Entry Level Cars

    Hi! If you had to go the option of brand new, what entry level cars would be a good option? Also, any strong feelings on the manual vs automatic divide?
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    Customer Rights Repair Gone Wrong

    Just wondering if anyone knows exactly what rights a customer has on a bad experience at a mechanic. I sent in an old Forrester to be repaired for a big job (replace head gasket). Took a long time to get it back. When it came back, it drove but there were a couple problems: steering made a loud...
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    Purchased 2nd hand Chevy Spark from a Dealership 5 months ago - so many problems!

    Hello, I purchased a Chevy Spark 1.2 LS (2016) from a Chevy dealership towards the end of December at 35000kms. This is the very first car that I purchased and it was financed through the dealership. It was purchased in such a hurry - I only went for a "test drive" the car but the salesperson...
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    Car insurance claim- can I request car to be written off?

    Can anyone assist. My car was in an accident lately and there seems to be structural axel damage. The value of car is insured for 76k and quote from panel beater is 60k... It appears insurance is getting part quotes from assessors. Would car not just be written off? And as I don't feel...
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    Intermittend Starter issues Polo Vivo 1.4

    Hi all, So I have been having Intermittent staring issues with my Polo Vivo 1.4 2014 Model. Some days, sometimes weeks apart, when I turn the key, I'll just just hear one click and no engine. Lights, dashboard, radio and even aircon goes on but no engine. I thought it was the immobilizer...
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    Audi or Mazda... Can't decide! Please help!

    Hi all. I am brand spanking new to MB and would greatly appreciate any useful insight or perspectives regarding my car dilemma. I am looking to purchase a car and have narrowed it down to 2 deals: • 2013 Audi A1 1.6TDI Ambition Sportback Manual (colour white & 33 000 kms on the clock) •...
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    New car for under R250K

    Hi guys, I am looking to get a new car on finance and don't want to spend more than R3000 pm. It seems this would cap the value of the cars I can afford to about R250K. So far my top 2 are the Mazda 2 and the Kia Rio. I would like to avoid VW due to the high risk of theft and want to...
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    Car suggestion for 3 carseats

    Hi All, Pulling in advice anywhere I can at the moment. Thinking we were to be blessed with our 2nd child, it turns out we are getting our 3rd thrown in as well :) So now this has opened a can of worms, I now need a car that can fit 3 car seats (kiddie #1 is only 3yrs old) So just throwing...
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    Car Jump Starter Power Bank

    Groupon are having a deal on a jump-start kit. It looks cool - very small/portable unlike those large battery packs which I'm used to. Question for the experts: can you see any downside to the product or the deal? Link: Rossi 14000mAh Car Jump Starter Power Bank Cheers
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    Starting up

    A lot of times someone gets this idea to use the little electronic man inside your computer to ask a series of ridiculous questions. Questions such as how do I become a test driver, how do I become a motoring journalist, or how do I clip a hangnail on my big toe. The answer is almost always the...
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    Hello world

    A warm hello and welcome to this thread first of all, and I really hope you would leave here entertained, and leave me bruised and wiser. :) I just found out my company would be retrenching in November, and that sucks, but, as my daddy always said, knowledge is power. So here I am, taking...
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