Recession - proof

I did a great deal after your advice. I got a diesel CR-V for £1,000 less than their original price for a petrol version. My query is that no one has mentioned the 10 months road tax that will still be...

Happy pack

In a rash moment I part exchanged my 2004 Civic Type R for a 2008 Type R GT with Sat Nav and HFT, 9 months old demonstrator. ‘Honda Happiness’ is offering a fixed price servicing package for 5 years or...

Hyped drid

As a pensioner, I have to minimise the running costs of my car so I traded my 3-Series BMW for what I thought would be a much more economical car. I chose a Honda Civic Hybrid because the website and...

Write or wrong?

My husband recently met with a car accident due to black ice. There is a lot of damage to the car - the front bumper, hood and the back bumper are totally messed up. The interior is fine and the engine...

Dies, foolish things?

I am looking to swap my aging Freelander for a used Honda CRV, with a budget up to £7k. I've never owned a diesel before but am tempted by getting one due to the rising VED costs and wanting to get better...

Skimmed alive

I have owned a CRV for a year and from new have had a judder when applying the rear brakes. Honda has said that it will solve the problem by skimming the discs. I am reluctant to accept this as I feel...

Ishifty fingers

I too bought a new Honda Civic with I-SHIFT gearbox earlier this year. Trading in a faultless 2005 Civic with conventional automatic gearbox was the worst day's work I ever did. Trying to hurry the I-SHIFT,...

Bat man

6 weeks after buying my 2008 CR-V 2.2 EX diesel, I parked it at Gatwick Airport for a 2-week holiday. When we returned to the car, the battery was completely flat; no lights, no unlocking on the fob, nothing!...

Gearslick?

My wife owns a two-year-old Honda Jazz 1.4 I-DSI SE CVT-7 Automatic that she loves. When it is 3 yrs old we intend to change it for another Jazz automatic but she is worried that the new one has a different...