February 2002
just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has been so helpful. you're a really great bunch of people. Read more
my volvo 240 has failed its mot because its emmsions and the garage said it needs a new engine so its not worth mending. they have a landrover freelander which is a very nice car but it dosent have a handbook and i can't see if it will be ok for my caravan. can someone help?? Read more
Mark, I could not have written that any better
my volvo 240 has failed its mot because its emmsions and the garage said it needs a new engine so its not worth mending. they have a landrover freelander which is a very nice car but it dosent have a handbook and i can't see if it will be ok for my caravan. can someone help?? Read more
Obtain second opinion on the Volvo !
I'm considering a new 156. Would appreciate any opinons on the reliabilty of the latest models.
Also where's the cheapest place to buy? Read more
Isnt it amazing that a company that can design such a wonderful car,traditionally on the back of a menu,cant stay interested long enough to actually do the bloody nuts up tight?
Why dont they import a load of german Gastarbeiters to do the noxious manufacturing bit for them and save themselves the embarassment?
I had a lovely Sud Sprint once,or rather The Lovely Victoria did,I was in a position to know that ,design wise,this made the much vaunted Scirocco look like a badly redesigned Golf(It was..).But build quality........ohmy gawd.....it was so bad that you had to go and have a lie down to believe it.
I started to see the products of BL as reliability alternatives.
I posted a topic a while ago re running on of 1.8 16v Ecotec engine. Much time has been spent since trying to sort this to no avail. I have found that the injectors continue to pulse when the engine is turning, even after the ignition has been turned off, but the running on can be stopped by disconnecting the crank sensor. I've tried a known good sensor but that doesn't help. Has anybody out there come across this? It's driving me mad! Read more
Seeing as no one else can pluck up the courage to post on this I'll stick my oar in and get steam up. (well it was about a steam launch!)
I was just getting up pressure about the testing of the boiler, well I suppose they *did* test it in a way. And I was tut-tutting about the crappy caulking, and had actually calmed down over the concept of someone who wanted a *perfect* restoration allowing that absolutely b*ggered prop to be installed when junior SWMBO piped up with.
" when I grow up I want to be a continuity girl on the TV"
Both SWMBO Snr and myself stared, simultaneously asking "why"
The answer was "Well watching this rubbish they obviously don't do much"
Out of the mouths of babes and............ Read more
Yes Stuart,
the missus called him an obnoxious git or something similar, like Elvis on the Bristol episode he was worse with the coloured guy.
regds
t'other Stuart
Are there any Triumph Acclaim collectors? A spotless 1983 model needs a new home. Read more
I may well know somebody who would be interested. Do you have any contact details for the owner?
Sorry guys, I didnt pick up the comments yesterday on your views about the new Nissan Almera. I am thinking of buying a new one.
What is best, the 1.5 or 1.8.
Has anyone owned one for the past year or so, and what is your opinion.
Thanks in advance for any comments.
Chris. Read more
Ive driven focus h/b cant see what all the fuss is about (boring)found estate very good, build but quality suspect.
astra , good car but chap at work reports many problems
almera 1.8 very noisey not impressed
primera blows all the above away in 2l form (i dont rate the 1.8)
residuals are poor so a excellent 1 year old buy about 33% loss from new
Growlette is recuperating from an operation therefore I am confined to barracks as errand boy. This has caused the idle grey matter to ruminate on how and why manufacturers generate such apparently meaningless names for cars. Presumably the appellations Yaris, Exalta, Camry, Astina, Revo, Starex, Mondeo are meant to resonate in some strange way with aspirations to get in and drive on, or to connote some vision of desirability which, I have to say, excludes me, for one.
One imagines a group of intense yuppie marketing graduates huddled late into the night to pick just the combination of letters which is (a) still pronounceable, and (b) bears no relation to anything automobile, beings animate or inanimate whatsoever. Then all this has to be presented (more meetings, more Powerpoint slides, more expense account lunches and overtime vouchers to successive layers of management until finally the head honcho puts his John Hancock on it, hands are thrown up in triumph, cheers resound, and the ad agency's phones start ringing. Cost accountants the while are working the cost of all this into the sticker price of your new pride (with apologies Ko Lia) and joy (I don't think THAT's been used yet).
Or maybe someone just chucks a few parameters in a computer (max 6 letters, gotta have an "X" in there somewhere cos the ad agency psychologist says X's are good, no two vowels together except "a" and "u"), then slides off for a three hour lunch while some program does the rest.
I suppose all the Prowlers, Falcons, Mustangs, Escorts et al have been used up, that's why.
IN a more practical vein I read the agonised poster's comments about no motorway comfort rooms being open on one of his trips. Spending hours in traffic jams myself I empathize with the cross-legged agony which can result.
My local pharmacy stocks the "Jingle Bag", a life-saving invention which is a plastic bag full of a substance which turns the contents to jel, and which has a (ahem..) shall we say "gender-free" fitment on the neck. The makers also thoughtfully provide a wipe in a sachet to take care of any collateral damage as well. Having tested it on both sexes I can vouch for its efficacy, and at 1.20 pounds, a pair of Jingles is now part of the Growler travel kit.
Ah, that feels better. Read more
I agree. It's not a proper car unless it displays total disregard for the world's finite oil resources, has 8 cylinders, makes lots of noise, leaves rubber at the lights and is very big. I think now it was the Pontiac similar year and shape which had the large 442 on each side. My neighbour in Bahrain used to have one. It's not true they won't go round corners, they just require more skill plus a good sense of direction on the part of the driver.
But I'm off the thread ahagin...
Could I please ask again. Are there any owners, ex-owners or persons with hands-on experience of this vehicle, who can offer information as to problems, regular failure items, advantages or disadvantages, in relation to an S reg example, 32,000 (if genuine) 5 speed manual ? Also, how about the same with the auto box ? Thank you. Read more
try looking on autotrader.co.uk to compare prices across the country. in newcastle upon tyne a 1998 S, automatic grand move+, with 26,000 miles for £4295. AND FSH.
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hi yes i did buy the focus. i was waiting for final outcome to give update but the current state of affairs is that the dealer is having it in at the end of next week to look at my list of faults and has agreed to do this free of charge. when this has happened i shall report back. incidentally, i have had a very helpful email from someone who also owns a focus estate. best wishes. rob