Yes, I've had a lovely holiday, thanks. Did about 1400 miles, half of them towing the caravan, and the G/Cherokee turned in an average 20 mpg. Diesel at between 74 and 90 Eurocents (50p-60p)a litre supermarket/motorway prices. Weather in the Loire valley scorching, wine and cheese as wonderful as ever. Saw one traffic cop all the while, flashes of approaching drivers gave advance warning. It does seem to be the season for French roadbuilders to close roads and signpost the first half of the diversion only but that adds to the fun! Even towed around the east circular of Paris (La Francilienne) and it wasn't as daunting as I'd feared - much easier than the M25 on a busy day. Only a bit hairy around CDG airport.

At the end, back to Dover and miles of the M20 contraflowed with SPECS cameras enforcing the 50 limit (thanks, Geodesy!).

So, with property a quarter of the price of Surrey, what am I doing here? I'm thinking very hard on that one.

Sorry to ramble on but you know how it is after a holiday.....

:o)
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I've just got my hands on a Pug 406 GLX turbo diesel. I have a few issues with it, here we go:

1) The speedo, keeps jumping, swinging, gets stuck at 0 etc. Although sometimes it does read out correctly. Also it stops reading the mileage, so i don't know what my mpg is like!

2) The Oil level gauge. On starup it goes right up to the top and then down again, then up then down. It then comes to rest at off. Is this what is should be doing?

3) Sometimes the rev don't display, and the display jusr flicks when i press buttons on the centre console. Also when you change gear the needle tends to drop rather than swoop.

4) The tape won't play tapes and swaps sides until it turns itself back onto the tuner.

5) The electronic climate control seems to have a off time as well. The Temp only goes down to 14 and also the fan speed can be a bit dodgy. Air con doesn't seem to work very well but I'm not fussed about that.

6) The rear screen element sometimes doesn't work.

7) When pulling away in lower gears it seems very slow and has trouble getting upto 35-45 mph. If you dont push the gas it seems to pick up faster. It's has new glow plugs and the clutch insn't slipping. Once your past 40mph it's a breeze and no problems pulling away. You put your foot down but not a lot seems to happen. The engine rev increase but not to the point where it sounds like the clutch is havnig an off day.

8) Oh and I'm not sure but i think the fan isn't cutting in.


Apart from that a very nice car.

Any ideas. I've seen the other posts about checking the earth's on the car which i'll do. What about the ECU?

Many Thanks In Advance

//Steve

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Not sure about this one. At one stretch of the A14 at Ipswich east bound, there is a stretch of the road which produces a
pogo-ing effect on the bike so bad that it keeps my speed down to 70-ish. I can't remember it being so bad on my CBR600. Is it a suspension setup problem, or just the wheelbase 'in tune' with the undulations in the road? Read more

after the accident it looks like the ins co will be sending a cheque within the next few days. i'm crap at buying cars. what sort of discount on a published price should i be looking for - the obvious answer is as much as poss i know and appreciate that it is a"how long is a piece of string" question. but any advice will be welcomed. Read more

The new XJ, see www.Jaguar.com looks even more like the XJs of 1969 to 1989.

Just the boxy 1986 to 1994 XJs that broke from this fine pattern?

A classic shape?

At it\'s launch, the XJ was voted the best saloon in the world.

certainly the new one {out next year} is the best looking saloon in the world. I see nothing from BMW or Merc that would be more worthy of the XJ\'s first tile?


[sigh] ......snip........

Paul,

There is a joke thread, if you must post the schoolboy stuff, please do it there.

Mark. Read more