I had put off having a 6" dent repaired on my Citroen because the quotes I got from the dent remover companies including Dentwizard and Dentmaster were about £100 + VAT. I thought my garage body shop would cost much more and keep the car off the road for days, so I did not even ask them.
When my local Citroen garage had the car in for service they asked if they could get Dentmaster in to repair it. The cost was only £45 and the car was returned from service only an hour later than otherwise. The makers guarantee is unaffected.
This got rid of my predjudices about my garage body shop once and for all, and I will see them first in future.
Results - I am the only one who can see where the dent was, and only because I know! Read more

Hi,

I'm getting a Volvo dealer to convert a standard V70 Estate to have 2 additional seats in the back. There seems to be some confusion as to whether it should have a key lock added to the tailgate for use in emergency when the central locking isn't working etc.

Basically Volvo say it should, and a lock barrel should be ordered that matches the main key.

The Dealer is arguing against this as unnecessary.

Does anyone have a new series V70 estate with 7 seats? Does it have a lock on the tailgate?

cheers

Durelli Read more

Hi guys,

I am the \"proud\" owner of a vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXi (the actual car pictured here - www.funkymonkey.plus.com/cars

Now basically, before I actually got the car, I purchased a newer battery for my Nova (the car I had before getting the corsa as the Nova had gone kapput). The battery is identical, vauxhall, but is slighlty more powerful. Now rather than have this battery sit in my garage unused, I would like to put it in the corsa, replacing the battery which has done 10k .

And my point? Well, that is the same spiel I have had to give to every vauxhall salesperson who wanted to know \"why\" I wanted to take the battery out. No one seems to know (and Mr. Haynes has not published a manual for this mark of Corsa yet) how to take the battery out - there is a plastic sill at the bottom of the windscreen which just covers the battery compartment, and is therefore preventing the battery from being removed.

The batttery is located in the tray located behind the bulkhead and directly under the windscreen along with the wiper motor assmbley.

Are there any corsa owners, or anyone in the know, who can tell me how to get the battery out? I suspect it has something to do with this plastic sill but I cant see how to take it off. I have tried but I dont want to risk snapping it! (Plastic!)

Any help, info and advice would be much appreciated :)

Thanks a lot guys :) Read more

Anyone know of a way of removing scratches from windscreens or a nationwide company that can do it?


Andy Read more

I've now done over 60k in my 2.5 litre 1997 R-reg Vectra. It now has a Vauxhall main dealer warranty (Hartwell's "Assist") . At the 60k service the dealer said the Cam Belt should be changed. However the handbook I got with the car when I bought it new states cambelt change at 80k. The service inspection sheet given to me after the 60k service also states in print that the Cam Belt change is required at 80k. I declined to have it changed but they still stamped my service record book.

Question is... "Would this invalidate the warranty should the cam belt go before it reaches 80k?".

I don't think the garage knew it was under warranty so they didn't comment.(The car has always been covered, since I bought it new, by various kinds of Vauxhall or Hartwells warrantee.)

Thanks, Richard Read more