Just thought you all ought to know, someone out there obviusly thinks I came down with the last shower.

I advertised my car on Findit Freeads and received an e mail asking me what my lowest price was.

On replying, I then got this email, the contents of which I have cut ane pasted below.

"Thanks for your email,i have called my shipper and he has promised to
come for the pickup of Citroen as soon as we seal this
transaction.A client of mine is owing me some fund in GBP (£4500),I
will instruct him to issue a cashier cheque in your name and once the
cheque clears,You will deduct the cost of the Citroen plus the
tax and my balance will be send back to me via western union money
transfer for immediate shipping arrangment.The reason for this is
that it takes 1-2 days for a check to clear there while it takes a
longer time for a check to clear here.If this is okay with you do get
back to me immediately with your full name, contact address and phone
number for me to instruct my client to issue the check in your name.
Thanks for your understanding in anticipation.
Best regards,
Peter"

I suspect that the car would have been picked up and that would have been it.

Obviously I replied "Cash on Collection or no deal.

Are the Police aware of this and how can you report it and to whome??


Hugo

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It says on the site somewhere to expect a Japanese car to run faultlessly for five years from new, and then the repair bills start, and sure enough my 1998 1.6 has developed a behaviour to let me know it is no longer a new car.

The gearstick makes a buzzing/pulsing noise when lifting off the accelerator. At the moment it only does this at speed in top gear. Should I be concerned that it will develop into a costly repair, or is it just aquiring some character? [Character, in a four pot Nissan? - Steady!] Read more

Sorry, it's the Astra again.

The last few days, and curiously since it returned from its latest trip to the Wilds of the North, I have begun to notice strange noises.

As always, noises are difficlut to describe, but sometimes it sounds as if there is someone in the boot playing a kind of Caribbean-style drum, with the beat completely in tune with the beat of the engine. (There was no-one there - I checked).

This seems to happen only in low gear, when driving slowly. Once third and maybe 25-30 is reached it goes away.

The sound could also be likened to an amplified heartbeat sound through a hospital monitor.

Would just like to be reassured that this isn't another sign of woes to come.

Thanks for any comments - I know this sounds ridiculous but I need to know that my car isn't dying.

HF Read more

When in France a month or two back, I saw lots of the new look (well they're new to me anyway) Renaults. Meganes of course and the occasional Scenic or Espace.

... and those with strange names ... is it Avantime and Vel Sartis? Well it's something like that anyway.

The thing is, I've never managed to see an Avantime and Vel Sartis together, side by side. So I've never figured out if they're actually the same car, just with different trim levels and badges, or whether they really are totally different. They certainly look very similar, but is one larger than other?

My curiosity's driving me mad (well almost).

Thanks in advance
Les Read more

A mate of mine has a \'W\' Reg Vectra 2.0 TD. Upon revving to about 4000 - 4500 ish revs, the engine cuts out, and limits to about 2000 revs. It remains like this until the engine is turned off, and it then resets itself, and is okay again until revved to this amount.

Any ideas??

THANKS Read more