December 2003
Hi,
I just want to find out if Drivethedeal is a good place to buy a car. Just need some feedback so I can ease my mind and buy from them.
Gonna buy a Ford Focus C-Max 2.0 TDCI Ghia
Thanks
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Anyone hazard a guess as to a problem with flooding. I had to move my auto A6 a few yards from cold yesterday and was distracted and foolishly turned the engine off, so it was flooded when I came to re-start a few hours later. It's an auto so I had to call the RAC who gave up after two hours of trying to re-start it. Read more
Remove the fuel pump fuse or relay and attempt to start the engine with a wide open throttle. This should ensure a start.
Obviously refit the fuse/relay when the engine fires and then peters out, due to lack of fuel!
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groups.msn.com/honestjohn/problems.msnw?Page=1 - Pictures say a thousand words.....
A friend has a (new to him) L reg 2.0L 8V SEAT Toledo Automatic with about 90k miles. It seems to have the same engine etc as a Golf. It has a couple of annoying engine problems. One is an intermittent misfire/jerkiness at any speed. This problem does not last long perhaps 10 ? 20 seconds and does not seem to be affected by the level of work being done by the engine. The second problem is an occasional tendency for the engine to stall when the car is brought to a halt. It does not appear that the auto box is ?hanging on?, perhaps more like when the throttle is shut the engine no longer idles it just stalls. When the auto box is moved to N or P the engine can be restarted easily but sometimes stalls 2 or 3 times on attempting to re-engage D. Has anybody got any ideas please? Read more
Sure enough the stalling became more frequent, and the car went to the local SEAT agent. Part of the answer was to clean the ISCV and throttle body. The other part was to replace two split hoses. One hose was between the ISCV and the inlet manifold (vacuum). The second hose was between the cam cover and air inlet (breather system). At £170, another lesson in motoring, but at least the car is running again!
After the Best Ferrari thread and the mention of the Countach its got me thinking of what is the best Cars/Film moments.
I go for Cannonball Run (1 of course). The noise, the excessive gear changes, the defacing of the speed sign, the two great looking chicks. Above all tho it was the fact that the car was an original, rather than kit car (unlike late Cannonball Run movies) Lamborghini.
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You got me riffling thru my consderable library of long-forgotten stuff. Not a road race job, but a real tear-jerker.
1966 - "A Man and a Woman"
Starring a gorgeous Anouk Aimee and a red Mustang which is very prominent and some lovely music scores.
Hello
Soon to be made redundant, will give up my trusty company Focus, need to buy something and am hoping for some help.
OK here goes,
£5K to spend, want Focus size vehicle, Diesel if possible, will be doing 15-25K miles per year, mostly motorways.
Love the Focus handling, but this is not so important if I am driving my 'own' vehicle as I wont be thrashing it quite so much.
Servicing, Insurance, Fuel costs (or lack of) quite important as I have a feeling I am going to be skint for a while before getting the new business going.
Any advice most appreciated.
Cheers
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406 hdi 110 bhp
The record breaker - peugeot are *still* the leader in diesel technology after 8 years or so: www.fastlane.com.au/Features/Peugeot_bowserbuster....m
High depreciation on 406 cars (especially estate models) means you get a lot of car for 5 grand.
VW/Audi/Skoda probably a close second, although give a choice between a PUG and a german car with all the charisma of the berlin wall, I would choose the pug any day.
But then, I'm biased.
As mentioned in another thread, my company experimented with paying for driver training days to cut insurance costs. They found that half day sessions resulted in a 50% reduction in insurance claims for company car drivers. My firm has now expanded this to be available FOC for all staff, company car or not.
If this is a worthwhile investment for a company to reduce insurance claims, it must be a worthwhile investment for a Government to reduce deaths. Discuss.
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Pass Plus seems a good idea but it can be abused. There's little to stop an unscrupulous instructor issuing the certificate, for a fee, without the lessons. My own instructor told me he knew of one or two who did this.
Anyone who saw 5th Gear last night will know that they asked people to vote on their favourite ever prancing horse.
I wonder what Backroomers would would vote for - and why.
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Rudedog,
Miami Vice used a convertible Daytona early doors. When Ferrari found that was a fake they gave the programme makers a white Testarossa for the cops to ponce around in.
The 288 GTO did collect one vote (Stackman), and is very beautiful.
Am I correct in the belief that bonnet mascots were in the past banned for obvious saftey reasons?.
The reason for asking is that today I saw a brand new Jag parked up with a chrome Jag mascot addorning the front of the bonnet.
I shudder to think of the kind of injury this would inflict on an unlucky pedestrian!.
Mal.
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If the Americans LOVE them it can't be long before the non-thinking over here LOVE them too.
As previously mentioned I had a 5 series on loan (new style) this weekend as my "firm" decides how we approach company car allocation and actual conditions of a new lease contract if indeed there is a contract. The car in question was a fully loaded 530d - in a rather dank gunmetal grey. It had the six speed auto box (not my choice)and since it was dropped off on Friday afternoon has notched up a considrable mileage over the weekend. The car was driven in all road conditions both traffic wise and actual road type.
Not to everyone's tastes in the looks department it drew glances wherever it went and parked, as HJ said the looks do not bother me and in fact from certain angles are quite attractive - conventional it ain't. When it left mid-morning today I had grown to like it.
Build quality seemed consistant with the old 5 and is a very convincing drive in all conditions it was used.
All in all it felt as if it had more character than my five. There is little point in repeating what HJ had to say other than to say I would buy one.
The motor/gearbox. Superb in every sense, smooth fast and frugal
I estimated about 40 mpg,on brimming,overall,performance is close to T5 territory a remarkable car by any standard and a clear advance on the "old" 5 which in itself speaks volumes.
I could see myself in on of these. Really sorry to see it go. The only suprise that the 9 mile dash home tonight did not make the old 5 feel like a nail. Superb cars both. Read more
How times change. Look inside any BMW of the last thirty years and you find that the instrument packages have a strong family appearance. Why ? - Possibly 'cos they were the best laid out in the business, they worked and people copied them. All of a sudden they are fiddling around with them and changing things and one has to ask why. The exterior is clearly progressive and possibly they felt they had to sort the inside as well and make it appear trendy. Still very very good at night.
Our 106 appears to be losing most of its brake fluid via the offside rear wheel. Apparently the brake warning light was on when my missus started the car to drive home tonight & when I checked the car over (in the dark) I noticed the lack of fluid & leakage on the bottom half of the hub and rear tyre. Luckily she has a short drive home!!!
Brake cylinder failure?????
Any more/less sinister suggestions?
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to secure the nuts you have to hammer over a bit using a chisel/ centre punch.. Hence when you remove them you tend to damage the nut.. best to replace it.
Been there done it...and btw the removal of the pipes to the wheel cylinder should not be difficult.. just spray nite before with WD40 around the back of drum where pipe is screwed into cylinder...
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Thanks for your feedback David.
Is there any other decent brokers out there that people have used?
I have e-mailed www.new-car-discount.com but they haven't got back to me yet.
Any info is really appriciated.
VJ