April 2004
For interest: asia.vtec.net/article/NewJazz1/index.html Site with info on 1.5 VTEC Jazz, with ample power, and also a 1.5 DSI. Read more
OK, I have a little problem...I will try to keep it brief and to-the-point...
I need to tax a vehicle I do not drive and am trying to sell. Since we have no driveway, I have to keep it on a public road. I am not insured to drive the vehicle since my policy only covers me for my main vehicle(the one I use at the moment). The problem is that as I understand it, you can't get a tax disc without producing a valid insurance certificate (which obviously I do not have). I can't SORN the vehicle since, as stated before, we have driveway... what can I do?
Any help gratefully appreciated - also, is there any delay in the DVLA sending out the £80 fine or is it sent the day after the tax expires?
many thanks people,
~J Read more
No doubt RenaultFamily will know this...
How much fuel is left when the light comes on?
Handbook doesn't say & the trip just goes blank.
I've done 40 mls with it on, but wouldn't like to push it much further.
Is there an industry standard on the setting? Read more
I am a tad relieved, wasnt looking forward to the verbal beating about you being stuck on the side of the road with an empty tank!!!
My "other half's" father is likely to be in hospital for some weeks, during which his Clio automatic will sit in the garage unused unless someone intervenes. What's the best way of preventing deterioration? Take it out for a long enough journey to reach operating temperature every fortnight? More frequently? Leave the handbrake off when garaged? Suggestions welcome. Read more
I would just leave the handbrake off and it should be fine.
Modern cars don't seem to deterioate as much as they used to, we have a Clio Auto parked at work that hasn't moved for weeks and it started fine when it needed moving.
At home we parked our Nissan Micra on the drive in early Novemeber and then left it untouched until the beginning of this month, that's about 5 months without moving it. We jump started the car as the battery was flat and it started first time and ran fine, brakes are seized of course as we left the handbrake on, but other than that it is fine. That's particularly impressive when you think that the car was outside with no shelter through the winter for so long...
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Has anyone changed them?. Trying to look into it as a favour for someone so I am not too willing to splash out on a manual etc. I had the wheel off for a look, removed the caliper and the two torx retaining screws, but the disc wouldn't budge. There seemed to be a seperation line between the disc and hub, so I wouldn't think the large center hub nut needed to be removed, anyone know for sure?. I googled for Saxo websites etc, but didn't come up with any technical info. Read more
There are no problems with my method of unsticking a brake disk if you are sensible>>
I had no problem with the idea.and still dont.As it has been a good method for some years.
health and Safety legislation is designed for people who are unable to think for themselves. I didnt answer before but thought that was out of order.there are cases when the disc wont move and drastic action needs to be taken.and believe you me I suspect some actions are worse than I took unknown to the owner.your statement of wheel bearing failure was a valid one but I doubt the short sharp clout will hurt.But dissagree that running on one drive shaft is a good idea.I think you forgot to mention oil drag may-cause the undriven side to drive causing it to drive off.sorry to dissagree but do?
She wants to post more, she was very touched by the response she got.
If no it's OK. I can put her back in the cellar.
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If the British Press will not publish these posts then people will have to come (in their thousands) to read the new Alister Cook/ette
A letter from the Phillipines. More power to their typing fingers
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Alyn Beattie
I'm sane, it's the rest of the world that's mad.
I have the chance to but an x reg MR2 for 7k, it is the register as a Cat D. What does this mean and should I go for it? I have been told that only the hood, wheels and seats suffered at the hands of the crims.
Replies asap please.
Sion Read more
There must be an owners club out there who will know the answer to the key fobs. Google will find them
Last week my Cd player got stolen out of my car (there is a previous posting by me lurking somewhere) so I have put the original Ford Stereo. The car is a mark 4 fiesta and the stereo a 5000 rds so the big breezeblock sized thing. Anyway - these Ford radios have the feature of being able to remove the radio preset buttons 2 - 5 revealing a flashing LED as a theft deterrent and thus rendering the radio inoperable. Because I've become the new security conscious person in the house I've started removing the buttons from my car and my dad's Focus which is when I discovering this problem. When I was moving my Dad's car I put one set of the keys for the radio into his CD player (a 6000 rds) and backed the car out of the drive. However, when I was getting out, I noticed that I have put MY buttons onto his cd player.
THe problem, as you may have guessed by now is that the radio worked with my buttons. So I tried the Focus buttons in my car and yep - they worked. The buttons from a 2000 Focus with a completely different cd player worked with a '96 Fiesta and vice versa. To me, this sounds crazy as only the opportunist thief would be deterred. I know that if someone wants the radio they will have it no matter what you do but the fact that these buttons can be used on any Ford stereo seems pointless.
Any thoughts?
Adam
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"Ah...beer - my only weakness - my achilles heel if you will" Read more
under the impression these were easy to bypass using a freezer
I havent heard of it actually working.the freezing process cracks the chips making radio useless.
Following the sale of my wifes Clio recently, we were under a bit of pressure to buy a replacement car. So, last weekend went to look at a Rover 25 (wifes first choice).
Now I consider myself to be fairly knowledgeable about cars and what to look for. FIRST RULE: Don't buy a car in the rain. Saturday evening, light fading and raining, we looked at the car. Exact words from me "we should come back and look in the dry." Wife was excited at the prospect of a good deal and telling me to hurry 'cause we had to pick up the kids. So, judging old chap who 'dabbles in home trading' and armed with clear HPI report bought the car.
Got it home, parked it on drive and left it pending 01st May. Two days ago, walked past it and noticed passenger window had dropped. Started to examine cause, noticed overspray, then the red paint under the blue. Car had been (badly) repaired along its whole offside and sill. Then noticed that it wasn't equipped with ABS as per the advert.
Rung chap up, explained what I had found. Explained my dilemma and the misrepresentation of the car. Said I didn't feel we had to resort to any legal nasties, but I did have access to free legal representation. Blow me down, he told me to bring it back and gave me (with muttered objections) a full refund.
Moral of the story. Always follow your own rules and don't always trust a clear HPI report. Read more
Rule no 3, never take the wife with you on first visit to car.
I have a noise (a bit like a diff whine)which is most prevalent when travelling between 40 -50 mph on my 52 plate TDCI Ghia X estate (23000 miles on clock)
I can't work out whether its coming from front or back.
The noise doesn't change when going round corners or when I turn the wheel slightly in either direction
Anyone got any ideas - my local Ford garage has taken a look but couldnt find anything and suggested it could be tyre noise (I dont think so) Read more
I had a similar noise on my new Mondeo - Ford garage traced it to feathering on a front tyre - swapped back to front and problem solved.
Mondeos are heavy on front tyre wear. Make sure that the wheels are correctly aligned (take a trip to Micheldivers in Andover!). Since I have kept an eye on this, tyre wear is substantially reduced as is feathering,and odd noises!
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It depends what it's worth, how desperately you want to sell it.
Solutions:
1) Tell the local dealer to take it, PDQ, and sell it for anything he can get.
2) get short-term insurance, tax it, sell it with the tax or get a refund
3) Scrap it. Get the Council to remove it, or pay a scrapman.
4) Move it to a friend's place, off the road.
5) Take an enormous risk, and do nothing, or an even bigger risk and declare SORN.
But why on earth are you in this position? Didn't you know the rules when you got your new car and let the tax lapse on the old one?
Fair or not, the rules are there and have been well-publicised. Doing nothing and just letting things happen is not an option nowadays.