It's my wife who wants the 25, I'd have rather she went for something slightly larger. However, bought the 25 from the trader. It was in excellent condition. One owner from 3 months old (Registered to Rover prior to that.) Just been fully serviced and I couldn't find a mark on it. It's a 2000 and he accepted £3500. Pleased with the deal, it's just that I haven't got that warm glow I had when I bought the Clio. I knew then that I had bought well below book price and it showed that in 13 months I never lost a single pound in depreciation. Oh well, the boss is pleased. (She still read her book last night though!!!!)

I think that you will find that the smoke oozing from under your Espace Dci is produced by the auxillary diesel heater. This heater is completely separate from the engine and helps to heat the car in cool conditions as Dci engines are efficient and produce relatively little surplus heat. Smoke is quite normal from these heaters and its exhaust can be seen exiting from a pipe at the rear of the engine under tray. Hope this is of help.
Nick.

I had a years warranty on my car.ok it was second hand but warranty stated once the warranty run out any repaires done within warranty period whether it being one month from expiry or several.if breakdown occured of same component after warranty period was not covered.I think the same goes for electrical appliances during warranty.ie unless you reinstall cover.but costs may inhibit that?

You may get away without the wiring diagram. Have a look in the handbook in the section on fuses and relays. See what fuse space is allocated to the front fogs and what rating it should be. Now check the appropriate space in your fusebox and if appropriate put a fuse in the empty space.

In the same section you will find reference to the location for the appropriate relay. Track this down and check that there is a relay holder there. If so, you can probably get the appropriate relay from any good autofactor.

Before spending any money, pop your existing switch out and see if the wiring loom includes the appropriate terminals for the fog switch. If not, I wouldn't bother as it will be a pain in the backside tracing new wires through the bulkhead.

As for the lights and the switch, may be worth trying a breakers before you have a coronary at dealer prices.

I have only had to use front foglights due to poor visibility twice in 16 years of driving. The other times I use them is to flash at the numpties that have left them on (when they didn't need them in the first place) or think it makes their car look cool. I've given up on this as the Police don't seem to give a monkeys so why should I?

They do wear out quite quickly though, and aren't the best on worn roads (of which there seem to be more and more of these days Mr Bliar!) BUT THEY ARE a very high perfomance tyre (orignally for the McLaren F1) - not a Comfort of Grand Touring tyre.