September 2004
hi all, i am considering buying a 1998 v70 t5,car looks a good buy, one owner, fvsh, 85k drives and goes superbly, however i have never owned a turbocharged car before and am a bit concerned about long term reliabilty as i plan to keep the car for some time, any one care to comment, would the 2.4 normally aspirated engine be a better long term buy? many thanks Read more
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While driving North on the A34, I wonder if anyone else has missed the turning to get on the M4 West bound at Chieveley?
The contractors are doing a superb job on the flyover and all the necessary roadworks. However, while the work is in progress, it's a pity they've left the road signage to our imagination...! Read more
Chieveley services are a law unto themselves. You enter from the A34 Southbound, just south of the M4. When you leave you join the westbound offslip from the M4! Very easy to think you are rejoining the southbound A34 and head off towards Brizzle.
2002 tdi sport passat - diesel - manual
Can anyone please tell me if possible to disconnect the speedo on passat sport, the reason being car has now done 18000 miles and goes back in 2 months. However i am going touring europe with the wife:( and will do 3000 miles or so and that will take me over 20k, big penalty to pay for that, please be gentle with me:), thankyou
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Hi, I've got a 97(R) Clio 1.2 (old shape) and it's got a nasty habit of cutting out at low speeds when it's warmed-up (but never when cold). The engine sometimes judders before cutting out but other times just dies when I approach lights or park up etc. It (so far!) has restarted almost immediately but it's becoming worrying.
I've read some other threads here about similar (although not identical) problems with Clios cutting out and then not restarting or not starting from cold. I think the replies said this could be a symptom of a faulty engine managment system. Mine is a good starter but it's the cutting out when warm that's the problem. Does this also sound like a management problem or something else?
A friend said he thought he could hear a possible air-leak but I've not had the car checked out professionally yet.
Sorry for the long post. Hope someone can help.
Thanks in advance,
C
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If you can hear an air leak when the engines running then this is the first place to start - look for split vacuum hoses etc
Wondering if anyone had any suggestions.
SWMBO has a lovely 96P Audi A4 Avant but I think that she wants to change it as she is killing her back by putting our disabled son into his seat in the back. He is quite a lump even at the age of 3!!
Is there a car on the market that has higher back seats that would put a lot less strain on her back? She does not want a big MPV or 4x4 and does not like the idea of the Scenic as she feels that it does not have a big enough boot for all the accompanying clobber. Also from my point of view, I am not looking to get a new car as isn't there a Grand Scenic available?
I can't really think of many save for perhaps that Zafira. Is something like the 307SW higher or does it just have a high roof line?
Any thoughts welcomed (and hopefully I can persuade her to keep her car as it is a really nice runner!).
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It may be a bit soon for you to look at wheelchair accessible vehicles, but when you need to try the motability sales section of www.justmobility.co.uk
I read that a Swedish farmer has received a parking fine from Warwick. Unfortunately, the vehicle alleged to have been parked illegally is his snowmobile, which has been parked in his barn since last winter...
Reminds me of the local farmer who received a speeding fine for his 35 yr old John Deere tractor!
It's obvious that the morons who send these demands out haven't got a clue!
So, anybody want to buy some South African number plates, international ZA stickers and faked-up tax discs??
Growler, could we turn this into a money-making scam, or what?? Ok, Mr da Lima of Queizon City won't be too pleased, noe will Mr van der Merwe of Bellville, but ...
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Well, Ian, with the famed "Filipino ingenuity" anything is possible. Any auto shop here will knock you up a set of highly realistic German type number plates with letters to your fancy, UK ones if you prefer, and I have also seen HK ones and those square Japanese jobs. Or get your brother in San Diego to send you some of those spoof US ones. The idea is you do one of two things.
a) put your fake plates behind your real ones to make it look like you imported your car, say from Germany. Like any fool would do that with a 1989 Corolla.....
b) be more adventurous. Keep your local plate on the front so that you appear legal, and your fake one on the back so that by the time you've failed to stop for the traffic enforcer all he's got to go on is a meaningless number.
But if the case you mention was a Filipino owner, the clowns-that-be would have to come an awfully long way to get him, and should he be a big cheese, they might not make it far out of the airport before ending up in concrete boots in the Pasig River.....LOL.
My 96 A6 has developed an odd fault which I hope isn't too exotic. It starts fine, but intermittently, I have electrical failure affecting everything bar the radio and hazards ie no indicators, air con, wipers etc. If i switch the engine off and fire it up again, everything is OK. Thoughts please. Read more
Thanks Henry, I hope mine isn't quite such a saga but me and this car are about to fall out in a big way.....!
I have recently bought a 2000 Fiesta Finesse Mk5 and looking underneath I notice a little bit of surface corrosion here and there, including on the front surface of the sump pan. Having had to replace a sump pan on my previous car (a '95 Rover 114), I am a little concerned, though this is probably not a problem right now. Should there be corrosion on a 4-year old sump? I know older Fiestas are/were prone to sump rust. Read more
Not certain about Waxoil. May not agree with sump heat. Would suggest clean off rust using either emerycloth/sandpaper. Wire brush may do the job?
Then use a heat resistant paint to cover exposed metal. Doubt you will have any more probs
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The new Sainsbury's filling station at Cramlington is selling unleaded at 74.9p a litre until Wednesday (10 pm I think). I think diesel might have been this price as well. The offer might be extended, if it's been popular.
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Thanks for the info - I'll get a leaflet next time I'm in the store.
However, I get full RAC membership free of charge and holidays abroad are a no-no now as the other half is not allowed to fly due to health reasons...:-((
OK just so you all know - I am not launching a takeover bid on this site!
Unless I can find the right van for me, I am very tempted with a new Nissan Primestar (Same as new trafic) for deposit of £2k, around £40 pw then a final payment to keep the vehicle should I so choose, or just recycle the deal in 3 years time.
Do any of you have knowledge of this firm and how they operate? I have heard nothing either good or bad about them.
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I do hope you will be getting a white one :)
Seriously, the easiest vehicle I ever drove was a (hired) white Transit -- a slightly battered one with a permanent hideous screech (fanbelt, somebody reckoned). Everyone just got out of the way when they heard it coming, and I had more roadspace on the London backstreets than I ever had in a small car.
Dunno if they fit a hideous screch to new vans, though. You may just have to hope that white paint does the trick ...
thanks for the replys chaps, im convinced! pick it up friday