November 2004
I have just read a post in another thread about manufacturers now being legally obliged to honour warranties on vehicles that have been serviced by independents.
What is the exact position of this? Obviously the service intervals need to be adhered to, with the correct work being carried out etc. But the dealer I bought the Pimastar van from seemed to imply in a letter to me that it needs to be serviced by a Nissan Dealer.
Hugo Read more
where is my rover 75 cdt oil filter?
i can see a cylinder at the front with a turning cap
is this it?
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The cap to access the filter sits towards the front of the engine bay to the right of the power steering reservoir and between it and the oil dipstick.
hth
R40
Actually it should have ended at 23.47 last night.....
Well I was getting outrageously drunk at a friend's wedding at the time so apologies for letting things drag on. Yes I used a cab and no, I haven't driven today.
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Has anyone got any nightmare stories about being fined on the continent for not having the correct emergency / safety equpiment?
We are putting together a Euro help sheet for travellers off to the continent...........
Honest John has reported in the news section this week regarding the Euro Car Kit. Any feed back would be gratefully recieved. Read more
Revenge for Agincourt, Crecy, Waterloo etc. perhaps? Long memories in France you know!
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Roger. (Costa del Sol, España)
While on the subject of hard disks, anyone know of a program for altering a hard disk number back to where it was before the hard disk was reformatted? Preferably with Win98SE.
I have in mind situations where software is tied to the present hard disk number and then either the disk has been reformatted or a new disk has been fitted. Not sure even Norton offered that.
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Note that the all-in-one Mozilla browser is not going to be developed for much longer. The upgrade path will be through Firefox, with the other components of the all-one Mozilla also available as separate applications (e.g. Thunderbird replaces the email part of Mozilla)
Sainsbury's lead replacement petrol is 97 octane and only 2p more than 95 lead free. Could this be a poor man's Optimax ? After all Optimax is only 98 octane. No other retailer sells lead replacement for such a low price. is is OK for cars that need lead free ?
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Peter Read more
Thought I was still mostly on topic, sorry for any confusion caused.
does anyone know what the hole is on the back of the engine block near the rear engine mount, as it is threaded, is there some kind of sensor or plug, its above another kind of sensor,near the sump Read more
Found what it was, i forgot the turbo feed pipe
195.188.249.61/TCC/
This is a new trial service from the highways agency.
I like the estimates for roadworks around stoke which say time to finish goes into days, hours and minutes!
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Yes nice to know those roadside signs are warning us not to phone when driving.
Money well spent!
Hi all,
For a while I've had an odd vibration in my car and various things have not cured it. I decided to take it to a garage to get them to find out what was wrong, and then give me a quote to fix it.
I found one garage in the yellow pages who advertised that they offered 'free estimates'. I called, and asked how much they would charge to have a look and quote me for a repair if they found anything, the woman said this would be free.
So, I booked it in and took it there today. Left the car with them, popped off to a lecture, and then came back to find they had indeed found the fault. Turns out that apparently the inside rim on my two front wheels is buckled. He showed me the problem, and I was satisfied this was wrong. He also told me that when I had the wishbone replaced a while back the garage had put the bolt in and not done something, and that he'd sorted that. Very nice, but I had no idea he was going to do that.
I was then charged £58 for 2 hours labour. I queried this, saying I was told that a quote would be free, but was told the car had been in the workshop while they had a look to see what was wrong, etc etc, and that they can't quote for the work as the wheels need replacing, blah blah.
I did explain again what I was told, and also pointed out that nobody called to ask if they could expend several hours labour by taking bits off and looking in their workshop. There is also the small matter of quite why it took 2 hours to find 2 buckled wheels (I don't dispute they spent 2 hours on the car, though).
This all fell on deaf ears and I left, having paid the £58.
Did I do the right thing? Were they right? Can they charge me 2 hours labour becuase they spent 2 hours looking at my car even though their yellow pages advert says 'free estimates' and I was told there would be no charge to look at the car?
I doubt there is anything I can do now, is there?
FWIW I was satisfied with their diagnosis.. Read more
Well, what I actually expected was to have the car looked at for free, have them tell me whats wrong with it, and then presumably pay them to fix it. At least, thats what was explained to be the situation before I booked it in.
I doubt I'd have been able to fix anything myself!
Never mind :)
I know the subject of cycle carriers has been covered before however, a couple of specifics I am looking for.
I have the new shape Scenic and want to carry 4 bikes. Options seem to be
1. Roof mounted
Pros - could possibly do this quite cheaply with the aid of ebay etc. However cons are trying to lift 4 bikes over my head onto the roof of my car without causing damage to me or the car.
2. Tow bar mounted
Pros - I feel these are a lot stronger and you can also get ones that swivel out of the way to allow access to the hatch. However, at this moment in time, I do not have a towbar though am seriously considering getting one as my dad has a trailer which I would probably use more; trips to dump etc if I had a towbar. (He also has a caravan which I might use)
3. This is the main point, I can't help but think a trailer mounted cycle carrier system would be a good idea. Bikes could stay on this in my garage (help storing) and I could just hook it up within seconds. However, does such a thing exist? I have searched the web and cannot see them. "Cycle" and "trailer" brings up these wee trailers that you pull behind your bike!
Money would be a major factor in all this.
(FWIW, I just wouldn't consider a rear window type arrangement. I just do not think door hinges are made for these and that, together with lack of boot access and safety would put me off it) Read more
cheers bobby always nice to know how you got on. glad it worked out, i am always carrying bikes and your idea may be used by me in the back of my next seasons van, under a false floor so i can still use the van for everything else...cheers...keo.
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With the two year warranty being legally binding on the manufacturer, can they still put a mileage limit on that warranty or does it have to be unlimited?