January 2005
Friend has a 1996/7 Pug 406 and the heated rear window relay has packed up. Haynes says the relay is located behind the fuse box in a relay pack area on the rh ride inside the car. He's looked but can't find the relay- it doesn't correspond with the picture in Haynes. Anyone had this problem before? Can someone guide us to this elusive relay's location.
Your divide guidance is, as always appreciated
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These are the views of Robin the Technician with 35 years in the trade. I fix, therefore I am... Read more
while driving on the M42 North, Birmingham on monday night a lorry drifted over into my lane - im not sure if he had fallen asleep. i blasted the horn but he was still drifting. in the end i swerved and drove into some cones on the hard shoulder. the lorry driver swerved back into the middle lane and then sped off.
lorry driver in the middle lane, myself in the slow lane.
ive got his number plate and business name.
there are a few scratches to my car where the cones have bounced off it. as i had no witness's can i go anywhere with this? my friend is in the police and suggested that this wouldnt lead anywhere if reported to the police.
your advice is appreciated.
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hello
last nite i very cleverly revesed back and hit a tree smashing my rear light on the car. how easy are these unit to replace? ive had a quote from GSF Parts for £46.
the car is an audi A6 1998 saloon.
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Yesterday, driving on a day when my judgement may not have been all that it should be (what's new, asks Lady Stripey), I made a bit of a Horlicks of taking a roundabout and slightly incommoded another driver. It was indifferent driving on my part, and I was totally in the wrong. Must do better, must do better...
Now, we have plenty of hand gestures etc., with which some neanderthals display their disapproval of another's driving, but what can one do to indicate an apology. What says "Sorry, mate. My fault entirely"? Read more
You'll never get a job with nulabour! Put a spin on it - 'I hit his fist violently with my eye'.
Having read all 20 books numerous times, I now find myself confronting hypothetical questions like: what cars would our heroes drive were they alive today? My suggestions-
Jack : Lotus Elise
Stephen : Volvo 264 Coupe Read more
>>"...see, Jack, how much easier these gauges are to see through the square cornering handle...how well this beige colour will complement the colours of nature when I am out botanising...the carriage springs my dear are spheres filled with phlogisticated air, such as that in your diving machine when we have dallied too long on the floor of the sea...!"<<
Excellent!!
or to give it it's full title, "The History of Road Safety, Traffic Legislation and Other Important Motoring Events"
A potted history of motoring in the UK. Some Quite Interesting stuff in it.
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P.S. There seem to be a lot of things on there that only happened yesterday but actually happened at least 20 years ago!! The "new" York by-pass in 1975 - about 1990 I would have said!
Crash helmets compulsory in 1973?
Seat belts on new cars compulsory in 1967? (Blimey, that's nearly 40 years ago!!)
Would anyone pay £1,700 for an R registration, ex-police, white Peugeot 306 1.4 LX with 100k on the clock? It doesn't sound like the worst example of its breed but that's surely a lot of money for a car with a fairly questionable history.
A friend of mine is very seriously interested in this car - even though there's a Xsara diesel, newer, from a dealer with a proper warranty and some haggle room, for less. (She originally wanted a diesel but now seems to have fallen for this one...)
This is y the way at an 'auction' where the cars have a pre-advertised 'buy it now' price like on eBay but apparently the auction terms and conditions still apply, so a warranty lasts an hour, etc.
To me it sounds as dodgy as you like. Read more
Well they bought it at the full £1,700.
Apparently it attracted quite a lot of interest at the auction/the seller brought a lot of his mates along and so, having paid a deposit before calling me, they went ahead and coughed up the rest. Apparently (though not really knowing that much) it's in excellent condition, but we shall see.
The even better part is that I assumed somewhat unreasonably that the car was a white 1.4 LX (which is what the vast majority of ex-police 306s are). However it is in fact a 2.0 XSi in silver, and as for condition - I haven't seen it but apparently it's very good. Of course it probably came off the fleet 3 or 4 years ago now, given that it is seven years old, so there could be quite a gap in its history.
There is a chance that this car could be the greatest bargain they'll ever get - fast, cheap and reliable (!) but equally it could be a money pit. It doesn't seem that cheap though, given that a similar car from a dealer is £2,195 in the Trader - so call it £2k haggled as opposed to £1,800 once the new stereo it needs (and a buyer's premium maybe) is taken into account.
So £200 extra for a warranty and hopefully a 'normal' history...
Took car into a autobox specialist to have gearbox serviced. No error codes came up for gearbox but they said that two codes came up for the engine - P00525 & P01247. Can anybody help with identifying these codes. They don't seem to be OBD II codes as they have less figures (PXXXX). Any help would be appreciated. Read more
As we all know, green filter arrows on traffic lights mean you may proceed in the direction shown even if the main light is red. In general, if a green filter shows one generally has right of way too. For instance, when turning right, oncoming traffic is stopped.
However, this situation is not universal. I know of one crossroads junction (in Bath) where the green phase consists of two green arrows pointing left and right. The road ahead is no entry (one way, coming towards you). Oncoming traffic is NOT stopped during the green filter stage. The first time I used this junction I turned right only to find a car coming straight for me. I've seen other drivers having similar near misses there. It seems the filter arrows are used in place of a normal green light to emphasise that you can't go straight ahead.
The law should be changed so that a filter arrow may ONLY be used in conjunction with protected right of way (which is the usual situation anyway) Read more
We have a junction in Eastbourne where the right filter is on at the same time as ahead green and the green coming towards you. The only problem is that the green coming towards you changes to red while the filter is still green. By the time you have realised it is safe to turn (the opposing traffic has finished jumping the red) it is too late and you are stranded in the middle of the junction! Wonderful engineering!!
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\"Nothing less than 8 cylinders will do\"
Been wondering about this for a while:
How can you prolong the life of a clutch? Read more
I have an Audi A4 Tdi 2006 model and it has now done 152k and no clutch problems!
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Similar situation in principle to what happened to me three months ago.
Car swerved in front of my motorcycle causing me to brake heavily to avoid a collision, as a result of which I came off.
No contact between bike and car.
However, my insurance company is pursuing the other driver for damage to my bike and gear plus personal injury.