May 2005
I have received a good quote for a Primera from lowpricecars.
Does anyone have experience of this company; can only find one minor reference to them when I do a search Read more
2nd of June. Will save you £6.00 !. Read more
The corollary is that it is a good day to buy a car on eBay.
Found unexplained water puddle in rear seat well and then a sign of water behind roof covering above passenger mirror. I'm told there is a Passat Water Leak thread somewhere on Honest John. Anyone help?
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passat leak threads ? several I think.
try the forum search on the right ---------------->
At the top of the page
Do you have a sunroof ? probably the drain pipes are blocked or the seal is faulty.
Just out of interest, when cars have body repairs are the new or repaired panels galvanised like they are when new? Read more
C5 Owner-perhaps with the car being not too old they assumed that it wouldnt have bleached any and simply matched the paint to factory spec? Not sure, just guessing.
WTM
I heard on the radio this morning that an Institute of Advanced Motorists survey found that tailgating and the use of mobile phones were considered by most respondents to be the most dangerous bad habits of drivers. That's consistent with the poll on this Forum, I think. Isn't it about time that the authorities started determined pursuit of the offenders? I know, I know -- fat chance. Read more
I don't display an IAM member badge. I wouldn't want to bring the organisation in to disrepute if I made a driving error, and I don't like to draw attention to myself, particularly if I were to exceed the speed limit.
I was instructed that an IAM driver should always make progress, and drive as fast as is safe and legal.
I wish the police would do more about tailgaters. I haved several incidents of people driving in to the back of my car. I am now quite paranoid about it!
WipeOut
So we were driving home from a wedding on Sat night, doing about 60mph on a country road when we rounded a gentle corner to find a rabbit sitting in the middle of the road.
My first reaction would have been to stand on the brakes. However my wife was driving and she chose instead to drive over the rabbit (wheels straddling it).
The rabbit was ok.
My question is, if I'd been driving and had stopped dead, and someone rear-ended me, who's fault is it? I thought the rule was that if you hit someone from behind it's always your fault, but then again I remember from my youth a story about you should stop for a licenced animal e.g. dog but not stop for anything unlicenced e.g. cat, rabbit, wildlife etc.
What do you think?
Rich Read more
However my wife was driving and she chose instead to
drive over the rabbit (wheels straddling it).
The rabbit was ok.
Reminds me of the joke about the rabbit that (if caught in the glare of a car's headlights at night) used to crouch down and remain stationary in line with the middle of the two headlights. Worked OK until a Reliant Robin came along!
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L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
Noticed these advertised in auto express a couple of weeks ago from an online retailer... Anyone have any experience of them? They sound really cheap, and although there's no mention of them automatically coming on when you engage reverse, I'm sure if they were wired up to a reverse lamp they may work in this way...?
Here's the link:
snipurl.com/f8jl
Click on cars&motors and they're on the bottom right. {Link amended and now goes directly to product. DD}
Cheapest I'd seen park sensors before was about £59.99....
Rich Read more
The original Michelin Pilots on my A3 Sport quattro (now @17k) are nearly ready for replacement, but have become so noisy I began wondering what would be a quieter, but still effective tyre. Then all became clear, thanks to HJ's advice page in Sat's Dly Telegraph. His common sense explanation to a reader pointed out as the tread goes down more tyre hits the road surface, hence more noise. Wish that had occurred to me!
BTW, I got a great deal on Bridgestones via a pal - being new, they'll be quieter, I assume. Read more
If you measure carefully, you will find that the tread pattern on most tyres is irregular in spacing. This is done to avoid allowing the tyres to produce a pure tonal noise.
Although the actual noise level produced by the tyre isn't altered much, the human perception of a pure tone is that it is much more irritating than a broad band noise source.
Of course, in this case, the human perception is the important factor.
number_cruncher
My wife's V reg Focus (c 50k) has developed v squeaky suspension on the front o/s.
What's likely to be wrong? Read more
Is there any truth in the old motoring cliche, give the car a good thrashing and blowout the cobwebs?
What i mean is say your car is only used for short journeys or it hasn't been used for a while or it's running a bit rough, drive for say 10 miles flat out and 'blow out the.. Read more
I took my parents to Manchester airport soon after I got my Corsa. Before I had it it had only been used for pootling around, but it feels a different car now after sitting at 4000rpm on the M6 for an hour. It didn't do the mpg much good though.
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Scotland, I think lowpricecars.co.uk