June 2005
According to the BBC, a Trabby can now trade for as much as 7,000 pounds. Is this true?
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I have a Megane Scenic 1.9DTi, 60,000 on the clock, everything has been fine except recently the CD player stopped working, doesn't even come on, and then a couple of days later the LCD display went blank. Could this be just a fuse, or somehting to do with the computer. Also I have noticed that when the heater control is turned right down to cold, warm air still comes through, I know its been hot recently, but even when the fan is on full blast for a while, the air is warmer than the ambient temperature. I've heard of heater problems with Scenics, but they have usually been air too cold, not the other way round. Any ideas? Read more
My daughter, now living away from home, has a pug 106 1998 R plate and is telling me that the steering feels heavier than it used to be. How heavy does a 106 feel if the pump fails or blows a fuse or may be a faulty relay. I sent the manual down with the car when she was last up here, Scotland, so any information fuse number and relay number and location would be appreciated. I know heavy is not a good description but she's a lassie. Thanks. Peter Read more
Thanks mjm, I have a manual ( same as yours from memory ) but I left it in the car so it is now in Birminghan. It has an EHPS system and have obtained details of which fuses and relays to check. Apparrently a corroded connector at the pump is the most likely cause so her boyfriend who is visiting her today can check it out and give me some feedback. Thanks again, Regards Peter
Hi,
After a slight error when my wife said the oil light was on, I suggested getting oil and putting a drop in. just enough to last until the weekend... Unfortunately, due to an error in communications, she got oil, put it in. The same night when I got home, I put in some oil... OK My fault, I should have dipped it but we both put oil in. So, the following morning (today) she informs me it is smoking badly... On her way home going up a hill, she lost power and LOTS of smoke out the back. I was able after letting the car sit get it up the hill and home.
Can someone confirm that:
the smoking is caused by too much oil
A N D
the loss of power and excessive smoke is also due to too much oil and the hill incline didnt help...
The car is 10 years old and is needing a clutch amongst other things... We just need this car running for another month or 2 before we change!
Please help... Read more
How much oil does this thing take?
I have vague recollections of it being 5 litres. However, as you've already put 4 litres in, add a small amount (100 ml) at a time and keep checking the dipstick measurement.
Ok
well i have bought a car which was advertised as having heated seats, when i noticed a couple of days later that there werent any i wrote the seller (a small dealer) a letter saying so and that i wanted a full refund on the car. The gearbox has also turned out to be dodgy (the gears slip)
he has offered to repair the car's gearbox and install heated seats but i want a refund, which i am totally entitled to but he refuses.
Now the car cost 10k so its not gonna go to small claims court.
what will happen if it goes to court, is there any chance he can win? Read more
If he employs a lawyer, in the Small Claims Court he can't claim those costs back irrespective of whether he wins or loses. (Neither can you, so if you do spend half an hour with a lawyer, you won't see that ~£50 again).
However all you can claim are the costs of repairing the car, not the whole amount, as there is a limit of £5,000.
I've just passed the first new BMW 3 series I've seen in the flesh on the way tonight.
What an ugly car. What do you all think of it? Read more
I'm ready to be corrected but I don't think that Bangle can be credited/blamed for the new 3.
I don't find it as pretty as the old 3 but then again I thought that of the new 5 as well and I went out and spent my own money on one. Wouldn't want aything else in the cass other than a five though....(just done 300 miles today on windy Welsh roads and motorways - superb car.)
I need to drive from Oxford to Sheffield next Friday (1 July). Leaving Oxford around 4.30 pm. Any suggestions as to the least congested route? (I'd normally go A34, M40, A43, M1 etc but I'm dreading the M1 on a Friday afternoon).
Thanks in advance.
Pete Read more
Thanks for that daveyjp. Sounds like I'd better not make any plans for Friday evening.
Pete
Dear Honest John, I have this problem...
...I have a warehouse full with £40M of MG Rover parts, have on-going parts supply agreements in place, access to tooling and an impressive track record of quality of parts and availability in supporting MG Rover owners. However, despite this and numerous press releases, the media is determined to ignore these facts and continue to unnecessarily alarm owners and potential buyers of MG Rover vehicles. Please help...
Desperate of Desford. Read more
Well we can only judge by our own experiences.
I had a Rover 216 Vanden Plas. The worst car I have ever owned and cost me a fortune in spares and repairs and depreciated like a rock falling off a cliff. Could not PX it as the trade described it as 'poison', had to sell it privately for what I could get, not much.
As with most people who have a bad experience with a Marque I said 'Rover, never again'.
I know something of the parts disaster that occured whilst Rover was producing as I have a friend who is the FD of a packing and shipping company specialising in car parts. Newish Rovers were off the road for months waiting for parts.
Maybe the situation is different now and maybe not. I for one would not be willing to take the risk. To those that are, good luck.
Is there a pricing guide for static caravans. It's difficult to work out if the deal I've been offered is a good un or not. Read more
The general rule is: the more water it lets in, the cheaper the caravan.
SS
....try the V series
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About as attractive as the Mercedes V-series.
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They're only worth £7000 because he's got most of them so if you want one you have to go to him and pay his price!!
Cheers, SS