June 2005
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 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
www.germancarfans.com/spyphotos.cfm/spyphotoid/605...2 Read more
About as attractive as the Mercedes V-series.
i've a 99 vectra and something has happened to the display that gives the temp/time radio station i dont have the on board computer display just the standard fit one
it looks like the display has stopped working but on inspection you can see it's still ok its just the back light that illuminates has blown or whatever causes it to be lit up the amber colour it normally is --
is this a common/simple fault to rectify or is it a garage type fault ??
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Instructions here on how to get the display out to change the bulbs.
Goto homepage.ntlworld.com/cavweb/misc/ and scroll down the list until you find "veccyclo.doc". (It's almost at the bottom of the page). If you haven't got MS Word, it should still open with MS Wordpad.
You don't need to go as far as removing the speedo housing; just the cowling that covers the radio display and speedo.
ps, as previously mentioned, you don't need to press the 'return' key when you get to the end of each sentence as the text will automatically word wrap ;o)
pps, I've reformatted your text to remove the carriage returns.
DD.
I recently had all 4 tyres slashed, resulting in £575 bill for new rubber. After allowing for my £300 excess, I'd anticipated getting the balance of £275 back from my insurer, but they have told me the claim was reduced by 50% taking into consideration the age of the old tyres. As it now comes to less than the excess, I'm finishing up paying all of the £575 out of my pocket. Is this normal practice where tyres are concerned? Does wear & tear on other components get taken into account when they need replacing via an insurance claim, e.g. engine parts, seats, exhausts. Read more
they may not mark it as a claim, but can mark it down as having had an incident.
this can still carry a loading and vandalism i believe has a bigger loading than attempted theft. strange.
My 1989 Golf GTi 16v has started to run on three cylinders when ticking over. It runs fine at over 1200 rpm and goes well but I'd like it to tick over properly. Any ideas? Thanks Read more
Assuming you have replaced the distributor cap then I would do a compression test incase you have burnt a valve out. This swos up readily at tick over and much lesser effect at high rpm. Regards Peter
I recently had the misfortune of hitting a kerb at an angle of about forty-five degrees at 20-25mph.
This caused a minor deformity to the near-side-front wheel trim and may now give the impression that I have got a buckled wheel, which one occasionally sees on other cars but can never see on one?s own!
There may, of course, be other damage which is not obvious to the amateur eye but I can say that there is no wobble on the steering which might suggest that the wheel needs rebalancing.
The vehicle is going in for routine service soon. Ought I to report this incident and have it investigated? What sort of other damage may I have done...the term ?toe-in? rings a bell.
I am very wary, in view of Honda dealer?s £icence to print money, to ask them to do anything other than the essential service. Would a specialist, such as a tyre depot be a better place to seek a remedy at a more affordable cost? Bearing in mind the stories one hears, I don't want to be a victim of paying for unnecessary work.
Your advice and suggestions would be much appreciated.
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My thanks to you all for your sound advice.
I am taking remedial action without delay.
Yesterday I was at a pre-trial hearing for a claim I am making in the small claims court (non motoring). I am not a legal person but the defendant (part of a public company) is using a highly qualified specialist legal firm based in a very expensive part of London. This does not worry me as I feel my claim is very fair and justified.
During the meeting with the judge he mentioned a case that he thought had gone to appeal about a claim for interest and bank charges. It involved a motorist being forced to have a repair done to her car. She could not afford this and had to borrow the money. Later it was found the repair was unnecessary. She was able to reclaim the cost of the repair AND the interest and charges for the loan. Unfortunately he could not remember the details of the case.
Do you know what the case was? I
Is there a somewhere on the Internet that I can access details to check if this is relevant to my own claim.
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I believe that even if you lose the judge can only award "fair" legal costs to the other side.
Browse
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.)