Vectra 99 T. The rear tyres are considerably more worn on the outside than the inside. Any ideas? Read more

Parked on the verge outside my house is a very clean 1997 Citroen ZX Diesel. Naturally no tax disc is apparent but the car has good tyres and shows 76000 miles. It was abandoned there before Christmas and it now sports a notice that it will be removed (yesterday being the deadline) by the local authority. If I go out tonight and get it manhandled into my yard will I have stolen it? If so from whom? It would not be my intention to put the car back on the road and yes I am a law abiding citizen! Read more

hi ive got a lexus is200 2001 model when driving in the dark when i stop the car the head lamps remain on even if the light switch is in the off position and the car is locked they only go out when i take out the relay has anyone got any ideas thanks andrew b Read more

Jazz has got her 2nd service coming up at the end of January. Do they check wheel alignment during a normal service or do you have to ask them to do it? Would it be cheaper to have it done at an independent garage? (I assume that wheel alignment doesn't come under things covered by the warranty).

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I decided to treat myself to a nice new small car, but after looking at the rubbish out there, I have changed my mind. My current car is an 899cc Fiat Seicento, which I assumed was relatively rubbish, but I have found a lot of new cars to be worse. It seems to me that modern cars are filled with safety features which spoil the them.

My last drive was a Toyota Aygo (brand new, 1150 miles on the demonstrator), and I didn't agree with a lot of what most if not all of the reviews say. Visibility was terrible in my opinion, and the gearing was too tall. I think they gave it tall gearing to get a good 0-60 time (no need to change to 3rd gear), and get good fuel economy. On some roads the Aygo couldn't even match the speed that my Seicento could do. I found it very bouncy, it seemed to roll a lot in corners, and it felt REALLY unstable in corners too. I felt very unsafe cornering at speeds that I would do in my Seicento. When I got back into my 899cc Seicento it actually felt really fast :-o

The others I drove was a Panda (1.2), and Corsa (1.2 SXi+). Other cars didn't get a test drive because I couldn't get comfortable in them. The Panda was very slow, dull, boring, and the road noise sounded horrible (a deep drone). I didn't actually get to corner at speed in the Panda, so I can't really say anything about it's handling.

The Corsa did actually suprise me, it was a nice car. It wasn't nice enough for me to justify £7000+ though, and it all felt too big. The engine was great, fast, and economical. One thing I didn't like though was the lack of feedback, the steering wheel was completely dead. Grip was OK, but nothing special, and there was no way of telling whether you were driving too fast. I may have found my arms aching though because the steering wheel was so big that it either hit my knees/legs, or my arms were too high.

I'm going to stick with my car until either something nice comes out, or my one dies. My current car is actually a fun drive, is smaller out the outside, bigger on the inside than any of the current cars. The performance of my car doesn't seem too bad after driving some of the other cars either. Has anybody else found modern small cars to be boring?

I used to drive a KA occasionally, which I used to love, but I haven't test driven one for a few reasons, but the main one is the rust problems that they have had. Read more