April 2006
Just round the corner from home there is a short, straight stretch of road that currently entertains a 30 mph limit, this road has no side turnings and it is generally thought to be daft that it is a 30 and not a 40 mph limit. Nevertheless there are a lot of drivers that will accelerate to 50 or 60 mph before braking in advance of the corner at either end, today I stopped to have a word with a police officer who was pointing a radar gun out of the window of his car, I was interested in whether it was a revenue generation exersise or a genuine attempt to catch the flagrant speeders.
I was pleased, though somewhat surprised, to be greeted with "you are lucky sir, I have the limit set at 40 today and you were only doing 38". While I would not have thought that I was doing 38 mph (and I had better not rely on the Mondeo speedo being optimistic from now on) I was also pleased that the officer did seem to be taking a reasonable approach based on the road conditions and was only targetting flagrant speeders. Read more
A friend of mine has an intermittent starting problem with her 2002 MG ZR 1.4 petrol.
It goes like this:- Get in car, put key in ignition and turn key. Nothing happens. No starter, no click, no sound, no petrol pump noise....nothing!
The dashboard lights come on. The radio works. But nothing happens in the engine dept when you turn the key.
Then count to 10; turn off the ignition, turn it on again and it usually fires up. Doesnt always start 2nd time though. Sometimes you have to repeat this about 6 or 7 times.
However you do have to wait 10 seconds or so before retrying or it just wont fire up. A couple of mechanics have looked at it and have no idea whats going on , nor have they ever seen anything like it before.
Needless to say shes about ready to smash the thing with a tree branch!
Anyone any ideas please?
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Not sure of MG, but IIRC 400 immobiliser supplies the earth to starter relay and I think the fuel pump relay,so it may be that thats playing up.
its a fairly common problem on both 200/400 series Rover,though unless its just relays playing up(doubtfull)would look at immobiliser-just a thought as this fault is hard to find?
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Our mains feed has a suspected leak, I think it's coming from where the plastic pipe joins the old copper under ground. Am I expected to pay? Read more
Mark,
"Passing quickly over the 'Pioneer don't make hi-fi' argument"
the Pioneer PL12D turntable was widely regarded as a budget hi-fi deck in it's day.
JH
Whilst dring home last evening I lost power from the engine and when trying to acellerate heard rattleing noise from the engine. Further on when moving off from the traffic lights clouds of smoke came from the exhaust.
I feel this could be expensive !!
Has anyone any ideas of the problem and if so is it a stock fault and do BMW help with costs? The car is four years old an has covered 40K miles as has been regularly serviced.
Peter T
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Bmwland.co.uk is the best forum for info, a 320d or 330d just blew its turbo and there is a thread or two on blown turbo's.
www.bmwland.co.uk/talker/viewtopic.php?t=27135
Rest assured this isn't another choose my car thread, but having spent the afternoon buried in What Car, Test Drive and various websites, one question is plaguing me.
At what point does it make economical sense to switch to diesel? 20,000 miles per year, 30,000+ or as little as 10,000? The initial price of the new car is higher and the diesel itself is more expensive (I think - sure it was last time I looked) but it lasts longer. There must be some kind of cut off point, and I'm sure someone somewhere has done the sums!
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Irrelevant...keeping an old car or buying second hand is far more 'green' than buying new. The costs of production and 'whole of life' costs must be taken into account for 'greenness'. An old Mondeo V6 (say 1999) bought now and run for three years is far more green than buying a new TDCi and more economical.
The Derv v Petrol cash question only comes into play if you are buying a new car and must buy a new car. For the rest of us, buy what want, what suits your pocket, lifestyle etc etc.
Thats why we have a Subaru Forester XT for my 8,000 suburban miles pa and my wife has a diesel Trajet for her kids rota and family trips doing just over 10,000 miles pa.
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Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
Those who have these cars may already have experienced how difficult it is to change these bulbs. Having invested in a Haynes manual, it is much much much easier if you remove the wheel arch liner first.
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Now you tell me!!!!
When I was doing mine I had a look at the wheel arch but that didn't (at first glance) look too easy either!
If there are any owners out there who own the above quoted model of CRV, I would be most grateful to learn whether they suffer as I do from a jet engine type whine/whistle which comes in at 35/40 mph and then persists. On the other hand, do you own a car of this model and are free from this problem?
I have tried two demonstrator cars of this type, and likewise, they displayed the same characteristics.
My view is that the automatic gearbox is possibly the source of the problem or perhaps, the "drive by wire" accelerator system, because the whine becomes more intense on blipping the pedal.
I believe the DBW system works via two potentiometers, varying the output according to pedal pressure, so presumably an electrical current is generated.
My dealer is involved, but, to date, is no nearer finding an answer, neither are Honda.
Frankly, the car is otherwise, great, (this is my third CRV), but this one is driving me right up the wall !!!
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Thanks for your comments. I too had a 2002 model of the same spec which gave no trouble at all.
Unfortunately the 2005/2006 CRV had a facelift plus, I understand, some tinkering with the the engine and drivetrain.
For example, at 70mph on the 2002 model the revs were some 3100/3200, whereas at the same speed, revs now come in at about 2800.
Whether this us due to the 16" wheels on this model (15" on the 2002 CRV) I don't know but I wouldn't have thought so.
a mate of mine had her car in a garage for some warrenty work and the garage gave her a loan car but cus she was under 25 there insurance didn't cover her so they said she had to use her own insurance to cover the car. she rang the insurance company and told them it was a loan car and they only covered her on tpft and the garage were aware of this. bad news is that she drove into the back of a car. the garage recovered the car and now are not letting her have her car back till she pays 1000 notes to cover the damage on the loan car. can the garage keep her car ??? she said she will pay for the damage but not in one big lump but over a few months. could she class it as theft of her car ??? Read more
Unfortunate situation, but the garage is using the Law of Lien which does give it the legal right to retain her car until all outstanding monies are settled. A slick lawyer might try and argue it given the unusual circumstances of this case; but if he fails, where's his fee coming from?
Most people new to the trade have agreed to allow impecunious customers "time to pay." The typical scenario is that you get the first payment, the second is late and the wasted time and hassle of getting the third means that you never see the rest of it.
She took the risk; wasn't careful with borrowed goods and it's now time to see if her bank really does listen.
been looking at this, cgi.ebay.co.uk/RENAULT-MEGANE-COUPE-SPORT-1-6_W0QQ...m
looks very nice. Anything i should check for? Is this likley to cost me a bombe in repairs? Read more
Well i've got my landie which is the proper toy but me and a mate had considered spending a couple of hundred quid on a bit of a disposable short term toy such as a panda 4x4 that as soon as we kill it we can afford to just weigh it in for scrap.
Strip it, build a basic cage then see how long it lasts!
...this is how I'd imagine his eBay ad to read.
Read it all - it's arguably the funniest one yet.
tinyurl.com/fykyd
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Firstly, do bear in mind that he's only just coming uypto 9 months old, with a brother or sister due at the end of July!).
I figure it'll give him a balanced view of life - we read (in order of importance) Honest John, Terracan Australia, Hartlepool United, and then various news sites!
And do be fare on yourself, not all of your posts are rubbish, the discussions we've had about police cars/chases are obviously the high points of this board...
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Sightly off thread but who dreams up these bizarre limits? Near me there is a charming little village with about 30 houses on one of the road, hedges and fields on the other and signs saying "Please drive slowly thru our village". The legal limit on the road is 60 mph but no one in their right mind would do much than 30 mph anyway. BUT there is a 50 yard cul de sac, as a turning off this road, and that has a 30 limit in it and a de-restriction sign as you turn out of it onto the road thru the village. You couldn't make it up!