May 2006
Has anyone seen the pringles advert with the footballers doing keepy-ups in front of various exotic cars?
And those with discerning taste will have noticed the Aston Martin V8 Vantage next to Roberto Carlos (would that footballers actually had the taste to own such a machine)
Well that's the car I drove to and from church when I got married!
12 AMV. Looks like the ad makers just got a job lot of cars from bespokes for the shoot.
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is it as easy to change as it says in manual. and can you do it with the battery conected.
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job done. thanks for the info.
I have my eye on a Felicia Cube van and wonder if I could convert to a pickup?
Looks like I would need a tailgate and a rear window?
Has anyone done this and would caddy parts fit?
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Why do cars have the wing/door mirrors painted? They are usually connected via bits of black plastic and to me it looks daft to have painted bits sticking out. Its also a lot more expensive to replace them after a hit, I can understand door handles are painted as it blends in with the car but mirrors just don't seem right to me.
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Did you know that to some of us, car ownership is
more than just a way of getting from A to B
as cheaply as possible? Some of us actually like cars.
For those who don't there are millions of little Corsa 1.2's
out there with practical wheeltrims, practical black plastic bumpers and practical
black wingmirrors.
How very astute. Unfortunately, half the twerps in this country don't have the mathematics to be able to think this through - one reason for the massive debt levels.
Going to look at a 1999 V reg NISSAN PRIMERA hatchback tomorrow.
Its a 1.8 with 79k on the clock.
I've never own one of these cars before so can you good people give me some hints as to what to look out for.
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make sure its wasnt a jo baxi.
make sure engine cold and start it up listening for timing chain noise/adjuster taking its time
anti roll bar links clattering
accident damage
all the dash bits work
air con working
heavy clutch
make sure vendor has good title there are plenty of cars on this age on iffy finance deals.
My Focus suddenly overheated and lost about 3litres of coolant over last weekend. No obvious leaks from hoses.
I topped-up and it appears OK, although I'm having it checked, flushed-out & refilled tomorrow.
I have changed the coolant twice during its lifetime, but not for about 2yrs, so suspect some sludge in the system causing a temporary blockage.
If it's the case, I'm rather surprised it has happened after such a relatively short time.
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Well I took it to my friendly main dealer here in Spain. (About a 20 min m'way drive from my home, with spare water and a hawk eye on the temp gauge! No problems.)
They checked for leaks and attempted to get it to recur, for an hour+, and found...... nothing !
For this they charged me........ nothing!!
Said to keep an eye on coolant temperatures and levels and call 'em if anything went awry.
So the mystery remains unsolved but, for the moment at least, has 'gone away'!
Hi
I have a tax disc holder on my motorbike and I just can't work out how to open it and exchange the tax disc. I haven't ever done it before, and tried everything.
Is there a special way of doing this?
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It says,on the WD-40 can,'loosens rusted parts'.Make of that what you will.
3 in 1 oil used to say 'free rusted parts'on the can.Once,when buying a can,I said,to the ironmonger,'where are my rusted parts then?'whilst showing him the slogan.Sadly he had no sense of humour,or rusted parts.
Just bought a 2002 x.trail 2.2 di sport,been away for weekend +find to be blowing black smoke under load i.e when accelerating,had a picasso hdi before this +never had a problem is this normal for x.trails or do i have a problem(car is under 12 mth warranty with nissan)any help before approching nissan would help ta a.j Read more
I'm getting a 2005 Fiesta next week which comes with a tape deck which I want to replace with a CD. In my previous fiesta the stereo came out easily using U shaped tools and I put in a CD with a wiring harness, this one doesn't look like it will come out the same way.
Quick search on the net didn't yield much except warnings that it's very tricky and involves disconnecting the heater - has anyone done this and is it really as difficult as is being suggested. If so and I decide to pay for the job will somewhere like Halfords charge much more than usual? any help appreciated
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It's a Mk6 - thanks for the pointer to the UKFn site - it's a reaaly good source. The job does sound like a nightmare though - Paul
I have a 2002 RAV4, in argenta silver, can anyone please tell me what is the name of the bumper colour ( a dark gunmetal). I think that it is the same, whatever colour the main body happens to be.
I had the misfortune of scratching it and would like to order some paint. Read more
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For all devotees of the demented stick insect and his little nest of vipers . I believe there is an episode of Fawlty Towers on BBC 2 tonight - in Comedy Doubles with an episode of Allo Allo so we can all watch and see if we can spot what TVM's claim to fame is.
Motoring connection for DD is vipers ( as in vindscreen vipers ) I'll just go get the coat then......