September 2006
I have just been perusing the ebay website and came across some very dodgy sales where cars look to have been dramatically underpriced.
I was wondering why people do this? All the adds are of the same format, so I suspect some kind of organistion? The adds all have an email adress to contact and notes at the top only pre-approved bidders are entitled to bid.
A short list of adverts follows.
cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-Renault-Clio-Sport-172-Monaco-...m
cgi.ebay.co.uk/2005-55-Mercedes-SLK-200-Kompressor...m
If you want to look for some more there are plenty of others. Sorry moderators I have yet to learn how to use tiny ULs.
Other than some kind of criminal activity I can't see the sense of these adverts, prehapps someone would enlighten me? Read more
I have some fine scratches in the front windscreen that refuse to be removed by such products as T Cut & Autoglym paint restorer.
Can anyone recommend a product for removing them? Read more
Can anyone recommend a product for removing them?
Previous posts have suggested that brasso or jewellers rouge is good at getting rid of scratches in glass.
A quick forum search reveals:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=19994
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=18054
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=10809
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?v=i&t=769
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=7295
etc, etc. ;o)
I was wondering if I'm alone (probably not) in thinking that the Mini is not the most handsomest of cars? There is now, of course, a revamped Mini about to enter the scene and from the photos in the magazines it looks to me as ugly as it was before. Certain aspects of the interior have been tweaked but I can honestly say that I would never buy any car that persists in placing, no matter how large, a speedometer in the centre of the fascia!
This particular instrument, in modern day motoring, needs constant scanning and attention if one is to avoid exceeding too many of the multitudinous speed limits out there.
It is hard enough, nowadays, keeping to these limits when modern cars, with their instant throttle response, smoothness, quietness and excellent performance make it difficult for any driver to adhere to whatever speed limit is currently in force.
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The alarm flashing red light is at the end of the stalk on those cars with the factory fit alarm!
-- You know, it\'s not like changing toothpaste
Hello
Chatting to a mate the other night, we were trying to list all the 2WD pick-ups available in the UK new.
We came up with these.
Mitsubishi L200
Ford Ranger
Mazda B2000
Nissan Pick-up
Proton Jimbuck
Are there any others? they must be the lower 2WD versions, not double cab 4x4 ones.
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Thanks GWS, but it's the type as in the list above we are trying to identify.
I'm pretty sure that's them all.
Can anyone tell me in what year the original long, floppy gearstick on minis was changed for the factory remote one?
I really should remember as I had an early 850, originally raced by Christobel Carlyle Reg. CMC77, but she kept that plate! Sshe moved onto a big Healey, I think it was, and had a big moment at Silverstone when she hit a marshall's post just before the starting straight.. I think there was a fatality and she retired from the sport.
I later traded it for a 1071S, in which I fooled about in a few club races, after converting it to a 970 to get into the under 100cc class.
Ah! Happy days of a foolish youth!
Roger. (Costa del Sol, España) Read more
My father bought an Austin Mini in 1960; with it he also got a matching luggage set - a 'shopping bag' for the rear side bin and 2 lockable, long, thin cases (like school steamed pudding tins), which fitted exactly in the cubby holes under the rear seats...
How many times in winter on a freezing salty motorway do I wish that cars still had separate windscreen washers that weren't linked to the wipers.
I don't know where to begin on the utter pointlessness of this excercise.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5384278.stm
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Sorry - bad choice of words.
GFs Ka just had it's 3 year service. There's a note that the NSF lower arm bush is split on the service report, and there is a load creak from the suspension if you go over speed humps etc. How urgent is it to get this changed? Is it a big job?
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good post dp can i just add the 'pinch bolt' and nut needs changing ive seen these come out (cost the garage plenty to sort as well) these nuts and bolts are only a £1 at the dealer or any good trade outlet.
Dear all,
Three of the instrument cluster bulbs have blown on my 2003 (53-reg) Mondeo in the last month. Two comes back to life after a hit to the dashboard and one wouldn't - I think it is just time to change all of them. I guess the automatic lights switching the bulbs on and off many times a day doesn't help their life span!
On this current model Mondeo, how do you take off the surround of the instrument cluster to get to the back to change the bulbs? Any possibility to get to the back of the cluster from reaching up from the footwell or there is just not enough space?
Also, do I have to get them from Ford of are they standard items from motor factors? How much is each of the bulb?
Many thanks,
Gazza Read more
I guess yours is a facelift model, I have changed one bulb on my 2002 model, some bulbs can be reached by taking the panel below the steering column off however taking the instrument binacle out is not difficult, I followed instructions in the Haynes manual, you have to make sure you disconnect the battery beacuse of the proximity of the airbag wiring, accordingly you will need the radio code and will have to reset the window memory as per the handbook.
It's years since I have had to get involved with mundane things like battery charging. You know the story...car 2 - 3 years old... it's time for a new one!
Anyway, I am now the proud owner of a 1997 non-turbo diesel and a lovely car it is too. It seems a bit slow to turn over when starting and I'm thinking that owing to it's short journeys, the battery might want a charge.
Is it OK to leave the battery in the car and simply connect the charger to the "+" and "-"? Or, are there sensitive parts that will object, so disconnecting it first is a good idea?
PS I don't know the radio code which I ought to find.
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Thanks all - I didn't want to wreck half the electrics, but it seems there's no problem.
Hi all,
Quick query really. Dad's managed to pick up not one but two nails in his tyre. Both are in the dead centre of the tread and are 1 foot apart. He took it to a large franchised tyre place and they told him the two nails were too close together for a repair.
Is this the case? Is a new tyre the only option or can some places repair this sort of damage?
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If the punctures are as you describe there is no problem
in repairing them.
Yes, but you never feel confident with them again do you ?
Get a new one, your life depends on it.
Anyone else notice the 'seller' has listed the SLK and Mini Convertible as 4-wheel drive in the safety features?