September 2006
Hi All,
Would anyone be able to tell me what my car is worth:-
Its a Madagascan Blue Peugeot 307CC New shape on 05 Plate (August)
Full Service History.
Full Leather
Multi CD
Metalic Paint
9000 miles
My local dealer is only offering £12,000 ! - Am I being stiffed here - I was thinking it was worth about £15,000 - or am I being dillusional??
Any help greatly appreciated.
Tez.
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Why does it say consult car handbook if the car is Euro IV spec on the Millers bottle, does it damage something on the Euro IV emissions system ?
(I was going to email Millers about this but their email link keeps bouncing back)
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...Millers had said that only BMW EuroIV diesels were affected (for reasons concerning the catalyst)...
Glad to read that. I've used it in my Mondeo (which is Euro IV) for about 2 months, with good results (and for some reason the trip MPG thing has been more accurate since I started - now only 2.7 mpg optimistic as opposed to 4.3 before)
Having already started to grow nervous about the longevity of the injection system, I thought "Arrrrrgh!" until I read AS' post.
I have lost the Keypod for my Alarm/immobiliser for my 1992 626. It was a (supposed) factory fitted item as the pod had "Mazda Finish Line" on it. I have already been in touch with Mazda but according to them my car was not fitted with an alarm/immobiliser Anyone any idea how to get past this big problem ??
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anyone know where the control box for immobiliser is so i can bypass it??
Just got back from a weeks holiday down in Devon (in case you were wondering why it's been quiet in here ;) ), a few miles short of home, driving along a 60 road at, erm, approximately that speed, when an idiot pulls out in front of me at a distance where I would have had to slam the anchors on even if I was doing 30.
No accident ensued, but in order to rapidly slow down while scoping the other side of the road for a split-second, then rapidly accelerate past him, I had to do a four gear block change, which wasn't the cleanest I've ever perpetrated.
Anyway, now the gearstick has gone all wobbley. Still got all my gears and everything, but the stick isn't self-centring any more, and you can move the stick laterally even when it's in gear.
I take it this isn't a gearbox problem per se, but something wrong at the stick end, a broken spring perhaps? Any advice or suggestions? Read more
Hi
Sunday, me and the family will be travelling up the M1 and expect a load of cones.
When I see millions of these cones, I often wonder if there was a better and cheaper solution.
Several times we've seen the men drop off and pick up comes from the back of the lorry.
Does anyone think that this design of cone will ever be replaced and if yes, with what?
BTW - on the way back from a trip several years ago on a sunny day, a lorry had ran over about hlaf a mile of cones - no one was hurt but our feeling was the driver must have feel asleep - it was a French regd lorry. Read more
I've seen flat ones that are flexible. After they've been run over they just pop back up again.
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L\'escargot.
I have to get myself a large estate for next year and I have never driven or owned any of the options so Im hoping someone may have done.
What I want is a large and by large I mean Volvo sized, estate which is also fairly economical ( hence the diesel idea ) which will also be durable and reliable as far as you can with old cars.
My shortlist is Vauxhall Carlton 2.3D, Audi 100 Avant, Volvo 740 TD, Peugeot 505 2.5D and the Ford Granada 2.5D.
Im not keen on turbo cars really as at the age Im looking at, its likely to be knackered, so id prefer one of the non-turbo options as a preference.
My budget is about a grand or so.
What id like to know, is any of these cars proper reliable and what are they like to own. Im NOT interested in performance whatsoever, so if its sluggish, not bothered ( I put that in because I know many people like punchy diesels and may assume I do, but not in this case )
I have already crossed the Merc estates off because they are not that economical, nor is the Peugeot 504. Also the Citroen CX doesnt appear because I owned one of them and it was a nightmare.
Id also be interested in any petrol options that can get near the diesel economy, but they must run on unleaded.
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I'd go for an Omega or one of the Vauxhall's - an old Vectra if it's large enough, or the new Vectra if you want to pay more.
For the last few days between junc 10 -j 15 there have been 3 or 4 vans with signs stating they were to clean cones, but for some reason no work seemed to be done on the cones and the vans had large glass domes on the top,
Any idea what they could actually be doing.
Also saw an advert attached to lamp posts around a certain part of NW London offering "digital recalibration" (or words to that affect )- surely it's just clocking - is it that simple Read more
It isn't illegal to alter the milage provided the buyer is informed that this has been done.
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Robin Reliant, formerly known as Tom Shaw
My 2.2 SRI Direct Vectra has covered 32K miles.it was serviced last year (10/05) at around 20K.Does this mean that THIS service will be my 40K service? If so,what should I expect to be included in the service? Things I have considered are ;
- Oil and Filter
- Air Filter
- Pollen Filter
- Keyfob Batteries
- The "usual" easy stuff washer fluid,wipers etc
Should the fuel filter be changed? Dealer says "no" but service book refers to an "external" fuel filter on the Petrol engines?
Brake Fluid change?
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In your service book, there is mention of what is done (or supposedly done) at each service interval. If you haven't got yours to hand, I'll dig mine out and post the lists.
I can't recall however my Vaux dealer ever changing the keyfob batteries though. With the Vec-C if you've got Check Control (the system that tells you that you've got low washer fluid, a bulb out, etc) it will tell also you if the battery for the keyfob is getting low anyway. The battery is a CR2032, and you'll no doubt purchase it cheaper elsewhere (##) and fit it yourself for a fraction of the cost that your dealer will charge.
( ## ) eg, www.batterystar.co.uk/watch_batteries.html#watch_b...2 : £1.25 + 0.99p for p&p.
Has anyone fitted the Pro-drive Performance Pack to an Isuzu Denver Max pickup?
Very interested in the performance benefits.
many thanks
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£15k would get you one of these retail, i.e., before haggling but after the dealer's profit margin, allowance for warranty, reconditioning costs, etc. (Some of these should be minimal).
I think £12k is a bit low - Glass's says £13k p/x for "average" condition and I would say that's reasonable.