September 2006
Do BMW do a 4wd version of any of their saloons or estates, not counting the X3 or X5. As I have seen 2 or 3 BMWs with an X at the end. One of these was an old 7 series, L reg and it was right hand drive and the other was a 5-series estate, also right hand drive.
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Hi, hope someone can give me some info on this:
Im currently giving serious consideration to a 05 Mondeo Zetec TDci which has been imported into the Rep. Ireland from the UK.
Can anyone tell me how I could go about determining what manufacturers warranty period is remaining on the car. It was first registered 31st march 05.
The standard warranty in Ireland is 2 yrs unlimited milage. Looking at the ford.co.uk site, its not very clear what the standard warranty period is, as there are a number of warranty options available.
Ford Ireland ltd., tells me they will honour any existing UK warranty on the car.
Anyone got an email address or contact no. for ford UK so I can clarify the warranty period.?
I do have the VIN of this car.
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Yes, but my point is that in the first year Ford have to comply with the EU Block Exemption regs and cannot refuse a claim based on the fact that the car has not be serviced by a Ford dealer. They have to operate within the legal framework pertaining to warranties. Once it goes into years 2 and 3 they CAN refuse a claim on this basis.
Looks like I may be getting an Audi A4TDi on 52 plate with the 130bhp engine with 6 speed box.
Will be buying it from my Dad as its curently his company car and coming off fleet in 4 weeks time and the company wants £3500 for it.
It will need MoT and will have done 110,000 miles or thereabouts and not long ago had a full service that was nearly £1000 as it needed a few suspension bushes and a couple of tyres.
Is this a good price or a money pit? Been looked after but dont want something to go wrong and cost a fortune to fix as its only replacing my girlfriends old Rover 200 and she doesnt do that many miles.
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I have a theory that your dad may be absorbing some of the cost of this car, he may have told you £3500, but no company in their right mind will let a car go for much less than it's market value. I'd guess that this car is worth at least another £1k at auction.
Even if I'm right, it's still a good buy, especially as you know it's history.
I'm with the majority here, go for it.
The bottom hose on my radiator colapses when the engine is cold - any ideas why?
I had the actual pipe replaced a month ago and discovered that it had perished quite badly, but changing the pipe hasnt made any difference and it still collapses when cold. Once the car has been running a few minutes it fills out normally.
The car doesnt overheat and as far as im aware, has no cooling issues, so its a bit of a curiosity as to why this is happening.
Car is a 1986 Mazda 323. {Added to subject header where people will see it without necessarily having to open your post first - DD}
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The other thing that can happen is that the pipe to the overflow bottle can be blocked or the vent in the overflow bottle blocked. In either case, when the motor cools and tries to suck the coolant back in, it can't do it. The radiator cap vent may be ok.
Any help much appreciated as per usual.
I had a problem some time back where my golf would miss a few times intermittantly.
I replaced all of the plugs and the problem immediately went away. However,
Recently it has started missing a bit again, if its starts it lasts for only a few second but if you try to excellerate during this time the car is obviously not responsive.
When I replaced the plugs I did have a small problem with one of the HT leads which I repaired by crimping the end again.
maybe it needs new Ht leads ?
Please can anyone help point me in the right direction? If its important - The car isn't back firing, just missing a few beats..
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Good news, after having a look at the leads today, decided they all needed to be replaced. Spent a grand total of £22 which was for four Leads AND even treated it to a new dizzy cap.
Everything back to normal and the car is running a treat. Having seen how new leads fit I wonder how the other ones worked at all!!
Cheers everyone!
Paul
Say I have insurance, tax and but no valid MOT. Whats the likely fine/points, and is this picked up on ANPR?
I see you can drive a car blind and not get locked up so I suspect is going to be a slap on the wrist. Read more
ANPR can't check MOTs 'cos the computerised roll-out hasn't been completed yet. The local independent who does my car still issues me with an old fashioned A5 certificate.
Hello,
I have a knocking on a peugeot 307 hdi its a 52 plate.
it seems to be coming from the front end but this could be decieving, as when you sit on the drivers side it sounds like it is that side. but also when you sit on the passenger side it sounds that side too.
You can only hear it when you go over bumps, which leads me to think it might be suspension related. i have checked what i can think of but to no avail.
Any tips or pointers would be gratefully received.
Cheers,
Mark
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checked the top mountings and they look ok, so does the anti roll bar bushes, and no sign of a broken spring.
where would be the best place to go for a free check up?
Thanks for the tips,
cheers,
Mark
Car has 80000 miles on it in the last 18 months the emmission control light has come up on the dashboard and stays steady ,engine runs normally .Emmisions are ok, just passed MOT ,Fault codes dont through any light on the problem .It has been reset three times by VW and the light comes up 18 days after the reset on every occasion,emisssions have been checked and all ok .Any solutions please
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I don't know. Maybe it will go off after a number of starts.....but if you have posted here, perhaps it has not ?
Maybe you can check the passat forum, in the european bit and find someone near you who will reset it.
I've just noticed that this mounting appears to have come adrift. It appears to be fixed at one end to the front subframe via a rubber mount but the end attached to the exhaust just past the right angle bend appears to have been welded to the exhaust pipe and this joint has failed so the mounting bar is just flapping around under the car.
Do any backroomers know whether this is this easy to fix or am I going to have to buy a new front pipe?
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they all broke here at some time, ive had many that have been fixed with a large jubilee clip ,but a re~weld would be better ,dont think a fitter would do it for a £5 any more though think those days have just about totally gone (no offence bigtee )
It does need doing soonest or the flexible joint on the front pipe will break by the way.
Took a trip down the M1 yesterday and at one point was left standing by a Lexus 300. It was an 04 reg and was leaving a trail of smoke like the red arrows! He eventually caught up with another car and slammed on, this was followed by a huge plume of smoke leaving the exhaust, when we passed through the cloud our cabin stank of burning oil. It looked like this car had had a hard life from leaving the dealership and at less than three years old looked almost ready for the scrapheap. Read more
Not sure about Yugos, but the Ladas are pretty tough and take abuse, just unpleasent to drive.
Incidentally, there is a Yugo Sana on ebay - must be the last one left - and even I will breath a sigh of relief about that, much as I love 99% of cars in their own right, the Sana falls into the remaining 1%!
This is interesting of not fully up to date.
www.autozine.org/technical_school/traction/tech_tr...m