Gone to change to cambelt on my 406 petrol turbo and the timing marks dont line up. Locking pin in the top pulley and the crank pulley is around 25 degrees out.
The engine runs fine and always has done, what on earth could this be?
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I read in today's Telegraph that a man has just recovered his X reg. Focus after parking it in a Milton Keynes housing estate and then forgetting where he left it - last February! It was finally reported as abandoned by a resident (two neighbours had assumed that the Ford parked outside their homes belonged to the other).
This amused me, but then I recalled, many years ago, driving up to London to submit a painting to an exhibition. Not wanting to drive through central London, I left my frog-eye Sprite at Merton station, and carried on by train. At the end of the evening I caught a train from Waterloo to Salisbury, and only after frantically searching for my car at the station car park, did I remember it was at Merton. Off to Waterloo by the next train, and out to Merton to collect the car...
Any other stories of 'lost' cars out there?

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Hello there,

I have a serious problem with Audi and therefore need Jeremy Hicks's contact details [email preferable] so that I am sure he is to receieve and respond. I have included the letter below to explain why it's required. Any suggestions gratefully received. HELP!!!



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Dear Mr Hicks,

RE: - Audi A2 ? registration no. deleted/ Customer complaint

I paid a deposit on the above vehicle to deleted , a sales executive of your deleted branch, on 13th August 2005. Delivery of the vehicle was arranged for 1st September 2005. On purchasing the vehicle, I was asked to complete the order form with my old Jersey address as it corresponded with my passport. I informed your employees that the reason I was purchasing a car was to permanently leave Jersey and complete my LPC whereupon I would then look for legal employment in the UK. Although I informed him that the Jersey address was now no longer applicable as of 1st September, and that a UK address could be provided, if necessary, I was nevertheless told to complete the order form in this way. Please note that at no point in time was I advised by your company of the ramifications of this action.

Your company also arranged and paid for the road tax at the time of purchase. Consequently, it is only now, on the renewal road tax stage, that your company?s grievous error of advice to me has come to my attention. I now find myself with a car that is insured, MOT and road worthy but not road taxable because of the error made by your company. I have been informed by the DVLA that a V62 Form must be completed as the vehicle is ?marked? as a permanent export. Given that a 12 months road tax was negotiated in the price, why would I then export the vehicle? This has caused a great deal of time, stress and aggravation in trying to resolve this matter. Having relied and trusted your employees? neglectful instructions, I am now unable to use this vehicle for four to six weeks minimum whilst the DVLA carry out their usual enquiries. I am scheduled to leave England to go on holiday with my car on 22nd September but this is now clearly an impossible task. The loss that I sustained is unwarrantable. I have paid for a boat ticket with a car which I cannot use and European Assistance that is non transferable. My holidays were based on having a car as a means of travel and exploration. Furthermore, on my return from holidays, I also have the dubious prospect of using public transport as this was my sole means of transport. Given that I live in the countryside, there is very little provided which will only exacerbate my situation caused. Also, as a further consequence of this, I have been unable to bring my car to my nearest garage for a fault that occurred on the 2nd September. I only notified Audi deleted of this on 13th as I have been spending all my spare time trying to resolve your matter which could have quite easily been avoided.

I would like Audi to provide, at their cost, a viable alternative means of transport as well as reasonable compensation for this unnecessary position. I look forward to hearing a reasonable and satisfactory response from you."

{Certain parts of the above message have been deleted as it was breaking the No Naming/Shaming policy this site operates - DD}
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Another letter from the Telegraph; this time to the Editor. Now I didn't see the letter from Mr Field but I find this quite revealing.

"SIR - This middle-lane moron would like to point out to Mr Field (Letters, September 15) that the middle lane is, in fact, the fast lane and the outside lane the overtaking lane.
George Hicks
Bromley, Kent"

Blimey, is it? All this time I thought they were simply left-hand, middle and right-hand lanes, or lanes 1, 2 and 3. With attitudes like that around it can't be a surprise that drivers think it's their right to cruise unmolested in the middle of the carraigeway. Roll on the day when overtaking on the left is permitted, even encouraged.
Hawkeye
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Does anyone know if Costcos sell Synthetic oil to VAG spec 506.01 & if so how much ? Read more