October 2006
Anyone got one/had a go in one? Specifically is the handling different (i.e. better) from the old 130 Sport Diesel? Read more
I do quite a number of miles a week, often filling up more than once a week.
Am i better off , doing as I currently do , fill up, drive 550 miles then when near empty fill up again, or fill half tank do 200 miles and then fill up - which is most economical.
Finally why are the pumps so slow to dispense the fuel, the lorry diesel pumps are fine, obviously quicker, but why are normal pumps so slow Read more
if the light's been on for 40 miles or so.
My Kenari doesn't have a light but when the needle gets to the empty side of the red zone I watch the odo and do another 100 miles before filling (usually only getting 35L into the 40L tank)
At 400 miles + to a tank full this makes the bottom of the red zone the quater tank mark!
hello all,
I have recently been looking around for a new number plate, so as anyone else would i typed into various number plate companies my name and got the usual £30, 000 alternatives which are well out of my price range. In the end ive managed to get my name but need to have an X at the beginning and the end of it. I would also get it re - arranged to get my name on its own. For example if my name was sam, it would read X 5AM X.
I would like mens, and if so wished, womens comments on how masculine or feminine a number plate like the one above would be for an 18 year old lad driving around in an 03 mk4 Volkswagen Golf.
Any help you could give me would be very much appreciated
Cheers
Read more
Remember there is no such thing as a personalised number plate. Even so it's better than the terrible and incorrect term 'private plate'.
Correct term is cherished registration mark.
Any plate can be a cherished plate whether it's prefix, suffix or dateless. Anyone can transfer their mark so long as you stick to the transfer rules.
Last Thursday I was involved in a minor incident with another car. He, through inattention, drove into my car and put a biggish dent in the wing. His car was undamaged, mine will cost about £300 to rectify.
All very amicable, we exchanged details and both agreed probably not worth going the insurance route. He agreed it was his fault entirely. When I tried to ring him to tell him the cost, his phone number was unobtainable. I rang Directory Enquiries who said there was no phone registered to that name at the address he gave me.
His address is about 70 miles away, so I do'n't fancy the trip at this stage. I'll write to that address with the quote, but obviously I'm not hopeful. I do have his car registration number and he told me his insurance company was Churchill.
Assuming I don't get any response from the address, I'm looking for advice on the best way to proceed after that. I'll get the car repaired, but I would prefer him to pay rather than me.
Thanks in advance. Read more
The police have had to give up to an extent and can only concern themselves with crime reduction. In the circumstances you describe, BobbyG, a crime has already taken place so it is already too late for them to prevent it. This is not an anti-police rant BTW; it is a sort of Trades Description Act thing - they can't prevent crime 100% so thay have to call what they do crime reduction.
As per title hit a large board on the M6 J32ish about 6pm made a mess of the front of my car. Is it worth reporting the debris in the road or is it a bit late? Its probably been battered off the motorway anyway.
Also when in busy motorway traffic doing 70mph and driving reasonably (2 secs apart) how can I avoid this type of thing in future? (without doing 50mph and leaving half a mile to the car in front)
Read more
i once drove over a pallet one night on the motorway it was under a bridge and too late to avoid it,i was glad i was in a big battleship carlton as it caused no damage to the car.
Looking to spend up to £7000 on a people carrier (almost got a bongo but couldn't part with 7k for a car over 10 years old).
Looking at around 99-01 reg, petrol engine i guess as theres not many diesels under 7k and don't do enough mileage to make it a major factor.
I quite like the espace but no it's got a pink fluffy dice {next time I delete as its quicker! DD} reputation, but then so does the scenic and we've had no problems from ours.
Would like somthing that could cruise at 80 whilst still being nice and quiet inside the car. Read more
You will find a decent espace for this sort of money look in Autotrader,Exchange & Mart but go to your local renault dealer you may be surprised at what they can get hold of. They are not as bad as they make out like any used car look at the condition and make your own judgement, any car that has been trashed will be a dog yes even the German stuff.
As for galaxy sharon alambra apart from trim they are all the same come from the same factory in Spain I understand and are as costly to run as any french people carrier Renault,Citroen and Pug.
I base my comments on a friend who works in the contract hire industry looking after claims on all cars and if you took his advice you would buy a Toyota previa
www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/automobiles/11minis.html
Dunno if this has already been mentioned and I don't have time to check.
(Sorry, no FM2R, No answer from you about the length of the link, so at 14.21 on 12-10-06 I cut it back to all that was needed.) Read more
Ah, but so does the Chrysler 300C...Just a bigger one.
I live in Berkshire and have to commute 4 days a week into the city of London. For several years I've battled with the hopeless public train/tube system, but now enough is enough. I've tired of waiting, standing on delayed trains, unbareable heat, body odour (other peoples!), people sneezing over me, baggage been dropped on my head, excessive prices fares, extorinate parking.... you've got the picture I'm driving in.
I've got the parking sorted, at a very reasonable price.
Has anyone got good advice for surving driving in to central London on a week day basis!!!
Thanks WipeOut Read more
What fun. I seem to remember HJ quite liked them (of course he's a car freak and finds something to like in most cars), and I believe shunting through urban and slowish A road traffic is where they are at their most economical, although hurrying down the motorway they are less so.
They are certainly very quiet from the outside. Remember pedestrians can't hear you coming. There are quite a lot about in my bit of London now.
Back in August, my gf's car was just a few weeks out of warranty and a coil failure caused the car to misfire badly and triggered the engine warning light. The car has a full, on schedule, main dealer history but Ford weren't able to offer any goodwill at the time. We paid £150 ish for the repair.
A month later, the light was back on, car misfired slightly. Back to dealer. Light reset (no charge) and told that sometimes a coil failure can cause petrol into the CAT and consequential loss.
Well, as predicted by the dealer, another two months pass, light back on and the car is in for the CAT to be changed. Ford aren't the slightest bit interested in goodwill, the car is now several months out of warranty and another £400 bill looms. The dealer has to order stock, can't get the old system off due to broken bolts (this is a 3 year old 30k mls car). Much sucking of air through teeth, the dealer says that Ford won't entertain a claim.
We're feeling slightly miffed about this, an expensive fault developing as a consequence of something that happened within weeks of the warranty end, could the ECU be programmed to fail the coil on cue? (Tongue in cheek). Would you persue a claim or grin and bear it?
Read more
Your statutary rights run out long before the warranty expries. Try
claiming it wasnt fit for purpose awhen it breaks after its
done 61000 miles over three years,
------------------------------
An item has to be durable - ie last a reasonable length of time. It is a grey area with cars, but with, for example, domestic appliances, it seems to be considered to be 5 yrs (I assume that's why extended warranties are normally 5 yrs).
I would say that for a car, especially what's considered to be a 'mass market' vehicle, then 61000 miles in 3 yrs was pushing it. However if say the Auto box went on a 'premium' car like a Merc after say 4 yrs 40K miles, then my expectation would be that it should be replaced.
I had the rear springs replaced on a Clio at 4 yrs (and this was in the days of 1 yr warranty) with only the gentlest of pushing.
My housemate has recently decided she wants a car. Unusually for a lady, she know's cars by name, and has decided that for her budget of £2,500 she'd probably like to purchase either a Pug 206 or FIAT Punto, circa 2000/2001. This decision has been based upon her budget and the look of cars in her budget. She would consider a Clio (at a push), but not a Corsa, Micra or a Fiesta. Polo's she can afford are too old, and she's not keen on the Fabia. Which is she best looking at, considering she's only 19? (Low insurance, reliability, etc etc) And are there any others she should consider? Read more
The 206 has quite badly offset pedals in a small foot well - and the wipers are back to front. A colleague's wife has a 1.4, and although she seems to like it he doesn't - mostly because of the pedals. The few times I've been in it, I noticed quite a lot of road noise.
None of the above necessarily a reason not to buy one!
--
RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
Browse
.jpg)
Or www.seatenthusiasts.co.uk/forum