November 2006
Hi everyone, i am looking for a car upto a 1600cc for my mam as her previous car was set alight on bonfire night :(
I have seen a few cars but we need something that is going to last, so i was wondering what sort of cars upto about £800 and 1600cc have reliable automatic transmissions? Read more
I do not know if this thread has been discussed in the past
Has anyone tried the scratch repair fluid that is widely advertised?
I have the usual minor scratches which occur over time and I was wondering if its as good as its made out to be. Read more
I have just ordered some, as advertised in the Torygraph. I'll report on results when it arrives and I have tried it.
Hi everyone,
I was on holiday in Brighton in September and the hotel had "pavement" parking spaces one of which my car was parked in, during the early hours of one of the days someone trashed a hotel room during which a window was smashed and the broken glass fell 2 storeys onto my car causing chips and scatches to the paintwork, there is even glass embedded in the paint, and chips to the windscreen.
The person responsible had left early that morning without me being given the opportunity to inspect the car whilst they were present, the manager gave me contact details of which every attempt to make contact was ignored.
The police were informed and today they called to give me an update which is as follows: -
They say they "telephoned" the person concerned and asked him about the smashed window (no mention of him trashing the room) he accepted that he had smashed the window but it was an accident, the police accepted that and called me to say "it's a grey area" they can't prove he did it deliberately so that's that.
The hotel have been compensated for all damage including the smashed window.
I'm now considering a Civil Court Action, would the fact that I live in Scotland and the incident happened in England be a factor?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bryan Read more
Perhaps OP doesn't have protected NCB and/or doesn't want to claim
and perhaps pay a high XS?
Fair comment. It's just that a lot of people don't seem to think about what the easiest solution is. They are so incensed that their first (and sometimes only) thought is how can they get revenge and make the perpetrator pay.
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L\'escargot.
Hello,
I have a 1995 VW Passat CL estate. 1.8 petrol.
The (speedo, rev, fuel) dials have gone haywire.
Can anyone tell me how to remove the pod/cluster?
Thanks for your help.
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Have you had problems starting the car or taken the battery off for charging?
Try removing the fuse that powers the dash for a few minutes you may find the dash functions will correct themselves.
Recently purchased car with 120,000 miles (cam belt replaced) has engine problems, specifically it keeps on cutting out randomly while driving. Wait a few minutes and the car starts again no problem. The car has been taken to 2 different garages - the latter one being a Mazda approved mechanic - and both have looked at the car and its computer with their diagnostic tools and come up with nothing.
As far as they can make out there is nothing wrong with the car.
I'm a bit stuck as some web searching has revealed a couple of things it *might* be but it's a lot of money to gamble getting some serious work done on the car for it to still not work. Also, I could take it to another garage but I'm concerned they'll just tell me there's nothing wrong with it and charge me an hours labour.
Does anyone know of any problems with this make, and more specfically, with this engine - the 2 litre ZXi?
Thanks in advance for taking the time to read this and thanks for any help you can give me. Much appreciated.
Iain
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Sorry for the huge delay in replying to questions (it's a long story, short version: I bought the car but haven't actually seen it yet - I'm getting all the problem reporting over the phone)
Firstly big thanks to acanthus, Dox and braindead.
acanthus, Dox - dashboard's fine and the key's aren't unduly heavy.
braindead - I'm assuming you mean the distributor? That is what is going to get replaced next to see if that fixes anything. Do you have a link to more information on this well know problem?
Thanks again guys, much appreciated.
Do you have a young boy 8 years or older, then I feel sure he will enjoy either or both of these.
Ferrari Testarossa tinyurl.com/y3p6fu
Off Road Vehicle tinyurl.com/y2lnt4
Possibly only if you win the lottery as they are £40,000 and £22,000 respectively plus £2000 delivery each.
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Roger
I read frequently, but only post when I have something useful to say.
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OMG why on earth would you spend nearly 40K on that tesserossa. Why on earth would not a new perruda kelisa, with massivly greater abilities, do? you could buy about 8 kelisas for your child to trash for 40K
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Torque means nothing without RPM
Is gap insurance a good idea on cars bought on HP. Also where can i buy it. Can i buy it yearly or do i have to get for the whole term on the hp contract. Read more
After the wife's A2 was written off at less than 2 years old I regard it as essential.
There are different types - you can buy cover for loan/ HP or to the invoice value of the new car (or book value of an older car) but AFAIK you have to buy or the whole period up front. If you buy a year's cover then the second year will be based on the value of the car at the start of the second year (not new price)
Not painfull since we have just bought 3 years cover on line for a new car with claim limit of £15k for £200 (underwritten by Hitachi).
Half the price the Audi dealer billed us for similar cover 2 years ago - but looking back that was still a good deal!
Volkswagen chief executive Bernd Pischetsrieder is to step down from his post at the end of the year.
Martin Winterkorn, head of the German firm's Audi unit, will take over the post, the company said.
Mr Pischetsrieder's decision to resign comes as Europe's biggest carmaker is in undergoing a tough restructuring drive that involves 20,000 job losses.
full details news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6126960.stm
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF > Read more
there is also a slight matter of major rows over 20k jopb cuts with the unions on the supervisory board...
(Peugoet ahve the same types of problems..)
madf
8< SNIP - puerile comments removed - DD Read more
Down the road from me there is an ex-MG ROver garage, now Honda. There are MGs/Rovers there that have been sat there for what must be well over a year by now.
Just curious as to if anyone knows what will happen to them? I can't see them selling anyt time soon! Read more
maybe they could pile them all up for bonfire night for the locals to watch?
next year then ,seeing as its november 8th.
Browse
On reflection, when I say "old" I probably should qualify that; I'm meaning mid-80s here! Probably no worse than any other manual at that time, they all tended to be a bit noisy as I recall.