As a special customer and because my dealer has had a very successful year beating all sales targets - they are going to sell me a car at cost if I buy before end of the year. And to prove they are not making any money on the deal they will show me all the invoice paperwork. Gosh I am so impotent - I mean important.

Any way - the letter is in the shredder now but it did cause me to think what is cost and what discount on brochure price would they be offering.
I thought it was about 5% - is this correct ?

To clarify - they state cost as the price they pay Honda for the car. Read more

My mates A6 2.5 tdi has lost power! but only below 2000 rpm, the MAF has been changed so it is not that, is there any other common problems with this engine it is the 180bhp version. It is not a misfire just no torque below 2000 rpm used to pull well from 1100rmp. Thanks for any help. Read more

Put some new branded (NGK or Champion - can't remember) glow plugs on my '95 Fiesta 1.8 Diesel in about Jan/Feb 2005. With this recent cold weather it's very difficult to start from cold, gonna have a look at the glow plugs this afternoon. How should these last normally? I would have thought thet'd last for more than 2 years normally? Read more

Last week I travelled back from southern France to the UK by way of Belgium. When I set off, my vehicle (a 2.5 DI Transit) had a full fuel tank and the weather had been hot and sunny for several weeks, with temperatures in the mid-to-high 20's.

When I got to Belgium, near Bastogne in fact, the air temperature was down to around 5 degrees and in the morning the engine was slightly reluctant to start. After driving for about 10 miles at around 50-55 mph the engine seemed to be misfiring and there was some considerable vibration of a rather 'odd' sort to be felt through the gear lever.

I filled the fuel tank (first fill since leaving the south) and stopped for lunch. When I set off again the engine was a little 'lumpy' for a while and then settled down to run as normal. There has not been any further misbehaviour.

Was I suffering from waxing of the fuel? I have often heard of this term, but never personally experienced it.

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Hi.
I'm wondering if anyone can help.

My mother's gone and broken her VW MK4 E-spec golf drivers door lock. Apparently, when putting the key in to open the door (no central locking), the lock got progressively stiffer, to the point where she ultimately had to force the lock past it's breaking point to get the key out.

Now, surprisingly enough, the key just turns the barrel round and round in the lock, the key neither locking or unlocking the car - so she has to get in via the passenger door.

Please can someone give me some pointers as to the following:

How do I remove the lock barrel so I can look at fixing it ?
(is it more complicated to remove than central locking-equipped golfs)

and:

Am I able to buy blank lock barrels from the dealers (to transfer the internal gubbins from the broken lock to match the key).

I'm hoping that someone knowledgeable can also tell me whether the central locking-equipped car's drivers door lock barrel version will fit my mum's car, so I can run off to the scrappers rather than paying for a new one.

I'd be most grateful for any advice
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