January 2007
Hope the mods are happy with this, there are all too many opportunities to moan, here is an opportunity to offer good news and surely there is not a problem with "Naming and Praising".
I'll start:
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I had a credit note for £200 from my local Ford dealer going back about 18 months that applied to a repair that they had initially charged for though subsequently realised was covered by a TSB and therefore should have been done under warranty, I had previously redeemed £100 of this and had £100 still to use.
Also at the time I booked the last scheduled service - which cost little more than £100 - they had an offer of one year?s free AA roadside assistance. I had made a mental note to cancel my current breakdown cover (which is through my insurer) when the AA paperwork came through. Eight months later I remember this and realised that the AA paperwork had never materialised, I mentioned this when contacting the dealer to arrange for what was in effect a minor service and a small repair relating to the airbag system.
I dropped the car in this morning and picked it up a few hours later, I was initially shown a bill of around £210 inc parts, labour and vat however the service manager offered to call it quits on the basis of me redeeming the £100 credit note and in lieu of the missing AA cover.
Excellent service, thanks Jamie at Brunel Ford, Winterstoke Road in Bristol. Read more
First thing in the morning car starts immediately on all four but within about 10/15 seconds tickover becomes lumpy and it's start's to smoke badly (grey/white) and smells of unburnt diesel, once it becomes warmer ther is a pinking noise reving from tickover to 2,000/2,500 revs, and continues to smoke horrendous, compression's are all 400. It's as though it's flooding with fuel.?120,000 miles f.s.h.
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Hi, Thanks for reply, my first thought was injectors, it is a siemens system, but heard so many cases where these have been replaced and it's not cured problem, anyhow i thought i would get them checked out and the diagnosis was 3 not working 1 ok, which is imposible surely if it is running on 3and a bit and over fuelling?
I have been offered an N reg Defender 90, and in my 30+ years of motoring have never run a LR product...very wise some might say! I sold my Legacy estate some 2 years ago, but continued to run my '97 VW Transporter, for no reason other than emotional attachment.
During the next 6 months I am having a house extension built, and once complete, will assess my finances and purchase a car. The LR will be useful for building materials, and I plan to sell the VW LWB Hi Roof Transporter 2.4D as I fancy a change after 9 years...despite its fantastic reliability.
The LR has had one owner from new, tax to October, FSH, new tyres and a genuine 70k miles. Living in rural North Yorkshire I should have no problems in finding a buyer when I come to sell, but what should I offer? Having looked at Autotrader online, prices seem ridiculously high for old (in my opinion) Defender 90's, but I am tempted to make an offer, but do not wish to insult!
Does anyone in the BR have an ideas as to a sensible offer price. Presumably if I buy this LR the current owner will be in a position to negotiate a good deal on its replacement, having no part ex.
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The dirt and mud adds to the authenticity and helps make up for the inefective door seals.
I have never seen adefender that has never been off road or towed other than brand new unn redgisterd ones going up the motorway on the back of a transporter.
Not sure how I have managed it, but I can't find the interior fuse box on my 97' accord aerodeck LS. The manual says it should be under the drivers side dash, but nothing there. I know there is one in the engine bay, but that does not have all the fuses.I am looking for the electric aerial fuse, which should be in the interior one - if I could find it. Any one got any ideas? Read more
Thanks Mike, it was down by the gogo pedal - was hoping the electric aerial fuse had blown, but it is intact, so more tracing needed now to find the cause!!!!!!
Hi, Im having problems with the central locking. Sometimes it will lock with the key fob and not unlock and visa versa. Iv renewed the batteries in the key fob which has made no difference. The cars a 1996 210 model. Any ideas ????? Read more
Yes it did. Since posting this iv had it serviced and the only thing they could put it down to was the boot latch was alittle loose. Since its been tightened the central locking has worked perfectly. How bissar
Regaeds Nick
Hi
So I put in new glow plugs, the dashboard light goes out, but the car is still nearly impossible to start except when it's warm. Then it starts easily.
Also the alternator light flickers on and off a bit. Somedays it's on, somedays it's off!
Any ideas? Relay?
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NC - I see your point, I'm all for good maintence, so much so that I change my oil twice a year despite doing only about 10k per year and I use recommended oil. But with the old engines the clearences didn't close up they got bigger making a racket not reducing the clearence leading to a non starting engine. Must agree though the Isuzu is a good engine in a Astra, driven a few mile in one or two.
Steve.
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Xantia HDi. - Float on!
Last week I finally sold my trusty 1990 Toyota Celica.
She has served me well for the last six years, and I feel more than a little sad for passing her on.
It was a little strange watching her drive off into the night, as I don't often get to see my cars being driven by someone else.
I needed to sell her, as my back problems are getting worse, and I just can't drive a manual car any more. So I placed an advert in the local free ads and sat back secretly hoping for the phone to not ring!
However, a guy phones up, and wants to see the car and asks if I'm open to an offer. I obviously say yes (I'd been very optimistic about the price!).
He pops round, takes a quick look at the car, and starts talking money - before a test drive, or check of the paperwork etc, plus it was getting dark, so you couldn't see the bodywork properly.
A deal is struck, he pays (cash - which I check VERY carefully), and away goes the car.
It was the most surreal car transaction I have ever had! If I'd been a dodgy dealer, I could have sold him any old junk (my Celica was probably the best, standard UK car available - am I modest or what?), but instead he has got an amazing car, and I have got an excellent price for a 17 year old Toyota.
Perhaps the motoring Gods were smiling on me!
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Colin-E
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Amazing the number of people who are wiling to buy cars without a test drive. i usualy check all the documents and the engine numbers etc then take the test drive before getting the seller to do one, then a breif under body check ie state of tyres fluid leaks etc then the negotiation starts. My first buys I was fleced but lately with my last two vehicles I have enjoyed the negotiation imensly.
Hello
Having used a Tom Tom 700 I have found this most useful piece of equipment ( and toy ) especially when travelling on the Continent. I am now considering whether to have the factory installed version sat nav system on my new car later on this year. I know is a very expensive option to have in a car. What I need to know is the VW installed version just as versatile as the Tom Tom or does it have better functions etc
I would be grateful for any comments on the comparison between the two
Many thanks for your help
Hugh
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Go for the Tom Tom. On the X10 models - e.g. 910 it has bluetooth phone capability that works well with most bluetooth mobiles. On the 910 it even reads out texts sent. It also reads the road names and numbers on the 910. (Though it says take the A two hundred and twenty nine - where I would prefer A two two nine for three digit roads).
One of my collegue's seems to have lost MW reception on his car radio ('04 SEAT Leon). He can pick up FM as before but MW just hisses and crackles - any ideas?
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Thanks all for the info - I'll past it on.
Hi
Got a 1999 206 XS thats done 67000 and last service was about 7000 ago (before i owned it)
Everything seems OK with it but over the past 500 miles or so there is a slight knocking noise coming from engine that you can hear on idle and increases with revs and makes no difference if the clutch is depressed or not. It is not a very bad noise and once moving cant be heard over general road noise etc. Everything seems OK and sometimes the noise is not there. Oil levels are fine and there is no smoke etc. It sounds a bit cammy but it actually seems a bit more audible in the car than outside.
I am going to get it serviced very soon and also maybe the cambelt done, when are these suposed to be done on these?, but in the mean time does anyone know what this noise could be?
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is this a diesel engine? im thinking injector rattle which is common on hdi's
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