July 2007
With most fatal accidents, probably occuring from road crashes , and the need to increase body part transfusions, it has been stated that all parts should be useable, unless you decide to opt out.
I've thought this should be the case for years, and have carried a card to say so - have you. Read more
Mum and Dad are going to be buying a caravan and, seeing as their Rover won't have the torque required for proper caravan-towing, they are looking to buy either a Ford Mondeo or a VW Passat.
They have around £3,000 to spend on a second-hand car and I have a few questions
1. Considering the cash involved, which would be the better buy?
2. Is there a better alternative vehicle suitable for the job?
Dad prefers a diesel engine.
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Mondeo every time - more choice around, and passats are over priced. You get more mondeo for your money.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
thought i was dreaming the other day , i saw a Skoda posing as a cop car in Leicester , cant understand it the amount the police cream of the "community charge" it increases by twice inflation every year according to the council tax leaflet we get every audit, im surprised they don't ride around in Audi,s Read more
"Sorry to be so dull and sad, but I must admit your post got me curious as to how a police vehicle would have a cherished plate!!"
Fairy nuff.
I followed an Altea (regular, I think, not XL) up to a roundabout in gloomy light this afternoon. As it braked for the roundabout, I realized that, although the right indicator was flashing (and had been before the brake lights came on) I could barely see it.
I've noticed something like this before on recent Golfs and possibly other VAG products. The rear indicators are, I think, tiny semicircles surrounded by great red rings of tail and brake light, and the effect when all are lit at once is to render the indicator practically invisible. Something similar happens with the present fashion for burying front indicators inside the headlamp units - they're far less visible there when the lights are on than are separate indicators at the corner or in the bumper.
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Its easy BB
On the R/H side was a double headed arrow with L/H head blanked off so it could only blink r/h arrow head
On the l/H side was a double headed arrow with the R/H head blanked off so it could only blink l/h arrow head.
The confusing part was it looked like a double headed arrow with a head blanked off. It was done because some light bled from (say) the r/h arrow, when the r/h arrow head was being lit, into the L/H head of the right hand arrow, giving you what looked like a double headed arrow being lit on the r/h side. That is the l/h head of the R/H arrow looked like it was on even tho only the R/H head of the R/H arrow was required.
there - all clear now?
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
I am in the market for an estate car as a family carrier and accompanying stuff that families seem to carry from time to time (toys, bikes, picnic stuff etc).
I have made my mind up that it must be Jap for reliability / duarbility and I want an auto box - so it will be petrol (I only do about 8K so diesel does not make financial sense).
I have (for whatever reason) narrowed it down to a Legacy or Accord estate - but I am happy to listen to the knowledge in the forum.
Any views please.
By the way I will buy newish (or even new depending on the deal - don't lecture me on depreciation please) and will keep it along time - 10 years or so - honest it will not be changed in that time.
I would be grateful for your input. Read more
Sorry, just got back from a few days overseas where SWMBO bans all access to computers '... it makes you a nicer person...'.
Anyway
You have to bear in mind my driving. I do no more than 9,000 miles each year of which almost all of it in within the confines of the M60 (manchester orbital motorway) so I am a heavy user of both pedals. I stop and start and sit in traffic and could visit five different places in one day in different parts of the city. In the 2003 Forester XT Auto I got about 21 mpg on average and am averaging about 19mpg in the 3.0Rn Outback. Given my mileage the costs don't bother me.
For comparison, on a trip from Manchester to Alloa and back in each car, the Forester was less economical than the Outback (about 28.5mpg vs 30.0mpg) for fast runs, especially early in the morning where the cruise was set on 85mph for the section between M6 J32 (M55) and M74 J13 (Abington Services). The Outback is a far superior cruiser, but for around town the Forester is a great car. I have remembered another minor gripe though - the steering wheel in the F is a bit large. I have a Momo in the Outback which is lovely.
Solid, well built, as you would expect. 80horses come up at a dieselish 5000rpm, which sounds impressive for a 1.4. Especially liked mine which had manual mirror adjustment, a great relief from the catastrphically idiotic electric mirrors in many VAG cars (where you can adjust one mirror independently, but not the other).
Unfortunately the Polo is expensive and overweight which impairs what must be a good engine trying to get out. Long term I am sure I'd prefer it to a 1.2 Fiat Panda, short term I looked forward to driving the latter more than the veedub.
{Typo in subject header amended - unless of course VW do actually make a Poly? - DD} Read more
Exciting? None meet that criteria to me. 113bhp? Trundlewagen. Far too slow off the mark.
Try riding a bike with 1400cc or even 500cc but for a car (unless its
a Caterhamor similar) you need much much more poke to make up for the dead
weight.
Yes, you need at least 200bhp in a small car to make it tolerable. Absolutely essential when crawling along the High Street, parking at Asda or negotiating speed bumps outside the primary school, LOL!
there is a very bad shake in the gearstick when i accelorate.got the wheels checked & changed both left & right driveshaftss.what wrong??
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My daughter had a similar problem at tickover on her 53 2ltr hdi, the garage changed all injectors (under warranty) that fixed the problem.
make sure this is your problem as it is a tad expensive.
Does anyone out there know how to access A4 front foglights on the latest shape A4 ?
It seems as though you can remove the lamp surround which is body coloured but separate to the actual bumper itself, but I just cant see how to do this and don't want to break anything. Read more
Carefully prise out the plastic fog lamp surround (it is clipped in) then you can
unscrew the foglamp from the front
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I assume you do mean the bumper coloured fog lamp surround ?
The older B6 shape A4 had a section of grille which could be removed but the B7 shape (ie brand ne is different in this way).
The doors on my Peugeot 306 (1999) deadlock themselves.
It doesn't matter if you manually open them or use the key fob, in a few seconds they deadlock themselves.
Numerous other posts about doors unlocking themselves seem to point at problems with the wiring loom wearing out. Could this be the same thing?
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Are you sure this isn`t the autolock function operating correctly?
Does a 306 have an autolock function? I have a 1999V GLX and it doesn't auto lock, it's two presses of the button to lock and then deadlock, and a single press on the other button to unlock.
Do they deadlock, or just re lock? What happens if someone is inside? at the time?
Sorry I can't be more helpful, only other thing I can think of is that your lock button on the key is very sensitive. Have you tries using the other key and keeping the current one out of range?
Chris
Right, a boy racer drove into me last night. There was no wing damage, i think he bounced off my wheel as it was turned. my traction control light is on now n steering is out, and tracking. Could there be anything else i need to look for? Like my alloy being buckled? Its a 2004 Audi A3 by the way...
Cheers in advance guys... Read more
Sunny
you have told your insurance company yes?
At this very moment, he could be making a claim against YOU.
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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