After it looked like i was putting down rovers last week here's some good news, sel imperial are now supplying rover 75 front bumpers and at a good price, so if you have one of these cars that gets knocked ,don't let the insurance company tell you they are unavailable

ok?

oh and i own no shares or anything in the company


www.sel-imperial.co.uk/

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Hi,

Looking for advice on a car used for a daily Commute. The car will be driven for a round trip of 110 miles per day. So approx 550 miles a week and probably 150 private miles, so totalling 700 miles a week.

We have a budget of around £5000. The car must be under 5 years old, as company rules state that the car must be 5 years or under, so no point getting a 4.5 year old car and then having to change in 6 months.
Ideally should have a least 1 years use out of it.
Reliabilty is very important, just turn the key and go. Dont want the hassle of constant breakdowns etc.
Also good comfortable cruiser, with good motorway accelration, as car will probably get driven 4 hours a day at least.
Fuel economy is not so much of an issue as fuel is paid for by company,
A car that will have good resale is also a must...ie when its over 5 years old and taken out of service we want to recover as much of our money as we can.


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I've had a look at some of the previous discussions on gap insurance on here, but I was wondering if someone could recommend a reputable company? I have looked on google as per a previous post on here, but there are so many to choose from. Obviously I don't want to end up with a tin pot company that would go bust 5 minutes after signing up.

My current garage have offered me Gap for £350, which I feel is too much. I'm sure there are other companies out there that can offer it cheaper.

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Hi,
I have a 5 year old Fiesta Diesel - old shape - which has over 115,000 miles on the clock, 40K of which I put on it since buying it 2 years ago. The engine is the Endura DI 1.8TD and I have realised that the belt which drives the camshaft from the chain-driven diesel pump will need replacing - probably actually overdue by now as I am sure the prevous owner did not have it done before 75K!!

I purchased the genuine Ford belt kit including a belt and tensioner along with a large sheet of instrructions however I am somewhat put off doing this job myself - as I usuallly do - as the enclosed Ford instruction sheet imply that I need about six special Ford tools to do the job. The Haynes fiesta manual lists this as a "5-spanner" rating and advices that the DIY mechanic needs an engine crane, trolley jack, camshaft locking tool, bearing puller and a Clavis guage - and more - just to do this job !!

I contacted the Ford dealer to see what their price would be and was quoted £300 labour (inc VAT) but was told it would be done within a day. I have always assumed that "main dealer labour" is priced out of the range of ordinary mortals and wage-slaves as myself so I thought my next move would be to try and get an independent garage to quote the job - labour only (as I have the belt).

I would be interested to know what price I would expect to pay for such a job and whether any of the garage chains may specialise in this type of job.

Thanks in advance...


Steve



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Driving into work this morning I was involved in an accident.

I see that the Escort size van that is two cars ahead of me is braking sharply and the car in front of me probably isn't going to stop.

I look in the mirror and see a Renault too close for comfort on a wet road and behind him a transit that is going way too fast.

Everyone is now slamming on the brakes and I see that the Renault is probably going to hit me and be hit by the Transit.

I move out across the white line and the Renault is shunted from behind and goes sailing past me into the back of the car that was in front of me

Everyone pulls over ie four or five cars and we start to piece it together. Except.. the car that was in front of me and was hit with real force by the Renault which is really badly crumpled has disappeared and no-one can remember what it was or can remember it driving away.

What I find weird is that the sequence of events took place over maybe three seconds and I could see exactly what was going to happen and the actions I took didn't seem particularly hurried but how can I not even tell you what colour, type or make of car it was that was in front of me and which must have been hit and which has driven off?


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