September 2007
With research increasingly indicating that use of hands-free moblies is as bad as drink-driving,
(see www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007...l )
how long before action is taken to curtail their use? And what sort of action do you think will be taken? Will it be government or the manufacturers who move first?
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The headlamp level switch & dashboard illumination (dimmer) control switches are a pair.
last night I noticed that they had moved inwards about 10mm, rendering them unusable.
Has anyone experienced this and found an easy way to rectify this ?
It appears they may have popped off of a retaining clip.
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If the arrangement is the same as that on my Passat clone, you can access the back of these controls by pulling off the fuse box cover. The cover is on the "end" of the dashboard and is accessible when the driver's door is open.
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Good morning
I will shortly be getting my Fabia VrS back from the repairers following theft damage. and I will be wanting to trade it in to get rid of the associations of the theft.
I've been looking round at various options and the two stand-out choices seem to be either a C-max or a Citroen C4. The C4 in particular because it looks a bit interesting, has a lovely interior (to my tastes anyway !) and would appear to be a relatively cheap and easy car to own. It is also fairly unobtrusive - mind you, I though that about the VrS as well....
The model I'm looking at is the 1.6 Hdi VTR 5-door. Prefer diesel.
Does anyone have real-life experience of the C4 from an ownership perspective ?
Any comments appreciated.
Many thanks
jdc
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I had a C4 1.6 HDI VTR+. It was a smashing car! I did not have a moments problem with it, the fit and finish was superb for the cost. It was rapid enough and frugal. Seats were extremely comfy for me (6' 3") Although I changed it after a year for a Saab Cabriolet (a real mid life crisis....ie Heart Attack) I am actually going back to the C4 VTR+
Best price I can see anywhere is via uk-car-discount.co.uk which is where I got my first one from. If I get a good p/x offer on the Saab....it's game on.
Hello ive got some great help from here in the past hope yous can help me again when you start to drive of in the tino you here a nosie like a ball bearing rolling backwards on metal and when in reverse it rolls back the other way i know it sounds funny but it seems to be coming from passenger middle side column near the bottom where the seat belt pully is its more annoying than any thing it just sounds like a ball bearing rolling back and forth ,when you are driving along its fine no noise its just when you start off are start to reverse can any one shed some light on this thx Read more
Take it you don't have something loose in the door pocket?
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS
My husband was involved in an RTA on 9 August 2006. He was overtaking (legally) a line of stationary traffic on his moped. Suddenly, a car in the stationary line pulled directly across in front of him going from the left hand side of the road to what he says was a parking space on the opposite side of the road. In fact (and we proved this with photographs) there was no parking space, it was a bus stop and he was attempting a u-turn to get to a takeaway further back on the other side of the road. He says he wasn't doing a u-turn. His car had cosmetic damage to the driver's door (this is what it says in the police report). My husband's left leg was broken in 2 places and his moped was written off. Husband was in hospital for a month, had an emergency operation, nearly died from blood clots forming on his lungs because of the leg injuries, lost 3 months wages (he's self-employed) and nearly went bankrupt. In January of this year, he received a notice of intended prosecution saying he was driving without due care and attention as he had been in the chevronned area. It transpires that a WPC took a statement from my husband in the hospital when he was under the influence of morphine and entonox (gas and air) and was not in a lucid state. She wrote down that he was driving in the chevrons when he was actually driving along side the chevrons and swerved into the chevron area to try and avoid the car. The magistrates accepted this but still found him guilty because he hadn't seen the other car indicating that he was turning right. My husband's view was obscured by a 4x4 vehicle, an upward incline in the road and the fact that the indicator of the car was located towards the centre of the rear bumper as opposed to being on the corner, where it would have been clearly visible. Since my husband was the injured party in the main, we want to know who would have made the decision to prosecute him, so we can appeal the decision. Any answers? Thanks. Read more
Initial post suggests view of the moped rider was partially blocked by 4x4, incline, an indicator that was apparently near the middle of the car (?) etc. But yet was happy to ride along at 20mph. What if someone simply opened a door?
The moped rider swerved but still hit the car - note I take it the moped collided with the door of the car. In fact once the car pulled out a little, the moped was at risk of hitting it. Whatever happened in front of the moped that required it to stop - the moped rider was responsible for stopping even if the thing happening might have been wrong.
My example of this (I have little memory of the accident though)... driving from Milan airport in a hire car and when near a junction an HGV ran into the back of us. What caused me to slow down or even stop (and I cannot recall if I did either) is irrelevant as the lorry should have been able to stop. After nearly a year the police found the driver guilty - not that they told me I only know because I got the excess back for the hire car damage. Making matters even worse, the lorry itself was run into by a tanker of some sort and goodness knows what else happened behind that. Major road closed for some time and flights etc. probably missed too sadly although the road was on the way from the airport.
The reason I think the accident was probably unavoidable was due to the speed of the moped. It is only safe to drive at a speed that you can safely stop in an emergency etc. The moped rider should have been looking out for risks and it was his responsibility to adjust speed and even stop if required. What if someone had stepped out between the stationary traffic trying to cross the road.
I sadly believe he could have been driving a little carelessly and that led to the accident. The cost of appealing and the risk of losing in my opinion could be high. So you lose lots more money and still pay the fine and get the points. You also prolong the time of getting over the accident...
What I think I would do:
- See if there's any chance of doing a driving course instead of being prosecuted - it might still be offered
- Try to gauge how many points and how big a fine is likely. If not too bad accept it.
- Start to put the accident behind you. It sounds like your husband nearly died and has had a terrible time. The prosecution is almost irrelevant and perhaps just needs accepting.
- Stop riding the moped.
Hi All,
Just looked at a new car, and left a deposit on it.
Very straight and honest, though the boot has signs of overspray on the back? (i.e. on the top lip of the boot, some paint (when seen at an angle) is evidently "dripping down".
I believe the paint is a "solid", can this therefore just be rubbed back and buffed?
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Well hopefully the run is in the topcoat (laquer), because if it is in one of the coats below it will be impossible to flat it down with rubbing through the laquer.
You might end up having the panel resprayed anyway if they can't get rid of it by flatting it, either that or it will get 'smart repaired'.
She currently has a Citroen C2.
Problem, it is a 52 reg and has let her down twice on the moterway due to a dodgy alternator. That has now been fixed but due to this and a failed windscreen wiper motor (replaced under warranty IIRC), she has lost confidence in it. It has done 45k
She is unsure as to whether to change it or stick with it.
She was thinking of a VW Polo or similar, until I suggested a Honda or Toyota as being less stylish perhaps but more reliable.
My own view is that she should seriously consider keeping the C2 and putting any extra money she has firmly into a hight interest account, and then buy again when the C2 has 60 to 70k, or starts to cause more problems. I feel that the alternator was the cause of most of her woes and that is now fixed - there is no reason why the car shouldn't be 100% reliable.
Any thoughts? I did suggest she seriously looks at new cars that may give a low to 0% apr and free insurance for the first year.
She is 19 years old.
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I saw a stretched 740 estate - had been in use with a funeral director, but was bog standard apart from the extra row of seats. Would have made a superb alternative to the people movers that have zero boot space when seven-up, though I guess tight corners and supermarket car parks would have been a challenge.
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and it was stressfull than
a Rover 800..
Yeah, but not knowing if you're going to make it to your destination at all can't do the blood pressure any good. ;-)
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00 Mondeo 1.8TD LX
Hi all - great to see you again after so many weeks away from the forum.
The day before the 3 year warranty ran out on my Nissan Primastar I alerted the dealership to the fact that the alarm had been going off intermittantly for no apparent reason.
They could not investigate before the warranty ran out, due to lack of staff availability but have now investigated and told me that the sensors inside need replacing.
They tell me they are hoping for goodwill from Nissan's warranty department. Goodwill??!! The warranty was still valid when they were notified of the problem. Surely it should be an open and shut case.
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Update:
The day after I had been at the dealership and the trim was not replaced I received a phone call to tell me that the bodyshop had infact replaced the wrong trim????!!!!!!
Apparently Young Muppet in the Service dept had ordered up the wrong part.
I was told that the right trim would be ordered and the job redone.
Then I received another call to tell be that the trim, which formed part of the light cluster, would not be replaced as it had been damaged. Well I had put a hole in the light cluster and indeed pointed this out to them, but the trim that forms part of the light cluster had degraded, which lead to me suggesting that they may like to consider replacing it under warranty. After taking photos etc they submitted it and agreed. Now they were saying they would not replace it.
I expressed my sincere disappointment at being let down and asked the Service Manager to follow up the alarm issue.
In the meantime I wrote an e mail to the dealer principle, and received a very polite reply apologising for the problems I have faced. I replied thanking him for his quick acknowlegement and left it there.
Today I hear the trip/rear light cluster WILL be replaced under warranty, and the alarm will be fixed under warranty.
The only issue I have now is that the van has decided to leak near where a repair was carried out less than 3 years ago, when I totalled the nearside behind the passenger door.
They are now looking to book the vehicle in for a couple of days to do the work and investigate this.
So for me it's a thank you e mail to the DP for helping me sort out this mess.
Our '03 HDI 110 has lost drive on a couple of occasions when cruising at motorway speeds (on A1 and M11). There are no warning lights showing a problem and after a short break we are able to restart (I think we did this on both occasions) and drive off normally.
The engine does not stop when this happens but there is no real power and the car loses speed.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is a diagnosis of the ECU error messages likely to help?
There seems to be some read across to other people's experience with the engine giong to limp mode.
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Does the engine actually stop? If it were going into limp-home, then the MIL light should come on.
Is this a Bosch or a Siemens system? The Bosch one has an electric fuel pump and that overheating is my first thought.
Stopped at the lights is viewed as "driving" under the Act.