October 2007
Hi,
Got a 2 lt TDCi amd have had no problems until last night.
I started the car and it made a slight knocking noise and then cut out, it sounded like it was running on one or two cylinders, it turns over but won;t start and the heater glow plug warning light stays on. Thanks
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Hi, my 2007 model Lexus GS 300 has a foot operated handbrake, the handbrake fails to hold the car on moderately steep hills, when operating the handbrake it needs to completely pushed to its limit to hold the car.
Is it a case of a simple adjustment required or is ot just a lousy design. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks Read more
May be thinking of purchasing a 2nd car as her indoors has passed her test. The second car will be for my use and are thinking of purchasing an automatic as a fair proportion of my driving is done in stop start driving, but would like to know if would be a wise choice to go for an automatic based on the following
Journey to work: 15 miles(10 miles on twisty A Roads + 1 miles on dual carriageway + 4) miles in town
Leisure 3000 miles a year (1500 on long journeys + 1500 on short pottering around journeys & jounreys of not more than 45 miles each way)
Also is there a lot of difference between manaul and automatic fuel consumption, any car purchased will be between 5 to 7 years old with around 60000 to 80000 miles on the clock.
Cheers
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Mazda 323 & Nissan Almera production stopped. Though Mazda 323 is a legend on reliability!
I reckon Honda Accord and the Toyota Corolla are best of the lot.
Carrying on from the Fabia vrS thread, have you ever bought a car, accessories etc based purely on advice, info given here. I will start off with
Fabia vrS - I had redundancy money burning a hole in my pocket about the time there were lots of discussions on here regarding how great fun a vrS was as well as being a practical daily car. Think it was PG who instigated it with her trying to get advice on a new lease car.
Altea XL - would not have thought of one of these as a replacement for my Scenic but RF?TVM wrote a glowing report on it and compared it to many of the rivals that I was considering!
Pressure Washer - from Aldi or Lidl, can't remember, but based purely on good recommendations on here.
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2007 Seat Altea XL 2.0 TDI (140) Stylance
2005 Skoda Fabia vrS Read more
Yep,
Replacement of my Pug 405 diesel estate was to be either diesel Omega estate or XM diesel estate.
I went for the XM, based on "profiling" Citroen users on this site. :-)
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Fault is gear box speed sensor, located on rear diff. ford part only £26.00 . read more on how to fit Read more
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Can anyone tell me how to retract the piston into the rear brake calliper on a 2000 Accord 1.8, please.
Thanks
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Thanks, everyone - its best to know what to expect - before you get into trouble!!
Hi,
I have just purchased a Mk4 (1999) VW Polo and have noticed that one of the rear number plate light bulbs is not working. Now I?ve had a Mk3 Polo for over 5 years and this is really simple to do on that, but I have no idea on how to do it on my new Mk4.
There are two bulbs that are located within the rear bumper and shine upwards onto the rear number plate. I?m hoping that I don?t have to remove the whole bumper, so if anyone can help me I?d be very grateful.
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i never worked out how to do this
can only suggest you use the smallest proding tool you can find to poke the damm thing out one side at a time
Apologies for going off on a tangent here...this may be of interest to you BobbyG
Last Saturday I borrowed my ex's IS200 SportCross and called in at her local Lexus dealer on her behalf with a query regarding the wheels which were in a dreadful condition...she wondered whether there was a 'recall' on them.
Anyway, they had a pair of 2005 Skoda Fabia VRs which had just been part exd, 23k miles on the clock, looking in as new condition. I enquired about the price, was informed that they were selling them into the trade @ £8800, but if interested could buy one for £9,000 + Lexus warranty @£720. I vaguely remember some 2 years ago an internet dealer selling this model for approx £10,500 OTR (UK supplied). I found it difficult to believe that a 'trade buyer' would pay £8800k and as for purchasing a warranty when there was a years manuf warranty remaining...an 'oversight' I was told!!
If these figures were true, the residuals are amazingly strong for this model.
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Good point, DP. The attraction in theory was near-diesel economy without the noise - but since writing that I see that VW are promising us a new common-rail 2.0 TDI which will be much more refined, so that may cancel out this advantage. Actually my Golf 2.0 TDI is only noisy on hard acceleration, which I can live with given its excellent performance and economy all round.
Just been to Manchester and back (from Berks.) - a splendid 54 mpg. I couldn't get more than 44 mpg from the B-class on a similar long run - oddly both engines are 2.0 turbodiesels with 140 bhp..
Sisters neighbour has lost main key to her 2002 Fiesta, is using the spare at this time.
Key is a standard black topped Ford key ( no buttons ) with a red insert in the top edge. Have looked on Ebay ( I have little knowlege of Fords ) and have found identical blank keys but the text says " for cars up to 98 " and that Fiesta's from 2003 on have a key with a blue insert.
Can anyone please confirm if the key for a 2002 Fiesta would be a chipped, red insert key or not?
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www.mirez.co.uk/Keys.htm
some more info.
Hi all,
The tyres on my car (front and rear) wear on the inside edge, the tracking has been tested and is fine, and I check the tyre pressures about every ten days or so, they are never more than a 1lb or two out, could it be the camber?
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The tyres on my Merc do the same. Ever since speed cushions were installed locally. They chamfer my tyres every time I drive over them!
My Corsa? Can't even straddle the speed cushions, so broke a front spring instead!
I drive slowly over speed cushions - around 10 - 15 mph - to spare the cars. The speed limit is 30 mph. What is the council playing at? Spending my council tax to ruin our cars.
Browse
No; once it's running, the immobilizer can't stop it. Suspect things like the cam sensor or a power-feed fault.