October 2007
http//tinyurl.com/2tz78h
Further comment superfluous, other than perhaps that they should practice what they preach!
{Indeed. But don't link to the "other place" as that annoys HJ !. Also a Subject correction.}
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im almost at the point where i want to sling my Pierburg and purchase a weber convo
trouble is they're £300 and ebay is sparse for good complete used ones
anyone recommended a outlet that does good prices ...any ideas plz Read more
They weren't cheap though.
Bit of background - I've been looking for a replacement car for a couple of weeks now, and have encountered radically different attitudes to test drives from different dealers/manufacturers.
I'm changing a Motability car, and I appreciate that I am probably not the "normal" profile of a Motability customer - I'm mid 30's, travel a lot (15,000 miles a year) and am pretty active, so it's not going to be a car to just do the shopping in.
As once we get these cars we have to keep them for three years, it's important to me that I feel comfortable in it, as it's not unusual for me to do more than 4 hours at a time in the car.
I've looked at a few different cars and the manufacturers attitudes have varied wildly. Renault offered me a car for a day, subject to signing up to their insurance. I was in it for 4 hours, no problem. Mazda offered me a car for up to 4 hours, as have Volvo, which I'm driving next week. Ford gave me an accompanied test drive for 10 minutes, and said that they won't do any unaccompanied drives. I thought that this might have been because they were a small dealer, but I tried another and got the same response.
I do appreciate that they probably don't make much money through the Motability scheme, but do they have the same attitude to normal retail sales as well? If so, are people happy to spend £20,000 upwards on the basis of a 10 minute drive?
SLT
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I'd guess a lot depends on the sales person's mood, and his/her assessment of the punter's likely seriousness of buying - however unscientific and arbitrary this might be.
It might be a giveaway if someone arranged a 48-hour 'test drive' and turned up with the rest of the family - and suitcases!
I've managed to kill my exhaust probably by grounding it on the rutted track to my house.
Kwik Fit have welded it up as a stop gap as they don't stock Subaru exhausts. Anyone know where I can get a new one at lower than dealer prices and I'll get my mate to fit it.
It broke at the point where it splits into the two back pipes.
2.5 04 plate estate in case anyone knows actual spare part codes.
Thanks in advance.
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A couple of years ago I tried everywhere to get a price for a back box for a 2000W Legacy. None of the exhaust places could supply one, they all said nobody makes them. In the end, as it was only the outer skin rusting I left it and it was still gas-tight when I p/exed the car a year later with 135k on the clock and 6 years old. For such a new car I'd want an factory exhaust anyway, it'll last much longer than any pattern part. It'll be expensive though. Either that or sell the car and buy an Outback with higher ground clearance!
I'm sure this has been asked before but what's the time limit between getting a letter saying they are thinking of prosecuting and actually getting prosecuted?
I returned the letter confirming I was the driver at the time on Fri 18 August. This was just about at the time limit I had been given from the offence, which I imagine was 28 days, but can't recall.
Thank you for resisting the urge to tell me I wouldn't need to ask if I hadn't actually done something wrong in the first place..... Read more
WDC??? ....... due care??
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I had a phone call yesterday from an insurance company. Someone has claimed that I was involved in an accident two weeks ago in Scotland. My car was quietly sitting in a multi storey car park in Peterborough at the time, and I was in the city centre.
I know that number plate cloning does go on, and I have come across innocent people having bundles of letters for infringement of the London congestion charge, for example.
The insurance company would not say what the car was, based on the matter they were looking into, although until a day or so ago this company was my insurer.
It's the first time I've had this happen to me. I wonder how common it is ?
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Once received a letter from my Ins co asking why I hadn't informed them of an accident some months previously in which my vehicle was apparently involved.
Wrote back to them pointing out that on the date in question they were in fact insuring my previous vehicle!
My 2003 corolla apparently has 85% worn pads according to the dealer at it latest service. This will be its second set in 2 years/ 40 K miles. He quoted £126 which I think is expensive on top of everything else ( service/ MOT £270).
Kwick gaurentee theres for as long as you own the car and have quoted £84. Where's the catch?? Read more
Misterp just a suggestion get a haynes manual, go to a good factors buy good pads (ferodo mintex or similar) and put em on yourself, Japanese cars are usually very easy to work on even if their made in Burnaston.
If the discs look grooved or have a massive wear lip get some new ones and have a go at fitting em as well, i bet one of your mates is a bit handy and would at least drink your beer whilst overseeing you do it.
You then know its been done right and you know the quality of the parts youve fitted.
Morning all
Am currently in negotiation with insurers regarding repair of my wife's car. They want to use pattern parts to reduce the costs. While I don't have a problem with this per se, the mechanic who I use said that pattern body panels may not be a very good fit. Am I within my rights to insist of genuine mazda body panels, but other bits (like headlamp and front panel) can be pattern. The engineer who assessed the car obviously has a duty to save money for the insurer as do we, but does that mean we have to sacrifice quality of repair?
The problem we have is, if I insist on genuine parts, the car likely to be uneconomical to repair and will be a total loss.
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Just get him to quote then, using Mazda parts and see what DL come back with.
What happens if I want to use my own repairer?
You can use a repairer of your own choice but doing so means that we can't guarantee the work and you will need to obtain an estimate for us to approve before work can commence.
My new girlfriend lives 120 miles away and im thinking of seeing her weekly, so having looked around, ive found a nice example of the Jetta TD.
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>>Very few Jettas about on the market that I could see>>
The Golf always outsold the Jetta, Vento and Bora by at least three to one (people here prefer hatchbacks in most cases), whereas it's the opposite in the States and other countries.
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
According to the WSJ
Jaguar brand is killing production of its struggling X-Type model for North America, the auto maker said.
Jaguar has decided to cease production by the end of the year, the company said, amid declining profit margins and a competitive, saturated U.S. luxury segment. Jaguar will have enough stock of the X-Type to support sales through the first quarter of next year. The X-Type will continue to be sold overseas, mainly in its home U.K. and other European markets.
In those markets, Jaguar will market a new diesel version of the X-Type for the 2009 model year, which will feature an automatic transmission for the first time, according to a letter from Jaguar management to dealers reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. That powertrain isn't compliant with stringent U.S. emissions regulations but Jaguar believes the vehicle will prove popular in Europe, the letter says.
The X-Type has been a sales loser in the U.S. Sales of the sedan and wagon are off 43% and 66%, respectively, so far this year, according to the most recent data from Autodata Corp. Overall, Jaguar's sales have plunged more than 27% through September.
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Interesting they now only offer the 3L petrol as an estate in the UK - in the US the 3L engine is the only one offered, with auto as standard.
With the weaknes of the dollar, the 3L (auto, I presume) saloon lists at about £18000 before tax.
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