November 2007
Had the displeasure to do 120 miles today in a ka on nearly all busy motorways,now the car was fine, they seem to love sticking at 70 mph and i did it with £10 of petrol and some left......but............. those door mirrors are plain bonkers too small and because they have rounded edges they are difficult to catch cars in your blind spot specifically a car moving from lane 3 to lane 2 if i was in lane 1 and wanting to overtake a slower vehicle, they must have caused more crashes in their time for style over substance. 3/10 from me.
The only mirrrors that i can think of as as bad in the last 20 years ish are the ones on fiat cinquentos............unless you know different? Read more
Is it worth having this done with my annual service?
I have a low mileage five year old Mazda6.
Thanks.
Clk Sec
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This was £12.99+VAT of the last service on the Scenic. I didn't ask for it, and they do it as a matter of course apparently.
Whether it went in the tank of course is another matter.
Cheers
DP
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04 Grand Scenic 1.9 dCi Dynamique
00 Mondeo 1.8TD LX
Have a 1996 1.6 {added to header so that people can see beforehand} polo saloon,seems quite heavy on fuel? just serviced,but noticed the plugs have four electrodes to each spark plug.Are these performance plugs?
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the plugs have four electrodes to each spark plug.Are these performance plugs?
The question I would ask is whether the plugs are as recommended/specified by the car manufacturer. Different plugs can have the electrode at a different distance from the cylinder head and this could effect performance and economy.
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L\'escargot.
Hi folks, been reading this and hope some very kind people can help me out. My wife has a March 2003 BMW 318 ti se compact with 45k on the clock. We've had it about 3 years now and i have to say its not caused any hassle - until now. the central locking keeps jamming, if we're inside when the car is stopped after a journey, neither the central locking button beside the gear stick will work, nor will pressing the 'open' button on the key fob. It seems to be an intermittent problem. Even when we want to open the car before we get into it, its a real pain, sometimes only the drivers open, but more often than not the car remains locked. And sod's law it had to happen when we were showing the car to some prospective purchasers..... my luck all over. I dont think its the key fob battery, it happens with 2 keys. I dont want to get robbed at a bmw garage, any ideas?? Read more
I'm certain I saw one of these this morning. If so, how can that be? Read more
The plate is probably worth more than the car...:-)
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Does anybody know how to adjust the seat of a BMW 1200RT touring bike?
I cannot see even how to get the seat off.. to many fairings!! Read more
Thanks, that was spot on, seat adjusted and the big heavy bike is much easier to handle at low speed.
I remember seeing thousands of little silver eels on the beach at Brid once in the 50`s as a kid.
Never seen since. I know they go up rivers and to the sargasso sea...
But why only the once? is it that there`s a specific day or two? and why on the beach so far up from the Humber?
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If anyone's still interested I got round this by leaving the door for 48 hours so the sagging paint was still soft but the paint around it was hard.
I then rubbed the sag down with one of those wet and dry sanding blocks, it levelled off really easily.
Dropped car off for a service at 08:30 - got a call at 09:00 to say 'the air con is not working'
The ambient temp was about -3 when i left the car, and is still only around freezing.
I've asked the 'receptionist' how they test it when air con does not normally do anything below +4, and the only response is 'technician says not working'
Is somebody pulling a flanker ? Read more
a check sheet that says ''Complete maintenance book record section = ticked" and a maintenance book that hasn't been updated
I am currently using Bosch standard wiper blades, with so-called "tropicalised" rubber (I'm from Malaysia).
They seem to behave much like the Trico wipers mentioned in your review here, especially that described for the Teflon ones.
www.wiperblades.co.uk/wiper_blade_test.php
When it has just started to drizzle a bit starting with a dry windscreen, it wipes ok. However, if I start off the car after a heavy downpour, with a fully wet windscreen, the
driver's side wiper in particular tends to judder badly.
Might there be any explanation for this ?
I'm wondering if it is the rubber, since this doesn't seem to happen, or as often, with other wiper blades.
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Sounds like the wipers are surfing. Check that they are perpendicular to the glass, which is quite hard to do, and you have to twist or bend them with mole-grips if they aren't.
The Telegraph today tells me that airport style searches are to be carried out at major railway stations.
Yet more delays and failure of public transport policy.
More and more will be encouraged to use their warm, private and terrorist free cars. Read more
im just waiting for the random road blocks !!!
You mean you've never seen one milkyjoe?
Browse
I have a problem on the A4. Being tall I sit quite far back and the mirror does not adjust enough. Turning my head to look in the blind spot not much help as I get an eyefu of door pillar. Stick-on wide angle thingy solves the problem.