December 2007
Could anybody help me sort out resolving the very poor FM reception from the rear window aerial? I have recently brought this car and having owned the same model a few years back, I had exactly the same problem. Are they all generally bad? I have checked all the usual details but the only route to good reception would seem to be fitting a decent external aerial. I have fitted a new radio to replace the rather poor (non-bmw) existing unit.
On another subject, do these cars have a separate speaker amplifier unit fitted, i.e the speakers are not connected directly to the headunit? This would explain the rather poor audio performance I seem to be getting, despite fitting a high-performance headunit.
Happy Xmas!
Dan Read more
Manufacturer: Vauxhall.
Model: Astra.
Type: Estate.
Fuel: Dual fuel - LPG/Petrol.
Trim: Elegance.
Engine: 1600cc.
Registered: 2003.
Mileage: 52k.
Petrol or LPG at a flat 60 to 70 the engine is juddering - as if fuel is getting cut off and released. This is not just after filling with LPG either as the dealership in question have told me this is the cause as the gas is too cold?!
If it is the cause - why is it also doing it on petrol?
Best description is it feels not unlike that of mild turbulence on a plane? You can drive through this but sitting at 80mph all day on motorways will see me eventually pulling a car with blue and red lights lights....
Just been Vauxhall (40k) major serviced and it was doing this before the service.
I am now seriously (oh you just don't know how much) regretting buying this car.
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You can Tron - recommend the site to your friends !
I have been and will continue to do so. All in my address books have been given the link.
This was how I found you - word of mouth from others - not sure if Geordie Lass (as I know her) or Grouse (as I know him) post on here?
I would like people's opionion on the following:
My daughter is nearly 19 years old has been driving for nearly 2 years with 2 years NCB due to accelerated bonus. Last week she had an accident due to black ice on the road, her dad was a passenger and can vouch that it was road conditions that caused the accident, Police were in attendance and the road was that slippy you could hardly stand and one of the poice officers actually fell. We also discovered that there had been at least 4 cars off on the same stretch of road within a small timescale.
Her car has been declared a write off and she has lost her 2 years NCB, her Insurance premium was previously £400 but on getting quotes with her claim this has now increased to about £1200.
I think it is a bit unfair as the accident was not really her fault and the insurance premium is not much less than the cost of a new car, is there any way out of this situation?
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It never entered our heads that it could be anything other than her fault. The
advantage though was it was a cheap learner car and I fitted a new wing
new door straightened the bumper etc (from a breakers) and other bits without needing to
claim.
Whatever happened to having to inform the Ins Co. even if one didn't claim?
Best reg's..........MD.
I own a toyota carina e 2.0.
There seems to be a leak that I cannot locate.
The carpet of the passengers seat on the right (behind drivers seat) is damp after it is raining. In addition to this, in the boot on the right (where the jack is stored) gets wet after it is raining.
Where can this be coming from and how do I solve this problem.
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Greg Read more
Could be the sunroof drain pipes have become blocked or detached! Try pouring water into the sunroof drain channels and see if it enters the car.
hi folks new to this site can anyone help me here i replaced a pencil coil in engine twice now all seemed fine other day i topped up with oil(which i have to day every 2 month is this unusual?)and then it felt like another coil had gone. i have pulled all the wires off 1 by 1 and they seem ok although some seem better than others(the old ones seem best)has anyone idea is the problem still the coils? problem is that the car seems to think its a kangaroo
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cheers going to try 2 new ones let you know how i get on
My Son ( presently living in the USA, has purchased a S/H Subaru Forrester and there is no middle rear seat, seat belt. Is this a US thing or does the UK version also not have the middle belt. Regards and Merry Christmas Peter D Read more
We have a early Forester II - the middle seat belt comes out of the roof a little way back from the rear seats.
MVP
Having just seen this in the News Section
"Figures released by the (Northumbia) force showed that between December 10th and 16th, 13 per cent of drivers tested at random were above the legal alcohol or drug limit."
I don't think random testing is necessarily a bad thing but is it legal, yet? I thought one had to be involved in an accident, commit a moving traffic offence or give an officer reason to suspect that one had had a drink or two, before one could be breathalysed.
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Good point Bilboman. It's all random really.
The people who say if you don't drink and drive you won't get into trouble for drink driving are quite right of course. It's the same in a way as saying that if you don't buy a lottery ticket you certainly wont win the lottery.
Nevertheless I wish the best of luck to all the careful, competent drink drivers out there.
Happy non denominational winter festival to all.
Plus if you have spare time over this festive season go and see Death Proof.
Great cars great stunts fine looking sheilas and an all round great laugh. Read more
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For more details.
My local free newspaper, The High Peak Courier, has an article about the Chevrolet K.I.T.T.Y, (Key Innovation That Talks To You), ? a handbag-sized remote controlled alert which enables the car to shout a personalised message to its forgetful owner making it easier to locate their misplaced vehicle.?
It appears that one in five motorists lose their car at least once a fortnight, one in four drivers thinking of reporting their car stolen.
Has anyone else come across this ? It is 25th Dec, not 1st April.
The big stores estimate that it costs them £648 million in lost sales as people search for their cars instead of buying !
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When I was working for the Old Bill we had a distraught woman on the phone who had taken home someone else's Ford Escort - same colour, etc - because the key had fitted.
IIRC it was an interesting problem because she couldn't return it for legality and insurance reasons and the control room had to wait for it to be reported stolen because it was deemed not worth going and knocking on the registered keeper's door because they wouldn't have got home...
What did you get this year? Have you been good boys and girls?
I got a hands-free kit - don't know whether to keep it though as I usually just use the speakerphone function.
I'm also getting a set of car mats tomorrow.
Merry Christmas to you all!
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Mike Farrow Read more
Waino's present sounds pretty top. You can't beat Minder - all filmed around White City
Shepherds Bush and Hammersmith with Arfur's car lot sited in Brook Green. I used to walk past it every day but they've built houses on it now.>>
I've started working my way through and have just watched the third episode. I was looking forward to the wonderful writing, the humour, the dialogue but, of course, with the intervening years, I wasn't prepared for the great nostalgia trip ........ no political correctness, no mobile phones (Arthur would have been the first to have one!), all the Ford Capris and the dodgy copper in a Morris Marina ;-)
My 'side of the bargain' is that I am taking SWMBO to the ballet .....
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I think that you have probably answered your own question with the experience of your previous car, its unlikley that two aerial systems would be faulty. The rear window is not a good location for an aerial as at VHF frequences the aerial need as fairly good 'view' of the local transmitter, which it won't get in the rear window. Additionally, you have the problem of a long feeder from the back of the car to the radio which itself is 'lossy'. The standard 1/4 wave aeraials roof aerials used by the Citroen/Peugeot group are very cheap, very effective and easy to fit if you have access to the inside of the roof at the front, on the Citroens this is through the inside light assembly.
Peter.N.