January 2008
Oldest child turns 17 at the end of the month. Planning to put him on my wife's Punto 1.2 (8v) insurance. Car presently on a comp. policy, but would consider 3rd P, F&T if the difference was huge.
My wife's present policy (her and I as named drivers, both full no claims) is around 200 pounds / year.
Any ideas what we might be looking at in terms of premium - Anyone been there lately? Read more
Just want to know from owners of VAG Tdi PD that do about 10-12k/year on a mix of roads what was their best service plan experience, the car in question is a Passat 130 which till now (115k) is on the long service plan but will do far less milage from 2008.
I read here that HJ think that a safe bet is onec a year or every 10k, till now it was every 20k miles!
the intention is to keep this dog carrier till 2115. ta Read more
If you are doing 10,000 I'd go to annual servicing - variable is for high milers and owners manuals say so - IIRC variable is for cars doing 300+ miles per week on a regular basis.
I read of A2 users doing less than 10,000 miles and service intervals on variable were reducing to 7,000 miles or so.
Got scared out of my wits this morning on the way to work as suddenly the fuel gauge crept down to empty from just over a quarter of a tank in a period of less than 30 seconds. I gritted my teeth and waited for the car to start spluttering as the light came on but it kept on going, which I suppose was a relief! A few miles later I looked in the mirror to see I was being tailgated by the same mid-life crisis in a Nissan 350Z that I saw half a second away from a head on collision yesterday morning, and when I looked back to the dash, light was out and gauge was showing correctly again and stayed that way for the rest of the journey. May be irrelevant but it was VERY wet this morning, I may have to swim home. Fingers crossed it'll stay OK but just in case... any ideas folks?! Read more
Might be a faulty sender in the tank - pain to replace...
Might also just be grounding contacts in the dash. My V6 had a period when various things would settle to zero - including the speedo. Once it was beyond the top of the scale and settled to the max speed.....!
Fix was easy - take out the instrument panel (various screws around to undo, button heads to remove). Take it apart (amazingly easy) and it is in 2 parts connected via a collection of pinch connectors - some of these had become loose. Just squeeze them together a bit and put the whole lot back together again.
Since I did this a year ago it's been fine.
Another symptom before it happened was needles jumping to zero suddenly and then back to where they should be, it would do this a few times (as the connection came and went) then settle to zero gently.
Search for 'erratic speedo' on fordmondeo.org for more info.
Jake
I was born and raised un France but passed my test in britain 3 years ago and haven't been back to France for 4 years!
So I haven't got a clue what to do.
I'm planning on taking my A3 over there ( hope all will be well). I'm planning on taking my TOM TOM sat nav with me. It does tell me when there are speed cameras in Britain. Will I be ok to take it to France with me?
This is my route:
Leeds- Folkestone
Folkestone- Metz ( where some of my family lives)
Metz- Starsbourg (where more family lives and where I went to school)
Strasbourg- Lausanne (where Mum and dad lives) and it seems where I have to get a Vignette for the sake of 2 days!!
Lausanne- Millau (SWMBO want to see the brige tut tut)
Millau-Narbonne
Narbonne- Versailles
Versailles- Calais
All this in 2 weeks so should be ok. Please let me know everything I need to know! Many thanks!
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driving.drive-alive.co.uk/driving-in-switzerland.h...m
driving.drive-alive.co.uk/driving-in-france.htm
Its all here
{Sorted out the links. The first part of them is similar to a banned link that's in the swearfilter. DD}
Have tried unsuccessfully using DVLA and Autotrader number plate "search" facilities to locate (just out of interest) my wifes' old car we sold 4 years ago.
It had a standard plate but with only 2 numbers in it and both websites reject this as an "unverified" registration. It was not a private plate either and on the vehicle from new.
Fiat Punto M78NKL if anyones interested. Tried putting spaces in between "M" and the numbers but it makes no difference. Any ideas? Read more
I have found some cars I know where scrapped show up and some show as not existing. I assume it's to do with how the paperwork was done (or not) by the scrap yard.
I have 2 x pairs of varifocals, 2 x mobile phones, 2 x cars, 2 x banks accounts, 2 x Credit cards from different banks.........................
What is the connectin to yesterdays Bridge Chaos - all of the above a reliable back-ups for the other in event of a problem.
Yesterday the Forth Road Bridge was closed - the back-up is a 70 yr old Kincardine Bridge compliacted by the construction of a new one. There were 7 mile traffic jams and people from Fife were told to drive through Stirling on A9 to avoid Kincardine950 mile detour!)
Today the Scottish Exec is Green Energy focussed - wind / Sun power to replace coal, gas and nuclear. What happens when the wind fails or the sun does not shine?
We need a practical back-up to roads, bridges, railways - fail-safe solutions for when problems arise.
A few years ago a friend of a friend bought a 2Kw generator as a standby for the house. I had a smile at that. Today my dilemma is:- Is it be the 2Kw Petrol @ £250 or the 5Kw Diesel @ £400?
I rest my case for getting Jeremy to advise , no run, the Governments both N&S of the Border.
PS I recently acquired a Garmin SAT-NAV to augment the speed camera detector / navigation aid one I acquired in 1969 (1945 manufacture date). One has a nagging voice but I refuse to be drawn on which model. Read more
As an English taxpayer, I don`t mind giving Scotland the extra for a small ferry.
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Apparently the acronym ABS is German, not English as most English people believe. tinyurl.com/279twk
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Cheers PU. Mrs B, born at Liverpool maternity hospital and returned there to graduate, loved it as well.
Have not heard anything since its production was stopped in 2005. Why was it stopped? Is there a newer shape coming up?
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I had a similar experience with my A2's - the first one (brand new) was eventually replaced by the dealer, although the second A2 exhibited different faults. Thankfully I got shot shortly afterwards. Audi were not interested and I've vowed never to touch them again - over rated in my books. Two identical model cars should not exhibit different faults unless there are issues with build quality.
But I obviously bought the A2 in the first place, and I did love the shape, the interior space compared to the overall dimensions and the exclusivity of not seeing many other A2's on the road and when you did a cheery wave would usually be exchanged between drivers.
Due to the light weight of the vehicle the car would rock from side to side when the windscreen wiper was on, and the aluminium did nothing to keep the noise of a light rain shower out!
Hired a van just before Christmas which had no working horn.
Following a post-hoc invoice for all sorts of unreasonable non-existent punitive extras just before I go back and negotiate with them, what is the legal significance of this missing piece of equipment?
Thanks
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Well, if you knew that the horn wasn't working at the time of hiring, you should have rejected the van.
Maybe it packed up the first time you used it - maybe not, who knows ?
Hire Co's can't be held responsible for every unpredictable fault that occurs during a hire period, in the same way that you or I can't be accused of poor maintenance if we get a puncture or blow a headlamp bulb during a journey.
I have a diesel car (Isuzu engine) which previous owner ran on bio fuel.is it ok to refill with diesel when bio fuel is still in tank
{before anyone asks what car and engine, I've found the details via a forum search. Helps if you include that info to make the question less vague!} Read more
From the age/worth and owner profile of the car, the previous owner probably ran it on Straight Veg Oil(SVO) which is definately NOT the same as biodiesel. The damage would be done in either case, so I can't see a problem. Maybe change your filter, it may be clogged.
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