May 2008
Ordered a Hyundai i10 in early April and were told we should hopefully have the car by late June. Heard today from the dealer we are looking at August so will probably end up being a 58 plate in September.
4/5 months for a city car? What is going on in the world! Read more
On my Mk4 1.25 LX Fiesta's MOT failure sheet, listed "Handbrake and rear brakes weak".
Before retest, put handbrake 3/4 on and tried to push car on the flat, would not budge an inch and no creaking noises either.
During repairs they replaced the rear Flex brake hose and bled the rear brakes.
Also did small amount of welding.
Reasonable repair costs (2 hours labour + hose) but no mention of any work done to handbrake or rear brakes other than above. Would this work remedy weak brakes?
Anyway passed retest, but not sure the brakes were a failure on the initial test anyway.
(Hose and welding did need doing so no argument there).
Am I within my rights to ask for the actual brake force readings from initial test, should I want to see them?
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1997 R Reg MERCEDES-BENZ C250 D Sport £2,250
103,000 miles Automatic Full Service History
worth looking at ???
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worth looking at ???
Difficult to say without seeing it ;-)
11 years old. Could have been pampered with a 'proper' full service history, and therefore worth looking at. Could have been abused, no MOT, and therefore worthless.
Pls help,
i have a isuzu powered astra td been in the family 5 yrs done 130k longstanding prob.
when cold oil light goes out at tickover, when hot oil light keeps coming on at tickover going out at 1000rpm, replaced oil pump, pressure release valve. still same.
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A faulty oil pressure switch ?
I have a 99 325 tds with a blown engine , I have been offered an earlier tds engine with the alloy inlet manifold, my car has the plastic one, will the older engine fit ok without too much trouble Read more
Hope somebody can help me with my squealing wheels. Here's what is happening...
- After about 20 mins driving a squeal starts on the passenger side wheels
- The squeal disappears when steering to the right
- The squeal disappears when applying the brakes
- The squeal is worst when steering to the left
- The squeal is worst when driving at faster speeds
- When I stop, the wheels are incredibly hot; I presume due to some friction going on
- I have taken the car into a garage where they checked out and cleaned the brake pads and this resulted in no improvement
Has anyone experienced similar? My next step is to take the car into a Vauxhall dealer - generally very expensive...
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had one of these, did all that you have had done many times, no improvment then i changed the bearing/hub assembly, that cured it
I'm having an issue with my 1990 TZS auto's exhaust pipe as the bolts have worked themselves loose or simply corroded to a point where the springs no longer hold any tension problem is the nuts on the bolts won't move and citroen main dealer {note correct spelling, ie, starts with a D and not ST} is talking £16 for the pair are these springs necessary or will any exhaust bolt which fits do the same job?
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Motor factors is where i would go timax,bosal,walker these brand names will do a kit.
Hello everyone I'm new to this, I'd be very grateful for any suggestions
I'm utterly sick of speed bumps wrecking my exhausts! So I'm looking for a vehicle with sufficient ground clearance that I can stop single-handedly keeping my local Formula1 in business
Seems I am probably looking at a 4x4 but I couldn't justify an engine larger than 1.6L
Oh and here's the catch I only have about 1k to spend...
Any recommendations?
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ebay item location ...stanley (unwin) :)
Hi.
HAs anybody any ideea on how to change/fix the rear speaker on a peugeot 407 saloon?You know,the long one right underneath the rear window?
I just discovered it doesnt work...didnt get any warning from the computer,but the speaker just doesnt make any sound...
Unless...its not a speaker,in witch case i just made myself look a moron....
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This is the Weber Sportcars Faster One ? a 900bhp hypercar with a claimed top speed of 260mph.
The Swiss-built Weber Sportcars Faster One is a two-seater powered by a twin-turbocharged 7-litre V8 producing 900bhp and 774lb/ft pulling power.
tinyurl.com/54qcur {Link to article in the Autotrader}
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774lb.ft and 4 wheel drive - that'll be for pulling the caravan.
....in half. ;-)
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Personally I wouldn't bother about it, it was obviously going to fail anyway on the other items so why would they put down something extra to what was actually wrong with it. Just ask the garage what they did to the rear brakes and I'm sure they'll tell you. It may have just been that the rear brakes may have been weak and built up a bit of crud inside the drums. By the time that they have bled the system and taken it for a proper (mechanics) roadtest, it may have cleaned the rear brakes back up nicely and then flown through the efficiency test.