August 2008
Hi. I need a tyre soon for my Mondeo Zetec, and I think another 2 are on the way out soon. The car has alloy wheels and the tyre size currently on the car is 205 50 R16. When I searched for a tyre on various websites some sites mentioned that another recommended size is 195 60 r14. This is the size as on the steel rimmed spare. These are much cheaper tyres. Can I put this size on my alloy wheels (I realise I would have to change all 4 tyres) or do I have to stick with the other more expensive size? Any help appreciated.
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I'll be going on holiday shortly and need to book a hire car. I need to get two child seats (one 4 year old and one 1 year old) in the back, and still have room for an adult in the back seat.
I'm about to book a standard 5-seat Scenic (non-Grand), and just wondered if there will definately be enough room in the back for the adult in the middle with two child seats on the outsides?
Thanks for any advice. I really don't want to have to book a 7-seater as these are far more expensive where I'm going.
Or are there any other mid-size hatches/saloons I could do this in - i.e. an Almera, Megane or Astra for example? It doesn't look possible in my Stilo, but you never know!
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Pretty sure they do on the standard Scenic - on my Dynamique trim one they did.
My girlfriend is getting a new car on the 1st- group 8 insurance. Her Golf TDI is currently a group 12.
She phoned up to see how much it will cost, looking forward to it being a bit cheaper. Well no, it's an additional £64!!!!!!
For some reason a mini cooper D is a group 12 in their books, the adviser basically told her that the insurance group varies from insurer to insurer.
I never knew this??? As far as I was concerned a mini cooper D is a group 8, and should have been cheaper to insurance or at the very least the same price, not more!!!!!!
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My experience from Direct Line was that if you tell them that you'll be swapping ins. cos at the next renewal, purely for charging an admin fee for changing vehicle/drivers etc, they will waive it.
Not sure how new this news is, but it was on front page of yesterday's Telegraph (link to Telegraph website): tinyurl.com/6pe9yn
Civilians given power to issue on-the-spot fines
Local government officials and private security workers have been given police powers to enforce on-the-spot fines for littering, dog fouling and motoring offences.
Despite lacking formal police training, hundreds of civilians have been made part of the "extended police family" by the Home Office under little-known legislation.
They have not been asked to wear any special uniforms to identify themselves, but must wear only a badge that can be as small as 73mm x 80mm.
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Another 255 people have been given powers as Vehicle Operator Services Agency Inspectors, who are issued with the single power to stop vehicles for the purpose of testing.
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Given the PCSO Muppets in this video the whole thing scares me stupid. As regards
our rights forget it!
The guy with the Himmler specs and the foreign accent needs serious re-training, the older bod really does little more than look embarassed.
Having said that the camera operator did seem to track and focus on the PCSO - was there perhaps some previous between them???
I could tell you some stories about double glazing - having 2 relations in the
game but that's not motoring is it.
Didn't that huge Merc have double glazing?
I have just purchased a 54 reg Bora 1.9 TDi SE (100hp) after driving the car for 15 mins the ESP warning light comes on and stays on. I have pressed the ESP switch on the dashboard but the only way I have found to turn it off is to switch ignition off and restart.
What should I check to find the fault, could it be brakes or something more sinister?
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Thanks for your help found to be bad connect between alternator and ecu.
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Some of the latest ncap results included the Daihatsu Cuore (Charade to us). They are selling the latest version in mainland europe but appears we aren't getting them.
Figures from the German site www.daihatsu.de/ show that it can achieve 64MPG combined and get from 0-60 in 11.1 seconds with 104g C02. Not a stunning looking car but much more interesting than some of the small cars we have already. I really wish
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Sorry, I'm wrong about the dealers, there's one in Durham.
After a diagonistic test it sounds like my tps has faulted.My car keeps losing acceleration and the glow plug heater light flashes but the car still ticks over;when re-started it's fine till the next time.Any ideas where I can get one of these and is it easy to fit? Thankyou for reading. Read more
Sorry,I don't know what codes were stored,but they said it was more than likely that.I'm on a tight budget and wondered if they are easy enough to fit and buy as I don't want to fork out £60 odd + vat for another diagnotic test.(i got first one free done by a friend).I'd rather have a go myself anas this seems quite common on this model.
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Driving this morning to take car for MOT at 80mph on dual carriageway (Italian tune up), and engine management light came on. Mechanic at garage read code (PO132 - I believe this is the o2 sensor). He advised circuit voltage was also high. He cleared code, and car passed MOT - no probs.
FSH - 62000m
Can anyone advise what to do next as driving car home it never came on again???
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Maybe it just got a bit excited then; wait and see what happens.
They're around £300, so you don't change them unless you have to. It's in the exhaust; just before the cat.
Back in March, I had four new tyres fitted to my leased Citroen C5 by well known tyre fitter as required by the leasing company. In the last week of July I had the low tyre pressure warning for the N/S Front wheel. I pulled in within a mile or two to a service station for air, but on fitting the hose onto the valve, it broke off. I started to change the aluminium wheel, but had to call the RAC as I couldn't budge the wheel from the hub (clearly the "WKTF" had not copper greased the hubs). The leasing company then required me to use a Citroen dealer to replace the valve/sensor and initially wanted to charge me for the privilege. However, I argued successfully that the valve must have been damaged and that the damage could not have been caused in normal motoring. Then, last week, with the car having been idle for two weeks, the pressure warning appeared again, this time for the O/S Front. I didn't try to add air before I inspected the wheel and, sure enough, the valve/sensor is cracked. One changed wheel later (thanks RAC - no thanks to "WKTF") and the leasing company are now interested in finding out if this is normal through their channels. I thought I'd try this independent route as a fan of Honest John. Anyone out there who can throw any light on the situation as I'm now fearful for the back wheels!
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I had exactly the same fate befall my C5 a few months ago. The RAC man that kindly removed the wheel after it had flattened itself when I tried to put some air in it said that the valve are very prone to break in this manner and, once one goes, the others are quite likely to follow. So not sure the fitter can really be blamed - I think it's one feature on an otherwise very nice car that's more trouble than it's worth.
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I would also consider Vredestein Sportrac 3 tyres which I think should be available in your size. They are a very good tyre that seems to do well in independent tests but are priced below the premium brands (but they are certainly not a budget tyre).
I had them on my last car, a Focus, in the 195/60 r15 size and was impressed by them - cost £50 a corner all in. They are a wet weather biased tyre but are also a good all rounder. When I changed my car, they had done nearly 20000 miles but still had between 4 and 5 mms of tread left, and they were on the front.