August 2008
Hi all,
Had an unfortunate incident where I had scratched the bumper of my A6 against an A5 in the Audi showroom car park.
The showroom contacted their recommended repairers who mentioned a repair figure of
hold your breath
£1133 for the A5
and £1624 for the A6
Mine is a 3 year old car and Im not sure whether I should ask my insurers whether to go along with their recommended repairers ,or the Audi showrooms recommendation.
It doesnt make any difference to me in terms of the cost as it hits me anyway , but what I was concerned about is whether there would be any difference in the quality of repair, between the two repairers..
Picture attached thanks for your opinion.
I can attach the list of items that their repairer has suggested to be repaired, practically the whole of the L front side which sounds like a bit of an excess quote.
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Is this the reason why we all end up paying more insurance premiums as a knock on effect , ie the inflated repair bill figures?
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Afternoon all,
Well, just spent my morning removing, cleaning and reassembling the rear drum brakes on my car as squeeling was becoming an issue.
However, when checking the tyres for damage - I have a very deep cut (about 1cm long) in the centre of the tread on one of them.
So deep I can see white...
...not good eh?
So it is now my task for this afternoon - yep, tyre shopping.
I was supposed to be and was so looking forward to going fishing too.
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Has anyone any experience on removing the petrol tank from one of these cars?
Looking underneath there appears to be one retaining bolt on the leading edge of the tank and any others hidden up under the rear suspension framework.
It could potentially be an 'easy' job but I'm wondering if there are any hidden 'surprises'?
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I've removed one of these in the past and you do need to remove the rear subframe. You will need to de-pressurise it and it can then be easily removed. IIRC you can drop the from part of the subframe down and the tank will come out. When you've re-assembled it ,As a quick fix you can rpressurise the rear suspension with air - It will ' float' like a good water bed but it will be enough to get the car to the nearest service station to have it properly fluid filled.
8pm ch5
· Jason pits the VW Passat R36 against the Audi A4 3.0TDi
· Tim tests manufacturers' claims of 0-62mph acceleration times.
· Tom reviews the latest Honda Accord while accompanying the HM Plant Honda Superbike team on the North West 200 road race.
· Tiff goes up against two times World Speedway Champion, Jason Crump. Read more
It's pointless because as I've just seen it told you very little.
I totally agree about the education - that's what I was expecting as I am very interested in the Honda as it may suit our needs.
Unfortunately it boiled down to just mpg around town - but mid 50s from a 2.0TDi 110PS around Blackpool? It must have been a very quiet day with all the traffic lights on the Golden Mile set at green, or they did a good stretch of the M55 at 60mph.
I also noticed the Golf was a manual, the Honda isn't.
Mid 50s mpg from an auto petrol large enough for a family seems excellent to me, which is the comparison to be made.
Hi everone, I'm a new member to this forum as I've just been told about it by a family member.
I've had my 406 V reg for 11 months and bought it from a friend. Ever since I've had the car the front wipers haven't worked properly. They only stay on normal speed for about 30 seconds and then park in awkward places and the same goes for fast speed. They don't work on intermittent at all and when they are used in conjunction with the washers they do about 9 swipes and stop anywhere.
This problem has now caused it to fail the MOT and I've had the car off the road now for 12 weeks trying to sort the problem. I took it to my local Peugeot dealer who diagnosed the problem as the wiper motor but wanted £200 to replace it so I decided to get a second hand one from eBay. This had the same problem so I got another one and it too had the same problem.
I've now replaced the BSI with a brand new one and had it coded to the car by my local Peugeot dealer but the problem is still there. I thought the wiper relay was incorporated into the BSI on the Peugeot 406 but please tell me if I'm wrong. I've also replaced the wiper switch. I'm now investigating the wiper motor and have noticed that when the wiper switch is in the normal constant wipe mode it does about 9 or 10 wipes and stops and the same with the fast mode. I've also counted the revolutions of the motor and it doesn't stop in the same place ie it may do 9.5 turns or 9.75 turns but the last turn is never a full one hence the reason for the wipers not stopping in the same place every time. Can this be a motor fault or a relay problem.
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Put a 12v supply direct to the wiper motor and see if it runs continiously if so its the actual stalk or more than likely the timer relay.
Just a general question not really specific to the make of car. {sorted}
The rubber door seals on our 11 year old Camry have perished in one place (maybe about a six inch strip)
I'm getting a bit of extra wind noise now and was wondering if it was possible to self-repair these or is it a bodyshop/main dealer (i.e. lots of dosh) job.
Does anyone know of universal door seal that can be bought and are they any good?
Can I cut out the perished section and just patch a piece into that or does it have to be the whole door seal?
Many thanks in advance
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Your local scrap (sorry, car dismantler) may have something suitable.
Having no spare wheel (crazy) no proper auto or CVT high price I can not see the new Jazz selling as well as the old flimsy dangerous one. No Power of Dreams only NIGHTMARES of Safety (old model)
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My impression on reading hj review of the jazz is mixed. First of all, limited engine choices, No 1.5 ivtec, no diesel, why did they ditch the idsi 1.4/1.2 of the old jazz, i thought that the latest jazz wil incoperate both idsi and ivtec i was dissapointed.
The economy figures are better than the old jazz 1.4 and 1.2 engine sizes, but their performance is very similar to the old jazz.
size wise it gained a few mm but also gained weight, i also agree with the opinion that a space saver tyre would have been more practical, am also waiting for honda to release the 1.2 hybrid and see how that will fare.
i have a 1.4 se jazz, a 2003 version and am looking forward in test driving the new jazz when it does come out in october/november.
Why the embargo of driving impressions?
My friend is wanting to use my car for the weekend and im not to sure how the legal stuff works. He is wanting to get insured on my car just for a week but im not to keen on putting him on my insurance because if he was involved in an accident it would ruin my no claims bonus. Is there any way around this so that he could get his own insuarnce for the week and if was involved in an accident it would not effect my no claims.
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I can only recommend Dayinsure. I'm a little confused as to what Andy's on about as all the cars I've insured myself on have been insured by the people that do own them when I've been driving them...if that makes any sense.
What I'm trying to say is, they've already been insured on another policy when I've taken out this short term one.
Adam
On the BBC radio 4 yesterday the YOU and yours program was all about motor cars and some parts were quite intersesting until they interviewed a numpty who owned a service repair garage (with more eqipment in it than a NASA space station) who went onto say such things that you cannot renew brake pads without a computer and if you were to put the wrong oil in a car then you would totally trash the engine his main jist was that only he could repair or service cars and anybody who did any form of home service was a potetial murderer.Remind me to stay away from his garage. Read more
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At a new strip mall near us which has just opened, some of the best parking spots not reserved for the disabled. Instead there is a sign posted saying "Preferred Parking for Fuel Efficient Vehicles". Coming soon to a strip near you! Read more
no problem with disabled spaces near the entrance - (Tho at our asda we see
loads of people who have obviously borrowed granma's blue ticket)
But why can't we have spaces for obese people - as far from the entrance
as possible.
Here at least, they are often one and the same! You seem to get given your disabled badge once you reach a certain weight.
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Have you tried a bit of T-cut?