August 2008
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 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.
Help needed please - my tdci 115 focus has been running a bit lumpily in third recently and today when driving in traffic in I think 2nd gear at about 2000rpm, several times when I took my foot off the accelerator the engine ran on & even tried to increase the speed! Any idea what this means? I've seen various references on the web to injector recalibrating - is this likely to be needed or would it help to put some injector cleaner through the engine - I'm not sure if this is recommended with these engines ??
Secondly, I've been thinking about having the ECU remapped by a reputable firm to boost the rather naff low speed torque & improve fuel consumption, does anyone know if this can help the above problems - presumably they would look at the ECU and find out if anything untoward is happening anyway??
Any other thoughts?
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If its the same as the later ones they all seem to do this on and off to a certain extent. Ford usualy blame the Bosch EGR unit when you go in for a service, but say that as the engine management has not loged it as a fault, Ford will not take it as a warantee claim. Have you been using cheap supermarket fuel?
I blame the company I work at for buying the thing in the first case.
P.S Screwloose advise on fuel lines is good though.
Recently got a 00 S40 with 140k miles on the clock.
Problem is when the throttle is blipped, the car will not return to its idle speed for a few moments, and alternates between 1500rpm and 500rpm for about 3 cycles, before it steadies itself. This manifests itself when the engine is warm.
Also, there is a nasty rumble from the engine at about 1200rpm - appears to be from the top. Could it be a stickyVVT solenoid/pump assembly? No faults are logged in memory?
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Thanks for that Screwloose. I'll delve into those areas if it ever stops raining here!
Not the codes, faults and so on.. Rather the human interest story.
Did you really creep up the Motorway out of Leeds at a steady 40mph, like a three legged donkey? With hideous bray and raucous cry and so on...
Or did it just lisp quietly along like mine did transfixing you with its petulance and imposed risk.
Put simply, what`s your tale of its bad behaviour? Read more
Fortunately I never had to use limp-home, but the Australian Fords of the 1990's had separate electronic controllers for the engine and gearbox. If the engine controller crashed, it defaulted to 2000 rpm, and if the gearbox controller crashed it defaulted to third. It would have made interesting driving, because 2000 rpm in top gear exceeeded the speed limit. { But Officer, I was just limping along !! } The 4-litre six would go anywhere in third, just a bit pricey in petrol.
I have the above car with audible tyre pressure warning valves. I have a problem with one of the front valves and it keeps indicating that there is a pressure difference. Is there anyway of turning this function off? Read more
Firstly, Dynamic Dave - Apologies for shouting, I didn't realise my caps lock was on, thanks for 'calming' me down!!!
Andy,
I never even thought about the spare, obvious isn't it? I will check the spare to see if I can get it programmed. Like they say 'up there for thinking, down there for dancing'
My son has agreed a price on a mitsubishi colt,subject to a friend taking a look over it.He noticed that it was pulling to the left,the salesman said it had the wrong size tyre put on it.
He also head the clutch was squeaking.The salesman said those things would be put right when the car goes into the workshop next week before we test drive it again.
A friend who is going to look over it next week hthinks it's a possibility the car has had a front-end shunt (he hasn't looked at it yet,so it's just a thought)as also suggested we check it is not an import .I couldn'y see any sign of a respray,though at the time i wasn't looking for that.
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What do you mean by this is clearly not a routine trade in?
I am looking at cars for my son. He has found a car and agreed a price subject to a fairly knowledgeable friend doing another test drive.
The friend suggested we do an AA car data check.This is a well known reputable dealer.
The data check is showing the car is owned by the car manufacturer,as we were told,but it is showing as 5 door ,whilst it is actually a 3 door.
Is this most likely to be a simple error?
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Thats a thought.If he has got an insurance quote on the cars reg,it might be quoting for the 5 door.
I will get him to check again.
I spoke to dvla today.
They didn't mention being told about this by anyone else,but said he should write in with a covering letter if he bought the ca.
thanks guys this site is a mine of information.
Browse
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?