September 2008
Parked at the roadside in Windemere a T plated 2.5 V6 in green with a beautiful cream leather interior.......£1250. Mrs P wouldn't let me is the short version, but I could see myself blasting down the M6 in that......foolish ? Read more
ive tried to put code in radio i put in wrong code it has displayed on radio code wait i cant get this off no matter what i try. it is a mg radio thank you david smiles. ps i do have proper code. Read more
Try putting your make/model of stereo into the search box (top RH side) of the following site. Sometimes they show the coding proceedure.
ice.dndservices.co.uk/
Worth a follow I think - bearing in mind how many of these we see on our roads and the potential that at least bits of cars will no doubt be part of it's global cargo.
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so there we have global domination of the world economy only exsists between portsmouth and dublin.........what a small world eh!!!
im betting the container is now in some scrap yard full of bed springs and bicycle frames
On 4 Jan 2006 we purchased a used Nissan Micra, 3 door, SE 1348cc, CVT gearbox, Air Conditioning, Electrical Windows & Power Steering, first registered 19-03-2001, mileage 9049.
1 Nov 2007 at mileage 12621 the Malfunction Indicator came on. We took it to our local garage where the code was read and cleared. The indicator came on again within a few miles. After 3 more unsuccessful attempts to fix it, including replacing the oxygen sensor, on 29 Jan 2008 we took it to the main Nissan dealer in Bury St. Edmunds. There the code was cleared and Forte fluid was added to the petrol at mileage 12922. The malfunction indicator lamp came on again within a 100 miles. Because of this fault we feel ourselves inhibited from selling the car and were we to do so the price we would get for it would be very much reduced.
We wrote to Nissan by email Mid February. Received a letter from Nissan Customer Services 5 June 08. In the letter "Nissan Technical, ..... are unable to find the cause or solution to this problem..... I apologise that we are unable to provide a technical solution and get this issue with your vehicle resolved. I will remain in close contact with the dealership and will advise them should a technical solution become available. ??. Not satisfied on 23 June 08 we wrote to Mr. Carlos Ghosn KBE, President and CEO Nissan Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. The reply we received on his behalf on 5 Sept dated 27 June states: "As per my previous correspondence, Nissan technical have been unable to resolve the issue with your vehicle as they do not know the cause of the problem. I am unable to offer a solution here from Customer Services as we are not technically trained. When a technical solution does become available, your dealership will be in touch with you. Any costs incurred in diagnosing or repairing your vehicle will need to be met by you as the vehicle is now four years outside of the warranty period...."
From these replies while Nissan admit culpability they do no accept responsibility. Very unsatisfactory
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On another thread [what constitutes a gas-guzzler - why not a petrol-pumper or fuel-folly] there's lots of discussion about mpg in town, out of town etc.
Given mileages in town, especially London, bear no historic link to time spent travelling, why not refer to consumption as litres per hour, or for many here, gallons per hour?
Hammersmith to Hampstead for instance is probably 5 miles, but could easily take 60 minutes, and half a gallon. 2 gallons an hour doesn't sound too bad!
Which leads to another query - I wonder if real townies consume more fuel per year than rural dwellers. My bet is no.
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.......... it's called the urban cycle.
Raleigh make urban cycles ;-)
Good morning to everyone!
I had a bit of an...experience on the way to work this morning. I was in the outside lane - minding my own business and singing along to a bit of Credence Clearwater Revival (you should have been there) travelling behind a Ford Ranger in the outside lane when, for some (still) unknown reason he slams on to such an extent that the nose pitches into the road and it almost looks like it's going to flip over.
This came as some surprise to me so I slammed on too and it came as an even greater surprise to the brand new 7 Series who was a foot off my bumper. Seeing that there was no way he was stopping, and a gap had opened up, I lifted off the brakes to move over to the middle lane whereupon I braked a lot more gently. The BM took up the space I had occupied 2 seconds earlier and the guy looked a bit sheepish. He had a very nice car though so I'll let him off.
Anyway, my question is, when I braked the second time, the ABS kicked in for about a second even though I was braking very gently. No diesel, rainwater or anything on the ground, and very good relatively new tyres all round.
Why do you suppose this is? I don't think it's a coincidence that it happened seconds after I braked the hardest I've ever braked (if I was driving an auto, it would have been a two footer jobbie) but I'm surprised it kicked in under such gentle pressure.
No doubt the ABS module is about to blow up, or maybe the brakes have just crumbled away. It wouldn't surprise me. The car had an evil grin on it's face when I walked up the drive before - and I just know it's storing some vicious and expensive problem ready to unleash when I have virtually no money.
Many thanks for any advice you can all impart.
Adam
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What car was it? My dad had to do an emergency stop in his Rover 75 a few months ago and he described as the stopping power as almost unbelievable.
I changed the front strut top bushes at 80,000 because the front of the car was not sitting level (and I thought I'd change boith sides although only one side was actually causing the prob). The car's now done 124,000 and the left hand top bush has developed some cracks in the rubber insert again. The car seems to sit quite level, and it drives perfectly OK. Anyone have any experience of this? Should I replace yet again (it's a sod of a job), or is it normal for cracks to develop here? Is this a known fault with the Astra? Read more
I have problem with engine loosing power/going flat. Occurs at unpredictable times-mostly when accelerating. Usually lasts from 30 seconds to one minute butr can sometimes last severla minutes especially when on motorway. Lifting foot totally off accelerator for 5-10 seconds can result in engine regaining power. Ends with lot of black smoke coming out of exhaust. Have driven VAG turbodiesels for many yearts. This is different from normal turbolag. Use normal forecourt diesel. Problem with fuel or air intake? Have heard that Passat TDIs can have this problem. All suggestions appreciated. Read more
Have not got it to the dealer yet. But yes is under warranty. Was interested to know if this was a common problem with Passats.
From "The Daily Telegraph":
"Wind-powered and shrinking cars line up in design awards "
(Quote start):
Singaporean Ying Hui Choo said his Peugeot Blade is designed for "pure driving enjoyment".
"The Peugeot Blade is the first car of its kind to harness a resource most cars are designed to evade - air itself," he said.
"It makes use of the air moving across its body to turn a wind turbine designed to generate electricity.
"The faster the car goes, the faster the windmill turns, the more electricity it will create to feed the electric motor, hence lengthening the electric car's range and efficiency."
(End).
**What??**
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"The faster the car goes the faster the windmill turns the more electricity it will
create to feed the electric motor hence lengthening the electric car's range and efficiency."
Perhaps he meant to say battery instead of electric motor. This it could conceivably do downhill.
hi,,i have recently been doing a bit of off roading,,
yesterday one of the fellas asked me about welding his diff on his 00 frontera,,
how do i go about this,,is it simple??
he only uses it mainly off road,
so i dont think the on road driving is an issue,,but it will be on road a bit,
i imagine on road driving would be a bit hairy?? or would it,,??
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James
Never tried it; but they're from the same family, so it may be possible - even a complete axle swap.
A bit of googling might answer the issue.
my mate has had his 156 02 reg from new, and other than being littered inside with dried child vomit, empty bags of crisps etc it is doing reasonably well. Having 110k miles under its belt and almost a dent in every panel hasn't helped it's looks. It's 15k overdue for it's cambelt change and soon the exhorst will drop off and the clutch will go.....
But most disapointingly however was when it started misfiring in Sept, the local garage cleared the faults, told him to come back next day so my mate did, diagnosed misfire on 2 cylinders, suggested replacing all 4 coil packs and HT leads & plugs (all 8 of them as TS) at a cost of £500. I said not to bother, he agreed, and then said "I'll bring it round your house Stu and we can have a look at it" :-(
fished all the oil out of the spark plug holes, cleaned everything plug-related up and annoyingly, its running fine.....but will he get that cambelt changed.....no.
so, amazingly, his is doing quite well, even if it has cost him about £2k depreciation (it must be worthless now, maybe a grand max)