January 2009
I am looking for a used automatic car to replace my Rover 75 which caught fire at Xmas! I only have a £1700 budget & dont know if its better to go for an older car with low mileage or a newer with high mileage? Also does anyone knows of a medium size car that is well suited to a very petite lady! Loved my Rover but there were some blind spots! Read more
OK I AM REEEEALLY stumped as to what to do....can anybody solve this--
I bought a car in Spain, English plated, left hand drive, VW Beetle 2000 for cash.
The garage took my passport, driving license copies etc.. and claimed to be sending off to the DVLA to get it all put in my name. THEY DIDNT, a year later after arguing with them and asking what I could do myself to sort this out I was told to "get rid of it" and stop hassling them, then they shut down....nice.
So, I now have a car with NO logbook, NO registration in Spain, permanently exported from the UK - thus doesnt belong anywhere.
I want to register the car here in Spain and put it on Spanish plates but of course need to be the legal owner of the car and have documents to prove it.
All I have is a copy of the Export Form from DVLA (not the original) and a copy of the previous owner's registration document (not the original). I cant insure the car without papers so I cant drive it back to the UK and re-register it there....
All I can think is to try and apply for paperwork from the DVLA in the name of the previous owner, though isnt this fraudulent????
I am SO stuck, I really need some advice, please someone help me!!!
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Driving home last night I managed to get my timing right at the traffic Lights on the A446 near Coleshill where there is a red light camera (the one NBH stood beside years ago as she did an item on speed cameras!) the lights turned green just before I reached the stop line in the right hand lane so I did not have to stop.
Car in front of me in the inside lane didn't get the timing right and stopped just past the white line while the lights were on red. The camera then flashed twice.
Will he get a ticket for not stopping at the red light? I would be surprised if the two photos show the car to have moved more than an inch or two between the frames.
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One of these been put maybe a year ago at a junction near me that I use twice most days and, waiting to come through the other way it's incredible how often I see it flash - I reckon I see it flash at least 3-4 times per week. It does flash twice.
It looks as though there's a wire loop about 6" beyond the line and my understanding is that once it's flashed it then flashes again automatically - there's no second trigger. I also believe that if you go over the line at all then the offence has been committed. I often stop next to people and watch them creeping forwards towards the wire and wonder if I should tell them!
I have a Mondeo Tdci 130 lx which is very noisy when ticking over is this normal.As this is my first diesel .I have never owned anything to compare it to.Any feedback would be welcome.Thanks
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Thank you all for your assistance with my problem
Hi, how many of you have tried a successful piston ring and/or big end bearing change on the alloy block se zetec engines. Ford recommend the bottom ends shouldn't be stripped but over the years I've done several. Most of the time the engines were heavy oil users, some went on to misfire; and some when stripped had burnt valves, and always stuck piston rings. The oil control rings were nearly always completely stuck and exerted NO outward sealing pressure.
The history of the oil being used was the most common suspect. Any one else heard of any success on these zetecs. All the best. Read more
I heard it's a no win situation these don't re con you have to get a short motor.
However if it was mine id have a go if you can but it's your risk!.
Got major electrical gremlins in the mother-in-laws megane! If only it was the airbag, or brakes. Sorry I digress......
1- when the brakes are applied the rear indicator light comes on, but only on the left hand side.
2- believe it or not to turn the windscreen wipers on you have to turn the heater on!?!
I have disconnected the wiper arm but still the wipers only work via the heater switch, checked all electrical connections and fuses and there is no corrosion on any connections or bulbs, they are in good nick and are clean.
Has anyone else experienced this before because I know any garage especially renault is gonna sting me for these electrical probs, or any advice...please no mother-in-law jokes! Read more
Surprise suprise, I too am having electrical faults with my 1998 1.6 megane classic, mine quite simply cuts out if i should choose to use the indicator or windscreen wiper stems?? any idea's for me on this?? Also suffering with my two rear door being permanently locked??
When I click on the Fiesta road test picture at the top of the forum screen, the video window appears at a fixed position within the browser frame, with a 1 inch gap between the top of the video window and the top of the browser frame.
Unfortunately though I've only got a diddy Dell X1 (work) laptop with 768 pixel vertical resolution, and unless I maximise the browser, the bottom of the video (and hence the video controls) disappears behind the bottom of the browser frame.
It would be better if I could move the video window up within the browser frame by moving the vertical scroll bar down, decreasing the 1 inch gap above the video. But moving the scroll bar only moves the discussion contents behind the video, not the video itself whose position is fixed relative to the browser frame.
I guess this is only an issue for low res displays, but is there anything to be gained by fixing the video position for higher res users? Or is a fixed position easier to implement?
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Hi there
I have looked at buying a used car. When I looked at the V5 document it said "vehicle registration mark non-transferable."
I have now done an HPI check which comes up fine, but says that the VRM is no longer on this vehicle, though the description matches up.
Any thoughts on whether this could be something dodgy?
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Going back to the original query, HPI check was out of date. Like you say the original plate had been put back on and the HPI check not updated.
What is a camshaft defuser? Friend has just had this replaced by Renault out of warranty due to low mileage (would have been £660). I can only guess its what I would call a variator or tensioner. Read more
www.meganeownersclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2...5
Very common issue on a Megane, thank your lucky stars it went within waranty. New members always welcome.
Why does this website every so often go offline for 5 min periods ???????????
You get error:
"Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage"
It keeps doing it.
Very annoying if you are editing a post.
And I don't have any problem accessing other big websites, Google, BBC etc., when it goes offline.
Does anyone else get this problem ????
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I suggest we lock this as read only for now. We know there is a problem and as a mod I am also affected. So want it fixing and will work with the site admin to work out the problem. No promises in time frame etc.
So at 100 replies it's about to be read only. We know there is a problem which may or may not be site related.
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many people in this country buy vehicles without log books (V5's) and just write to DVLA informing them they are the new keeper. DVLA will then write to the registered keeper to ensure it hasn't been stolen and the thief/innocent purchaser of stolen car isn't trying to re-register it
i appreciate the added complication of it already being exported...but at least DVLA had some knowledge of the vehicle in the past.
Write to them explaining you've bought it abroad and wish to register it here in the UK.. then if that's successful you can then change your mind and apply for export status can't you, without it ever turning a wheel i'd imagine
edit: not sure about VAT and all that, that might complicate things, although if it never sets foot in Blighty you'll hardly have problems with Customs will you