February 2009
hello im looking at buying a scenic 1.9 dti on a v reg for a very good price but has the following problems,the blowers dont work and air con doesnt turn on and also bonnet wouldnt open but the pull looks ok.
Would you buy a car like this or should i not bother?its immaculate inside and out!
Any ideas what the problems could be?the lights work etc but there is no stereo!
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Just recently my ABS light has appeared intermittently & I have been told my brake lights have failed. Can anyone tell me whether this is electrical fault please or what? Thanks Read more
Hello Everyone, This is my first time posting so apologies if this exact question has been asked a thousand time already (which it has) . I am about to take my theory test in the next month or so and am going to buy a used car pretty soon after (or even before if I see one). I was directed here by a petrol head I know who suggested that it was a good place to get advice, which goodness knows I need as I am ashamed to say I dont know nearly enough about cars.
Right, firstly my budget is around 2.5k. I would rather not stray over that and anything cheaper will be great as it can then go towards what I assume is going to be a rather nasty insurance premium.
I am a 26 year old male (yes, I am perfectly aware how lazy I have been) and I live in a small village in Lancashire. I am looking for a "grown up" car really. Something with 4 or 5 doors with a reasonable size engine as I may have to do a bit of Motorway commuting for work
Not very sure how many miles per year I will be doing as my work is a little random in where they can send me, might be three miles down the road, or Inverness.
My Partner is 25, a teacher and she has about 4-5 years no claims and runs a 97 Clio.
My questions are thus:
1) What sort of car should I be looking for on my budget?
- My initial thoughts, based on ignorance and google, are towards a Mondeo of some sort or an Avansis
2) How do I stop getting murdered by the Insurance?
- I was thinking that the smart play might be to have my partner 'buy' the car and drive on it as a named driver. Any thoughts? Read more
>>and when work requires a much longer journey, to hire a suitable vehicle for a short term.
Probably not possible for somebody who has only just passed his test. And to be honest, half dozen trips in a hire car would surely pay the difference to upgrade the insurance to a decent car anyway.
You may have read my earlier woes with this van. I've worked my way through the faults one by one and I have now got all the lights to go out but I've come up against a problem that I can't get any further with. The engine wont rev above 3000 rpm even in neutral The air filter looks new and I've put some injector treatment in the fuel and it hasn't made any difference. The van seems to produce plenty of power at low revs but looses it above 2500 rpm.
This equates to about 60-65 mph full-tonk. Not very good.
Any ideas where I should be looking next?
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Will definately try that and let you know how it went. Thanks for that.
I've owned a 300crd since April 2006 and have only had one problem. After 18 months I had all 4 wheels changed under warranty because of corrosion around the centre of the wheels. The alloy turned white and was uneven to the touch. I've now noticed the exact same problem is effecting these wheels too.
Whenever possible I've checked other 300C's and all of any age also seem to have the same problem, which seems to indicate I'm not just unlucky.
I intend to go back to the dealer to complain even though the car is now out of warranty but I'm not sure how I stand. I'd obviously like to be prepared before contacting the dealer so I'd really like to here from anyone with a similar story.
The car has done K17 miles and is garaged the majority of the time it is not in use.
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Result BW. In theory this could continue for years to come.
Thanks for updating us, hope the car continues to please.
Hi all,
Wife currently has a 2003, 03 plate Rav4 NV - the three door 2 wheel drive version. Its done 64K miles and is in reasonable condition considering its use as transportation for various horse related items!
The thing is in the last two years its done less than 6K, and spends half its life sitting outside - my wife now has someone 'sharing' her horse so does not go up to the stables everyday as previously.
I'm looking at it thinking whether getting rid for a cheap runabout would make any sense. To be honest my wife does not like driving particularly and would not have a car at all if she didn't have the horse, so make/model/fashion status does not matter particularly (I bought her the Rav from a dealer mate on a whim to replace her previous motor which was one foot from the grave).
Any suggestions?
1) as to what the Rav might reasonably be worth
2) a suitable cheap replacement - mileage not important - condition and ability to start after several days sitting outside will be!
Just seems a shame to see the Rav sit there losing money and condition needlessly. Unfortunately I have to have the garage for all my work gear otherwise I'd let her use it. Read more
The 8 valve TU petrol engine used in many 206s has been around for donkey's years and well proven, easy to work on, and tough if even half looked after. There are a lot of good 206's out there.
The most offensive thing about this car in my opinion is the plastic on the dash. I think they sent someone out to find the cheapest, nastiest stuff they could find, and then asked the manufacturer to make it cheaper and nastier.
My SWMBO had to visit her mum, 95, who had been taken into hospital. I wasn't able to go and she came home complaining of having to drive round for 20 minutes and then pay £5.00. I went the following day and ignored the pay and display as I have a blue badge. All the blue spaces were full, many by cars not displaying so I parked on the double yellows, like everone else, as the site is private property not subject to the Road Traffic Regs. In fact, the parking is so bad that folk use the few 'blue' spaces along the roadway and park at right angles to the road with half the car across the 'pavement'...no-one bothers. the 999 ambulances have their own entrance and area in front of casualty.
The point of my post is...the whole of the site has acres of grass, traffic islands shrubbery, etc and other areas which could be used for cars. Some of the grass is used by desperate people, leaving a churned up muddy mess. It must cost a fortune for contract gardeners to come in and tend these lawns and areas of shrubbery. My own feeling is that there is no need for them...ok, it's very nice to look at, but I think visitors may be pre-occupied with other matters, and not need the stress of parking, to pay much attention. This is a modern hospital and the grassy areas are constantly being eroded away with more building work anyway.
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>> Not true at Heathrow
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Not true at Gatwick either.
Didn't they ban them after the "do" at Glasgow?
I have a professionally fitted hands free kit in my car. I limit what calls get taken. A quick call home to say stuck in traffic but no longer would I take a more technical call related to work. It is surprising how distracted you are on the phone even hands free.
Conversations on a mobile can be like chatting in the car. They can also require quite some thought and these type of calls should be avoided.
If I call a colleague and realise they are driving they often say "it's okay I'm handsfree" but I still call back later. Read more
Remember it was a jury decision which the judge was bound by.
The jury decided on the evidence, which is all it can do. The charges were those available in law.
In view of the research that's been done into the subject of danger caused by using telephones while driving, by the TRL and worldwide, it's time for a change in the law, and has been for some years.
while driving today a boy of about 15 ish decides to overtake me as i was about to turn right luckily i looked in my door mirror and saw him and stopped in time he wasnt wearing a helmet no tax or mot and no insurance i told him what i thought of him he was lucky he wasnt hurt all this happened about half a mile from a police station on a main road Read more
Nsar: You know that 13-year-old kid who looks 8 and is supposed to be fathering a child?
Straight man in pub: I have read newspaper reports on the allegedly randy nipper, yes. What of it?
Nsar: That's your dad, that is.
My dads P6000 has given up the ghost, the thread is now down to 2mm and it is cracking in the side wall it is at the rear. The other tyre is a V thread Barum with about 3mm on it but both these tyres were on when we bought the car and it has done 15,000 miles since.
We have two 6 month old Kumho's at the front.
If we just replaced the urgent Pirreli would it be legal with a normal thread and a V thread on the same axle? It has alwyas passed the MOT like this but I always thought it was ilegal.
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>>If I get a response I will be surprised.
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Well I have not got a response BUT
The same paper yesterday had a reply from the original author (now turns out to be ex Dunlop) reversing his original statement.
So " your best tyres should always go on the rear"
" There are safety implications if the front tyres are better than the rear"
also
" ...found that gip in the wet drops off to about TWENTY per cent by the time the tyre is half worn"
That is a rather concerning statement as I had no idea that grip dropped off that much.
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Thanks DD will check. Let you know what happens Jon