Hi all,


I recently had all my tyres checked and aligned as neccessary at a local tyre place, on a Golf MK5 1.9TDI. The rear left camber showed up off limits before AND after the alignment. It shows as -1.53 degrees and limit is -1.47 degrees, so -0.06 degrees out of limits.



The rear left shows -1.37 degrees before and after. The place said the rear camber wasn't adjustable on the Golf MK5, although it did show at -1.49 degrees before the test? I have also since found out that the rear camber can be adjusted...


Could adjusting the toe slightly on the rear right also affect the camber by 0.04 degrees?



I paid them GBP65 and they gave a print out, adjusted the front toes, adjusted the rear right toe. Is this reasonable for the work done on a Hunter DSP600 4 Wheel laser rig? Also, with the camber being out of limits by 0.06 degrees, should I be concerned about this or is it just too miniscule to be concerned about?


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A bloke on the news the other day said that the Gov't. plan to effectively give up to £2K in incentive to get people to buy a new or nearly new car was excellent, as people would "change their polluting older cars for newer greener ones".

I can't see that, myself - taking a representative selection of cars new in the year 1999, and comparing them to new ones now, is there a significant difference in terms of emissions? I shouldn't thing the MPG has changed much....

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Hi there, i have a renault clio 1.8 RSI 1994, until recently it ran o.k, now it turns over and rarely starts, occasionally it has started after cranking for a while then stalls if foot off throttle, we replaced HT leads and they are relatively new plugs, spark is definately getting to the plugs, the weird thing is when testing the plugs for resistence two of the them are reading dead short, one is o.k and the last has high resistence! do you think 3 of the plugs need replacing? or is there another underlying issue here thats maybe causing the plugs to short? someone has suggested it needs new TDC sensor or maybe coolant sensor, but im not convinced? any help would be appreciated? Read more

Hello,
My old car is showing underseal wear in the wheel arches, and I am thinking of redoing it. I came across a brand of underseal, and also waxoil for use on other parts of the underside. Does anyone have experience of using such products(especially how to apply for best results), and rate their effectiveness? Or have an opinion on the best brand?

I am keen to keep my eleven-year-old on the road for as long as possible.

Thanks...

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Quite a few posts on the CRV & new car deals threads, have said it has been difficult to get a deal. I have just bought a brand new CRV from an Honda dealer and got what i think is a good deal. I used the HJ system of going well armed with as much info as you can. You know the score how much is your part ex going to realise and also what the opening bid for the car you want is set at. Use the net and whatever means you have. I found out about 3 dealers were on good targets and had achieved the first ones set. Now Honda set new incentives and double the discount. So thats how they reach the target by volume sales. I got over £1500 more than i expected for my Octavia estate and to make the deal even sweeter nearly £5000 of the CRV. I also took Honda finance at a great rate and i am also getting cashback. I got them to throw the elegance carpet mats in and gave them the order. You may ask who is this dealer. It is Westgate Honda Grimsby. The salesman i dealt with is called Ian and he informs me the deal is on until the end of the month. What is more he says he can do £3 grand off the civic , i dont know if that is good though at this time of writing. So Honda are doing deals , thought you should all know this. I don't think there is a better deal anywhere in the country at the moment. Read more