hello boys n girls....where can i purchase a foglight in london tomorrow,ive tried halfords and local shops to no avail.halfords only do brake light with dickies ,im after one of them ones you see on a import,thanks in advance... Read more

Im no mechanic by any means, but what is involved in changing the intercooler myself? Mines gone, and the garage wants £450.00. I can buy a warranted second hand one for £124. Is it possible to fit it myself? Read more

Help, having a problem with a 2.0tdci mk2 focus. When starting from cold the idling is very lumpy for a couple of minutes accompanied by a fair bit of white smoke, plus there appears to be a very slight ?diesel/?oil leak on the top of the cylinder head next to the big plastic manifold thing (I've no idea what it is). Once the engine is warmed up a bit more it is mostly fine (tiny bit of idling lumpiness detectable occaisonally)

I've seen various references to suggest this might be injector issue/glow plug issue but can't imagine this would account for the slight leak or that it seems ok when warmed up. Alternatively I've seen a suggestion of the head gasket, would this be right on a car with 72,000 miles on it??

Any advice appreciated, having only had the car two weeks I'm already not happy with the main dealer service and now the car itself isn't right

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Someone told me that you can buy an annual policy in the UK which gives you car insurance for the US so that you do not have to buy any insurance when hiring a car there.

Can anyone confirm this, and suggest possible providers? There's an outside chance I might spend June in the States. Read more

Tucked away in the budget report...

The 2008 Pre-Budget Report set out reforms to vehicle excise duty (VED) for cars
registered from 1 March 2001 onwards, to incentivise the purchase and manufacture of lowercarbon
cars. Budget 2009 confirms these reforms, which include:
?from May 2009, an increase in the number of VED bands from seven to
thirteen. This will provide a greater incentive for drivers to choose a lowercarbon
version of car within their preferred class;
?from April 2010, the Government will further separate out the thirteen different
bands, in order to strengthen the environmental signal; and
?from April 2010, differential First-Year Rates of VED for new vehicles will be
introduced. These will provide a stronger signal to consumers at the point of
purchase.
7.53 To ensure that new VED rates and bands are clearly understood by motorists, the
Department for Transport has worked with the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership to update the
fuel economy label for new vehicles, and is continuing to work with industry to develop a fuel
economy label for the second-hand car market.
7.54 Budget 2009 also announces changes to the VED rules on refunds, six-month
licences and imported vehicles during the first year of vehicle licensing, from April 2010,
as a consequence of the introduction of First-Year Rates, as well as general changes to the
treatment of imported vehicles. Details are set out in Chapter A.
7.55 Company car tax (CCT) was reformed in 2002 and is now based on carbon emissions,
encouraging the take-up of more fuel-efficient cars in company fleets. In recognition of
advancing vehicle technologies, Budget 2009 announces that, with effect from 6 April 2011:
?the basic threshold for the 15 per cent band of CCT will be reduced by 5g CO2
per km, so that this band applies to cars emitting between 121 and 129g CO2
per km. The percentage of list price subject to tax will continue to increase
by 1 percentage point with every 5g per km increase in CO2 emissions, to a
maximum of 35 per cent;
?the cap on car list prices used to calculate the taxable benefit arising from
company cars will be abolished, so that drivers of expensive cars will be
subject to a fair level of tax
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