July 2009
Found these three on autotrader. Which would you buy? Do any stick out as being particularly good or bad deals?
1998 bmw 3 series - bit.ly/f7l2j
1998 audi a3 - bit.ly/ksiSE
2000 honda accord - bit.ly/15erfE
Cheers
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hi i have a vw passat 1.9 tdi (130) bhp estate its a realy nice car and i would like it to sound a bit sporty can anyone tell me were i put the dumpvalve approximatly on the engine plz thank you for your help.
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A couple of days ago a lowered Passat Estate with fat wheels and a rat custom paint job came past my house. Dump valve was audibly working. Weird.
Theoretical question, regarding changing rates of depreciation year on year...
Say I go out today and buy a car for a given price. Could I reasonably expect to have to pay exactly the same price in 12 months time for an identical model that is exactly 12 months younger (everything else being equal)? I'm not thinking about the nearly-new or bangernomics extremes of the spectrum, but something mid-way down the depreciation curve.
What factors are most likely to influence the rate of change of depreciation with time? I can only think of government legislation and the arrival new models/revisions pushing prices further down year on year, or elevation to 'classic' status tending to slow the fall in value...
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In 2003 I bought a 1999 Mondeo 2.0 Ghia from a car supermarket in london for £3999.
The equivalent now would be an 05 plate model. Such as this:
tinyurl.com/kklqcu
So yes, you could reasonably expect the relative price to remain static IMO.
Hth,
Dave TD
First I must admit that I am not a biker. I have a bike licence but I have not riden for about forty years.
I live directly on the seafront and regularly the town is visited by large groups of bikes, sometimes numbering in the hundreds. I have noticed that many of them (mostly Harleys) appear to have no silencers of any kind, and although I don't object to the occasional loud bike it can get a bit annoying when a very large group keep passing over the span of a couple of hours.
My questions are these: What is the noise limit for bikes? Were these bikes originally fitted with silencers, and have the silencers been romoved subsequent to the bike passing its last MOT? If so, is the MOT still valid?
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..... Are there any bikers out there that cover a relatively high annual mileage and
have noticed a decline in their hearing?
I think it would be difficult just to put it down to riding a motorbike. Concerts when younger, working in factory/noisy environments etc... will all add to the overall loss.
As others have mentioned helmet design and wind noise are a bigger problem than the actual bike. That is why I chose the helmet I use (to cut down on wind noise) and always use ear plugs.
I cover about 12,000 miles per annum at the moment by bike.
Hello Cleaning off some bird poooooo! I have some very light scratches on my new car windscreen can you suggest a remedy?
Thanks
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This thread may help. The answer seems to be jeweller's rouge or toothpaste.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=13246&...f
car is coming up with 640 code valve relay off can anyone shed any light on this code and what it is please.
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I already check out petrolprices.com, but is there a specific site that you canhelp one plan a journey on, that also shows asda / tesco stores along the route.
Friday, going from Weybridge to Chester and will need to fill up, my local diesel is 105.9 and I hear ASDA have just reduced their prices below 99.9p, also any major problems along that journey ??
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>>I thought ASDA has a national pricing policy, for fuel anyway, the price was advertised on national radio today. >>
Asda's action is commendable, especially as it only has around 170 fuel outlets (far fewer than Tesco and other supermarkets) and hopefully it will prompt a fuel price war in the areas where these are based.
However, it is fair to point out that Tesco not only knocks 5p a litre off if you spend £50 or more in store at one go (easy if you have a family), but also an additional boost with Club Card points.
It struck me today, during PMQ, when the question of continuing high fuel prices was raised despite the cost of a barrel of oil being much less than around a year ago, that the higher the price at the pumps the happier the Chancellor. The MP who brought up the subject asked if the 2p increase due in September could be delayed or dropped?
Harriet Harman made some pious remarks about the matter, but didn't really give a definitive answer. I suspect that the prices will have come down sufficiently by then for the 2p increase to go ahead as planed.
But I always was a cynic.
As per the title, the weeklies have given the new Prius more or less unqualified praise.
The performance looks good too, 0-60 in just a whisker over 10s and good in-gear intervals. Interesting that both mags got more or less identical test mpg too, around 47mpg including performance testing etc.
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Yes sorry both producing high torque low down.
this isn't going to do Jag sales any harm is it....looks gorgeous
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/8141697....m
I read somewhere recently that Jaguar Land Rover sales are down 33% for the year, but on their own, Jag sales are up 1%, so it looks like Jag are now pulling their weight and it's LR having a few problems...which is a bit of a turn around
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There may be less difference in true engineering quality now than there was then between a Bentley and a 'poor man's Bentley', HJ. Not that a poor man could maintain either of them.
That SS Jaguar was made in a 3.5 litre pushrod version too, and there was even a 1.5 I seem to remember. It continued to be made until about 1949 or so, the last version being the Mk V which had recessed headlamps and rear wheel spats. By then the twin-cam XK engine had appeared and was soon installed in the Mk VII which replaced the Mk V.
Had a friend at school in Plymouth in the early fifties whose father had a 3.5 litre, pre-Mk V Jag. Big chrome headlights... Later my Irish uncle had a succession of Mk VIIs and their descendants. But he kept them for ages.
hi all
Our problem started sunay when our 2.2 tid (85,000 miles)would not start. we filled up at tesco the previous evening and then home. there had been no previous warnings. Only recent problem being the fuel gauge would occasionally drop then return while in use. the other problem noticed is the fan cuts in after trying to start it for a few seconds then off
the car has since gone into the garage and they have diagnosed fuel pump gone, all in bill of £2000! thats all the car is worth!
anyone one have sensible ideas? at the price the garage has quoted they have effectivly written the car off for us.
we are not the richest of people but love our car. she is due to take us round europe in august via romania!
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Did it for you! here is the thread
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=40024
relevant quote is
Update. A SAAB original pump is £1800, a SAAB refurb is £1500 and a refurb by Shorts of Swansea (with 1 Yr warranty) is £914. All this, plus fitting, at the dealer who has the car in his workshop.
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So it's not bad enough that you have a closed mind - you have to boast about it.