August 2009
Rental a car from Dollar via Carhire3000 and joined Dollars 'Express Dollar' Club at no charge. Arrived MCO Orlando and about 100 people in the queue. Walked past them to the Express lane and No queue and I was out of there in less that 2 minutes with a free upgrade to a Chysler 300. Alamo queue was agout 80 people and my Son who hired with them had to wait 1 hr 20 minutes. Hope this helps someone out. Regards Peter Read more
...'A kitchen sink has now been removed from in the road on the M11 Southbound at J6/M25'. (17 August 2009, 10:34:59)
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OK
hows this for the minimum then
To a town south west of Paris.
Three white shirts on hanger, three pairs of pants in door pocket, three pairs of socks (black) in other door pocket, toothbrush in ashtray, laptop in boot.
All in a very empty touran.
Disappeared from the Honda UK website in under 3 years - only 2nd hand available.
It appears 3+ltr cars do not sell unless they have German origins - How will Infiniti make a mark when Honda could not despite the Legend being well specified and well built! Read more
Completely agree Mike. This country and France (poss Germany now too) is obsessed with Diesel. I have owned two and hated every minute. Thank goodness manufacturers are making decent progress producing large petrol engines with reasonably low CO2. All this CO2 judged tax is a nonsense in any case. I'll stop now as I can feel a political rant brewing in my mind....!!
Hello,
so i got my focus eventually and its all lovely apart from a few niggles. When i was cleaning it i noticed that the passenger side wheel had a lot more brake dust on it than the drivers side and this morining i could hear it sticking...it doesnt do it all the time and when i brake it brakes in a straight line...and iv not really noticed any drop in mpg or acceleration...any ideas??
Thanks
Adam Read more
Most of these fast fit places offer a free brake check ask them to have a look at it.
I had occasion to go to Oxford yesterday and on way back I was tootling along at 70 when a Ford 375 Consul passed me - now that was a shock as my old Zodiac never felt safe at that speed - it was the grubbiest one I have ever seen - painted matt black with painted on cat paw marks- the rear number plate was missing so not sure of year - anyway I had to pass it just for pride sake - then further on I passed a car towing a hot rod not in too good condition either - then getting close to Warwick turn I passed a nice looking pink 50's Buick - very low to ground (my type of car) - so anyone any idea what event these cars might have been to? -obviously Oxford or further south. Read more
Is that the before or after ?
Just recently my car has developed a bearing noise -- it's a kind of grinding/whizzing noise that increases in pitch with engine revs, and which disappears after a period of a couple of miles or about 5 minutes at idle.
When it has quietened down at idle it will come back for a while if the steering is turned, so I suspect that the PAS pump is at fault.
Few questions:
1) Are these parts *really* nearly £400 on a Nissan? ISTR replacing the pump on an old Cavalier and getting change from £100 new....
2) Is it a complete pump replacement or is it possible to replace/refurb the bearings at lower cost?
3) How long would the pump be expected to last in its current condition? The car is around two weeks from the point where I can obtain a 13-month MOT. I'd rather not splash out on the car if it is possibly going to fail, but I do a few hundred miles a week so if it is likely to fail completely I'd rather make alternative arrangements now.
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Ever noticed how many cars there are for sale parked at the side of the road?
Usually at the bangernomics end of the scale, small hatchback jobs. Saw a couple while walking round to the shops and guess what? Not one on the motor insurance database.
Assuming that a prospective punter would want to take a test drive, it's quite scary really. Read more
S'funny ... Out of all the cars I've bought, I've never got one from a 'road side trader', but my neighbour where I lived b4 sold her nice V 940 est. by parking it on a grass verge with price & Ph. No. on the windscreen - and she is as straight as a Roman Rd.,
Just because a geezer has a collar & tie and sits behind a teak veneer desk with pictures of nice models (cars!) on the wall, doesn't mean he's honest Charlie.
Maybe an expert in cars or Hyundai cars can help me with this question. My dealer told me that Hyundai is replacing Getz with i10. From a mechanical point of view is i10 a really new? Is it just a new exterior? Read more
Your dealer should be able to quote servicing costs, in the first few years you shouldnt need much other than fixed price servicing and any else should be under warrenty. Our dealer did quote servicing costs but I cant remember the exact figures.
i'm looking at buying a secondhand transit, about 4-5 years old.
i would like an ex bt one as i know how very well they are looked after and they are quite low milage BUT they only have the 85hp diesel, sluggish and noisy.
then i saw people are selling ex cop and council 2.3 dual fuel petrol/lpg.
my dilema is do i:
get an ex plod one that has been lugging mutts around and used as a mobile battering ram with 120,000 on the clock for under 3K?
OR
do i get an ex council one with 40K on the clock for an extra grand?
i've not heard anything about ex council motors, good or bad.
my council fellas never seem to be in any kind of a rush.
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yes, i know how very well they are maintained. i used to assess them for bodywork.
one mechanic was fitting a brand new gearbox, from ford, NOT recon, to a van six months from disposal just because it popped out of 4th sometimes.
the problem with the 85hp trannies is they are underpowered. someone said you could up them to 100hp but then didn't tell me how.
hi all.
i have a renault clio, cambelt snapped, bent 2 valves, done all and refit all, all worked fine until i noticed the directional arrows on the cambelt were going the wrong way upon engine running! so i opted to remove cambelt and put back on correct way, wish i never!
somhow on doing this i refit cambelt ,started engine or tried to start engine and it sounded same as first instance of bent valve syndrome! so a weekend late ri removed the head a second time and yes found 4 bent valves! how did this happen i wonder?
before i refit all is the correct procedure to align top and bottom timing marks, put on bottom pully/crank ,lock the flywheel, then tighten the pully crank bolt ,then put on cambelt? alline top on camshaft sprocket, then turn engine by hand with socket on camshaft and then just hope for the best?
what is the correct way to lock the flywheel while trying to tighten the lower crank/pully bolt?
thankyou.
any help appreciated.
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Are the gears 'keyed' to the shafts?
I know on the Ford Zetec engines you lock the crank, then the camshafts, loosen the cam gears, fit the belt then lock up the cam gears....
could be you are going the wrong way, re reading timing marks....
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I'd think if you had a flat tyre they won't mind. It's more to do with where you take the car, e.g. on tracks not suitable for normal cars.