December 2009
...with a two tone paint job? I can't think of any at all in these days of colour coded everything.
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I remember a few years ago reading about a car & its designer. The car was a sporty job not a common name. Im pretty sure the designer said ''cars are for driving not smoking''. Could it have been a De-lorean. I think some manufacturers nowadays give a choice of with or with out the lighter and ash tray (smokers pack). But does anyone know of a manufacturer who has built with no choice, you dont get the lighter or ashtray. Read more
The Rio does not come with an ash try.
Funny enough, I have had the car nearly two years and never thought of it until this thread....
Wonder if they'll ever make a comeback.
My old boss had one on his mustard yellow Marina in the seventies :-)
Loking back now I think................Why? Read more
Amusing point Chris. It is though mildly fascinating to ponder on which visual cues are or have been construed to confer various levels of perceived status upon cars. Be it brand or sub brand badges, trim levels, wheel size/style, the characters on number plates or indeed vinyl roofs......whatever.
Little sociological signals which have ironically always been far more significant to the signaler than to the signalee.
1960's style white lines over the roof are starting to appear. What next ~ matt black bonnets? Read more
There are some two-tone schemes that I remember as looking very neat.
In particular:
The Ford Anglia 105E (the one with the reverse-slope rear window) in maroon with a light grey roof.
Triumph Heralds suited two-tone paint very well - mostly the roof and lower parts of the car in a colour and the waistline / bonnet top / bootlid in white or cream.
The Rover P4 'Auntie' with its tasteful contrasting sides.
Sports cars like the MGB, Triumph Spitfire, Austin Healey 3000 or Jaguar E Type often had black or cream hardtops, which went well with most body colours.
Hi all,
We have a Mini One with a faulty boot lock.
It closes ok, but when we start the car and start to drive off we can hear a clicking sound and then the boot unlocks on it's own. We have to get and and close it again and then all seems to be ok.
Any ideas why it does this ?
Thanks in advance.
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I asked for some collective wisdom a little while ago about taking some dings out of my car before selling it due to an impending job move abroad. Well I got a job offer quicker than I thought and didn't get a chance to do the necesary.
I now have a car sat on the drive which I would like to move on with minimum fuss and have seen a TV ad for a web based company which will buy your car from you. I am considering this very seriously as I don't know when I will next be at home or for how long.
I assume that the amount that they value your car for will be less than book and am prepared to take this loss if it means that the selling experience is easy.
Do any backroomers have experience of using a company such as this or is it a bit too good to be true.
Thank-you in advance.
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Hiya
Out of interest, the 'webuyyourcar' ppl offered us a good rate for our MB. So if were to buy another, it would have been easy to sell for cash & go into dealer without px, or the hassle of idiots turning up to your door avd saying the car is too 'small/big' etc.
we also tried our Jeep hemi - the price was very low.
both cars are in black and black cars sell well - both are below 20k mileage avd full main dealer history.
Our son had his fiesta quoted - he had the car from new, 4 years old - he was offered about 1k less than the bottom selling price in an open market - so he px with a dealer &felt he got a better deal.
my free tip is - get a quote - check advertised prices for private sales for like for like cars 7 dealer price - weigh up the pros 7 cons 7 take action as required.
i have filled with lhm fluid and now it is over the max level this is when the car is running and the lever is in the top position sorry if something is miss speled i am not from the uk thanks Read more
thanks Peter
Hello all
test driving my new laptop - lol.
re extended warranties. my mercedes s600 MB warranty expires in Aptil 2010 & jeep hemi goes in july.
had quotes from warrantydirect - 950 for merc & 1400 for jeep - their top fligh cover with franchised dealer reapirs for parts 7 labour quotes appear to be too good to be true. Especially when other warravty sites charge a lot more.
anyone tried WD?
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Jbif
>>AFAIK, this site allows you to name good garages. It is "naming and shaming" that is verboten.
So won't you please do your fellow backroomers/motorists a favour and tell us the name of this dealership?
Certainly - it is Stephen james of Enfield.
See HJ's Good garage Guide page here
tinyurl.com/yg7mb5c
Ok so local dealer had the car in and run a diag on it, no fault shown and insist it should be ok, however its still happening at random. All they can do is plug in their computer and they won't change any parts until a fault is shown.
The dealer did not supply the car, I could travel to the supplying dealer if I have to, I have made them aware of the issue. Really frustrated they won't do any more, however I am going to contact them again on Monday.
Surely there is something they can do???
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Hi, barely three weeks! It did it on the same day of collection but I throught the tax disc holder had fallen off at the time.
Hello all,
Happy Christmas!
GF's car keeps getting water in the offside front suspention top mount bolt hole. The nearside i've emptied a few times (tissues, cotton buds etc) and it seems to be fine. The offside one obviously has been doing this for ages (we've only had the car for ~2 months or so) and is very rusty.
I've tried putting tapeing a plastic cover over it to see if its running off the underside of the bonnet but that didn't work.
Thought about filling the hole with 3-in-1 oil, but don't want to lubricate the bolts loose! Could seal it with something - but suspect at some point suspention might need doing - cause of rust? ;-)
Any ideas? Do ford make a top-mount-cover for these?
Cheers all,
James Read more
can you not put some plankton in there and so help save the world?
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Bugatti Veyron has 2-tone paint. Can't get much more ordinary than that!