December 2009
Hi, my 02 golf 150pd is giving me major problems, when it reaches 3000rpm it starts to judder (heavily) and throws out loads of black smoke, it then takes upto 30 seconds (sometimes longer) before any form of acceleration is possible, it also goes into 'limp mode' on motorways where I struggle to reAch anywhere near 60mph!
I was told that it was my boost pipes, so I replaced 2 but to no avail, took it for an mot yesterday and it failed on the emissions test! So I took for a service at a VW and Audi 'specialist' they reported that another boost pipe had a screw screwed into it as well as my turbo seeping oil ( not a major amount though)???
I have also been told to drive without the MAF plugged in to see if it drives any better, but if anything it drives worse?
has anyone had a similar problem with their car or come across the same problem and what was done to rectify the issue? Any help would me much appreciated
please take into consideration I am not very clued up on terminology or technically/ mechanically gifted when it comes to motors! So I apologise if I've missed anything or come across a but thick!!!
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Would appreciate some opinions on the expected sale value of a minor company asset, that's hardly been used over the past 12 months ;
1996 Nissan Patrol LWB GX 4.2 Petrol Auto ( 6 cyl ) , fitted with a working LPG conversion. The number plate is - apparently - worth a grand and will be included.
This car has been owned by us since 1998 and the mileage of 98000 is warranted. The MOT expires in Jan but i'll expect to stick one on to help matters.
The car has full leather, metallic gunmetal paint, A/C and starts on the button. Exterior is tatty, with scratches and bumper dings , plus carpets in boot are shot. Passenger window doesn't work, driver's door only opens from inside ( key doesn't turn barrel )
With all the swings of the market , down last year, up this year, scrappage, have no idea what it's worth. Read more
www.webuyanycar.com will give you a price for it online, you can use that as your base price.
Fascinating pictures bb, I used to deliver to places like Jaguar, Dunlop, AP Driveline so these are just eerie to browse through.
I'm after some advice - maybe someone has had a similiar experience in the past.
SWMBO has decided that after a 17 year gap in which she has never driven, it's a long story but needless to say it was my fault :). However, given our village location and me working away, she has decided that it's time she drove again.
My thinking was to get her enrolled at a local driving school again who perhaps specialise in this, I was thinking of doing this as an IOU Christmas present.
Anyone got any ideas on how to proceed or perhaps a different way of approaching this?
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You can only take pass plus within one year of passing.
You can get an instructor to teach it, but not take the test. Hence "a course".
For some reason I am finding links in the backroom are forcing adverts to appear even when I am not actively clicking on anything to do with them. Is anyone else having the same issue? It's one thing having banners which you can choose to go to, it's another being thrown into some advert which is not relevant. They always open in another tab then force focus onto that tab. Most annoying.
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Right - I'm locking this now - details will be passed to the site publishers for their info.
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Rob
I'm seriously looking at a 2009 A4 avant 2.0d. Unfortunately it's only the 120ps version. The car is some distance away and I haven't had chance to drive it, so have some concerns that it may be underpowered. I don't need a rocket ship, but want to avoid something that can't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
So simple question. Has anyone got any experience of this engine and is it capable enough?
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I do agree with you there WB. Even to the extent that often when I have bought a new car I miss the old one. There is undoubtedly a pleasure in the aquisition of something new mostly driven by anticipation. Cars though, fairly quickly just become "the car" and life continues much as before with the downside of having less money in the bank.
This knowledge will not of course prevent me, or most of us I suppose, doing it again in the future...
I know HJ might not object, but i'll miss the 4car site.
www.channel4.com/4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=...8
Just goes to show how tight things really are.
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I think the clock started ticking for 4Car when Channel 4 started messing with the 'Driven' tv programme. Once they'd killed off the telly link it was harder for them to sustain it without a definite identity, or association with personalities.
I particularly used to like the Top Ten features and their Christmas Car Quiz was always a highlight.
As is the modern way, they lost me when they started to appeal more to the 'yoof' market, by bringing in a 'couple of dudes' to jabber on about cars for the YouTube generation. Must be getting old, but this happened to the telly counterpart too - who could forget the utterly pointless 'Banzai' section of Driven, when they tested a car for its tyre smoking prowess...?
Thank goodness for Honest John!
Well due to the nice weather tonight i've slid into a 2008 Ford Ranger in my Leon Cupra, all 4 wheels locked and i even had time to put it into reverse before i hit him. I was only doing about 5mph and he was stationary, so damage has been limited to his big front bumper. Now as im a mechanic, and my excess is £750, im going to try and source a bumper for it, so has anyone any links or number of a Ford breakers, 4x4 breakers etc, preferably in to Yorkshire area?
Tried eBay etc, no luck
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the biggest problem on ice is people driving like normal ie hard on throttle and
brakes and going to fast or people panicking - slow and smooth wins through!
- and people doing 5mph on roads that have been completely cleared of snow, grittted and salted and are now merely wet.
Hello,
My car alarm seems to go off by itself. I can arm it ok you can hear it go round and check the door locks. A few minutes later it goes off by itself
Anyone got any idea how or what I can do to solve the problem
Thanks
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Help!
My Nissan Tino has been a reliable car for the last nine years but unfortunately with age
(it happens to us all) it just isn't worth keeping it any longer.
So time for a change. I'm looking for a car that'll get me up and down a motorway
(60 miles a day) in reasonable comfort with a reasonable MPG. But most importantly of all good reliability and sub £5000
I would also need to fit the Missus and my three kids in it occasionally. Although she's driving around in a nice new Mazda5 (how did that happen?!)
I think I have befuddled my brain by looking at to many reviews because I now seem to be chasing my tail unable to make a decision. And every time I read the "bad bits" and "what to look out for" I change my mind again.
Anyone got a suggestion other than buy a bike?
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Bridgestone Potenza RE720's are supposed to be very quiet.
Browse
www.midlandvw.co.uk/home.html
I've never used them myself
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