December 2009
Anyone bother doing this? I keep mine clean just by wiping the hoses, plastic covers and engine block down with a damp cloth. No spraying or engine degreaser. But I suppose since I've hardly ever used the car (6000 miles on it), there wouldn't ever be too much dirt in there anyway. Read more
1st of many posts about my 52 reg car.........
Like to know can i flash code read the srs circuit and whats the procedure, my snapon machine wont read. Cheers andy Read more
There is a procedure in the service manual.
www.mediafire.com/npoc
Very common for the connections/ground under the seats to be disturbed.
Seems like my car has its first ding on the driver's side door because of some insensitive moron in a car park. Not sure when or where it happened. I'm not too annoyed because it doesn't show much, its very small. But I do not understand people who just smash their doors against other cars in car parks - even if I had a car that was only worth £200 or whatever, I would still make sure not to hit my doors against anything... Read more
Very sensible brettmick. I'm in the same position really: can't afford new. Am likely to be moving to Buxton if we ever sell our house in the glorious Ribble Valley. Hint. If there is a semi-decent Subaru dealer near Buxton might well consider their offerings.
The first motor show opened on this day (11th December) in Paris in 1894. Read more
About 1894, twenty cars were in use in the entire France.
This experience was a complete failure because only two cars were presented that year.
So 10% of all the cars in the country turned up. That sounds like a success to me.
Has anyone used servicingstop.co.uk ?
They claim to keep warranty intact for all makes of vehicle. They are just iover £100 cheaper for the main service on my diesel A4.
Are they any good ? Read more
Try them you be our guinea pig and report back with the findings.
Hi
Just purchased car but only has one key . This works perfect but would like a spare . Do i have to go to a dealer or is their a way around dealers . What am i likely to have to pay
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autolocksmiths.net
These people are worth a try.Expect to pay around £150 for a 3 button remote and cut and coded key.
The comment on the F1 thread reminded me that I wanted to go and have a look at the Donnington Museum... as I have a week off I though I'd go this week, but the website is offline... Does anyone know if its still open or if its having the same problems as the track? Read more
Rats! I didn't know about that :-( And it was chucking it down that day too. Ah well.
JH
Hi
I am trying to change my discs on a peugeot 106 quicksilver T reg but cannot find the right size spanner etc to get the calipers off.
Does anyone have any idea what size they might be?
I rang a main dealer with the vin number but their system didnt say what size i needed.
Thank you for any help at all.
BTW I have tried a 17,18 & 19mm but none fit.
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Thank you both I have now taken off the discs and will put the new ones on tomorrow.
You were a great help to me.
My wifes uncle recently passed away and has left a 307 to the family. It has a keypad in the console which is bleeping when i try to start the car. We are unable to locate the code. Does anybody know if it is possible to bypass this keypad or obtain the code ?? Read more
A lad here at work just asked were there is a second hand tyre shop i said why bother with old casings when new tyres are cheap enough, just showed him the internet prices of blackcircle & mytyres plus a few others compared to fast fit prices.
He seemed quite shocked that they were cheaper, would you bother buying second hand tyres?
Years back there was lots of small tyre shops in old corner buildings etc but i don't see them now or im not looking!
I know they came in from europe where the legal limit was 3-4mm? & sold as runners from the lads at fast fit places making a few quid.
I have bought some second hand tyres but they came on rims off another car and could see them inflated and checked them fully over so the piece of mind was there when fitted to mine. Read more
Another source of part worn tyres are ones that get swapped at mainstream tyre centres, where say one tyre is much more worn than another and the customer prefers to have a matching pair. Plus tyres that get punctured and aren't repaired and refitted for whatever reason (say the customer doesn't want a repaired tyre or the customer was told that the tyre couldn't be repaired safely to force them to buy a new one) are then put to one side, repaired at a later time and then flogged on to a part worn tyre dealer for a tidy profit. Believe me it happens!
Browse
I can't even see my engine for the oily sludge that covers it, presumably from a pin-prick leak in a turbo air hose somewhere. Doesn't bother me in the slightest. I look at the engine every month or two to make sure it still has oil in it, and that's about it.