December 2009
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Can anyone help me I have a peugeot 206 diesel that has an orange warning light on the dashboard that looks like a car skidding in a broken circle???
Thank you for any ideas I dont have a manual
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Tonight, I had the misfortune of travelling along Seven Hills Road - In Weybridge - to anyone who knows it,it is a very busy main road, and almost pitch black.
I was unfortunate enough to find a pot hole that removed the air from my wheel in a nano second - I managed to join the 4 others within 50 yards who had done the same - one poor guy had both tyres taken out.
I was fortunate in only 1 tyre being affected -a roadside assistant (who had just dealt with 2 others) company came along, knocked out the massive indent and reinflate it - it seems to be holding ok - but should I insist on a new wheel tyre - from the council - because within 15 mins there appeared a council truck - who said it should/had been filled in earlier - its was about 18" long and at the worst 6-8" deep . - They also revelaed a similar situation occurred in Banstead Read more
What the hell am I paying £171 a month for?. And they say they have NO money.
Good news for mince pie lovers, but not if you like a bit of cake.
Never liked Christmas cake anyway, but I'd hate to give up my mince pies!
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I still try to get people to make Christmas cake for my birthday at 71 deepwith, although they often demur citing health and safety reasons. I will pass on your advice to my cake-makingest daughter...
When I turn the key nothing happens apart from a click. Its a 1.6 petrol and has hardly been driven over the past week but started OK yesterday. Could it be the battery, alternator or starter motor? Read more
Turned out to be the battery. It now starts fine, cost £50 inc fitting. Garage had initially fitted a new battery for whatever reason was discharged.
But I'm thinking what if my battery was actually fine but the alternator is not chraging it properly so in a few days/weeks time I could end up with the same problem. If that happens can I be certain the alternator is faulty?
For what seems ages, the A40 Acton railway bridges have been undergoing a re-building programme. I've been down there twice now, and I still can't believe what they have done.
West of Gypsy Corner and east of Savoy Circus, the A40 Western Avenue has long been a 3-lane dual carriage way. In between there was a section that went over a couple of railway bridges that has long been a 2-lane bottle-neck. A few years back proposals to subsatntially upgrade both the Gypsy Corner and Savoy Circus junctions were dismissed on grounds of cost, but not before a row of houses on the south side of the Western Avenue were demolished in preparation. The renewal of the Acton Bridges (the bit in between the two circuses) went ahead, presumably on bridge strength grounds, but rather than make a 3-lane section and remove the bottle neck, the Highways Agency have decided to renew it with a 2-lane section with nice wide paths etc. (where 3-lanes would easily fit).
Thereby ensuring congestion continues, along with its raised emmissions, CO2, and drivers' blood pressure! Madness!
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I drove 2 miles this morning and there were no roadworks.... : )
No, really, I would have to agree... I don't get any of these schemes. There's a similar one in Crewe... 2 lanes down to one, despite the fact that it's the main road past the station (quite a busy one as some of you will no doubt know) and there is no decent public transport.
I hate to quote Clarkson, but I had to agree with something he said in an article the other day: something like "when the government says "motorists" it basically means adults who need to go somewhere". How can we need to keep the economy going and at the same time be stopped from doing it? I apologise most insincerely that I don't live in London and have an inhuman underground train option to get to work, but I think you will find that about 80% of the country doesn't. If only our elitist rulers would get this into their thick skulls...
Hi everyone.
My daughter bought a new Kia Ceed s 5 door for a total price £9300 December 2008,on finance.
She has done about 13000 miles in it. She is now realising that it is tough to make the payments and is thinking of selling it and buying an old banger. She owes £8100 still on the finance.
Anyone any idea what she might expect to get for it ?
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What sort of finance was it bought on? Straight forward loan? PCP? HP? The finance type will have an impact on what can be done with regards finance.
She might also find it difficult to get a decent old "banger" with scrappage still running. Someone could get £2000 off a new Ceed for example by trading said old banger.
Hi, I've just bought a 1998 16v GTi VW (mkIII) golf. The fuel guage doesn't work and it's going to be an expensive job to fix. I'd rather just set the tripometer each time I fill up. However - I need to know how far I can get on a full tank of petrol......does anyone know?
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Dave I'd suggest fill up at 230 miles first time, and see how much it takes to fill up again. Then keep extending the mileage between fill ups until you reach 45 litres at the refill. That leaves you with a good safety margin. G' luck!
During a drive to Bury St Edmunds on the A14, I've noticed some digging up and laying of some purple pipes on the embankment/road side, that re-surface every so often (probably inspection holes or somesuch), but these seem to have been installed from the M6 junction in recent months. Anybody know what they're for, as I'm curious. Read more
If it says "M6 Toll Clear" and nothing else, you can surmise the plebs' M6 will also be reasonably free-flowing... If there are any hold-ups they are quick to announce them on the matrix signs.
I guess the M6 Toll operators must have had a clause in their contract requiring the adverts on the overhead gantries, to try and gain "best value" from their investment ;-)
I've only been on the thing once, and that was when my passenger was paying.
Hi, where is the cheapest place to buy a maf sensor for my 2001 Renault Scenic 1.9 dci?
I've seen some on ebay for about £50 but are they ok?
Has anyone bought one off ebay?
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No idea how much it will cost but these people can remanufacture / refurbish most stuff:
www.bba-reman.com/content.aspx?content=air_mass_me...l
Problem will be the post leading up to Christmas.
Diesel DTi. Can anyone confirm whether the drive on this is belt or chain ? Also, I'd like an idea of cost of replacement, whether it's best to also replace the water pump at the same time and, if so, the likely combined cost. Many thanks. Read more
Chain.No need to ever change.
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