January 2010
Reposted from another forum (ie, not me):
Just received the renewal notice for my car insurance. Pleasantly surprised by the premium - down about 20% on last years premium.
However, they have added a new clause to the excess that I have never seen before. Excess £250 as before but an additional excess of £200 if I do not use their approved repairer.
Car is a 3 year old Audi so would obviously prefer to have any work done by a VAG approved shop.
Insurance company not named for obvious reasons.
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Im trying to find some decent tyres for my nans astra. Currently she has 155 x 80 x 13 tyres.
I was wondering if I could swap the tyre size without upsetting the gearing or speedometer becuase there is more choice of tyre in the 165 x 60 x 13 for example,
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Quick look at eytyres shows 155/80 x 13 isn't rare and is essentially the same price as a 175/70 x 13 (which is the correct equivalent size). About £50 for a 'known' make.
JS
This is unfortunately only a sound recording, but still great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRSYTw9IBxg
Listen to the drive by around 2 mins in. Near the end there is an onboard sound recording. I can't believe this engine is only 1.5L.
Has anyone got any personal favourites sound wise. V8 perhaps?. Or straight five?
Any thoughts?
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZo1KBPKa7c&feature=related
Pity this is not real but cgi stuff but these sounds do it for me
than any car or f1............
I love this clip of the Mustangs in Empire of the Sun. Great low flying and Merlin sound effects.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=02BBtN-P0lc
Hi,
I have purchased a new throttle body for my 2004 C-MAX 1.6 Zetec and need to know the process to be followed after fitting, in order to allow the ECU to learn the new closed throttle position, can anyone help?
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Two held after frozen canal drive
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8454242.stm
Please do not try this at home ? :-((
Lucky it was an estate car?
The case has still to come to court.
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depends how deep it is silly
Need to get a couple of new tyres - front down to 3mm and rears 5mm - Assume the best thing is to put the new ones on the rear as this seems the recommended procedure on safety grounds. All agree? Read more
Why would anyone not take a simple measure to reduce the likelihood of (problems).
When the reduction in likelihood of the problems is approximately 0 and it's not worthwhile.
ie a 2WD Yeti
or an Octavia?
, perhaps a 4*4 to get better ground clearance/ robustness?
We do NOT need or particularly want a 4WD ( with the fuel penalty)
as I can drive perfectly well with 2WD, despite current conditions
oh and diesel, diesel, diesel
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Ok Guys thanks for all above
I kinda liked the older style CRV, cant warm to the newer one with the horrible( to my eyes) styled rear end.
Subaru= expensive for adolosents to drive
the Yeti is good on the low insurance
Though prob just get an Octavia
sigh
boring sensible old person that i am
My focus has started to Rev high on its own.
Normally the car will start fine and drive away Ok but after a short while usually after a gear change the revs will rocket up to around 4000rpm. I can then feel the car pulling itself along. The car will eventually sort itself out. It can happen at anytime and on occasions can go weeks without a problem.
Its a problem several other people have mentioned but I have never found a definite fix.
Has anyone had this problem, Found a fix or have a solution?
thank you.
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Im having the same problem. Ive done a bit of research and found a common fault on our cars are the Idle Speed Control Valve or the Throttle Position Sensor.. Having replaced both at more money than I wanted to spend, I'm still no better off. My next step is the Vehicle Speed Sensor. I get the feeling it may be wiring though, but tracing it will be difficult. I've sussed that if you unplug either your TPS of the Air Flow Meter on the air fiter box the car runs fine.. go figure.. Im just curious as to what damage running with either disconnected will do..
Did you manage to get yours fixed yet?
I nearly fell foul of a certain online only Car Insurance firm (they say they are quick by the name!) and their "print your certificate at home" instructions... so here's the story and a warning!
It was just after i bought that old Escort Auto in December... I insured it, printed off the certificate (as instructed by their email) and took it along to the local post office to tax it... When I got there they found that as it had been registered as a "disabled person's car" (ie nil tax) they couldn't tax it and I'd have to take it to the local DVLA office at Worcester to get it taxed... They very kindly checked all the stuff I'd given them (including the certificate) and said it was all ok...
So on the Monday I toddled off to Worcester, waited in the queue and then presented everything to the guy behind the counter... He gets hold of the certificate and says "where did you get this from", so being a good boy I replied that I'd printed it off my printer... "Can't accept it" he says... So I told him that the PO had checked it and said it was all ok, "No good, we only accept originals" says he...
At that point I asked to speak to his boss, and after giving my side again (PO said it was ok, and email from Insurance Co says its ok) she very kindly said that I could phone them up, they confirm that the car is indeed insured to the DVLA and I eventually got my tax disc...
Moral of the story... even if you use one of the online only companies make sure you ask them to post an original copy of the Certificate... Seems they have several a day of these, and only the fact that the PO had checked it beforehand presuaded them to allow me the phone call... normally they just send them packing... without the tax disc!
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I'm renewing SWMBO's insurance. The, erm prompt sounding, place she's currently with won't renew because she'll be retired but require business use.
I've found someone who will but they won't accept an e-mail version of renewal document and proof of NCB.
Let's see if I can get the, erm rapid sounding, company to post me what I need before I run out of synonyms.
Bit posh innit,pity they couldnt clear the access road of snow though seeing as we are all going there to pay road taxes
more like an airport terminus than a cash cow machine or is that the same thing?
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You not got many PO's in your part of the world then BellBoy?
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Ref Workshop tech's comment - happens here too, although not many make it to the courts. One was a new Honda-Rover that was rear-ended. The repair was done by cutting the rear off a scrapped car and welding it on to the new one in place of the bent bits. Badly done, but somehow sneaked it through MoT. Owners complained about the workmanship and demanded a new car, but neither the Insurance co. nor the repairer would budge. A Rover Engineer condemned the car as unsafe, and the court took his word, so the owners got their new car. { And full costs, as I recall.}