Snow here tonight in North Devon and a colleague has a 55 plate 'S' type diesel Auto' Traction useless in these conditions. Now I have guessed (and a small wager) that the gearbox has some sort of tiptronic/manual function up the left hand side of the gate thereby allowing him to select a higher ratio from rest and giving more traction and/or being able to change up ealrier having the same effect.

Will I be the winner??

Best regards.................Martin Read more

Hi, my mk4 golf's heating has packed in, i got a new radiator fitted yesterday, the heating was fine then stopped working, the screen is constantly moist on the inside, anyone have any ideas?? Read more

Here in south Manchester, all our local buses have been cancelled due to the snow. Perhaps this is understandable, but it does make the point that one cannot rely on public transport (PT).

It is precisely under these difficult conditions that PT should be fully available. How on earth does the government hope to persuade us out of our cars and onto PT when PT is unreliable?

Yes, I know that conditions are severe (for the UK), but so what? Are buses only fair-weather friends?
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I recently travelled to Eire on business and hired a small car. I collected this at Cork Airport and returned it to Dublin Airport the same day.

I always use Auto Europe (on-line) to make these reservations and I can thoroughly recommend them as being first class to deal with. Indeed if you do have to call them, the number is 0800 and is always answered very quickly by a real person.

Auto Europe have always arranged my car via Murrays/Sixt when I've been in Eire, however, on this occasion, it was Budget and with them I was charged a fuelling fee which would be refunded if I returned the car full of fuel, (as collected).

Now I normally make all my "foreign" currency transactions in the local currency with a credit card that does not charge an exchange commission, but I forgot to check this when I collected the car and ended-up paying the Euro deposit in UK Sterling. When I returned the car (the SAME DAY) the deposit was refunded, but the exchange rate was slightly different (worse) and as a result I ended-up paying 35p for NOTHING.

Now I'm not going to loose any sleep over this, as it was my fault that I did not have the presence of mind to check the CC machine when I entered my PIN upon collection, (however I'm slightly narked as otherwise I would not have posted this here). But if you think about how many times this probably happens world-wide on a daily basis, someone is onto a good thing!
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due to engine pressure it keeps blowing the core plug type seal on the top of the engine leaking oil everywhere can anybody tell me where the breather system is located and do you think this is the problem as there doesnt seem to be a headgasget failure, Many Thanks Read more