August 2010
Hi All,
it seems i am getting a reasonably good asking price for a car i am looking to buy.... Read more
Have recently discovered after washing my car a few times that the passenger side front door has had a bad spray job done on the upper half at some stage b4 i bought it. I think the garage i bought it from had polished it up but now after some washing it has a dull sheen compared to the rest of the car. On closer inspection it has a few little drips and has definately been touched up by an amateur at some point however they have at least used the correct paint.
Would like to know of any suggestions for fixing this so as it looks more similar to the rest of the car. I don't mind about the drips as the finish is not noticable except on very close inspection, it is just the dull non metallic look compared to the panels around it that i don't like. Is the top half of the door only above black plastic strip. Ford focus 2006 in metallic Black.... Read more
Any sprayer won't be keen on just doing the door-to get a proper colour match,it is preferable to respray the whole side of the car.
could anyone please tell me if the water pump on an escort finesse 1.6 petrol 1999 is cambelt driven, many thanks. iommi.......i am no mechanic. Read more
ok will do thanks again for your help.
2001 reg, car has done 68K miles, I have had it for 6 years with no problems.
Recently I added 1 litre of oil as the warning light came on, this was due to a cracked filler cap. I replaced the cap and added one litre of approved oil.... Read more
I have just had the same thing with my 04 318SE.
The oil light came on Thursday night so put half a litre of oil in and since have been having problems. Initially when I pressed the clutch, the rev counter would drop and the engine would stall. Now, when idle, the engine ticks over at 600-700 revs, then gradually increases to about 1700 before dropping again....
Sorry for the delay in dealing with any queries for the last week.
I have moved both home and office and was supposed to unplug in the old places early last Friday morning and plug into the new ones last Friday lunchtime after a pleasant drive down the M4.
Unfortunately British Telecom seemed to have other ideas and we only got a land line in this morning - one week after it was due. Furthermore there is no mobile signal within 2 miles of the house.
But we now have landlines, broadband and working satellite reception so I should be back up to speed in dealing with everything. I will be catching up throughout today and over the weekend but if there is anything urgent please call me on 0117 383 0221. Read more
Spoke to soon. So far we have had three delivery dates - the first for the day when we moved - so that one went sailing by. Then for a week later. Then (lastly) for five days later which was yesterday.
In that time I have had three different telephone numbers and the broadband has worked firstly for 18 hours - whereupon they cut it to "facilitate the second delivery date", then for 24 hours, when they cut it to "faciilitate the third delivery date - which was yesterday....
when i depress the clutch half way you hear a slight noise fully depresssed it goes away this happens only in neutral not loud noise is it normal maybe > first time i heard it Read more
Likely a slightly rough release bearing, if it drives OK I wouldn't worry about it, it will cost you a lot of money to find out.
Anything GOOD things or BAD things that happened this day? Read more
The ex-wife came into the bar where I do a few hour occassionally, with her "new" husband :-) I "think" they enjoyed thier drinks!! :-)
Problem on a '00 1.6 Primera. The airbag light is generally on - goes off occasionally but on most of the time. Is it likely to be the sensor under the seat? What else could it possibly be / what possible solutions are there that wouldn't cost the earth? Read more
I was plagued with a faulty underseat sensor on the passenger side a n absolute sod to get at to replace.
Can anyone shed some light on the above problem car starts ok either cold or warm
but cuts out sometimes whilst driving re starts again no problem and drives perfectly... Read more
Perhaps a faulty camshaft sensor.
For the last twenty or so years, the five cars I have owned have all had a tilt/retract sunroof. I like this option even if the car is equipped with air conditioning. I now want to buy a new car in the supermini class (Jazz, Polo etc) but I cannot find one which includes an opening sunroof as an option. Does anybody know of such a car? Read more
Hyundai i10 1.2 Style has a factory electric sunroof, a bit smaller than a Polo perhaps but also a good deal cheaper to buy and run.
Browse
If he is a dealer and registered as such then regardless of whether he trades from home or from Buckingham palace then you are cover by the sale of goods act and it gives you a lot more protection than buying privately if it all goes wrong.