September 2010
Near us here on the A34 on the Oxfordshire / Berkshire borders is a long and rather steep hill. HGV's normally crawl up, but coming the other way, I'm darn sure they come down at well over 60 mph. Do they run down in neutral to avoid the speed limiter? Mmmmm. Read more
Hi,
I'm thinking of buying an unrecorded damaged car and have found these two. Anyone got any thoughts if this is a viable way of saving money?... Read more
Sid,
Yes you and the rest are right, I think I got carried away with the idea of 'it cant be that hard or expensive to replace a bumper and door from a salvage place',
What peoples thoughts on the A4? It doesn't seem to have much damage on it at all.
hi got a problum with the steering it tends to wander right an left an some times grabs the road iv been told a few things what it can be just like to be shor what the problum is be for i do any thing been told steering bushs it doz have over size wheels size 215/45/zr/17 inch on it dont think that will be a problem any help will be good thanks . colin Read more
My local Nissan dealer, who now also sells Suzukis, sent me a letter saying that as it's a while since I bought my last car from them, would I be interested in anything in their showroom? I did check their website and found two immaculate 09 plate Suzuki Splashes for £ 7495, which, of course, would still have the bulk of their warranty on them. I'm not overly fond of the Swift, finding it bulky looking and testers have complained of the heavy body affecting performance and economy. but the Splash looks a good car, like a mini MPV. Also on checking Which in the local library, the Splash received four stars for reliability and quality and the economy, performance and low purchase costs were praised. I was more inclined towards getting a Honda or a Toyota to replace my ageing Nissan, but the Splash has made me think again and as an existing customer, the dealership might give me a better deal. Read more
Glenn
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Hi I have a problem with my Peugeot 406 2.2 HDI.
Poured its additives but it turned out that the board responsible for fap system is not recognized by the software handling in the service. Their shows unknown device. The box and write Magnet Marelli . Please help what to do.
Written antipoluction fault and I fell into a service mode. Read more
So we bought an absolutly new car from a francished dealer, took del late pm yesterday, discover that the towbar electrics are a bodge this morning, def NOt to manufacturers standards. we ar takling to the dealer but what would an acceptable sol be?
I was enquiring about the factory fit towbar electrics and was assured by the dealer that there was no need........they used a good local independent fitter.... Read more
Boing!
Sorted I hope, I phoned Skoda UK & talked to a very decent bloke who said as one would expect.........you need to sort this out with the dealer........................but I tink maybe there was a wee Ph call I knew nowt about....
hi bought a mondeo, no code finaly got the code ,great,but once the the code was in all i got is a slight noise from front left speaker and that is with the volume on max and fade etc is all set,any ideas as if radio duff or speakers duff please help many thanks. Read more
Take the radio out and see if its wired up properly and the ariel is in.If you have a 12v supply they are easy to test with a AVO or spare speaker.
I HAVE A CORSA DIESEL AND A CORSA PETROL THE PETROL ENGINE IS GOOSED AND I WANT TO SWAP IT WITH MY DIESEL THEY ARE BOTH M REG, WHAT CHANGES DO I NEED TO MAKE IF ANY? WILL THE DIESEL JUS SWAP WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS? MANY THANKS IN ADVANCE. RICH. Read more
thanks for the advice guys. this issue has now been sorted, with a trip to the breakers for the petrol car took what i needee off then scrapped it.
Hi all,
My first post, and looking for help.... Read more
Choosing between Mercedes and Audi? I'd definetely go for Mercedes if you want a car that will not simply drive you from A to B.
I don't believe it I have the same problem as my last car with an alloy wheel. During the week I went to the local tyre centre with what I thought was a slow puncture to be informed there was corrosion on the inner rim and that the wheel needed refurbishment. When I contacted the number they gave me I was quoted £65 + VAT. However I do not want the whole wheel refurbished just the leak cured. The other problem was dropping off the wheel and going back for it would use up my 50 mile/50 mph spare! Does anybody know of a company who will sort out the inner rim while I wait? Preferably in Herts or Beds but would also consider North London, Bucks and Essex. Many thanks. Read more
Many thanks for the responses. After telephoning around I found a small independent tyre dealer who did the job for just under £18-00. It seems that the larger chains (who mainly have younger staff) do not really want to know! Garage-express - if I had not found someone closer I would have come over to you.
Funny but I asked only the other day my son in law who is a Texaco tanker driver why HGVs brake lights regularly come on when they are running down the slight hill heading west down the dual carriageway to markeaton island at Derby.
His answer was exactly as described by Gordon with the added information that their vehicles have angle indicators somewhere on the trailer which log the amount of leaning over going through roundabouts and is an automatic call in to the boss for a caution when exceeding a certain amount....