My buildings and contents insurance is coming up for renewal and I have got a few quotes. The company I am with at present is in fact the dearest at £314 but I can get about £30 off this I know for a fact, so making it about £285. However all the quotes I have obtained all vary greatly - some are around £250, some £230 and some £210, a couple are really low at around £155, the lowest £142. Now bear in mind these are all very similar policies in what they cover and are all big name companies. I'm tempted to go with the cheapest but as we all know cheapest isn't always the best way to go.

Am I right in assuming that these very low quotes are hiding something nasty if I came to claim on the insurance?? Read more

I'm having an idle surge problem with my 89 VW Golf II. It's a 1.8L 8V manual. Car seems to start fine, and seems to idle fine first thing in the morning, but after I put it in gear and start driving, it goes into surging nearly every time I stop. There are times periodically when it doesn't surge when stopped, but very infrequently. The car seems to run down the road fine. I don't notice any surging at speed on the road, or any lack of power, so my guess is that it isn't a plugged fuel filter. It's an American spec car as far as I can tell, as the speedometer is in MPH.

So far I've changed the spark plugs and plug wires. I have a new distributor cap/rotor on order. I just bought the car so I've not had a chance to take a really good look under the hood. Wondering if it's vacuum related. Any ideas on where I should look? Read more

after a short period of driving brakes begin to bind and heat up. Further driving will heat pads and brakes extreme. Pedal moves up and begins to get tight requiring minimal pressure to syop completly, If slowing down at about 5mph brakes will self engage and bring vehicle to a stop then partially release. have tried complete brake bleed and fluid replacement, caliper replace, calip check, replaced proportioning valve, checked master cylinder, replaced ABS, now at a loss for ideas. Read more

Ford Focus - the speedo, rev counter, temp gauge and fuel gauge suddenly go to zero while driving and then come back to normal. Occasionally the engine warning light will come on for a minute and sometimes the ignition warning light does the same.

Engine performance is not affected.... Read more

Here is one in the eye for all you Renault Bashers out there.Just got back from my local indie garage my 1994 Clio with 111,000 appprox miles on the clock. Took the stroppy teenager in for service and M.O.T told the garage not to bother if needs lots spent on it. Garage called and passed o.k. only needing small weld on the exhaust total cost £267.00 including test. and service No rust issues on the car although rear wheelarches starting to look tatty may get can of paint out at some stage this winter . Looking forward to another years cheap depreciation free motoring.

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