November 2010
First time on the forum. I`m trying to find a good Honda Civic Shuttle, mid ninties perhaps and automatic. I know very little about this car, though it does look from the outside the right thing for me. What would be the best way to try and find one appart from the usual websites like autotrader.
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Spotted a car I want being sold with the fitted mouldings at the sides, front and back. The mouldings are not part of the standard kit of that model.
What are the implications of these mouldings? Will they make my insurance more expensive? Anything I should be aware of when inspecting the car? Read more
You buy the car, as is, you have no knowledge of any modifications, how would you? You're not a car dealer. just a buyer.
Hi all,
I would welcome your thoughts on this please.... Read more
I think that Honda glass is a bit soft. After two hard winters of scraping ice of the windscreen, the windscreen on my 2008 CRV is badly scratched. I successfully polished out a deep scratch on my Bristol 406 (replacement glass for these is like hen's teeth) using one of the kits with the polishing mop on a drill mentioned earlier. I'm going to give my CRV screen a go with the kit. If you are going to do this, mask off the rest of the car and wear some old clothes as the polish gets everywhere!
here we go again , human rights etc etc and the detainees are to get millions in compensation from the UK !
I have been a tax payer all my life and appear to be entiltled to nought!
Even my hospital appointments for regular check ups with the Rhumotology clinic have been cut and then the Doc puts me on cheaper version of tablets which has caused no end of problems then the Doc doesn't want to send me to the clinic because it comes out of his budget but when I ring the clinic they say my Gp needs to refer me otherwise it comes out of their budget !!!!!
Can they send me to Guantanamo for a year, can't be any worse then being bounced around in the NHS and at least i could claim compensation by the Million and afford to go private then! Read more
no-one voted for a coalition - simply because it wasn't on offer
Can anyone give me a step-by-step guide to removal of the screenwash resevoir which is located in front of the drivers side wheel arch (I think I can work out how to clean it out myself once I get it to the kitchen sink). Is it necessary to remove the bumper assembly in the 2006 model variant or is there an easier way to access the resevoir? Read more
I cleared a blocked screenwash by blowing air back through the pipework. If you can disconnect the tubing at a joint and get hold of something to blast some air back down the system you may clear the muck from the filter. Then stick a hosepipe into the washer bottle and give that a flush out.
Tread blocks of 2 year old tyres perishing.
Have done 20,000 fairly gentle miles so happy with wear but can get tip of fingernail under some of the blocks.... Read more
anything's worth a go.
Cheers
my friend just purchased this car yesterday he,s come to work this morning and the key wouldnt come out of the ignition finaly we managed to get the key out but the engine didnt turn of so we stalled the car but the dash lights remaind on so we replaced the key and tried to start the car again the car would not start without us bumping it, same again when we stopped and removed the key the engine kept on running, any help would be great please before it has to go to the garage and charged a fortune ... thanks daz Read more
could be something as simple as a faulty ign switch/ worse is wiring or depending on year of saxo a bsi unit.
Switches quite common
Hi can anybody help me, my rover has had a continuous starting problem since i bought it six months ago, have had new starter motor and battery. if the car is left overnight it will not start next morning, all the battery lights ect on dashboard are pretty strong but car will just turn over but not fire up, ive got one of them emergency power units which you connect to your battery terminals and it starts straight away, this is baffling me please help!! Read more
Try connecting a jump lead to the negative terminal on the battery and onto a convenient metal part of the engine block - if this solves your problem you have a bad earth situation. In which case put a secondary earth strap on the negative battery terminal and bolt it to a convenient point on the engine block.
If the above fails and you have a multimeter, measure the voltage across the battery whilst cranking and then at the starter motor terminal whilst cranking (helper needed), any great difference in voltage would point to the positive strap to the starter motor being damaged and/or corroded connections. Ensure you do not tangle anything/yourself in rotating parts whilst cranking. Pop off the electrical connectors on the injectors whilst carrying out these cranking voltage tests so the engine does not start and/or become flooded. Label/number the electrical injector connectors if they are able to reach another injector! The car will still run if these are plugged into the wrong injectors just very roughly and inefficiently! If you have a single point (SPI) model then all this numbering etc. is irrelevant.
Hi,
Is there a formal process of complaining about bad driving. This happened when someone just cut in front of me, very closely. Or should i just bear it silently.... Read more
What constitutes "bad driving" is largely personal opinion.
...and standpoint at the time. I had a chunky austrian lorry driver berating me in a supermarket car park this evening. I had the temerity to brake when a car on my right started to pull out in front of me from a petrol station as I approached (think driving on the right here), in order to turn left. He eventually saw me, but I braked to avoid a collision, at which point he was one-third across my carriageway. I then flashed him to carry on with his left turn, as the road was clear of oncoming traffic, which he did. When I pulled into the supermarket, the lorry driver told me he considered I was in the wrong because "he had 35 tons of weight and couldn't stop quickly" despite the fact he was around 25 yards behind me when I braked. So firstly, why didn't he see the situation developing despite his elevated view (probably because he was on his mobile), and secondly, why was he travelling at a speed from which he couldn't safely stop (if he'd been in my position he would have t-boned the car)? He clearly thought he was in the right. I'm happy I was guilt-free. We both feel wronged.
What made it amusing afterwards is that he probably thought my wife was driving as we have a locally registered RHD car and I was driving at the time.......
Hi,
I have a 2002 Peugeot 307 - diesel estate and the exhaust is making funny noises. It sounds very 'boy racer' like and it hangs down very low at the back/underneath. Also; once the engine has been started and I drive a few hundred yards down the road there is a beep and a yellow/oragne light that flashes on the dash board - but it doesnt happen again in the same journey. The light doesnt seem to relate to anything on the dashbord - it just flashes a few times. Any idea what the problem is? Could it be related to the exhaust?
The car is going in for an MOT at the end of the week and no doubt these issues will be resolved then - but I am keen to find out what the problem is likely to be and a ball-park figure of repair costs...... Read more
sounds like you need a visit to a garage to check the exhaust, on the 307 there are pressure sensors on the exhaust linked to the management system.
It really should have a visual check and diagnostic check first, may have a broken rear box.
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