July 2011
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Finance Act 2011 published yesterday.... Read more
A man loses his dog. So he puts an advert in the paper which says "here boy!", Read more
Don't feel bad if someone rejects you... . . . . . . . . . . People usually reJect expensive things because they can't afford them. :D
i took my merc to a merc dealer (the one i bought it from) for a serivce and as the MOT was due soon but i failed on a number of items
1 both upper caster arms... Read more
Hello tommyt, this is appalling, a main dealer stooping to those sort of tricks. I would write to your local Trading Standards Office naming the dealer and giving full details of your experience. I would also write to Mercedes Benz with the same information and asking for their comments on their own dealerships behaviour. Also informing them that you will from now on use an indepenent garage for servicing, using genuine MB parts and oil spec, and expect the manufacturers warranty to stand alongside that, because you have no confidence in your local MB dealer. Cheers Concrete
My dad is very happy with his Honda Accord, but would like to buy a 2 seater convertible. He has about £2000 to spend. What would you recommend? Read more
Looking at a couple of MX-5 specialist dealers there are several MK 1s out there at just over 2K. Private sellers should be cheaper. On the whole these cars are fairly bomb-proof if well maintained but considering they will now be quite elderly some things may need attention.
Having said that, mechanically they are quite easy to work on with parts being fairly cheap and available. Rust to the sills, wheel arches and suspension wishbones may be a problem. By now I would think most would be at least on their second hood but a damp smell in the cabin should set alarms ringing. This may not be due to a poorly hood but there are drains within the car that can get blocked which many owners are not aware of....
I have spent far too long reading car fan-club discussion boards, online mags, Honest John, etc etc and have totally confused myself.
I think I will trade down from my Octavia 1.9TDI.... Read more
I remember when the Ford Fiesta was a SMALL car. Now its like a Focus which has been through a really hot wash and just shrunk a little. Getting four people into a Fiesta used to be a challenge.
I have purchased akeyless entry unit to fit to the Suzuki Wagon R.
The instructions say establish if actuator is negative or positive triggering in order to... Read more
Hi, can anyone help. I was approaching a set of lights today, happily day dreaming away when they turned amber. I made a split second desicion to go for it. There was a traffic light camera on the junction and I am not sure if i got caought. I know for a fact that when the front wheels crossed the line the lights where amber but by the time the rear wheels crossed the line the lights where red and I think I saw 2 single flashes, but im not sure. I know the cameras go 'live' when the lights go red so think they where triggered buy my rear wheels... Have I been had or beacuse the pic will show the rear wheels and the 2nd the van disappearing have I got awaqy with it? Read more
The amber ligh shows for 3 seconds +/- 0.25s prior to the red. Please explain your 2.9 seconds. Regards Peter
No diagnosis required! Driving to work last week in my Focus, the engine suddenly died, loss of PAS, potentially brake servo assistance, etc Engine turned over but would not restart. Stranded on major 'A'-road for 1h waiting recovery...
Car towed to my local garage, who found the problem was a failed cam sensor. Apparently a regular issue on this engine (Ford 1.8 TDCI), leading to same potential safety risk of sudden power loss as the VW piezo injector death frequently reported on here. The sensor costs about 20 quid and is easily replaced by undoing the single bolt which attaches it to the cam cover. Might be worth a try if your Focus fails under similar circumstances!... Read more
I realise things fail. I've just never had so many failures on a single car before - i.e: drivers door handle, stereo, instrument cluster, tailgate struts. Also, car has failed twice - once in limp home mode and then the recent cam sensor failure. The car is serviced annually every 6-7k miles and any additional maintenance is carrried out on time.
The engine stopped instantly when the fault developed, on the A6 in rush hour, and so I lost PAS and brake servo immediately. Complete loss of power could be dangerous to many people and for the engine to fail just because one sensor fails is not very impressive. After all, the ECU still has a crank sensor to tell it the engine is still turning!...
I recently got into my wifes CRV (2007 EX Manual) and noticed a couple of marks on the passenger side of the dashboard on the piece of trim next to the SatNav screen. I tried to remove one of the marks by scratching it with my fingernail but it would not budge. Thinking that it was just a stubborn mark I put a small amount of white sprit onto a clean cloth and rubbed the mark. This is when I realised that, whatever the mark was, it had already broken the paint layer sprayed onto the piece of trim and as I rubbed it paint was coming off onto the cloth. I stopped immediately but was left with a black mark the size of the original mark with the surrounding area a slightly lighter silver grey.
Basically the black mark is the base plastic colour of the trim before it is sprayed. I was quite shocked at how easily the paint came off and would have expected a dried spray paint to have been far more durable.
I now want to touch up the exposed black area on the dashboard trim but have no idea of the colour Honda use to spray the dashboard plastic trim parts of the new CRV and if the paints even available to purchase. It looks like a light gun metal colour but it also appears to have a metallic silver base coat.
Any advice would be much appreciated. Read more
Discreet sticker over it till you need some bodywork touching up done, then get a handy little bodyshop/smart repairer to touch it in for you at the same time.
I'd have thought a smart repairer would be able to do especially now you have the paint code, just it'll be a bit expensive if it's the only job on the car.
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Many thanks, DVD.
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