November 2012
Should the rear heated windscreen feel slightly warm to the touch when operational.
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This happened to my 23 year old son over the weekend.
He had arrived home around 3am parked along from our house, sat in the car listening to a bit of music finishing, the police car passed him, the music finished and he got out the car and was walking away , when the following happened : (his words)... Read more
Englander in Jerrmanie
Who so ever the Company states in the application for Insurance question to be Policy holder and userr....
Just bought a pair of Osram Nightbreaker Plus H4 bulbs for our i20. Found that Amazon are substantially cheaper than some other internet sellers. The Nightbreaker Plus bulbs cost £11.98 for the pair (sold as a 'duo' pack) directly from Amazon, rather than one of the marketplace sellers.
Pairs of Philips X-Treme Vision seem to be around the £19 mark.... Read more
55 watts is 55 watts whatever you do with it
Using a bulb's electric consumption is a crazy way to rate them - what matters is light output in lumens - they aren't all equal !!
Any tips/advice on removing rear bumper from Accord?
It appears harder than it looks... Read more
This is true! used car values are up!
As we all know that there are various reasons to consider when we decide to buy a used car that includes various sections and the improving reliability of older cars still the main attraction of used cars is the affordability. There was a market research in which it was concluded that the average transaction price on a new car in the year 2011before taxes and fees was $29,916 and the average used car transaction was $9,297 at the same time.
i bought passat 55plate on aug 12 from vw dealer the day i drove to home i felt steering vibration and engine vibrates lot at idle i did't have time to go back to check the car but i phones couple of times later (after 2 months) i went to local vw dealr to investigate the cause they told its timing which was not done or bad job (actually my car had cambelt dont when they sold to me as per service book ) i rang the dealer (where i bought the car) told the situration they said to bring the car to look in to it to fix i dropped the car they fixed it they said its not timing its oil filter and fuel injections cleaning was done to fix the vibartation i felt the diffrence took the car back service manager mentioned that due to supermarket diesel it gets like that ( i only had three monhts )
so as per your knowledge is this repeat again or will it be ok do i need to replace the fuel injectors going forward?... Read more
Is this a very late 3B Passat or an early new shape 3C Passat and what is the cars engine type code.
Hi today i was pulled over for no seatbelt cut a long story short i found out today my license has been revoked in april...in febuary i was stoppd and issued 3 points for using a mobile phone at traffic lights..i went to police station surrenderd my license paid the fine.3 weeks later got my license back with the endoraments on it written down i thought that was that...i moved house about a week before the mobile phone incident so i gave the police my new adress and got the license back however i hav just chekd my license it still has my old address on it!!!would the dvla hav written to me?despite me surrending my license and having the endorsements put on by the police?would they really revoke it any feed back would be appreciated thanks alex Read more
In life some things just happen - in this case you have brought things upon yourself. On the phone in a car and driving without a seat belt. In between not notifying change of address to DVLA - 3 x events that are now costing / going to cost you £££s
Write to DVLA and explain circumstances in an ordered fashion...
Hello everyone, hope somebody can help me out with this one. I've found a car i really like on autotrader listed as a trade sale. so went to have a look, when i found the place it was a normal house in an estate. the gentleman assured me he was a motor dealer just based at home. which seems reasonable.
i've heard of people pretending to be private sellers when they are trade but never the other way round.... Read more
Well, i may of bottled it or had a lucky escape, i found a better car for a similar price at a dealer that i know has a history.
i'm sure that the one from home was probably a genuine dealer its just a lot of money for me and the family and i just couldn't take the risk....
On a previous thread I was debating going petrol over diesel for my next car. However after thinking logically (i.e. not every diesel owner suffers a turbo failure, or countless DMF replacements) we have both come to the conclusion that due to our mileage each year we would be around £700-£800 better off (and that is a conservative estimate) by going diesel.
However I'm also aware of potential pitfalls, especially with newer engines with DPFs, and with certain problems with older engines (i.e. 2 litre VW units).... Read more
Yes - if you've worked out that diesel is best, then a VW or Skoda with the 1.9 TDI engine is the way to go, followed by the Mondeo.
There are lots of Mondeo diesels that give sterling service, but I'm not sure whether the Mazda 2.2 has overcome the high-mileage failures that affected the 2.0. Someone on here may be able to answer that one.
Tried to replace the speed sensor on my Ford Ka 1.3 2000 but found it wouldn't tighten up all the way. Checking the old one I found a piece of the metal cable that inserts into the engine was broken off. Is there anyway of getting this out of the engine? Read more
You will need to remove the plastic gear drive unit from the gearbox.If I recall ,it is held on by 1 x 10mm bolt.Once this is out of the gearbox,you should be able to pick out the remains of the drive cable.hth
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I should hope so,otherwise it would not be called a heated rear window.