November 2024
If you are of a certain age and interested in all sorts of cars, including kit cars, you may well be familiar with the William Towns designed Hustler. Most were four wheeled and most were steel/grp, but a few were made out of wood and a few had six wheels.
Here is a HubNut video review (YouTube) of a six wheeled wooden version, currently for sale at Stone Cold Classics (there is a link to their website in description). ... Read more
My car windows all four not operating
Checked fuse.okay is their any relay if so were located or any other advice Read more
i30 windows are a weak point of an otherwise great car. With our 2009 i30 we have had the little plastic runners inside the door card failing which results in the glass dropping. That doesn't sound like your problem which is just as well seeing that a new door card with electric window winder is about 200 pounds. You used to be able to get new runners on ebay from a guy in Turkey of all places for a trivial amount but restringing the wire inside the door card was very difficult. We are now on our third window winder failure! I will be very interested to find out what the solution to your problem is in case our car does the same.
good morning everyone
I'm new on here but really looking for some advice. ... Read more
You are the registered keeper, but not the owner. I don't think the finance company would be willing to disclose any information to you as you're not a party to the agreement.
I think the best thing you could do is contact the finance company and explain the situation to them. If your former partner keeps up the payments, lucky you. If he doesn't, it may be that they would be willing to make an agreement with you and end the agreement with him rather than try to repossess the car and sell it....
Apologies for the small novel.....I just need a bit of advice
I have a little red micra that I bought nearly 2 years ago as my first car (which made a few question if id lost my mind) When I bought it it had 68,000 miles on the clock and is a cat C. It is now just fresh into 91,000 miles and it has never let me down for long. My family members call it Christine, if you know you know.
In the past half-year the repairs and services have been really what anybody would expect with an old car due to wear and tear - a new battery, new brake pads/discs&caliper, 4 new tyres, all fluids replaced (including transmission fluid - it's a cvt), new track rod ends, some jubilee clips to stop an annoying heat shield rattle, new air filter, ac resistor and cabin air filter. In total I've not spent anywhere near over it's original buying price on repairs, so I'd say it's almost paid for itself in a way.
It has showed it's s*** side a couple times whilst I've had it though; it broke down slap bang in the middle of the road from the old battery going bad, it also cut out being put from park to drive on a dual carriageway (pulling off from a layby) however sprang right back to life when i restarted it, still unexplained. Only once has it ever flashed its engine light at me and that was when I had kickdown engaged for a bit too long going uphill with extra load, it went into limp mode, I fiddled about with the battery and again she sprung back to life with no further complaints and this was about a month ago.
I have noticed that its becoming a bit sluggish lately. I did change the air filter quite recently which gave it it's signature kick back, but I can't help but feel like something is amiss. I have an OBD reader and it isn't throwing up any codes, and idle speed is 800-840 everytime I check it.
I've read up and I've seen a number of people mention that the throttle bodies on micras commonly go bad or play up because of grease and dirt. In the same sense, I also noticed that in the cold weather it feels super heavy even when fully warm - around 30 mins of pure driving (We've had snow and only -1c to -3c temps) which is leading me to believe it could benefit from new spark plugs too.
At low speeds I can really feel the gear changes but only when it's changing gear from 20mph and under. This frankly terrifies me because I've heard baaaad things about CVT gearboxes but then I've heard that a lot of people tend to not think to change the fluid, making them go bad prematurely.
A mechanic also told me that my 'timing belt' was perishing (micras have chains) to which I found that he meant my water pump drive belt, it isn't slack it just seems very slightly frayed on the top layer.
I know most people would just tell me to get a new car, but I'm not in the position for that yet so I'm trying to prolong the life of what I've got.
So, in the new year, what would you recommend I get looked at? All of it? None of it? What would you put higher on the importance scale? Bear in mind that if the CVT gearbox goes, it's a deal breaker and it's gonna be turned into a metal cube because fk that :P Read more
Air mass sensor is a good place to start . It’s unlikely to show up as a fault on the diagnostic system . As you say, if it’s a gearbox fault, then it’s not an economical repair. Might be an idea to get an exhaust back pressure test , just in case there’s some kind of blockage here .
Insurance renewal has come round yet again for December 18th. Cost to renew my C-Max set to be £100 more than last year up to £480 in total. I was expecting an increase as I now have 3 points for an SP30, but thought the amount extra a bit much. So rather than be a last minute Charlie I did a trawl of the comparison sites bringing up AA Platinum at £367 so I've gone back to them.
There were of course some cheaper quotes but given AA is well reviwed it was an easy decision.... Read more
I was just reading thought Honest johns Questions and replies on the weekly email regards Is no claims bonus linked to a car or the driver and in this instance he said that the NCD was on the car.
My question is regarding our own car insurance and i would imagine this maybe subject to individual insurance companies.... Read more
I think that in the UK motor insurance market we put far too much weight on 'No Claims Discount'. Sure the number of years claim free, or rather the years in which you were not, will affect the premium but, like 'cost to change' when trading on car for another it's easy to be led up the garden path.
When we got a second car 25+ years ago I bought an old Pug 205 and Mrs B ran the more recent BX estate which was the family car. I took my NCD with me but with a little shopping around Mrs B, who'd never had car insurance, was able to access various 'starter' etc discounts and paid little more for the BX than I had with 'full' NCD. ...
I have an early 1900s craftsman 4-square and my partner and I have been working on upgrading the various systems for some time.
Windows are on the list, but all of the research I've done is kind of unsatisfying. I feel like my options are "modern windows that destroy the character" or "exceptionally expensive restoration project".... Read more
The OP has posted before on UK based themes and I removed a reference to a UK Window company from the post, so I assume that they are UK based, but watching carefully.
Hi i have a 2012 MK3 ST-3 focus...im trying to get a definitive answer in regards to resetting the petals all to zero...when I reset trip computers it leaves two green petals how can I reset all please...surely someone knows if can reset them all
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Hi all, I had a tip-off that national were offering 20% discount on four new tyres or 10% on two, so I just had a look some Michelin crossclimate 2’s for my Volvo which are due a change. Mine are 235/55 R19 V-rated and £221.99 before discount (I am sure they were cheaper last month before the current discount) but the odd thing is, the same tyre when W-rated is £209.99. Am I being naive, but I thought the higher speed rating would be more expensive? Both are XL and have no other differences that I can see and both available tomorrow.
Is there any issues with fitting a higher speed rated tyre than the original?
£168 seems reasonable for Michelins. Read more
My vehicle has 100v tyres. 104W are cheaper because there is a much wider choice,
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IIRC (and I might not) they weren't actually a plywood monocoque (which would be nice from an engineering POV but rather expensive assuming good marine ply) but simply ply body over a steel frame.
I suppose still nicer than fibreglass but more maintenance required.