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• Driving in the 90s and 100s 20 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  She was later filmed driving off from the hairdressers with her walking stick on the roof of her BMW and being stopped by a lady to return it . I am all for keeping old folks mobile but surely we should have some sort of more stringent test 's for the over 80's and not leave it to purely to them to decide when it is time to give up.
• L driver cheaper insurance loophole? 15 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Based on daughter 1's experience, the first year would cost around £850, and so I'm guessing that a years NCB will bring that down by perhaps as much as 20%. So if the the moped insurance costs less than £170, I'm in profit.
• Overheating Punto 24 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Mk 1 - 8 valve. My wife?s Punto overheated today. She was using it locally, no traffic jams, so what made it overheat? The only thing I can imagine is the thermostat stuck shut. The engine got so hot that the plastic lugs holding the cambelt cover to the engine have melted.
• Aberrant hybrid styling 3 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  However for a true BL monstrosity, wasn't there a version of the Austin 1800 with a longitudinally-placed 6-cylinder? Citroen did something similar by adopting for the Light 15's last couple of years of production the big bootlid originally fitted to the Slough-assembled RHD cars. It wasn't all that bad but ruined the Light 15's lines. And there was a truly grotesque aftermarket boot some people used to fit to 2CVs.
• Omega 2.0 Eco, DOHC. Smoke in engine bay 15 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Unable to find exactly where fumes are from but looks to be in the direction of the EGR valve? The odd thing is that it will run OK for a short time then it?s as if something is letting go of pressure. That?s when the above happens? Any ideas? Please !!! Another quick question too if I may... There is what is described (in Haynes) as a cut off valve on the right side on the engine bay to the left of the power steering fluid reservoir.
• Mondeo Euro III/IV diesel 13 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  s of Winsford have TDCi 130 Ghias for £11.5k which seems like a good deal. Which at last leads me to my question ? my reading tells me that there is a big mpg difference between the Euro III and Euro IV models and that I want a Euro III ?
• Megane jerky at high revs 25 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Car: Megane Mk1 2.0 8v with s\s exhaust system & Inductions kit. Hi Any ideas on this would be gratefully recivied, as it's a very inconsistent problem. My megane has twice recently (once when hot once when cold) started dropping power after it's been taken above 4k RPM, to the point where the more throttle I give it the less I get back in return.
• Motorway Gantry Signs 13 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I can\'t believe how many people either will not switch on at all ( and when 98% are illuminated, they become even harder to see) and then when they do insist on using parking lights until there\'s pitch darkness. 2 re mobile phone use .Since the law came in I\'ve still seen half a dozen or so people using hadheld ; today a can driver navigating a miniroundabout near me .It was always stupid and arrogant to do it, now it\'s illegal as well
• Peugeot 205 1.6 gti broken cambelt help! 1 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  It has been a while since my last post.....! Had to rescue my brother, apparantly "car started to lose power and then stopped" Other brother went and...
• buying a warranty for s/h high-miler 1 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  After much ?uming and ahing? I?m getting close to a final decision on a new (second hand) car ? thanks to some help from this forum! The current favourite...
• Warning - impersonating an official 19 May 2004 (Forum)
  As there are many threads relating to complaints to garages, shops etc, I feel that it is prudent to point out a little paragraph in a Which? report that I read at my dad\'s - I am not sure if it is this month\'s or the exact content. However, the summary of it was that someone had complained to a well known clothes shop about a product and, when he was getting nowhere with his complaint, he claimed that he was from Trading Standards in the hope that they would panic and back down.
• keeper/owner 24 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  And what about someone who buys a new car but then gives it to their daughter as a present? Insurance companies do indeed ask ?Are you the vehicle?s owner and keeper??. I have a document which says I?m the keeper, but if I reply that yes, I am the owner, how can I be sure I?m not giving false information?
• Reward A484MKK Cream 230TE W123 10 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I presume I have been a victim of the gang of Balkan thieves mentioned in the Telegraph http://tinyurl.com/yu7nv There\'s a healthy reward waiting for anybody who finds this (some chance). Identifying characteristics: green interior, badly worn patch by drivers right arm - horsehair showing through; no front mats; some rust over wheelarches as usual.
• Fuel Consumption Peugeot 307 18 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I have not been using cruise control. I don\'t think it\'s my driving - my previous car was a 306 DT and that achieved 50 mpg and their extra urban claim was 54 mpg. Are these figures typical? What are you achieving? I\'m not getting much change out of local Peug distributor and I would like some evidence!
• Corolla - timing chain or cam belt? 2 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  I know this is blatantly obvious to some, but it isn't to me. I'm off shortly to view an S reg Corolla 1.3i SE, it's got 43k and I haven't a clue if it's got a timing chain or cam belt. Which is it anyone and when should they be changed? Plus if there's any other quick tips to look out for, (I have been through the CBC and How to Buy and Sell cars here).
• Omega Help, quickly please 27 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, i was hopefully going to buy a 1998 S Registration Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 CDX Estate with 42,000 miles on the clock, 2 owners, and FULL SERVICE HISTORY for £6700 on Saturday, and NOW i am petrified !! i have read most of the points on here, and i just dont know what to do, it`s my FIRST luxury motor, i play in a band and travel up and down the country, so i needed a big estate to get all my keyboards etc in, shoudl i still buy it ?
• Focus air intake 9 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all, A friend of mine is having a new Focus TDCi delivered on Sept 1st, he\'s tarting it up along the lines of the ST170. Amongst the bits he\'s adding/changing is the front bumper air intake grille which is situated at the bottom of the bumper between the front fog lights. The standard grille consists of a horizontal bar with a criss cross backing.
• What happened to talking cars? 8 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Emergency circuits in operation. Avoid braking hard. Service as soon as possible\" .. which turned out to be low brake fluid. My S-Class Merc doesn\'t tell me even 1/2 as much as the Renault did. Why is voice synthesis not included in at least the flagship models? It\'s all available on the OBD at the garage I\'m guessing. Why not to the driver, at the very time something goes worng.
• Ford escort 1.4 CVH carb problems 20 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  On closer inspection it seems oil has managed to get up into the air filter. I have cleaned all the s*** out of the airbox and got the prat who did the oil to make the oil level right plus 10 quid back for cleaning. i was told to check that breather pipes for blockages so they are now clear i think, i am unsure if they were blocked before but there was some s*** in them.
• Land Cruiser Vs Shogun - part II 5 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  ....and finally just to add the cat among the pidgeons .......has anyone had experience of LPG conversions for the Shogun 3.0/3.5 V6's ? Thnaks in advance. Chad.R