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• Police driving over the speed limit 3 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I live on a straight B Road which has a 30mph limit. Houses each side of the road and quite a few cars parked either side. Nothing unusual about it. Up the road is a police house which serves as a local traffic division. 9 times out of ten whenever I see a battenburg being driven, and it is not on a shout (no blues and two's) the car is clearly going faster than 30.
• Mazda 626 (1997 - 1999) - 1998 2.0 Non interference engine? 25 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  If so, would anyone recommend a precautionary early belt change. The car is in lovely condition and I cannot envisage buying anything similar for what I paid...£995. I plan to keep the car for a further 3 or 4 years (unless I get lucky with my Premium Bonds!)
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 1995 1.5D Crankshaft Pulley Problem? 12 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Started car this morning - ran badly with exhaust smoke. Thought I had a glow plug problem so set off for work. Down the road was missing and smoking so returned home. This evening attempted to start but it didn't want to.
• Subaru Forester (1997 - 2002) - fitting an aftermarket exhaust insurance increase 2 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  As mine is not a common car I don't even know if the national chains can even supply one at any price but does this mean that everyone fitting aftermarket systems and not notifying their insurers are technically no longer covered or are my insurers being particularly pernickety?
• DVD based expert systems 11 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Very expensive, and impressive. 3 dimensional display of vehicle, and summary of work including time required. All technical data for every component you could wish for. Covered wide range of vehicles, and updated quarterly. I was so impressed I emailed the maker and queried whether they supply the same information on a one-off basis for a particular car, as it seemed far more useful than the usual Haynes manual.
• Heavy bill! 10 May 2006 (Forum)
  ve just had my first service on my L reg Honda CRX (2 seater roadster). I have used a main dealer as it?s my first service on this car and I?m aware that it needs a little TLC. The service has identified quite a few items that need doing: The service itself was £168. The other items that apparently need doing are: Cam cover gasket = £42 New battery = £65 Something (?
• Vectra 2.2TDi 16v Auto MPG ??? 26 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Vectra 2.2TDi LS 16v Auto Diesel Hatchback Have recently purchased this car, it is a 2003 (03) plate and it has covered 34k and has the ECOTEC engine, some advise please..... It seems to me to be drinking the diesel very heavily and I have now filled it up three times since Ive had it and on each occassion it is struggling to make 300 miles before the low fuel light appears.
• Is it my choice? 21 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I am covered 3rd party f&t so my insurance company said I have to take it to two garages and get quotes and send them in. Today I got my first quote from fords and the guy there that helped my said I can choose what garage I want to fix my car, I don't have to send in 2 quotes, its my choice where and with who I choose to fix it.
• Honda accord electric tailgate problem 19 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  I have just bought an 03 honda accord 2.4 type S tourer from a car supermarket(after much deliberation i might add - thanks to HJ for making me aware of how good this car is!) Unfortunately, the electric tailgate doesnt seem to work properly. it closes fine, but will not open when i press the button most of the time.
• Smoky/Rattly Volvo 850 TDI 6 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  I have an 850 TDI, 96 model, great car and I have owned it for about 8 months now but it is nearing MOT time and I am concerned about two things which i am hoping maybe some other people may have experienced. First it is smoky under accelleration (Black/Grey), the slower you drive it the more you will get next time you accellerate, this is the main MOT concern, Secondly I have had a rattle only when the car is hot and only on tickover.
• Pug 406 1.9td P reg smoke 24 May 2005 (Forum)
  Some smoke in morning at first start up. This smoke clears very quickly. I do have the odd day when it does not happen. The car has covered 161,000 miles, has 6000 mile oil and filter changes, and air and fuel filters are change before they are due. Other than this the car drives perfectly. The smoke smells like it is oil thats burning.
• Nissan Primera Radiator damage 7 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  A friend with a 3 week old Primera found it losing coolant in a big way from the radiator. They are not car literate and were initially fobbed off by dealer with the line of, "stone damage, not covered by warranty....... happens regularly!" Well if it happens regularly it can only be a design fault, therefore should they go after dealer on 'fit for purpose'?
• Seat Ibiza vs Nissan Almera 15 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  The former is wonderfully reliable, but expensive to insure for us (25 and 22), the latter is a bag of nails and we've had more problems than I care to list, but it's going after just over a year in our possession. So, we're downsizing to one car between the two of us and the above two pretty much cover what we want. Can anyone suggest any others to consider? Anything I should be wary of? What would you choose? TIA
• Fiesta automatic choke problems 4 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  The car runs fine and starts normally when the engine is hot. Does anyone know a low cost solution to this? The fuse trick is not only embarresing but is also giving me a very sore arm! I also had a bit of a wheel arch damaging incident a while ago and am looking for wheel arch covers, does anyone know where i could get any near london (or my mail order!)?
• The Ugly Stick Strikes Again 4 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  The 7 and 5 are hideous, the 3 Compact has the ugliest rear of any car on the road and the X5 looks more pimp-mobil by the week. Audi must be laughing all the way to the Deutsche Bank.
• Accident repair 3 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  I will cut to the chase as some of this was covered in a previous post. Rear drivers wing and passenger door was scraped on my Scenic. Put it through Esure's authorised repairer. Got it back a couple of weeks ago. I noticed on Saturday that although they seem to have feathered it well towards the front of the car ie.
• Broken rear windscreen - A4 Avant 1 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  PS The car is an A4 Avant and the doors generally need a good slam to shut. The exception is the boot which I let close under its own weight.
• Stone the Crows! 27 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I went straight back to the car and wrapped some paper around the wipers to discourage the crow. When I returned to the car tonight to come home, I was pleased to see that they were still intact. Then, when driving off, I switched on the *rear* tailgate wiper and washer to clear some bird mess and wondered why this just produced an awful smear.
• Vectra Warranty / Timing Belt Change 14 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  "Would this invalidate the warranty should the cam belt go before it reaches 80k?". I don't think the garage knew it was under warranty so they didn't comment.(The car has always been covered, since I bought it new, by various kinds of Vauxhall or Hartwells warrantee.) Thanks, Richard
• Old shape BMW 7 series 22 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  I'm seriously considering getting a second hand 7 series on an S or T plate. I cover about 25k a year, including a couple of trips to Austria/Switzerland, and the idea of a car like this for under £15,000 appeals to me. Am I being a complete fool? If so, you'd better talk me out of it.