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• honda aircon drain 27 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  A friend with a 4 yr old Honda Civic reports that every evening his chores include the removal of a fuse from the car. If he doesn't do this he ends up with a flat battery in the morning, he says that the RAC advised him that the fuse was in the a/c circuit.
• Seat Arosa Exhaust Warning Lamp 6 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  The exhaust emissions warning lamp has occasionally stayed illuminated for a full day's driving on my 6 month old Seat Arosa 1.0. The car drives just as well as before. Does anyone know what exactly the waraning lamp means and is a visit to the dealer service department really urgently required as stated in the manual.
• Unusual Sightings Vol 3 22 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  t=23902 http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=23901 Another thread for commenting on rare, unusual, old or just plain daft cars etc.
• Focus Clutch Bite-Point 29 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  My wife has a 14 month old Focus which is a great car generally. However the one thing that annoys me when I drive it is the high point of engagement of the clutch, compared to most other card I drive. I know the focus (1.6 Zetec) has a hydro clutch, but is it possible to adjust this bite-point at all ?
• FSI High oil consumption - Catalyst ? 13 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Can anyone confirm if my catalyst will suffer as a result of high oil consumption on my FSI engine? I'm using 0.5l/1000km at 27k miles 12mths old!! (No help from Audi as they say this is to spec!) Is my CAT still working ? Can anyone advise if my car would pass an emission MOT test??
• Guess the penalty 16 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  A piece in the local newspaper I thought interesting. 20 year old lad, gets stopped for doing 93mph in a 60mph limit after trying to outrun a marked police car. He admits that not only does he have no insurance, he does not even have a driving licence. What do you think he got when it ended up in court?
• Hazards. 28 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  As I was tootling along, tailgating and entering corners too fast and in the wrong gear this weekend I pondered on hazards that I treat with paticular respect. I decided that my top two most respected junction hazards were a) Pub Car Parks (Obvious) b) Garden Centres. (Old People) Discuss. -- These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Toads.
• Pug 306 alarm problem... 27 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  When I set the alarm and the indicators flash once, the passenger side indicators just stay on....Ive tried the old tricks like slamming the door and setting and re-setting the alarm but it just stays on......Ive had to pull the fuse on a couple of occasions and that leaves my car open to all sorts of thieving scum!!
• HDI engine stalling easily 25 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Has anybody had a problem with Citroen Peugeot HDI 90 engines stalling easily? The car has been back to the dealer whose diagnostics found nothing wrong. They tightened the turbo pipe. (2002 Picasso HDI, 2 months old) Do HDI engines repond differently to different brands of diesel?
• plastic trim 29 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  My 6 year old seat toledo has a fair amount of coloured (silver) exterior plastic trim. The paintwork on the car is fine, but I have noticed that parts of the plastic trim have deteriorated . The surface has started to flake a little, am I right in thinking that the laquer is beginning to come adrift/deteriorate?
• damaged leather seat 27 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  Help, managed to spill some wonder wheels wheel cleaner on my leather front passenger seat (car 6 months old), it has of course removed a couple of small but very noticable areas of colour. Does anyone know of a company that can refurbish a small area. Have yet to try the jag dealer. Many thanks.
• Renault Laguna - AA Breakdown Repair Cover - Dont Waste your money 24 May 2014 (Forum)
  As soon as you drive a new car off the forecourt you will have some degree of wear and tear.  What is the point of having insurance when every time I go to claim, the AA refuses to pay out? Anyone would think that they are trying to get me to cancel my insurance because my car is getting old.
• Honda - New honda jazz 1.2 vtec vs Honda jazz 1.4dsi 5 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I got a honda jazz on a o3 plate a 1.4 dsi, and the car went to the dealers for its annual service, they lent me a mark 2 jazz a 1.2 vtec se. My impression of driving the mk2 is that engine wise it got a similar performance to the 1.4 idsi, when driving in local area the old jazz is more drivable due to its higher torque under 3000 revs, on the motor way the new vtec comes on its own when you go above 3000 rpm it tends to go a bit more faster.
• Is it just me or is old age creeping on? 21 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Now I enjoy a laugh and a joke, but do others just find this tacky, unpleasant and demeaning. Or am I really becoming a boring old so and so. Must go, got to get my copy of the Daily Mail. MGs
• HELP!! New car wanted for new me-I'm 40 now!!! 14 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Looking for your help, advice & suggestions on what I should treat myself to now I'm at THAT age!! Right my Jaguar Sovereign has now gone, so what to replace...
• Nissan Qashqai? - Affordable new/used family car for long commute 3 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Its about a 150 mile round trip (much of it on the M25) and I'll have to go probably 3 days a week, so I need to buy another car that can do 25,000 miles a year. (My wife needs our exisiting family car - a 10 year old Prius). The most important criteria are: • A decent sized boot for my greyhound (when I'm not driving to work) • Really good fuel economy - I'm looking for at least 50mpg.
• BMW i3 - Style over substance 25 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  I noticed that when a car maker try to flog you a new car, the first thing the marketing dept will throw at you is look in and out, second is brand/desirability and third is the mundane practicality. How the world had changed, I was watching some old Cortina ads and the ad man was all about how good to drive the car is and the gizmos galore.
• which car for about £3000? 7 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Would they be good used cars? Ideally I'd like something Golf sized but I'm not a big fan of Ford Focuses. I dont want to get something really old either, reliability is quite improtant.
• New car query, economy related 3 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Good evening fellow motorists. I have come to seek advice as I am after a new car, as my current Mitsubishi Galant much as love it, is not the most fuel efficient! I am looking at a 7/8 year old diesel or petrol hatchback, preferably in the 1.4l category which achieves high mpg figures I cover around 200 miles a week mostly on A roads and Motorways with little 'urban' driving.
• family car - £1600 to Spend on a Nippy family car? 12 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  Hi Guys, i really need some assistance. Currently got a C5 hdi which is pretty good in transporting the children around, however would like some more...