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• Near miss last night- but who was in the wrong? 25 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Has made me think though, if we had come together, who would have been in the wrong. Incidentally, told my wife about this, as was in her car taking her mum home, and she said has seen him doing this quite a few times.
• Peugeot & Citroen cooling fan motors 11 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I would like to know if the two different manuafacturers of radiator cooling fan motors for the Peugeot/Citroen range are interchangeable? I am talking about a 1999 306 1.6 petrol, but there seems to be lots of PSA models covered by these parts. The two types are either GATE or ECIA. Even the main dealer asked which type were fitted to my car (some help the chassis number is to them!) Does anyone have "chapter & verse" on this issue?
• Focus TDCi economy... 12 May 2007 (Forum)
  Or is there possibly something wrong? Whatever it is, is undermining the car as a package, and coupled with the lack of character it's making me question whether it was worth the "upgrade".
• I am a middle lane hogger! 23 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  and this acted like a snow plough throwing the water up on to the middle lane and the outside lane of the opposite carriageway. The inside lane had its two "tracks" of worn out surface from the HGVS covered in surface water thus making driving very difficult. So the middle lane it was! And, yes, of course, there were still cars travelling along with either no lights, or just sidelights on! I suppose, logically speaking , there will very rarely be drainers in the middle lane so therefore it will have a suitable camber to remove the water from it as efficiently as possible whereas the other lanes will have drainers and the water will often flood at those points first if drains are blocked etc?
• Tyres - front or back? 31 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Right, I know this is covered in detail, and that new tyres should go on the back. But. I've just ordered a pair of Pirelli P6000 Powergy's for the Accord (2.2 i-CTDI Tourer). Weighed up what I wanted (80% motorway on cruise, 10% A roads, 5% mountain roads, 5% town) and took advice from the forum and from the very helpful man on Blackcircles.
• Illegal, daft, both or neither? 3 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Driving up A46 dual carriageway north of Leicester at lunchtime today. Road not very busy but still a good few cars doing 70 or more, when up ahead of me, about 300 yards I spy a small vehicle occupying middle of the inside lane and I was gaining on it very quickly (doing about 60 having just come up a slip road).
• Brake pad dust 27 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  My Scenic recently had squealing brakes and when I asked the dealer they said this is normal and is due to lack of asbestos etc and it is not covered by warranty (1 year old). They would strip them down but it would be chargeable. I blasted them with my power hose and this seems to have made a bit of an impact for now. My sister has the same problem with her C3, she has already had it in for the front drivers side to be stripped down and now the passenger side is doing the same, to the extent that I think the caliper is jamming as the wheel is heating up and car pulling to left.
• tyres for Mondeo 28 May 2005 (Forum)
  My 2003 TDC has covered 22000 miles, and i've just come back from holiday in Scotland. One tyre had to be replaced before I went away as it had a worn band, which looked as if it had been on the front, and kerbed badly.
• VW Polo Knock 17 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  There is no blue smoke from the exhaust when I do the MOT type blue smoke test (rev to 2k then release) so I can't think it could be a broken piston ring. The car has done 142k miles. Would a broken valve spring or a burnt valve do this. Has anyone got any clues please? Philter
• Insurance and NCB - blame disputed 18 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Hello all Recently another driver hit me a glancing blow as she emerged from a side road. I have a dent but she says the cars never touched, so our insurance companies have two different stories. My insurance company now says that to progress matters I need to get the damage repaired so they know the cost they are trying to recover (I am fully comp covered).
• Corsa 1.2 8v running cool 30 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  The coolant hasn't been changed before so do I need to flush the system, or is the garden hose sufficient? The car has 80,000 miles on the clock so should I look for anything else to replace while I have all these bits off. Thanks Andrew
• Where the hell does this wire go? Focus 24 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  There appear to be similar cables coming from the battery and going to the air cleaner but I can't really see where this one should go. The cable in question is covered by a hard plastic coating and has a sort of squarish connection which obviously clips onto something. I'm not *too* worried as the car drives perfectly but I'm pretty sure it was connected to something when I last looked because it's obvious as soon as you close the bonnet.
• 2002 - Punto 1.2 3 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  If there was a probelm with the discs, would they of highlighted this on the major service? From the description what seems to be at fault? Would it be covered by a)the cars warranty, b)the parts warranty on the fitted pads, c)I have to pay for it and if so is it expensive? Or could it be a lubricant probelm? Also, on the service my rear bushes were running dry (a common probelm I believe) they regreased them under warranty, but the problem has come back.
• Pug 306 1.8 XU7 Water Pump 24 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Question to any XU7 expert BRers, please: Is this the first sign of impending internal doom to the water pump (in wish case I will replace it), or is it likely to last like this for eons yet? May be the gaskets simply become brittle with time and heat cycling? The car has covered 25k miles in ten years, and right now I could do without the hassle of a Pug to fix! (I have a new kitchen to install instead!) Cheers!
• Headlight legislation 27 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Apologies if this particular aspect has been covered before but I can't see it in any of the threads. I recently saw a VW Golf which had some sort of headlight modification so that when his sidelights were on, they resembled the angel eyes of a BMW 5 series' lights.
• toyota vs. nissan diesels(+CHIPPING) 3 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I love driving and in an ideal world would be zipping around in a nice sporty number, but sadly not when I`m covering 500 miles per week!! So, I` resigned myself to less performance than petrol, but would obviously like something as good as possible. I`ve test driven a 2000(X) reg. Almera 2.2 turbo diesel and quite liked the car but worry about the sluggishness.
• Yaris Exhaust 30 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I'd suspect not if stainless which is why I think I've been misled by the dealer. I also suspect I'm likely to be about 3 months late as I doubt it'd be covered by an extended (manufacturers equivalent) warranty. (I didn't need to get the exhaust done at all on my old Tipo and it seemed OK to look at even after I'd had the car about 2.5 years, so I don't really know how long an exhaust should last)
• Wet Rover won't start 30 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  All of the following is new in the last 12 months - battery, starter coil, all plug leads, plugs, distributor cap/rotor arm, vacuum pipes for starter sequence, air filter and the engine bay relays. I've also fitted a rubber coil cover off of a later model and cleaned all of the low tension leads from the ECU but all to no avail even after a liberal soaking of WD40. The car does several hundred miles a week, easliy passed all of its emission tests in last months MOT and when running is fautless.
• Mike Rutherford 16 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  A few weeks ago one of his ideas for easing pollution was to build more tunneled roads ! Apart from the massive cost , and damage caused by cut and cover , where does he think the pollution from cars in tunnels goes?
• Astra alternator problems 9 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  When I first started this morning the charge light was flickering on at idle speed and when coming to work the dash lights were not steady until approx 60 mph. When I pulled into the car park at work I was able to see the lights in one of the windows and there was clearly an alternate dimming and brightening of the head lights. I was always given the impression that the alternator should produce a constant output capable of covering all of the general electrics even at idle speed and this, to my laymans eyes, would indicate that there is an output problem.