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• Being a passenger in a badly driven car 14 May 2003 (Forum)
  How many of you are brave enough to comment on other peoples poor driving while in the passenger seat ? Whether its loved ones, friends or just someone test driving your car its so difficult to say 'your a bit close to the car in front' or 'this is a sharp bend ahead,slow down'.
• Astra Drive Belt - Fitting Problems? 22 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  Hello, thanks to HJ's wisdom and Volvoman's brute strength, I have located the broken drive belt on my Astra 1.7d, and bought another one. Apparently it's quite easy to fit - Volvoman's words not mine. But I need a little advice before attempting this. Under the bonnet, there's 2 sort of pulley things that it looks like the belt should go on.
• (Extreme) Cold Weather Driving in the UK 21 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  m planning to do London to Inverness in my trusty Xantia TD Estate(M1-M6-A74-M80-A9) over the coming weekend and it may involve some night driving, but the weather forecast is giving me serious doubts about it .... I know that countries that experience extreme winter climates such as Northern Europe and Northern North America are more geared up for travelling in sub-zero conditions.
• Death by Dangerous Driving 3 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  I am surprised that no one else has mentioned it here, so here goes. The chap who is up for causing death by dangerous driving, as far as I understand, was deprived of sleep, which lead to him falling asleep at the wheel. How many of us, hand on heart, can honestly say that we haven't ever driven when we think we shouldn't be (either extremely tired or otherwise).
• Why do you run so many cars? 5 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  But for the reasons outlined below it would be difficult. Me - for pleasure - needs to fit 4 people, plenty of space, safe to drive and manual 4 x 4 is preferable as I do plenty of rural driving, and tow heavily laden trailers. The wife - needs the exact opposite (typical!). Won't drive it if she has to think of changing gears, and it needs to be small.
• Christmas Greetings 24 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  Happy Christmas to everyone on the forum. Drive safely!
• Unintentionally driving down private road 2 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  Whilst 'driver 1' is amending the destination on the side of the road (with poor signal) a car comes down from the private section beyond the fence and this 'driver 2' blocks 'driver 1', says "alright" and tells their passenger the plate number of "driver 1" and drives further down the road stopping on the side. 'Driver 1' having corrected their navigation after a few mintues, now drives towards entrance, past 'driver 2' (who could have stopped to record them on the road).
• FIAT 500X - Exporting a car; what type of insurance does the DVLA need? 3 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  I have issues getting insurance cover in Ireland for various reasons and the one company that will insure me (AXA) have said they could only cover me for a day or two of driving over here as it wouldn't be like the usual 31 days holiday cover as the location at inception date will be in UK.This won't work as it will be three weeks from purchasing car (driving it from garage to my house here and three weeks later driving it home).
• Land Rover Discovery drivers - 25%! 4 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  <*** class="editorial " src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/mSo.PoAWyrAvw2Tt2a_CYw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/423/2012/02/01/Discovery-jpg_165758.jpg" alt="" width="630" /> Research revealed that Citroen Saxo VTR drivers are worst for driving under the influence whilst Peugeot 106 GTI owners are least likely to comply with traffic lights. Stats also showed that Ford Galaxy Zetec owners are caught most often using their phones while driving.
• Upto £8k for a new'ish car 28 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  The budget I have been set is up to £8k although ideally £7.5k of course that all depends on what exactly I can come up with and if it meets my parents approval. Currently I’m driving around a 10yo Vauxhall Agila 1.0l which is leaking all over my dad’s drive way and is not exactly a decent car but if it were not leaking it would probably be sticking around until it completely falls to bits.
• 2005 ford focus ghia tdci 2.0 136 - TDCI engine problem, can anyone help. 6 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  I hope someone can help me as its getting worrying now driving a car that the garage dont know whats wrong with it. Thanks.
• BMW 320D SPORT 2004 - BMW 320D Does Dual Mass Flywheel needs replacing? 6 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Anyway,  I asked them to put it back together as they said the clutch was not at fault but would need replacing along with the DMF. I have since been driving it round and it drives like the day I had it.   Surely if the DMF was in such bad state as they said I would encounter some sort of issues with it?!?   It drives really smooth with no judder or slip which makes me think they are trying it on.
• Leaving a 12 car gap at all times 20 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  On the motorway, we drive much too close to the car in front. Even on almost empty roads cars can commonly be observed driving convoy 1 car length apart. Driving closer than 6-12 car lengths distance at any speed on the motorway provably causes tailbacks[1].
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.8 petrol (?) Stalling engine & ign. light. 17 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The car after i have driven about 20miles then park and then get back in just after i have started driving again ( i basically drive from work to parents house, pick up son then drive home again) i normally pull into the same road (my parents road) and reverse out. Anyway it has started to stall at this place mainly and then the ignition light comes on.
• Lancia - Ypsilon, driving experience. 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Just had an interesting week driving around Italy in a Lancia Ypsilon - two door "luxury" supermini (http://www.lanciaypsilon.com/ypsilon/eng/home.html ) We went for the cheapest car we could hire and I must say it's impressive. Ours had climate control and was plenty big enough for me to drive, and notably wide enough.
• Company Car vs Car Allowance 18 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  A:- should I opt out or not B:- what is probably the best option I need to be looking at C:- anything else I may not have covered above The main considerations have to be financial rather than drive quality. I need something thats economical and the petrol auto just isnt around town. I'm lucky to get 30mpg and thats driving it under 3500 revs. Cheers count but to be honest, the main considerations have to be financial rather than drive quality.
• Nearly killed a child last night 20 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  I have watched that advert where it shows if a car wasn't speeding it wouldn't have knocked the boy down. Now I know how true it is. I am not going to preach to anyone else or beg you to drive safely, I have read such comments in the past and it has not affected my driving. What happened last night, however, has.
• Driver training - skid pan 27 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Apparently, what I was doing is what everyone does, and is the reason why skids in front wheel drive cars are called "killer skids" by those in the training world. Format of the morning? Swan around in a rear-wheel drive car (BWM 3 series) and a front-wheel drive (Rover 216), four to a car. Spin a lot, laugh a lot.
• Losing the rear end of a BMW? 21 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Please note that I do not feel this is because I am driving like a boy racer, as the symptoms occur even when I go around roundabouts at 20mph. I think that this is caused by accelerating out of corners, which I always believed was the correct driving technique, and so, whilst the front wheels are turning slightly, the back wheels are attempting to propel the car in a different direction.
• Applying for class 2 and class 1 with DR20 and DR3 8 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  Please forgive me for the noob questions or if they have been answered before, I am sorry in advance. A little bit about my personal situation, in early 2016 I have had a DR20: Driving or attempting to drive while unfit through drink and a DR30: Driving or attempting to drive then failing to supply a specimen for analysis. I do not want to get into the details and defend myself here but basically, I was not actually driving nor attempted to drive but that is another story.