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• Porsche 911 13 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  What is the difference between a C2 and a Turbo, a C4 and a C2S etc etc. I know that both the C4 and Turbo 4 have 4 wheel drive but other than that I am lost. I'm looking for BHP output for each variation as well as 2/4 wheel drive. From 993s through 996s. Please please help. The more I try and work it out, the more confused I get.
• Clutch in Vauxhall Carlton. 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  My husband has a Vuaxhall Carlton which I was driving on Saturday as I indicated off a roundabout it skidded out of control nearly hitting a railing, I managed to bring it to a standstill fortunately for me. I have a bit of knowledge about cars but I cannot understand why it did this its rear wheel drive I wasn't speeding but its had a new clutch recently.
• Diesels and the Russian winter 17 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I have a friend working in Moscow, and I thought I might drive out to see her in February. Things can get reasonably cold there: minus 20 is not unexpected, and if there's a cold snap, it can get to minus 35 or so, though by that stage, minus 10 is the norm. Driving a Rover 420 diesel, as I do, is there anything I should know about diesel at that temperature?
• VW Quality-Again 31 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Check this out...Straight from VW Technical Information Update 24 July 2003 Subject Touran Quality Issue on Early Info 195/03 Reference Right Hand Drive Production 1 Pages Contact The early production of some right hand drive Tourans has highlighted a product quality issue where the cable to the ccelerator pedal is not correctly fitted. We will ommunicate the technical action required to rectify this issue as soon as ossible.
• Pay as you drive ? 1 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Apparently the motorists\' friend Mr Darling has admitted that the government is considering imposing a \'per mile\' tax on motorists to replace the tax...
• Help !!!!!! Big smoke 24 May 2003 (Forum)
  Any idea what the problem is... Can I drive it home (slowly!) or does it need garaging?
• Car for £3k 8 May 2003 (Forum)
  I want to buy something for £3k at auction, drive it for a couple of months, then sell it and hope not to loose any money. I either want something comfortable, or good to drive. My last car was a 97R Mondeo 2ltr GLX. I liked it. But the front tyres were nearing the end of their life so it was time to sell.
• Selby Rail Crash 14 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I have just read the article in the DT about sleeping at the wheel, and was particularly interested in the photo showing the Selby crash. I had always believed that Mr Hart had been driving a car, towing a Landy on a trailer, but the photo would indicate he was driving the Landy. Does anyone know the full facts? As the owner of a Landy, I cannot believe that anyone, no matter how late they had stayed up, could fall asleep at the wheel.
• Merc SL (W107) Am I asking for trouble? 2 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  I am thinking about buying an SL, with about £10k in my budget. The thing is that I do about 10-12,000 miles a year, mostly motorway driving. Am I deluded in wanting to buy one of these? I imagine that the mpg is pretty poor especially on the 450's and I don't have a garage. I would have hoped that the running costs would be lessened by the fact that it is mostly motorway driving.
• Which make of brake pads? 26 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I bought a set of PowerTrain pads from Partco and was fine after 3000 miles of normal driving. I took it to road rallying last Friday and it overheated and glazed. Now I have to throw them away. Which brand / model should I go for if I do normal driving but the occasional rallying? The car is Nissan Maxima QX 3.0.
• Irish Insurance 5 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I know this will only advise that the vehicle is insured, not the driver, but it would be a step in the right direction and would ensure that the owner would be more careful about who is driving the car. It is a more serious crime to drive an uninsured car over an untaxed one. Discuss!
• Brother wants a car... 21 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Hey everyone, my brother is learning to drive at the moment. And in preparation had a wander round Carcraft to look for ideas as to which car to buy. We are looking for a smallish car with about £5k to spend. After the said wander he is keen on a newish Punto, or a Saxo [what he is learning to drive in].
• Inhibiting Mobile Phones 20 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  t this a small price to pay to stop the P****S who use their cars as a mobile office at 90mph in the outside lane of the motorway. IMHO mobile phone use whilst driving is indefensible and should be prevented by whatever means are available ? including severe penalties for anyone caught. It should become as socially unacceptable as drunken driving.
• Festive Stupidity... 29 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  From today's local newspaper: "In recent examples of irresponsible driving, a motorcyclist was trapped at 240km/h on the West Coast and a motorist caught doing 195km/h near Citrusdal while driving under the influence of alcohol and with three children in the car. " Both these roads are single lane, with no centre strip...
• Mercedes e300d auto box 2 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Done 96k miles with fmbsh. When the car is left unused for more than 1 or 2 days there is a delay on the drive take up through the auto box ie when it is first put into drive or reverse in the morning - after that the box is fine in all respects - if it is used every day then there is no delay. The auto fluid level is OK and has been changed every 36k miles.
• Blind in One Eye ? 18 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  ..... and allowed to drive ? Just wondering ! Steve
• A £1k car with decent cruise control. Possible? 26 Sep 2025 (Forum)
  I drive trucks for a living and most of them have pretty good adaptive CC and I really miss this when driving my 15 year old fiesta. I've read lots of threads on bangernomics here and people say "don't swap an old car you know for an old car you don't" which makes perfect sense.
• Unusual car insurance question... 8 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  Ok, I need some input here. Quick history first. Passed my full UK driving test about 17 years ago. Licence was revoked under the new drivers act for driving without insurance due to a lying mechanic and me being too naïve to question what I was told. Long gap between that and resiting the test as required, mainly due to not really NEEDING to drive as I live in a large city with plenty public transport but also because I was really disgusted with driving after what occured with the mechanic.
• BMW 420i X-drive - Advice on options at the end of a business lease 13 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  If a new car, then what? I thought of an Audi A5 (before the new model arrives) but I recall the driving experience as being tremendously dull. Some of you may recall that perceived image is an issue in my line of work (the merits of which I cannot alter). so that will limit some of the possible choices.
• FPN court summons for driving with No insurance !! 14 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  The car was delivered  at 5PM with a complementary one week insurance on his name. We took the car for test drive around Kentish town area and 20 minutes into our drive the police stopped us. The reason for the stop was the car was showing as a rental car on their system and there are a lot of gangs in the Kentish town area with rental cars so they want to check our details .