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• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 04 1.9 Aux drive belt idler pulley or viscous fan 27 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  The cambelt and kit of parts were replaced last year, but the garage didn't replace anything to do with the aux drive belt (no reason to I guess and I didn't ask them to). So, what experience does anyone have with either of these items? Obviously replacement is expensive as the front has to come off the car (again!!).
• Cable Vs Fly by Wire Throttles 9 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I am sure most people here drive modern cars with Fly by Wire (FBW) throttles. What do people think of them? I have rather negative views of FBW.... My experience of driving modern cars with FBW has been limited to hire cars such as Astras, Vectras, Focus etc...
• DVLA - Migraine a Notifiable Condition? 16 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I informed my boss that it was, in fact a migraine and not simply blurred vision and that I would be fit to drive on Monday morning but he has said that he wants me undergo medical tests and to obtain a report from my GP stating that I am fit to drive a PCV before I can start back. I've rung the medical department of the DVLA and they say that I'm fine to drive a PCV and have made a note on my records.
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 02 1.25 Overheating and no hot air!! 5 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Anyway they carged me just under a hundred quid for sorting that, putting some coolant in etc and the problem went away... until today. Between then and now I've put a few thousand on the clock, including several 5+ hours drives in one go and had no overheating problem. So after this happened today I rang a different local garage, again on a freinds reccomendation. They have said that I have likely warped the head gasket through driving with the needle in the red etc.
• Blew 123mg breath-Caught drink driving.[Read Only] 11 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I realise it's my own fault, but am really worried that this mistake is going to turn my life upside down? No previous conviction, driving offences and thankfully nobody was injured. It was simply a routine stop and a Drink Drive charge. I really cannot apologise enough! Any advise and help will be much appreciated. Thanks, Link.
• Loses Car For No UK Licence 8 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  They were tested and found to be too dark so a prohibition notice was issued to the driver. "When asked to provide his documentation, it was discovered the driver did not have a full UK driving licence and was advised to arrange removal of the car. "As he could not arrange this, the car was removed under Section 165 of Road Traffic Act 1988."' He has been in this country for several years and has been driving for all that time.
• Need short term off-the-road insurance 12 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I will be picking it up next week, and it comes with 1 week's free insurance which will allow me to drive it home and put it on my driveway. It will remain there for about 3 or 4 weeks, until my friend's schedule allows it to be collected, and that point she will be able to switch over her own insurance to cover it, and drive it away.
• What you must tell your insurer 11 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  * A change of vehicle (including extra vehicles) * All changes you or anyone else make to the vehicle if these make the vehicle different from the manufacturer's standard specification (whether these changes are mechanical or cosmetic) * A change of address * A change of job, including any part-time work by you or other drivers, a change in the type of business or having no work * A change in the purpose which you use the vehicle for * A new main user for the vehicle * Details of any driver who you have not told us about before or is excluded by the certificate of motor insurance or an endorsement but whose driving is now to be covered * Details of any motoring conviction, disqualification or fixed-penalty motoring offence of any person allowed to drive or of any future prosecutions for any motoring offence * Details of any accident or loss (whether or not you make a claim) involving your vehicle or that occurs to you while you are driving anyone else's vehicle * Details if you or any other person allowed to drive your vehicle suffers from a notifiable condition not notified to DVLA or any condition for which DVLW have restricted the licence"
• Mercedes Benz - 1998 24 intermittent failure to move when in D or 5 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Hard to tell 'cos traffic quite heavy. Another 2 miles to home - but when I slowed to park in a space, forward drive failed - lever in drive but no forward motion when foot on gas! Put in reverse - same thing - just rolled foward (parked on slight downward slope). I moved slector lever forward and backward - still no movement, but engine was reving OK - I didn't rev too hard as cars were in front and behind and I didn't want it to suddenly leap forwards.
• How far ahead do you look when driving? 7 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  A couple of weeks ago, I made a remark to my passenger that when driving at night, "things" in the road give rise to the biggest danger. This is born out by all sorts of incidents - pile-ups, collisions with pedestrians and other debris. In my opinion, the very vast majority of these incidents are the drivers fault.
• Generational attitudes to `Bad Driving`wartime 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I don`t think his generation would have been anywhere near as tolerant at some of the bad driving that we have discussed recently, do you? All I can remember is that as a kid, we effectively had the `Armed Forces` as neighbours and in our own homes. A Commando, Army Major, and Airforce, my mates father was a Tank commander in the Western desert.
• Motorway Driving 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I consider myself to be an experienced driver (don?t we all?) but I felt helpless in the conditions that prevailed. Is there a driving technique that is recommended for such conditions?
• Drink driving crackdown 1 May 2007 (Forum)
  Whilst I am concerned at the creeping intrusion of government into every aspect of of our lives (ID cards, biometric passports, chips in dustbins, road pricing and consequent tracking etc) I cant help but think that a purge on drink driving similar to that on speeding would contribute more to road safety. MGs
• Help! Ford Mondeo Zetec problem 10 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Recently bought a high milage Ford Mondeo zetec 2.0 diesel TDCI (year: 2004, milage 78,000). I've only had it 2 weeks, did one long drive (70 miles) with no problems. Did the same drive the following week but in extremely heavy traffic and warm weather. About half an hour of sitting in traffic I noticed a burning smell coming from the car (no warning lights on dash).
• I had only had my licence 28 hours 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  The legal limit is 35. Police today said they believed the driving ban to be the quickest ever recorded in Suffolk. Richards admitted driving while over the limit and was banned from the roads from a year, reduced to nine months if he takes part in a drink-driver rehabilitation course.
• Driving through a flood 1 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Close behind someone else or let them completely through and the waves die down first? I'm sure I've read something about not driving turbo diesels through water, but I am totally expecting to have dreamt it. Do you still have to test your brakes or is that a bit of an old fashioned notion these days? What am I damaging if I get water in my engine?
• BMW 1-series disappointment 10 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  When driving the car I felt very cramped; my left elbow kept hitting the door trim and visibility felt very poor with a claustraphobic feel to the interior of the car. Anything over a 60km drive was a bit of a trial.
• Rover 416 1997 coolant question 30 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  After driving the car the coolant level sits about one inch above the max line in the coolant expansion tank but if I sit in the car and wait for the cooling fan to cut in the coolant level is at the top of the expansion tank with no air to be seen in the tank but it drops down if I drive the car a few miles back to about one inch above the max line is this right.
• Top 10 Anti Boredom Remedies 23 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Counting how many Saxo or Nova drivers are wearing a baseball cap. 5. Seeing how may MPG I can get by driving as economically as possible. 6. Seeing how few MPG I can get by driving as uneconomically as possible. 7. Seeing what the combined MPG is by swapping 5 & 6 half way through the journey. 8. Daring myself to go to the next petrol station when the fuel light has come on (using the onboard computer is banned here) 9.
• Legal Drivers that shouldn't be! 25 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Some friends of mine have a next-door neighbour who, quite frankly, shouldn't be on the road. She is a pensioner aged almost 80 who her late husband would not allow to drive when he was alive. Now that he is dead, she drives but is a total menace. In the last two weeks she has: (1) Smashed into my friend's gate / gatepost, damaging them and her own Fiesta (2) Scratched, indeed, impaled her Fiesta on her own fence by driving too close to it in an attempt to park on her own, ample, driveway.