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• Every cloud.... fuel prices. 2 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Personally, I find myself driving even more efficiently than I did & cutting out the driving equivalent of 'snacks', e.g. not dashing out to buy one thing, but being a bit more planned & systematic & 'multiplexing' utility/pleasure trips where I can.
• Skoda Superb (2008 - ) - I've had a drive in one. 22 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Had the opportunity for a brief drive in a new Superb on Saturday. 2.0TDi 170 Elegance with DSG. There's no doubt it's a huge car with loads of cabin space - cabbies doing regular airport runs will be queuing up for them - it will take four passengers and all their luggage easily.
• MINI MINI One D R50 (2003 - 2007) - Buying an ex - driving instructor's car 7 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I found out from the sales person that the Mini One D that I liked very much previously belonged to a driving instructor. It is 06 reg and has done 65k miles (averaging more than 30k a year). The sales person assured me that the car is in pristine condition with any worn parts all replaced and they will be giving the 12 months warranty and MOT cover under the MINI cherished scheme.
• Small cars not fit for purpose 1 May 2008 (Forum)
  rating. " How can it be right that the government and Red Ken wants to bully us into small cars when these cars can't even protect us from the injury that is most common in city driving? Still I wouldn't like to drive a BMW of any size: "For the last three years of Thatcham testing, BMW seats have never achieved a ?GOOD? rating." Ooops!! The Ultimate Whiplash Machine? Still, at least the new ones are better...
• Driving through flood water - how deep can you go? 25 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I reckon I was in 12 - 15" inches of water when panic set in, I didn't dare lose speed by turning round, eventually I found a farm drive that climbed out of the water where I turned round and retreated, discretion being the better part of valour! but what would happen if it had got deeper, what's the danger ? The ignition system is as high under the bonnet as it could be, so is it water entering the engine block through air intake or elsewhere?
• Rover 200 and 400 (1989 - 1996) - - Battery drain problem? 30 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  t=42212&m=462049&v=e I have since bought a new alternator Due to electrics problems, I bought myself an internal volt meter, which enables me to see the voltage as I drive the car. I bought a new battery the other day thinking that my previous one was getting abit old now, so that may be a weak point. For the first day or so of having the new battery, whilst driving, the voltage showed 13-13.5 volts.
• Driving and diverted attention 8 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Interesting programme tonight ( Trevor McDonald 8pm) re how diversions affect our driving attention. It showed Merseyside police, even after the increased penalty for mobile use, nicking drivers at the rate of one every 4 minutes. Yesterday I was on the southbound M40 near Warwick at about 4pm .There was a lot of spray and poor light .Probably about half of drivers were showing headlights, and we had the usual assortment of parking lights, foglights and no lights in use.
• Driving test - latest ideas!!!! 3 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  http://news.intranetics.co.uk/articles/3192.html All pretty words but what will happen? Especially when the following is an example of todays situation. From Auto Express "The Driving Standards Agency (DSA) gave L-tutors until the end of the year to pass its hazard perception test. But with only a few days left, it says 1,255 still haven't done the exam. Learner drivers have been sitting the computer-based assessment for more than four years, and can't qualify without it.
• Recommend a quiet car for me! 5 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I "think" that one of the most tiring aspects of driving is the noise. This is particulalry true of 'straight road' driving where the ride, cornering ability and so foirth plays a much smaller factor in the equation. Given that I am not taking supercars here - would anyone care to venture a few thoughts as to a suitable beast for the job.
• How much to spend on a first time driver 20 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Also if she is gonna be driving me around, i need air con, and I hate the idea of her driving around in a potentially lethal tin can with no creature comforst whatsoever.! So should I buy her a banger (£500-£1000), or maybe spend around £2-3k on her first car.
• Allergic to Modern Cars 14 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Most of you reading the following will no doubt think that I'm barking mad - and you could be right! However, i am one of minority of people who 'cannot' drive modern vehicles. The reasons for this are complex, but they essentially relate to a problem with the overly-engineered electrical circuitry of cars. When driving I'm quickly affected by nausea and blinding headaches.
• tempted to drive into car in front 21 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  this morning i was driving along a dual carriageway in town, speed limit is 30. Approaching traffic lights which are showing red. No cars in front of me. On the other lane there is a car waiting at the traffic lights. In my rear view mirror i caught a glance of a mitsibishi evo weaving in and out of lanes at high speed. he over took me and swerved into my lane, nearly hitting the front of my car, then slaming on the brakes straight away to stop for the lights. i had to brake hard to prevent running into back of him. i had a young kid in the car and was very angry , i was about to get out to have a freindly chat with him but the lights changed and he zoomed off. if i was alone in the car i would have drove into him and scratch his new car.
• Squeaky Belt - possibly aircon - Avensis 15 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  My timing belt, fan belt and air-con belt was changed last may, however, since then, i havent done a long journey like this with my air-con switched on, on the motorway. i sprayed some wd40 on the drive and air con belt, i think it helped a bit, but the noise is still there. i know that there is a special spray for squeeky drive belts, do these work well? i also found that the problem of the noise tends to happen 'more' when my air-conditioning is switched on, rather than just the cool air in the cabin.
• 2004 Polo 1.4 brake deglazing ? 19 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  t=37755 ) in the offside front wheel area is "probably" caused by the brakes needing deglazing due to "driving style". This will cost £220 as it is not covered by the warranty. Head office have repeated this "driving style" excuse when I spoke to them. I am confused as to how a squeak can be caused by shiny brakes when they are not engaged and secondly why this fault should occur at all after about 6 months in a brand new car.
• Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 12 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Can find it on t'internet. TIA -- Espada III - well if you have a family and need a Lamborghini, what else do you drive?
• gap between brake and gas pedal 25 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Right, there I am thinking I've got meself a safe, comfortable car for the price of a new Almera. Volvo S80, and it is lovely to drive around. However, now that I'm driving it for longer periods, I noticed something potentially unsafe!!!!!!! It's and auto, and when I press the brake pedal, the edge of my shoe sometimes is almost touching the left edge of the gas pedal.
• Dyslexia & reaction times 5 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  In the rural drive, the signs appeared directly ahead, while in the city they appeared in a variety of places. The six dyslexic drivers took on average 0.13 seconds longer to react during the rural drive than the non-dyslexic controls and were 0.19 seconds slower in the city, where the simulated environment was more complex.
• Liverpool to Rome - the options 29 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Hence, we've always been to Scotland or Cornwall but now it's time for a change. So it's looking like we'll have to drive there. I don't mind as Dad and I will share the driving but we could do with some advice on destinations to stop pver, general routes to take. The original plan was to boat it to Spain (Santander to be precise) and drive from there, to Italy.
• Peugeot 306DT high coolant pressure 10 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  The pressure cap seems secure enough, so I'm assuming the head gasket is on its way out. The car seems to drive fine otherwise with no loss of power and the temperature never goes much above 80deg when driving normally. I've never let the car overheat and I've had the cooling system flushed and coolant changed twice in the 2 years I've had the car I'm aware that head gasket failures are common on the 1905cc XUD engine so I've got a horrible feeling that's what it is.
• MB auto gearbox 24 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I floored the accelerator from a fairly low speed, the revs. went round to the red line, just as though the gearbox had slipped into neutral. As the car slowed,I tried a couple of times to drive on, but there was no drive at all. I stopped the car, fiddled with the gear lever, put it into drive and the car drove away normally and since then has behaved normally - I haven't tried flooring the throttle since then, though.