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• Windscreen obscured - not just tax disc 19 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  It must be the UK's way of getting the wrong end of manufacturer's cost cutting. We don't get RHD screens. On LHD cars the symbols would be a long way away from the driver's usual line of sight and one of them at least covered by a tax disc or similar. Another reason to buy Japanese?
• Buying Zafira and pushing for best deal 18 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  They want 0% finance, however I am thinking it might be better to get a cheap loan over say 3 years. The cost of this might be covered by getting pre reg, any comments? When I buy cars, I normally do the test drive, ask about stock/delivery time, then do the deal over the phone . I figure asking for best price, then ask for the usual mud flaps etc.. then to "seal the deal" go for a tank of gas.
• Alfa Romeo 156 Cam Belt Failure 23 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  s and 156?s, well before their scheduled replacement (72K). I have an Alfa 156 (3 ½ years old) that has covered 63K and bang went the cam belt a couple of weeks ago. Now facing a large bill to rebuild the engine. Car has been looked after and serviced on a regular basis. A dealership near me kindly told me to contact Alfa UK based on a technical service bulletin they issued in September 2002.
• daewoo matiz EZ+ 15 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Electronic diagnosis gizmos seem to come up with a different code each time they are plugged in. I'm at my wit's end. The car has covered just 29,000 miles and in all other respects is in excellent condition. I want to sell it but unless a solution is found I'm faced with having to scrap it. Any suggestions gratefully received.
• Disabled Parking - Again 28 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Disabled drivers cause just as much of an obstruction as an abled bodied driver. Create disabled parking bays by all means, but to cover the streets in yellow paint and then let a special class of driver use them as parking areas is just illogical. What do others think? Les
• Uninformative Owner's Manuals 22 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I guess they are covering the user operation (fair enough) and product liability angles, but I really would like some more info - on VSA for example, which wheels are braked and under what circumstances (it says not all of the braking system is under VSA control, whatever that means), and when might I want to turn it off?
• OT: House Insurance Q for MRLBS 15 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I don't want to bother these poeople all day. I've got names and times of phone calls. If a speeding motorist [1] hit's my house, am I covered? [1] ;-) -- These are my own opinions, and not necessarily those of all Toads.
• VED Refund 17 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  I've just been digging around to find out when the DVLA are refunding the VED for cars under 1549cc. I found the following: http://www.dvla.gov.uk/gved/gved_1549cc_rebate.htm The relevant paragraph of which is: "How do you get your rebate? For the moment, do nothing. For those keepers of vehicles with engines of 1201 to 1375cc, the rebate invitations will be sent from DVLA in July.
• vw - Hire car 23 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  A hire car was dropped of at my girlfriends work,she signed a form to say she had accepted the car and there was no damage etc. We had the car over the weekend and on the Monday afternoon someone from the garage dropped off our car and drove the hire car the miles back to the garage where it was picked up by the hire car company.
• Definition of New Car. Advice Pls 11 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I cannot see how a car involved in what they describe as a minor accident can be defined or sold as NEW!! The other option is to get a car in two weeks similar spec but with Air Con but they are not willing to cover the cost of the air con £1000.
• Not worth the cost. 5 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  Had a call from my darling mother yesterday to say that her 42,000 mile 2009 59 plate Honda Jazz which she’s had from new has failed its Mot due to structural rust underneath. This is a car that’s never seen a motorway, it doesn’t go out at night and almost never leaves the town, especially in icy salt covered roads, yet it is now rotten underneath despite a lifetime of sleeping in a dry garage.
• Any - Hard Shoulders 30 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  Traffic moving at 60 mph covers 88 feet (5 or 6 car lengths) a second. Given the degree of isolation in a modern vehicle - soundproofing, aircon, music, etc. - I would suggest that reaction times (i.e. between noticing a problem and reacting to it) are at least as great as they ever were or greater.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.8TDCi car cutting out at speed 10 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Managed to get it going again but over the next few days same thing happened and it seems a common problem which others have referred to in previous posts. Car taken to a diesel specialist who said....The new fuel filter was a poor quality he had seen this problem on other cars so he fitted a new bosch filter. Over the past 3 weeks the car has been fine, so if it was ok before the filter was changed and has been ok after another filter has been fitted it seems almost certain the problem was down to a dodgy filter.
• Renault Megane (1999 - 2002) - 01 1.6 Cambelt / Camshaft Problems 24 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Bottom end of engine reconditioned and rebuilt - we reluctantly handed over further £300 towards this (remember car is beloved). Four months on, car breaks down - squealing noise, then loss of power. Car recovered to different Renault approved repairer who stripped down engine and provided report - oil leak caused by inlet camshaft oil seal having come out of head causing damage to cylinder head.
• Peugeot 307 SW (2002 - 2008) - 2002 2.2 Unblock diesel filter warning 17 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  We were heading home after a day out and had been cruising at 40 - 50 mph on open country roads. The car drives ok with no loss of power or rev limit. The light is now off again. The car was bought from pug dealer as an approved used car in November 2007 and the service history is almost complete (the car was a demonstrator then sold and serviced by the dealer then sold to me).
• Volkswagen Beetle (1998 - ) - 1.9 tdI Legal advice re: buying used - timing belt 22 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, have finally found a Beetle for my wife, a diesel one that has 40k miles and is 4 1/2 years old. Now this is being bought from a used car dealer. I have done all the usual checks including speaking to previous owner etc so happy all that side is covered. However, the car has not had its timing belt changed. as some of you may remember this was the subject to a long thread, prompted by HJ himself as VAG had changed the frequency to 60k / 4 years for changes.
• Diesel engine disaster 22 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Hi I've just registered on this excellent site, this is my (rather long!) first post. Incidentally I found you because this site is mentioned in the latest issue of Car Mechanics magazine which I received today (readers letters page). I wonder if any experts on here can me with a problem I have with my Ford diesel Mondeo? The car is a 2004(04) model and has done 22500 miles.
• An Appeal 306 XUTD Engine failure 4 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  A couple of weeks ago a conrod failed in my engine. Car was a peugeot 306 D Turbo P reg (built registered April 1997). It have the DHY code in the engine code. The car had cover 71K, FDSH until 54K, regulary serviced since I owned it, just had new timing belt.
• Knock for knock insurance? 5 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  I then proceeded to fill in on a piece of cardboard the details of litres bought and miles i have covered since the last fill up, as I have done for the last 8000 miles.While i was sat down with the door opened a Ford Transit pickup tried to squeeze through between my car and a car at the pump opposite as he did so he caught the door edge and creased it back (the door is a write off) He got out of the Transit and accused me of opening my door as he passed even though i had being sat there at least a minute with the door open.
• Fiesta noise and gearbox whine. 14 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  In addition the soundproofing over the exhaust under the rear seat and in the rear wheel arches is .. negligible ... so no wonder I could hear the brakes being applied in one of the cars I tested. It's a great car but really Ford should and could have done a lot better.. I hate all noise in a car so I have covered both with soundproofing felt and added further soundproofing to the car (with a kit from HJ's recommended http://www.noisekiller.com/).