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• Insurance anomalies 27 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  But with excesses of £300 on one and £275 on another. I went to Egg who also do motor insurance. Their price, for the same cover, is £513.55, for both cars and a promise to keep the rate the same for next year. This is with excesses of £100. I think the AA tv advertisement is a load of old toffee. It does make sense to shop around. Bye for now
• Reclaiming Contaminated Friction Linings 20 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Before you throw your arms up in horror, the car is 73 years old, covers about 250 miles per year, has a top-speed of 35 mph and was braking pretty well before the discovery anyway. I'm sure I read somewhere that it is possible to boil a shoe in water to remove the oil/grease, and that this wasn't uncommon practice years ago as the leather/felt hub-seal were not completely reliable.
• Fiat Punto - Leaking camshaft cover 16 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  Closer inspection revealed that the front nearside camshaft cover mounting bolt was loose. I tightened it up and checked the oil level, which was full. I don't know that much about cars ( which is why I get the car serviced by a garage) but I wonder whether any damage is likely to have been done by this leak? Can anyone advise?
• Update - Undriveable Astra 1.8 CDX 8 May 2002 (Forum)
  The Vauxhall technical rep has driven my friends car and it is to be swapped for a new car. Edit by David [Mod]...Here is Godfrey\'s post that started this topic on the old forum...... New Astra 1.8 CDX problems - Godfrey H Mon 29 Apr 02 22:41 A friend of mine has a new Astra which has had driveability problems from new.
• Headlight colours. 12 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  There's been a few threads regarding new brighter headlights etc, but l haven't seen any mention of the perculiar colours new car headlamps seem to be chucking out. I was under the impression that lamps had to be white to yellow. Now many new cars (and those owned by grill fiddling boy racers) appear to have some tasteful hue added in for good measure.
• Stench from Aircon 16 May 2001 (Forum)
  I have noticed a rather unpleasant smell which seems to be coming from my car's vents when the aircon is operating, which has been neccesary more than usual in the last few weeks. although I use the aircon all year and have not noticed it before. The car is a Peugeot 406 Estate with a HDI engine, it is fitted with an electronic climate control in place of usual controls for the heater ( which I still haven't worked out ) and is only a year old.
• Honda Civic Sport 1.5 - Electric brake failure 22 Nov 2021 (Forum)
  I've got a 68 plate Honda Civic. A week ago I was parked in a local car park with 2 12 year old girls sat in the back. I left the keys in the ignition and left for 5 minutes to go to the shop. I was parked on quite a slope! As I walked back to the car 5 minutes later, I witnessed it rolling down and hit a low brick wall, causing £3400 of damage to the car!
• What is the most badge-engineered car ever? 21 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Prompted by the recent thread about badge snobbery, I was wondering which car design has been subject to the most extensive badge-engineering. By badge-engineering I mean selling cars of identical or near-identical designs under different brands. My contender for the most extensively badge-engineered car of all time is that BMC ADO16 - the old 1100/1300.
• Choosing new car due to coming clean air zone 18 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  The new legislation would mean I pay £8 a day to drive through the city centre tunnels, the best route for me to the M6. diesel cars from 2015 (euro6) and petrol cars from 2005 (euro4) are exempt from this tax. My commute to my place of work is 150 miles round trip so for a long time I've had diesel cars, however I was thinking of possibly getting an old 05/06 car and getting it converted to LPG.
• Buying my first car - need advice 6 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  The car will be insured under my 30 year old girlfriends name so its not going to cost much to insure. I'm currently looking at 2005 1.6L honda civics and vw golfs - 3 door preferably, with under 100000km on the clock.
• How much to spend on a car - how to decide? 10 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I'm just intrigued by how people decide how much to spend on a motor car. I am reminded by the old chestnut of the man who goes into a car showroom for an Astra; he has £2,000 to spend. Salesman says 'I've one coming in tomorrow at £1,500'; man says 'too cheap'. Later in the week he receives a call offering him an Astra for £2,000 which he acepts.
• Audi 80 E-reg, cat puzzle 18 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Any thoughts? Since the car is quite old I presume it doesn't have to have the cat fitted? cheers Rob
• Will car prices tumble due to petrol.... 5 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  I dont know about others, but I am cost conscious when changing the family car every three years.I dont have pots of dosh to spend, have domestic commitments as priority, and buy a reliable saloon thats in good condition and three years old from new. With petrol £1 per litre, there is a possibility that it could go to £1.50 ( so I am told in motoring mags).
• Buying an Insurance wight off Help 6 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Hi All, I have recently opted out of my company are seem, and been thinking what car should I get, since I do around 25-35k miles PA. I have been playing with the idea of a 3 year old Volvo, but looked at my local Auto Trader and found some really good salvage cars - stolen and recovered or cat D classification insurance Wight off's.
• New 2nd hand car 23 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  ok, i'm sick of my 406, its problematic. i'm setting a budget of 9K-10K for a new car and i suspect i will probably own it for 5 years. I do about 10,000 mile pa and i don't like super mini's or medium sized cars, i want a bigger car like a 406. So what should i get, max of 30K on the clock and totally flawless reliability, i.e. nothing should be spent on the car in those 5 years apart from consumables (asking a lot i know) Undecided over diesel or petrol, and i must be proud of it.
• Part exchange value after accident 15 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  My car was severely rear ended and pushed into another car so it suffered damage at both ends. The driver of the car that hit us admitted liability and I have already had my excess refunded by her insurers.
• Parking damage 30 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Wife parked in heath club parking area the other day - staff asked her to move her 6 week old car as a MALE driver was having problems getting out and had damaged his car against a post. She moved the car and he drove off - in her opinion he could have got a truck out and the staff said that he was not a good driver.
• Bargain of the day 6 Jan 2025 (Forum)
  Seems that the rear end has fallen out of the used EV market, particularly the Leaf so there are many stupidly cheap cars about. I can get a sensible mileage 4yr old big battery 62kwh example from Cinch for around £11k or a private sale 40kwh car for much less. It is tempting despite the £3k loss I’d take on the Merc.
• various - car rental as a new driver 12 May 2023 (Forum)
  I only passed my test a couple of months ago and I have been looking to rent a car to do a few road trips - something I obviously have missed out on for many years.   I noticed that virtually every rental company require at least one year of experience as a license holder (and some require you to be at least 25 years old).
• Suzuki SX4 - Aircon woes 23 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  He confirmed my diagnosis and quoted for the work. I'm happy to pay as I use my A/C all year round. I know the cars not worth much and the cost of repair is around a third of the cars value but i have no reason to  not believe this car will last at least another 5 years.  My wife thinks it's a waste of money on an old car what do other back roomers think?