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• vauxhall vectra b 2.2 sri 2001 - o/s/r kurb light not working 28 May 2011 (Forum)
  hi i have a vauxhall vectra 2.2i sri petrol 2001, i have recently noticed that my drivers side rear kurb light on the door has stopped working? i have...
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  Tyred of big tyres 20 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Is it safe and practical to downsize the tyres on my XK8 from Pirelli 245/50/17 to Falken 235/50/17's?
• MINI MINI Cooper and S R56 (2007 - ) - Noise on cold start 6 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  I've put this in Discussion rather than Technical because its not really a 'technical' question. The mother of one of my daughter's friends has a new...
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  What's wrong with my Vauxhall Astra? 29 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Vauxhall Astra automatic that started to play up. The gearbox and engine management lights have both come on. The car drives and changes gears...
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  Why is my Peugeot 307's fuel gauge not working? 31 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I've just recently bought a 52-plate Peugeot 307 SW 2.0 petrol and found that the petrol gauge isn't working. Also, the anti-pollution light is on. Any...
• Toyota Yaris - Toyota Coolant - Which one? 5 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  The service sheet says that there are two types of coolant, Long Life Coolant (LLC) - changed every 3 years or 40000 miles (whichever is sooner), thereafter every 2 years or 20000 miles Super Long Life Coolant (S-LLC) - every 10 years or 100000 miles (whichever is sooner) The car has done 36000 miles. If the coolant is S-LLC then obviously I don't have to worry, but can these 2 coolants be recognised visually by colour?
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  Can I fit a new instrument cluster to my 1999 Ford Fiesta? 5 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have an S-reg 1999 Ford Fiesta. The instrument cluster only contains a fuel gauge and a speedometer. Can a cluster containing a rev counter, speedometer,...
• Salt and the road surface reservoir 30 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  You just think it`s all gone - but you notice that ever so slight - lighter colour of the Motorway road surface. A trick of the light, perhaps? Days and sometimes two or three weeks pass - birds lay eggs and there is the dawn chorus of Spring.
• Ford S-MAX (2006 - ) - 07 1.8 Headlight Flicker 18 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi there I was wondering if anyone has had been aware of excessive headlight flicker when starting the car from cold, It seems to surge especially when...
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.4 Water in rear light clusters 9 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi all My daughter has a 98 306 hatch and her rear light clusters fill with water (o/s worse than n/s) then the water seems to drip from the back of the unit into the boot well (wet carpets etc) There are no obvious signs of cracks and i have reasealed the unit seal to the body but the water still gets in badly.
• Driving Fatigued 2 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Scenario: It?s been a long day, its dark and you have been driving for an hour on the motorway. You are feeling increasingly fatigued but your destination is only 30 minutes away. How would you react/ deal with this situation?
• Volvo S80 (1998 - 2006) - Volvo S80 2.5TDI advice & opinions 7 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  He just likes the look of them. Car will be used for commuting about 400 miles a week. He is looking at the older S80's upto about year 2000. having done some research these engines are audi sourced from the old shape audi 100/a6 and also came in the VW transporter van. Are the S80's good solid cars. Engine wise any known problems?
• Frankfurt - Limoges, route advice? 18 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Hello all, first post for a while. Here´s a good one for any of you into cross-European routes and routing. We´re heading out from Frankfurt across France to Argenton-sur-Creuse, just north of Limoges. I´m keen to stay on the German autobahn network as it´s free, and to avoid Paris which is where the TomTom seems to try to send me past.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.9 TD Wandering to left 8 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  My 306 has a tendency to slowly wander to left when I take my hands off the wheel. It's not violent but means I have to keep some pressure on wheel to stop it. It's had a new O/S ball joint and a new O/S droplink. It also klunks a bit when turning at low speeds - parking etc. Any ideas what this could be and how to correct it? One more thing - I think I have a glow plug out as it's a bit lumpy when started from cold and after a bit of revs it's fine.
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1997 2.8 Heavy steering after PAS pipe change 16 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  (I assume the pipes were correct as breakers said they were, and garage who fitted them didn't mention anything) The garage said the s/hand pipes were in good condition (which they were), and replaced the P/S fluid with mineral PS fluid which they said was required by VW's. Since then the steering is heavier than it was before (but still power assisted).
• Volkswagen Golf VI (2009 - ) - An expensive successor..... 24 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I have been pricing up a new 1.4TSI 5dr hatchback to replace my nearly 4 year's old MKV 1.6FSI 'SE'. There are only 3 models on offer i.e. 'S' 'SE' and 'GT'. My biggest gripe so far is that a sunroof in no longer an optional extra on the 'S' or 'SE' only on the tarty, sporty 'GT' However about £17.5k seems to be what I'll need to pay, which includes metallic paint, parking sensors and a steering wheel that will enable me to control my radio!!
• Fog Lights Are For Fog!! 12 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  i.e a two second gap, i personally like to see plenty of tarmac between me and the vehicle in front but there`s always someone eager to fill the gap oblivious to the fact that my truck takes longer to stop the `his` car!
• Motoring getting cheaper? 10 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  If the equivalent vehicle was available today I reckon it would sell for around £12000, which is quite low inflation over a quarter of a century. I remember my parents house being worth around £25000 in the mid 80's , it's now worth 10 times that, so if cars had gone the way of houses your Metro would be costing £65000 these days. Blimey! I also remember the Astra GTE costing around £17000 in the early 90's, the modern day VXR costs around the same today.
• New car for a trendy aunt 7 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  t mean fast when I say sporty ? I mean posey. Her current car is a Merc CLK convertible - I think that´s the 4 seater one, not the 2 seater hardtop jobby - I think it´s the 230 Kompressor. Any ideas? I was thinking Panda Sporting.
• Volkswagen Polo IV (2002-2005) - (02-05) 1.4 oil changes. 15 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  my wifes 1.4 polo engine type BBY last had it,s oil changed a year ago by a vw main agent. (she,s owned the car for 6 months) they used fully synthetic oil, the car has since done 3000 miles. would i be wasting money changig the oil now or should i wait for the longlife service interval(3 years) i'd be changing it myself. thanks in anticipation.