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• Reliable and fun to drive for £4k? 23 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I don't want to spent more than £4k and I'd like a car which meets the following criteria: 1. Reliable 2. Reasonably satisfying to drive 3. Not much wider than the Golf (5'6") as I have a narrow garage 4. Unlikely to get nicked - it will be spending a lot of time in station carparks. Having looked in HJ's car by car breakdown and at the Parkers guide my shortlist is Corolla, Civic, Almera.
• Bad Driving 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  The Espace came within inches of hitting me and I got a blast of the horn. What I want to know is, why do some drivers not THINK when they are driving instead of going onto auto pilot. The junction is signposted futher about 200-300 yards before hand, with a warning triangle. This driver should have seen this and thus expected some form of hazard from this junction (if that makes sense!).
• VW Self Diagnosis 20 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  I do not want to know what these codes are, but I am fascinated to know what type of areas these codes cover, and just what the car is doing as I drive it. Is it constantly checking everything about itself? The screenshots show messages about voltages being too high, or faults with the horn. I also understand, from the drivers handbook, that the engine management software adjusts parameters to match the drivers driving style.
• From Today's Private Eye 4 May 2002 (Forum)
  ve passed their test." Verdier, a transport ministry official, was speaking about a driving test system that was introduced in parts of France last year, and may soon become nationwide policy. "Attacks on examiners are common here, because most candidates fail their driving test first time.
• Golf mk3 cuts out after going through puddles 5 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  I know you're a busy man, but I'd appreciate some help. I've got a '94 Golf CL 1.4 5dr which goes as well as you expect it except when I'm driving over standing water. It'll stand forever under torrential rain, and still start first time every time, but you drive over any kind of deepish puddle, and within seconds, it'll just fade away. Leave it half an hour, and it's dried out enough to start again.
• Xantia Estate 22 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  As well as having to drive a Fiat in Sao Paulo later this week, I am also being punished in Rio. Since I broke yet another car, they have given me a Xantia Estate to use, as I mentioned, in Spanish, last week.. Its actually quite nice, but....
• Insurance warranties 8 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Hi, this is the gist of a Q I posed to HJ who suggested that I pose it in the Backroom : I've had quotes from Warranty Wise and Drive Assured (Warranty Holdings, part of Ford), both found via links from autotrader.co.uk, for my May 1991 registered Audi 100 Avant 2.2L petrol Turbo (seems like a very rare combination of engine & body).
• Received MG4E postal requisition for section 172 8 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, Some background...I received a NIP (within 14 days) relating to a speeding offence committed late July 2015, having genuinely no idea who was driving at the time as myself and my partner regularly take day trips to various skateparks accross the Southeast (2-4 per week - at the time we were both temporarily unemployed). I replied to the NIP stating that I could not remember who was driving but that it would either be myself or my girlfriend and asked for photographic evidence in order to ascertain who was driving at the time and from reading this site I also included her contact details, I also mentioned that (in an attempt of "reasonable diligence") I had spoken to my girlfriend and she could not recall who was driving, I had phoned the manager of a petrol station that I know we often refuel at, in order to ask for CCTV footage of the day the offence was commited so that if we did happen to fill up there on that day then we could see who was in the drivers seat, as the location of the speed camera is about 2 miles from this station, so if we filled up there then the person driving off the forecourt would have been driving at the time of the camera flash.
• mp3 11 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  Hello, I need to find a good website where I can easily download music in MP3 format. I love driving in the car to music. Can anyone please help me?
• Sometimes a free BMW just isn't good enough 12 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  Indian man? Spoiled child,  old enough to drive and still spitting his dummy out.
• Any - Driverless Cars ? 3 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Just can't see the Artificially Intelligent (AI) Amazon Echo's Alexa driving my car ? Worryingly her favourite expression seems to be: "I am sorry but ......."
• Recommendations for Small - Mid Size Automatic 12 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  Hi, can anyone recommend a small/mid size automatic for a budget of £5K? Will be mainly for city driving and the odd longer journey. 
• vauxhall corsa comfort 3cyl.y reg. - suspension problem 7 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  creaking noise when driving over uneaven ground /i.e traffic calming humps in road
• Peugeot 406 hdi - Engine cutting out 12 Apr 2011 (Forum)
   i was driving the car fine when all of sudden the engine cut out and the engine  management light came on
• Unbelievable..!!! 13 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Just seen a man driving a car on icy road - like skating rink, talking on a hand-held mobile while trying to keep car from sliding about with one hand!  
• Citroen Picasso - Citroen Picasso 1.6 8v gear ratios 3 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  does any one know the gear ratios and final drive ratio for the be gearbox
• Motoring milestones 10 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  According to my diary, on March 12th 1935 Britain introduced a 30 mph speed limit in built-up areas, and on 13th March 1935 a voluntary driving test was introduced.
• needed - anyone with a new corsa 15 May 2007 (Forum)
  how do you find it to drive on motorways ? have read mixed reports about its performance and was hopeing to get some more feedback
• Black boxes 23 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Driving around recently I have noticed a lot more small boxes fitted half way up lampposts with a big padlock fitted. Does anyone know what these are for?
• best handling estate car? 1 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Any views or experince on which estates are fun to drive? Is it possible? How about Accord Tourerr? Volvo v70's Audi A6 Quatrro?