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• Noble M400 10 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  0 to 60 3.5 secs,185mph,425bhp,it would appear that after some testing on minor roads which decided a friend with him that it was too hairy for him to contemplate owning,Neil then accelerated on the slip road to join a motorway when he lost it so completely that it slammed into the embankment,spun and came to rest with the rear N/S wheel broken off,fortunately no one else involved or the driver and passenger hurt,made me think either the throttle control wants rethinking or Neil Lydon needs retraining before being let loose again with a high performance car.Must take my hat off to him for honesty,think I might have kepy quiet and not published the article.
• Computer related questions. Volume 25 11 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  h***='http://multi1.rmuk.co.uk/RealMedia/ads/click_lx.ads/www.honestj ohn.co.uk/general/711621601/Top/AD2ONE/ToyotaAvensis_HonestJ_Bann_Aug0 4/ToyotaAvensis_Banner_HonestJ.AugSept04.html/336566653030303933653761 30613630?http://s0b.bluestreak.com/ix.e?hr&s=344379' target=_top Mac OSX 10.3.5, Safari v1.2.3 The problem with pages not loading on this site has got so bad now, I have to inform you. The main frame where the message index or messages should be is just blank white with malformed HTML for banner ads?
• Toyota Rav 4 Starting Problems 4 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I've had a long standing problem with my M reg Rav 4 - leave it standing for a week and the battery goes flat. This sometimes causes great confusion to...
• what do you think? 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  , both tin hulks of absolute rubbish, and maybe totally undriveable. my belief is that you need a mixture of good and bad in everything, it`s what makes things work, - what do you think?. billy.
• why No 8 in car ads? 26 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  my list of numbers in plates to date is toyota avensis...808 mg/rover ad....888 (on the 75) suzuki grand vitara ad.....831 jaguar s-type.....118 ford fiesta (pinball ad)....801 chrysler crossfire........825 and to finish it off.... part of the telephone number on the ford thunderbird ad.....111888!!!! d`oh i think i must be ill or something!!!
• Rover 75 Diesel 16 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  What i would like to know is does this engine have a cambelt or chain , as someone told me to steer clear of the 75,s as they are a nightmare to work on . the actual garage selling the car says it has a timing chain and not a belt , but who do i believe ! apparenlty it has a bmw engine ? What are these like for high mileage , it will be serviced on time if i buy it , but dont want an unreliable engine at the end of the day .
• Goodyear F1 VS Pirelli 6000 3 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, My Pirelli 6000's have done nearly 40K miles on my Volvo S60 D5 and they are due for replacement. I'm generally happy with the tyres but I remember reading a good report about the Goodyear F1. It would be nice to have a bit more grip, but I don't want excessively soft compounds, increased road noise and a harsh ride.
• Audi A6 (old shape) vs Passat 28 May 2004 (Forum)
  Anyone else any thoughts ? With the new Passat out soon, I should think the old one will become a bit of a bargain, s/h, by next year...
• dark horse cars 25 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  I'd like to find out about cars that are generaly unknown but are in fact exellent and under rated. I'll kick it off by telling you about my recent purcahse of Mitsubishi Galant S Reg 2,5 v6 ,climate control all leather and so forth. This is gem of a find for me. It wasn't expensive at £3500 (75,000 miles) and I think under valued. Some nice touches are both driver and pass seats are fully electric and it has a very decent climate control system as well as great music system.. all standard.
• cheapest motoring I ever heard of. 7 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  It's great to see folks after a bargain but I reckon my old pal had us all beat. All his adult life he ran Citroen 2CVs (he is in his 60's now) He rarely paid more than £100 for one and got them two at a time. He then cannibalised the cars and got one decent one fron the two! He reckoned the engines were about unbreakable and any bodywork welding was done with baked bean tin metal, apparently this was the right gauge.
• FAO Mapmaker 1 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, just wondered if you were still looking for pictures of fiesta\'s with the tide on them? i sunk mine around 15 years ago, blackrock sands in wales. notice the pink fluffy dice light on the back, anyone up your botty, gets 100 watts in their eyes, with a flick of the switch!
• New car for my wife 25 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Possibilities are the SEAT Ibiza 130 TDI (maybe too hard a ride?), the Skoda Fabia vRS (if I can get her even to look at a Skoda!!) or the Honda Civic S (bigger than we need but not excessively so). Any other ideas? Our budget is about £15,000. Best wishes David Duvall
• Fuel consumption issue 525i SE 24 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  I've read posts here and there and I gather that I should be looking at about 20mpg, if not a tad better, and wondered if the mpg I'm getting is normal/acceptable or whether there may be an issue somewhere. Any advice is appreciated. Thx. S.
• Honda Civic Type R 16 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  In fact it was most noticeable in town at under 30 mph. Don't think I could live with it. Sum up: great car, great value. Cooper S with works conversion on balance a better proposition - it's more refined. But I wouldn't make a final decision without driving both again.
• 2 year old car covered 125,000 miles? 2 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Would you buy a 2 year old car that?s covered over 125,000 miles? The car in question is a Honda Civic Type R. Apparently it has a full Honda service history. Only mod seems to be a Mugen induction kit... If I was looking at say a 7 or 8 year old car that had 125,000 miles on it I wouldn?
• What Fun for £20K? 26 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  It'll probably need to be new unless there's a particularly tempting reason for going second-hand. In the running at the moment is the Mini Cooper S. A possibility is the Mazda RX-8 (though some reports say the rear seating is too small). I'm going to suggest also the Saab 9-3 2.0 Aero HOT as I've just seen it for under £20k on this website. Also the Seat Leon Cupra R.
• Petrol Toyota Hilux stalling at junction 9 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  A couple of bits and pieces need seeing to, first of all the engine runs fine, but as you come to a standstill the revs seem to drop very low, and occasionally it stalls. It starts up again fine, but it\'s quite inconvenient having to start it again at every junction! Any ideas? I\'m planning to change plugs, points rotor arm and distributor cap - any other things which are likely to be causing this?
• Audi A4 climate-control tip 27 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  The stepper motors had stopped moving (not good at this time of year). Audi dealer charged him £75 to look at fault codes and told him ECU was U/S. £700 P+L repair estimate. He got a secondhand ECU for £80, connected it up and it too didn't work. I had a look at the secondhand unit's PCB and found three dry joints where the ribbon cable goes to the control keys.
• Justice? Law is unenforced, Farce 16 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  DD } \"FURY erupted in court when a failed asylum seeker and banned driver who ran down and killed a girl of 12 was jailed for just four months. Amy Houston?s father Paul had to be restrained by cops on hearing the sentence of Iraqi Kurd Aso Mohammed Ibrahim. Paul, 34, said he faced a ?life sentence? ? yet Ibrahim would be free in two months. \" Forget the asylum seeker facts.
• Golf VR6 Surging 23 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Hi I wondered whether anyone can help me, i have some kind of intermittent electrical problem with my \'92 Golf VR6. It surges between 200 to 1000 revs when idle (have checked idle control valve and it\'s fine), it also cuts out regularly when idle. This weekend it stopped altogether and there was no power to the distributor, i have a clifford total closure alarm. Could this be the problem? Also recently changed head gasket, had major 20,000 service and 12mth MOT on it and don\'t want to have to PX my baby for something else....but can\'t afford to spend any more money on it.