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• Dangerous Roads 22 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Am just paying a flying visit for first time in 3 months, and it will be a whileyet before I am back on a regular basis. Radio 4's File On 4, at 2000 tonight (Tue 22nd) is investigating dangerous roads. Dangerous as in design. Things such as accidents being caused by water pooling on motorways, or the road surface melting when vehicles skid.
• Childhood dream cars 13 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I guess most my favs were fairly mundane,and I had many dinky replica's of my favs. Many, thinking about it, (I grew up in the 70's) were Fords (Consul,Zephyre) I was mad about Magnums Ferrari ?308 I think that still is in my present top 5.
• SAAB 900 Turbo.. Smart and easy to run? 4 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  How was reliability? Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative car? It cant be too big (though that?s a moot point), cant be too common and must be look smart (Yes... I know). Thanks for your comments people! Tim
• 1999 Mondeo electric lock problem 8 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  The only way to unlock the doors is by reaching across to the front passenger lock and pulling that handle, which opens all the locks, except for the rear driver's side door mentioned above. Could this be caused by a faulty regulator(s), and if so, on which door? Biggest problem right now is that without being able to open the passenger door it'll be rather difficult to remove the door panel to get to anything. Thanks for your help.
• Automatic headlamps bowl me a googly 23 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  A few yards past the hump is a turning on the left where a white Vectra was apparently waiting for me to pass by. As I bounced up the hump I was surprised to see the side of the Vectra illuminated as the C8's headlamps chose that inopportune moment to switch on. The Vectra's evidently driver took it to mean that he was being flashed out of the turning and launched his car in front of mine. Fortunately I had just enough room to slow and miss him.
• Polo. Diagnose drivetrain noise please 21 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  okay i have a 88 vw polo, there been a noise that sounds just like a worn wheel bearing from n/s/front...the typical wurr wurr noise so i fitted a new bearing..old one looked servicable and the new one didnt improve things at all today i pulled back the cv boot...there was enough grease in there and every thing looked good...so i regreased it and put the boot back ive also recently changed the gearoil..no swarf in the old oil so guys...what now?
• Dark Nights 29 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  By the time I reached my exit at Oxford I had counted over 90 , in 4 groups - no lights / parking lights only/ foglights (despite perfect visibility ) / broken lights ( including a van with no rear lights at all ,inc brake lights ). I have driven in other countries and it\'s only in the UK that I have experienced people believing they can show whatever lights they feel like - why is this?
• Looking after the pennies ... 22 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Apart from scraping my knuckles taking the ballast (sorry, CD changer) out of the void next to the o/s rear light, the operation went without a hitch. Hawkeye ----------------------------- Stranger in a strange land
• how much should i give for a .... 18 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  140K miles 7m mot fvsh 1 owner new rear shocks & springs roof bars body work has 20 dents on roof, not real bad scratch?s and slight dents all over, front bumper large scuff mark rear bumper scratched to hell, on loading area parkers says £7845 good bad is £6200 but alliance-leicester.co.uk/smartermotoring says poor is £3800 good £5110 and trade is £4445 ?
• Mondeo II- 2 basic questions. 5 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I just want to know how to access it now not to fix a problem. 2.There is a a 7inch slightly bent rod with a hook on one end that resides on a little purpose built shelf in the boot just by the O/S rear light. I cannot find any reference to its purpose. 3. I am considering updating the headlamp bulbs. Is it a case of just prising off the three buttons that hold the cover over the grill access screws?
• Red Barchetta 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  While searching for the lyrics to the song I found the article from Track and Road in 1973 by Richard S Foster (A nice morning drive) that was the inspiration for the song. Read in retrospect it was well ahead of its time! Well worth a read. Road and Track article: http://members.aol.com/redbarche/ANiceMorningDrive.html Lyrics to Red Barchetta: http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?
• SpaceWagon Air Mass Meter 30 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I bought an (70K miles ex fleet part s/h) 2000W 2.4GDI SE SpaceWagon in April 2003. In July 2003 the idling became increasingly erratic.Ultimately the car was undriveable due to frequent stalling. The problem was traced to the inlet manifold being blocked with deposits - when cleaned up the problem went away for two months then recurred.
• Bent alloy wheel 13 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  (There was no other indication that the bearing might be on it's way out). However, while spinning the wheels while it was up on the ramps we noticed that the n/s front tyre had heavy wear on the inner side of the tread, and on closer inspection the inside of the rim is a little deformed. We have moved it to the back to see if the noise changes/disappears. However, are there companies that are able to correct non-round wheels, and is it likely to be a success, or would I do better to look for a replacement wheel?
• History being made 30 May 2004 (Forum)
  Would you do it Helicopter? DVD (Punctuation OK FiF - no school when I were a lad) {Punctuation\'s ok, apart from the full stop at the end of the url, which I\'ve now removed. ;o) DD}
• Whining Honda alternator 23 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  (or something like that). Should I make any checks?Voltage output check seems a bit simplistic. Anyone any ideas? Adam or J S perhaps? All the best, Mike
• cleaning window guides 14 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  My electric windows are not working very smoothly and judder over the last fraction of the range prior to shutting. The newly acquired S/H car has been valeted prior to collection and I suspect some of the sticky cleaner stuff that some dealers insist on using is the cause. I think it is on/in the window seals. On an old thread the advice seems to be that silicone in some form will make the windows operate more easily.I am looking for some dry silicone as used for curtain track.
• The Mondewoe Is Going 8 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  It\'s offical the Mondewoe is going. But what do I have instead? It has to be Japanese, I think?, its going to be second hand and cost less that £4K, so what do I go for? It must be large enough for the family holiday with 3 boys, the oldest being 13 (soon) and the youngest 9 (soon).
• am i insane? 5 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I have an 80 mile round trip, 4 days per week, plus social stuff, to give context. Recently, I have been finding myself increasingly lusting after Porsche 911's, particularly a silver 964-shape Carrera 2 (be about a 1994). Having looked around, I find I can get one for about £20k, surprisingly do-able. Am I insane to consider one of these as daily transport?
• Lumpy, rusting Micra 22 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Recently bought a '97 Micra 1.0 manual which my parents have had since new, UK supplied. Surprised by very poor rust protection underneath - I've ended...
• Faulty windscreen washers - Ford Focus 17 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  I can still hear the pump working as normal, but it takes about 5 seconds for any water to appear, and even then the jet is much weaker than it was previously. The rear screen washer jet, which takes it\'s water from the same resevoir, appears to work as normal. I mentioned this to a Ford technician and he suggested it might be due to screenwash gunking up the resevoir. His solution was to stick a hosepipe into the resevoir, however he can\'t have been overly familiar with Focus design since the neck of the resevoir has a 90 degree turn which is too narrow to fit a hosepipe down!