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• Toyota Avensis - Toyota Avensis 1.8 Petrol 1st week 31 May 2012 (Forum)
  and stuff so 140 miles since last Friday. Kids and family love it. They got more space that the C5. Was it worth the 12K we will see. Hope it lasts for ever and does have Toyota;s reptuation for living forever.  
• VW dealer - great service!! 24 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  and tensioner, check brakes (noisy) and check f/n/s door hinge mechanism as it was clicking a bit on opening/closing. Brakes were found to be OK, door adjusted. I expected a bill of about £600-650. It was £571, which I thought was pretty good. AND.... they replaced all 4 injectors
• 2.2 ictdi 2006 - Honda accord suspension problems 19 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Recently I was parking my car and heard a big bang, like I crashed into something and car went lower on the driverside. I checked the front wheel arches...
• Peugeot 106 1.5 diesel R reg - Oil Leak with pictures - Camshaft seal ? 20 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  a tendency to pop out & take the oil with it. (Cleaned ) http://alturl.com/s9bcv (Same day , after a 100 mile journey) http://alturl.com/kezzd Looking on the internet, a recommendation was to keep the oil level below 3/4's on the dipstick
• Volvo S40 - Volvo S40 2.0D - Good Buy? 16 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  but of course there's the balance of their 5 year warranty.  Have had i30's before and they are value for money if niot exactly the most exciting car (and Volvo is??). Any help appreciated.  If they are a bad idea I will look for a Focus or something.
• Volkswagen Passat - Acceleration goes down on motorways 14 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  My VW PASSAT S TDI drives well around town but when I go on motorways, specially if its uphill, you feel a clear damp in the acceleration as someone has applied brakes
• Honda Civic - Brake Wear 6 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Hi, we have a Civic Type S GT 2.2 Diesal, less than 2 years old with 34,000 miles on the clock and full Honda Service history.  Last service was September 2009 when there were no issues. We've noticed some 'rubbing' sounds when braking, and so took it to a dealer who informed
• Unwanted extras. 20 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  suspension while the top spec S Line gets sport suspension and 17" wheels.  So if you want a good ride and high spec, you are screwed. Audi are not alone either, I have looked at a number of small cars where if you want leather, premium sound system, parking sensors, all round electric windows
• Citroen C3 (2002 - 2009) - 03 1.4HDi Cold Start Problem 1 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  Changed Heater Plugs,Oil and Filters Also Control box for pre-post system, there is a leak somewhere in fuel system, as there is air in the manual priming pump every time I go to restart the car after a couple of hours of being parked up. Been to Citroen Dealer, HaHA ,could be faulty injector(s
• Honda Accord automatic - buy 2.0i or 2.4 ?? 2 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Considering buying an accord estate auto would be a 2003/4 model. Looking on autotrader there are lot sof 2.0i autos, many of which are very reasonably priced, and very few 2.4i s which are correspondingly more much expensive for similar spe/mileage  vehicle Does this mean
• Jaguar XK8 and XKR (1996 - 2006) - 97 4.0 adding GPS tracker - what connections to 1 18 May 2011 (Forum)
  to permanent +12v) but that plus the alarm will deplete the car's battery within 5 days. However, the MX5's battery is a fairly puny gel type, so it's not surprising. Maybe a normal wet-cell battery will do better ? Thanks Frank
• Mitsubishi Carisma (1995 - 2004) - 03 1.6 How to change a pollen filter ? 11 May 2011 (Forum)
  I?ve bought the 2 new filters which ?lock? together, got the glove box off but there?s a bar running across the front of the aircon unit which restricts access. So I assume that I take the filter cover off, remove the old filters, slide the new bottom filter in over the bar and let it drop behind
• Freelander 2 -2.2 2007 - Freelander 2 -2.2 2007 COLD START PROBLEM!! 28 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  . On the strip after 2 s there is enough fuel pressure. I put up a check valve in the fuel supply and nothing. Does anyone know what could be causing this? or had a similar problem? I have changed the " temperature sensor" but nothing happed anyone know how can i solve this problem? Also spargs
• Corsa B 1.2 and 1.4 - Corsa centre consol lights 17 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  No real big deal but a bit of an odd one I have two corsa Bs, an S reg 1.4 and a P reg 1,2, one for each of my kids. Both of which seem to have developed the exact same minor niggly fault which is that ALL of the lights in the centre console (heating control etc) have stopped working
• Any vehicle - Online tyre retailers .... winter tyres! 4 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  upwards) and they just reflect prices supplied. Does any reader know how tyre pricing works - to me it looks that good old fashioned supply & demand has kicked in, with prices rising as demand rises, and someone (s) is / are making a good proft whilst they can!
• The iPhone 4 sales phenomenon 24 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  . As were 3 who had to suffer the 02 queue right outside their shop. This on a weekday too. It`s got to be a reflection of the retail position across the country too. Surely? Wonder what Saturday will bring?  I was was also trying to remember past products of any make, that had been so
• How do you steer yours? 15 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  some subconcious 'mechanical sympathy' thing. I've not driven a car without PAS since the 80's, but I still drive like it's not there.  The wife only discovered power assistance in the late nineties, yet is happy to consider steering and moving as two completely separate
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 03 1.8 Unstable Idle when slowing 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  on here has had this problem before I start spending £££'s on parts that do not need changing. Was thinking of changing the Intake Manifold Runner Control valve first Any help or advice would be much appreciated
• Buying winter tyres - online or otherwise 12 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Just moved to the UK from Switzerland. I am driving a Ford S-Max We take occasional driving trips to the Alps (the next one in 2 weeks). My original plan was to buy some snow chains, but the owners manual says snow chains should not be used if we have larger wheels (225/50/17), which we do
• Synth oil solution - cold cranking & seized engine 23 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  to the best Castrol fully synthetic two stroke oil. The engine ran freely at the correct mix and was fine for the next 9 yrs until the rest of the machine fell apart. 2) Punto 1.9D. running on Shell Rimula 15w40 - at -6c recently was at it`s limit for cranking the engine over fast enough to start. Performed