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• Car park dents (again ??) 14 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I park beside a silver megane that is in a complete mess - I'm not knocking the owner they clearly see a car as a white goods and that is down to them. They are a couple I would say in their 50's and love walking cos that is what they go out and do all day everyday. My car is parked beside theirs and has not moved for 2 days. I go to the car and notice that there is a lovely door dent that is clearly caused by their rear door - it even has the silver paint on it as evidence.
• Road Works- duty to minimise delays ? 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  This type of thing seems to be getting worse as if the delay is irrelevant as we are only motorists! s
• Audi A3 + S3 (1996 - 2001) - 00 1.8 turbo,whining noise from fan/cambelt pulley 19 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I had the cambelt, dampner, waterpump etc, changed at the Audi dealer 3000K ago (3 months)....Help, please? Best, Craig s
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - 00 172 Engine starts, then dies. 14 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  The car does have an aftermarket exhaust on it, but this is the only modification. Could this be linked in any way, or is it irrelevant? Thanks. s
• Mk 3 Golf Ignition Problems 27 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Ladies and Gents, I have a 1995 Mk 3 Golf which has ignition problems. I was driving along the motorway about 70mph, when the engine died suddenly (coughed...
• Yobbo driver and the Blame Game... 10 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  She said: "They leave the hangars open and the tanks mobilised so anyone could go in and anyone could take them.[/b] All the army's fault Indeed! Next thing, it will all be M&S's fault when some vermin gets caught shoplifting: "They leave the clothes on the hangers on the racks, so anyone could go in and anyone could take them!"
• Air conditioning, could be better? 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  is there an argument, that air conditioning in cars is often not fit for purpose, due to the basic principle having proved so robust, but the actual application in a car often so fragile and troublesome? As an aside, I can remember as a lad in the 1960`s a big cold room being set up and an ancient compressor unit being brought in. Its memorable because I remember the engineer instructing us all to run if it ever leaked because it used something similar to first world war mustard gas.
• Micra - 1999 - Clutch and suspension! 16 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Is there any known problems with shocks or supension on these Micras? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! S
• Golf - Headlamp and rear lights blowing 11 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Its either front headlamp bulb or rear brake/tail lights. I just wondering if anyone have expereinced this problem. The car is a 2001 Golf 1.4 S. The car has too many problem: the was flooded with water, now this problem has been fixed. The drink a few litres of oil every 6000 miles. However, the bulb failure issue is still continuing..She is think of sellling the car off to stop.
• Its 1969 again ( headgaskets iron heads) 3 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  The sun is on your back, the budgie is on its perch and `lady Madonna` issues from the 2 watt car radio. Yes, its a great July Saturday morning in 1969, you pop the bonnet on your parents drive and BMC`s green cast iron motor gleams back. The long reach sparkplugs slip out easily in their copper greased, cast iron threads and yes, there it is again, down the plughole in a shaft of light, easily picked out by your 17 year old eyes....
• Octavia(& Golf?) driver's door switch 29 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  To have to remove door trim, door lock and buy a complete door lock looks to be £100 plus by Skoda instead of a fe£s by me. I assume the mechanism is the same as the similar year Golfs? Anyone done this job (replacement of door lock due to faulty switch), or the removal of the rear bass speakers, and any idea of costs of parts etc I have tried the Briskoda website, but so far without luck.
• Serious crash involving bus and car 9 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  This is the original reporting of the accident for those who are not aware of the original postings: http://tinyurl.com/yy4xyh - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
• Volvo 240 MOT failure: Please explain 24 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I don't understand all the failure points and I would welcome any more expert help. (1) Offside front position lamp(s) not in good working order (function impaired) [1.1.4a] As far as I can see, both headlamps are working perfectly. They come on whenever the car is on, and Hi-beam comes on whenever selected from the stalk.
• Cavalier Sri Ecotec top end rattles 3 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I have a 94 model Sri 16V Ecotec, that has covered 85K miles and has full Vaux S/H, last service at 79K (inc new water pump & cam belt). It hasn't been used much in the last few years but after recently starting it up I noticed the top end is very noisy, sounds a bit like a diesel!
• Bye Bye Vectra 23 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  It so happens that the Ford Focus ST 2 costs an extra £30 per month on my scheme above my company allowance, including a contribution to ?car tax?. (It?s a car ownership scheme so we don?t actually pay car tax). The other car is a Mazda 6 2.3l sport which is £20 below budget and I would get that back. My ideal car would be an Audi A3 convertible, but my scheme works best with cars above 2 litres (2001 cc plus) and save for the 3.2fsi, Audi have stopped doing cars above 2 litres, which is a real shame.
• Saab 93 Linear Stereo 25 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Well to be honest it is the worst stereo I have ever heard, it looks like they have left all the bass and tweeters out and just left the little mid range ones in for the basic stereo. I do notice there is a space next to them in the rear shelf for what looks like 6x9's, just wandered if anyone had had any experince in upgrading the speakers on these models, i dont want to change the headunit because you lose display and steering wheel controls plus my phone is routed through it.
• Exceptional Tyres-Down to the last 4 6 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  After much forum searching I have now narrowed my choice to the following ones. 1)Goodyear F1 GSD3's(lots of backroomer recommendations however does not seem to be available in 195-65-15 size for the Passat) 2)Kumho Ecsta- ultra high performance-don?t know much but supposedly as good as any others. 3)Toyo proxies-superb dry performance 4)Lastly the Michelin Pilot Primacy-both good dry and wet grip.presently the front two tyres,but looking to see if there are any better alternatives With an average mileage of 25k a year, Im looking for really good grip and dry/wet performance abilities over everything else!
• Escort Diesel losing water 28 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I wonder if anyone here knows these engines? I have a 1.8 non turbo diesel escort van with just over 110k on the clock s reg 1998. In the last 6 months on 2 or 3 occasions, its boiled dry so I topped it up but couldn't see any evidence of where it was leaking and promptly stopped worrying about it. However, yesterday it was a lot more drastic and the water is now pouring out.
• Used Merc, Jag or BMW for £25k? 10 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I'm happy to buy something 2-3 years old, and my budget is £25k. I quite fancy a Jag XJ but fuel economy seems poor. I might even step up to a Merc S class, for the luxury! I've never quite gone for the new shape BMW 5, a Range Rover is likely to be out of reach and too expensive to run. I may even end up with another E class of a similar age to the one I currently run.
• smoking and mobile phone at petty statio 2 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  this rattles me a bit...wondered what you all think and is it worth a call to customer service visited our local s**l filling the other week when it was fairly quiet out, the girlfriend went in to pay as i filled up, adn she came out complaining the worker had been smoking and stuck the fag out of sight when she went in..she really smelled bad of smoke and we just of out for the weekend in nice clean clothes..theres loads of no smoking signs everywhere as you would expect at a filling station then, last night we go to fill up again and the lad on the counter was on his mobile phone to whoever, he didnt even stop talking or put the phone down and just jestured to inset the visa card etc and didnt even speak lol, yet mobile phones are also banned from being used should i call head office...or go higher regarding the smoking bit...after all , all hell would break lose if there was a fire