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• Since you joined, how has Forum changed you? 6 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Almost 2 years in my case. 1) I`ve learnt a lot from Technical and as a result am more open to small petrol engines than before - FAP, common rail problems and so on. Screwloose and others providing an education 2) I feel better towards BMW`s and wouldn`t rule out owning one at some point. 3) While some Japanese cars are surely good, the seeming tendency of some owners to praise their own, ignore any threads about faults with it, yet seemingly gloat at faults posted about other marques...
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W210 (1995 - 2002) - 1997 2.0 gearbox trouble 25 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  My 1997 Merc E200's gearbox (four speed) is doing some funny stuff! In the mornings if I drive off from home she will hold 1st gear and thump into 2nd and sometimes from 2nd to 3rd too. So, I usually idle in D1 for 10-15 mins and shift to D and drive off and 99% of the time she will shift smoothly.
• Citroen XM (1990 - 2000) - 97 2.5 Door Card Pop Fastners That Don't 8 May 2008 (Forum)
  On my 405, I drilled a hole and bunged in an unobtrusive self-tapper out of sheer frustration... I?ve tried PTFE tape, insulation tape, etc. Can the white bits be bought new separately? It?s been one of those ?one step forward, three back? jobs:- I finally worked out how the forwardmost steel retaining pressing engages with the door skin and handle bolt (after over five years of owning the car?)
• Airport Parking Company - Liability for damage? 5 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I went on holiday a week later leaving my pride and joy in the hands of a certain airport parking company. On returning I noticed a scrape on the previously prestine bumper just behind the N/S rear wheel arch on the plastic mouldings and a scuff around the reversing light/fog surround. They took photos at the time, and have now produced photos of the car at the time it was left at the said company.
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - '03, 1.9 PD TDi - low mpg 19 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  This has happened in the past and the mpg figures usually increase following the service (usually the same with performance). My usual figures were from high 40's up to a max of 55mpg. Most of my journey each day takes me along the motorway and I tend to drive the car pretty enthusiastically. The figures have since dropped to high 30s to a max of about 47mpg (taking it really easy) but I've not noticed a change in performance.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1998 1.4S - intermittant ECU light 3 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Can anyone help with my problem please (Peugeot 306 Meridian 1.4 S reg petrol) The ECU light on my my peugeot 306 intermittantly comes on and the engine jutters, but only after travelling on a motorway for about half an hour. The light goes off again but the engine continues to "jutter".
• Local Police parked on double yellow lines tonight 2 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  The pair of Police Officers were out in the street booking parents parked 'illegally?. Talk about double standards? Could I have issued the police van with a 'Citizen?s Parking Ticket' ? Should I have taken a photo on my camera phone, {like traffic wardens now do,} sought witnesses and then sent my 'evidence' to the Chief Constable. I will do this next time! Or is it one rule for the Rozzers and another for the rest of us?
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - yr 2000 320d- Turbo Problems! 21 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  PLEASE, but my name is OLI (OLIVER) and would appreciate anything given right now!! many thanks olij2003 s
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 52 reg TDCi - Warning Light Problem! 2 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Im going to be selling it soon - not cos of this but cos I've just got a new company car (Focus Ghia 2.0 petrol - now I know why everyone goes on about the "handling" - nice but it doesn't half take time to accelerate - certainly missing my TDCi on slip roads!!! - sorry, I digress) s
• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - Is this too good to be true (i.e. a scam?) 27 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Chap selling a 2006 AUDI A4 AVANT S LINE QUATTRO 3.0TDI AUTOMATIC for less than £13k. I answered ("email the seller") his AutoTrader ad and he has replied that he's in Austria (business went bust) and can't get any price for a r-h drive car from local dealers.
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 55reg tdi130 - smokin' 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I suppose I should add that while I'm not a tree-hugging pinko liberal, I do think that if I can avoid chucking more noxious fumes into the atmosphere than is strictly necessary, while I go about my daily business, I should. So it bothers me that my car does this. s
• Volkswagen Golf II (1983 - 1992) - 1.6 Fast idle with Weber 32/34 5 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  im thinking - idel jets in carb dirty? vac leak? air pipes in wrong place? please let me have your thoughts s thanks
• Driving in Ireland 3 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  It seems that black is the fashionable colour for new cars in Ireland - so many black cars. Because of taxation a lot of 4x4's have blanked out rear side windows coloured as the vehicle's paintwork. I don't know if this loophole still applies. Also boy racers like to blank out the rear side windows of their cars too, in body colour.
• What makes you love a car? 1 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  ve only loved three cars in just under 30 years of car ownership (and ?stewardship? where company cars were concerned) ? that?s 19 cars in total. They were: Beetle 1303 ? my first car; I thought it was wonderful and was genuinely sad to see it go. Mk II Golf GTI 16V ? bought soon after they were introduced (1987). Absolutely superb build quality and, with 137 bhp (in a relatively light car) I could be pretty much the quickest on the road.
• secret squirrel police cars? 1 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I currently work in Oxford /live in london that means my commute regularly sees me 'observing the speed limit' down the M4 / M3 what did I see heading westwards on the M3 thursday 3 ugly brown audi's (looked like A2's) all new, all with some type of strobe mini light stack on their roof's, all doing well over the ton and racing in convoy. then I remembered last month on the M4 seeing the EXACT same hue on 4 volvo C class estates (with the same type of light stack) again heading westwards.
• Unsure what to do now.. 11 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hello, if you read the tech notes you might have read that i brought a proton coupe off my mate who had had it on his drive for the last 8 months, anyhow was intending to fix the brakes on the rear, handbrake not working then valet and sell for a tiny profit, any way, i got it back home saturday after picking it up and it drove really well, not sure why i was suprised for an S reg, any way did the valet, looked nice cleaned the recaro's up lovely then proceeded to take it the petrol station when half way there at 40mph realised i had not shut the bonnett, so it flew up demoloshing the windscreen and bending the bonnett quite bad.
• Farewell faithful VW 13 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  It has now gone to a good home and I am left with my recently acquired 12 year old Defender 90. With a spare set of wheels and Vredestein M & S tyres we had some real adventures over the years, and at yesterdays MOT it only needed new pads and brake pipes. On a long test drive today ...it ran smooth as silk, incorporating furniture removal for a friend...no point in wasting diesel, and over the years returned a consistent 30/35 mpg with absolutely no oil needed between changes.
• 97 1.6 Primera veering left 12 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Should the tracking have been done so that the steering wheel is dead centre when going in a straight line or would that require the steering wheel to be removed? The car was previously fine on it's firestones. Is it possible that the new tyre(s) could be causing this? The tyre co. have been helpful so far but I am not sure what to do next.
• The good service thread - Vol 1 17 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Also at the time I booked the last scheduled service - which cost little more than £100 - they had an offer of one year?s free AA roadside assistance. I had made a mental note to cancel my current breakdown cover (which is through my insurer) when the AA paperwork came through. Eight months later I remember this and realised that the AA paperwork had never materialised, I mentioned this when contacting the dealer to arrange for what was in effect a minor service and a small repair relating to the airbag system.
• In the market for new car - please help 2 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  I passed my test two years ago and my first car which I still have now is a 3 door 1.4 Corsa B (1998, S Reg) I have a lot of family and am now looking into an equivalent 5 door, alhough not too sure I like the 5 door Corsas (new or old style). So, I'd very much be grateful if anyone could advise me of a few decent 5 door cars that would be suitable.