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• To LPG or not to LPG... 2 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Having moved North, I now have a 1 hour each way commute over about 25 miles to work every day. Although pretty efficient, the car uses a lot of £'s worth of petrol now and so my question is should I: a) Keep the Cavalier and get it converted to LPG, bearing in mind the car has 70k miles on the clock and is 93MY - Is this a good idea and is the car likely to stand up to another 100k without large issues?
• Aggressive lane shifting 21 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Sure enough, as I get to the end of this thought Passat driver pulls out in front of me - again closer than I would have liked - and shoots off past the lorries, which I also overtook a minute later. I watched him/her repeat this procedure two or three times over the next few miles before s/he disappeared over the horizon. And thought "What a wally." But maybe Passat driver thinks the same of me and everyone else driving like me?
• E-Class/5 Series or A6 - Advice Please 7 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  I am slightly worried about the bore wear on the BMWs - rightly or wrongly? Also what sort of mpg would you expect out ofthe E300TD (some books give low 30's others 40+). Many thanks in advance for your help Ian
• Car for missus 8 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  Budget is reasonably flexible but I think £8000 to £12000 is in the ball park. So, is it worth getting the 1.8i 'S' over the base model? It's got an LSD, but she's more interested in the ABS brakes. Apart from the headlights, is there any great reason to go for a newer one? What about the MGF -- are they cheap for a good reason?
• Hyundai i40 tourer 1.7 active 115ps - Reliability/Economy/Maintenance 3 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  On fuel economy, the car consistently returns low-50's mpg, which I am more than happy with, and occaisionally reaches low 60's. An interesting point being that my best fuel return on a work journey has actually been when the car has had a full load of myself, four adult passengers, four full-sized suitcases, and four items of hand luggage.
• Aisin (Japanese) Carb-equipped - The Snake Pit : Stripping a Late 80's Carburettor 16 May 2016 (Forum)
  This carb (AISIN Model 87773) seems to be very similar, but the photos are of the "remove tiny black dot from somewhere in the big grey fuzzy mass" school of 80's photo-impressionism.   I couldn't remove all the ancilliaries. The cross-heads just cammed-out, and I didn't want to try my hit-it-with-a-hammer impact driver on a carb casting. Perhaps this would be a job for one of the electric impact drivers Americans are so fond of (in which case I'll have to stop sneering at them)?
• Priu$ Worse Than Hummer 22 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Dubbed the Superstack, the plague-factory has spread sulfur dioxide across northern Ontario, becoming every environmentalist?s nightmare. ?The acid rain around Sudbury was so bad it destroyed all the plants and the soil slid down off the hillside,? said Canadian Greenpeace energy-coordinator David Martin during an interview with Mail, a British-based newspaper.
• Audi Allroad TDi test drive 28 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  ve always liked this car in Irish Green (a metallic sage), shying away from the darker colours. The car I took out was black, featuring the ?Aluminium Optic? pack (Audi?s way of saying it has got lots of brightwork on it) and really looked the part, with one exception; the roof. On the lighter cars, the plastic roof cover (there to prevent scratching when taking this beast off-road) is fairly inconspicuous.
• Review of 3 Scenics 8 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Over the term of ownership, I averaged 48.5mpg, it had great torque, could cruise at 100mph all day long on the French motorways. I liked my first Scenic so much that I believed Renault?s hype about their new dci engines, and traded it in for my second?????.. My second Scenic had 6000 miles on the clock and was the dealer?s accountant?s car. Platinum silver, alloy wheels, part leather interior, it looked fantastic.
• RIP Diesel Hatchback 20 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Delving into my collection of 80’s and 90’s Diesel Car mags (yes I am a geek) reminds me of the fact that I’m going to miss diesels when they’re gone. I’ve always been a bit laidback when it comes to driving, I prefer a slogger to a speed machine nine times out of ten so they do suit my style.
• Peugeot 2008 - - the saga of the u/s locking bolt 4 Nov 2022 (Forum)
  A fly in the grease of Peugeot's usually exemplary engineering is the design of their wheel locking bolt and key, apparently known as 'the worst in the...
• Audi Q2 - first 1,000 miles 25 May 2018 (Forum)
    No good deals when I was looking in January, as it was too new on the market, but they'll come, and there's a lot of stuff that's standard on the T-Roc SEL which is extra even on the Q2 S-line.  Well worth considering. BMW 220i Active Tourer - this came very close, but they don't hold their value as well as Q2s, the seats aren't very comfortable, and you have to put up with those infuriating BMW stalks for indicators and wipers.
• Internal combustion, 60 years on 19 May 2007 (Forum)
  well, consider the Mallard that fantastic A4 Gresley Pacific that must have seemed like riding a bullet back in the 1930`s... What if you put a group of engineers on building a new one now.. with a space shuttle budget. An engineers machine....... vastly better construction, tolerances etc, but 60 years of progressive development time lost.
• Unreliable European overpriced cars in 11 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  The Toyota Land Cruiser and Mitsubishi Endeavor were among the most reliable, according to the survey Sedans These models earned ratings Most and Least reliable in Consumer Reports' 2004 reliability survey. Most reliable Least reliable Lexus IS300 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Acura RL (previous version) Jaguar S-Type Toyota Camry (4-cyl.) BMW 7 Series Toyota Avalon Jaguar X-Type Lexus LS430 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Lexus GS300/GS430 (previous versions) Mercedes-Benz C-Class (V6) Buick Regal (discontinued) Volvo S60 (AWD) Pontiac Grand Prix Saab 9-3 Hyundai Sonata Pontiac Grand Prix (supercharged) Infiniti G35 (AWD) Volkswagen Passat (AWD) BMW 5 Series Source: Consumer Reports The Toyota Tundra was the only pick-up truck to earn a top rating in the survey.
• Low mileage Xantia - am I sane to reject 6 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  no odd noises, powerful and straight line braking. It rode and cornered smoothly. At £2,699 from a garage with a year?s MOT I was impressed but decided not to buy it. It was nearly perfect BUT the clutch worried me , the 4 Michelin tyres looked original and had about 4mm of tread left ? but at 6 years old were past their sellby date and would have to be replaced.
• Land Rover Discovery Sport - Legal help for a trade in car 13 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  The garage have my trade in and I have the new car they have not replied to any call until Friday when they said they were not happy with the car and said it would need to go to auction and they also said it had an engine management light on and that a diagnostic test showed things had been switched off. On handing the car over there was no light s , the garage signed to say they were happy with the car but are now saying it needs a new key but I did say I only had one but happy to pay for another .roof rails ( I have these) . They wanted a service history and mot this was all provided .
• Replacing 2 cars - Ideas? 30 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  Would probably look at a supermini, maybe 9yrs old or under Any ideas are greatly appreciated, just the thing of not wanting to buy & realise i've bought a proper heap of s***
• neighbour says we have to remove our gate 27 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  One side piece is attached to our dining room wall. One side piece is attached to the neighbour?s bedroom wall. Neither wall has any windows. We purchased this property in September 2017. The neighbour purchased his property in June 2014. The gate has been in situ since AT LEAST June 2009 (earliest photograph available on Google maps website).
• Jaguar XF - P052F Glow Plug Module Fault Code (No symptoms) 28 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  I've just had a new battery fitted to my 2015 X250 XF 3.0 S and before and after fitting the battery, the mechanic plugged in an Autel scanner and the only fault code that came up was PO52F, a permanent fault with the Glow Plug Module System. He tested all the glow plugs and all were fine so he thinks that fitting a new Glow Plug Module will cure this fault.
• Ford Torneo Connect - Faulty EGR valve or Injector? 27 May 2021 (Forum)
  I told them the EGV valve was changed and then checked 3 weeks ago. So they say, send it back to the garage (as it´s still under guarentee for the parts) or change the injector and see what happens. An injector is an expensive job to do. I definately trust this garage more than the last one. The last one claimed they had checked it and it was working...