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• AUDI A4 1.9 TDI AUTO - JUMPS INTO 1ST GEAR 30 May 2011 (Forum)
  HI,when i first start the car and put it in drive noyhing happens til i rev a lttle and it then jumps into first gear.she goes through the gears ok,but if i slow to a stop it happens again.this goes on for about 5 mins and then she,s fine and it does,nt happen again.just wondering if anyone can possibly explain this and what i need to do?  many thanks for any help.
• Renault 21 Savanna - Renault 21 urgently sought in NI for filming 19 Aug 2010 (Forum)
    I'm urgently trying to make contact with anyone who would own a Renault 21 estate car, possibly a Savanna from the early 90's onwards. It's for some filming purposes for BBC Northern Ireland.  Please e-mail me on jeremy.shields@bbc.co.uk or jeremy_shields@hotmail.com and I can give you some more details!
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - phuts out at junctions. 9 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  This a.m. it wouldn't easily start after driving for 3 miles then waiting for 5 minutes, also when waiting at junctions the engine has a tendency to run slower and slower then stop (seems to re-start OK, mostly, occarional repeated attempts needed). Any ideas what's up? If any further info. would be useful I'll try & give it! s
• Hosepipe ban 9 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  I think we have water piped down to our part of Yorkshire  from Northumberland now - also limescale in taps, that we never had before with our soft, brown peat water off the Pennine moors. Tough though to be in the North West if you`re a keen gardener. What`s it like down South? oilrag
• Bridgestone Motorcycles Not Tyres! 5 May 2010 (Forum)
    I was wondering if anybody in this forum has/had/remebers the Bridgestone 350 GTR? I saw a s/h one many moons ago (well around 1974/5) in a dealers. He suggested it was nearly as fast as a as the Bonneville of the same era. I cannot recall seeing one since. A few years ago I did see a 175 single at a classic vehicle show.
• An Easter DIY oil change? 3 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  You know - to be sure it`s done right and so that you can lay in bed visualizing clear golden oil - nectar of the gods - floating the crankshaft and so on. A tub of Mobil 1 (bought at discount last Autumn) is handy and circa £10 for a filter spun by Italian craftsmen out of the finest material.
• Small hatch decision 26 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  My mother in law is looking to replace her current motor with a new or very recent s/h model (ie 59 plate) and she's narrowed the choice down to the following: Vauxhall Corsa Honda Jazz Ford Fiesta VW Polo Must be 1.4 ish engine and must be petrol. She'll be doing a lot of travelling from the W Mids to the SWof England.
• Seat Arosa 1.0 - First car for New Driver - Should i buy or avoid 23 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  Following my other half success at passing her driving test i am looking for a cheap first car. i have seen a  Seat arosa that looks tempting, bUt could it be trouble in the form of expensive repairs. ? it is S Reg  1.0  litre engine  88 K  miles ,   any opiinion welcome  thank you all
• Drink driving penalties harsher in the past? 7 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I picked up a little book on motoring printed by Autocar way back - interesting info on road tax, insurance costs etc. in the 1940's. I was particularly struck by a statement that at that time (1949) the fine for being drunk in charge of a car was £50, which is not remarkable, but what did seem odd was a note that a life disqualification and 6 months jail had often been added to the fine.
• KIA Cee'd (2007 - 2010) - Kia Ceed car value ? 7 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Hi everyone. My daughter bought a new Kia Ceed s 5 door for a total price £9300 December 2008,on finance. She has done about 13000 miles in it. She is now realising that it is tough to make the payments and is thinking of selling it and buying an old banger.
• Old cars, modern fluids. 1 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  To sort out a debate we had in the office today. Are modern fuels and oils beneficial for old cars? If a common pushrod engine from the mid 60?s (Ford Zephyr for example) were to be completely rebuilt as original and then run using synthetic oil and modern fuel (with lead replacement additives if required), would it fare much better now, mile for mile than it would have when it was new?
• Tyres - BN rating 6 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I've been looking at eBay, and a lot of new 'BN' rated tyres are coming up very cheap, such as these: http://tinyurl.com/y9awu8q I can't find what this designation means. Any ideas? I'm also open to suggestions as to which brand and pattern would be best. M & S are NOT permitted. There's an awful lot available: http://tinyurl.com/yar87m9
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0 tdci washer pump change 19 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  the washer pump is not working but the wipers are, im told they run off the same fuse so i need to change the pump. It is a cannister approx 10' tall, located under the o/s/f wheel mudflap i think? Is this easy to change, and why does it look different and much bigger than all the pics of washer pumps on ebay?
• SAAB - SAAB "too much a man's car"... 16 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  ?although my wife?s friend did not explain. I don't know what model she has but she is interested in the automatic version of mine, i30 Hyundai Comfort. In a similar size class, with not too much price variation, are Kia Cee?
• Double-yellow delight 10 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Therefore, if you need to stop for a few minutes you do the counter-intuitive thing and park on the yellow even when the resident?s bays are empty. Is it me that's mad?
• Right hand gear change 1 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Whilst pressing the gearchange is fine the hooking motion is a problem. When I owned a bike back in the early 70's it had a right hand gearchange. Is it just classics that have this or are any bikes made this way around as standard or an option?
• Registration Docs Query 4 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Before ring them, does anyone know roughly how long it would take. I?m just worried that possibly I?m driving a car that technically in the DVLA?s eyes does not belong to me. Many Thanks
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 04 1.8 Boot Lock 3 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I've read somewhere, and I can't recall where, that it's just a microswitch that needs replacing instead of the Ford option which is the complete unit at £££'s. Has anyone any experience of replacing the microswitch and is it the type of thing I'm likely to find in Maplins?
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 98 1.6 faulty aircon 16 May 2009 (Forum)
  Hi,I have just bought a really nice low mileage 1600 16v Vectra (98 S reg).The only fault I can find is the aircon doesnt seem to get cold.How can I tell if its a fault or it just needs re-gassing.Sorry to appear a bit dim but I have never had aircon before.Thanks,Mick.
• Mercedes Benz C-Class W203 (2000 - 2007) - C Class reliability 8 May 2009 (Forum)
  I've heard good things about the performance of the 3.0 diesel but I'm worried about overall reliability. Did things improve towards the end of the W203's production. The car I'm thinking of has about 36K on the clock. Anyone know anything about this car?