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• Renault and BMW service, good value? 18 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Two mates had their cars serviced last week, the first a 3 year old Renault Scenic with front discs and pads plus two tyres on top replaced was just about £1000. The BMW ''w'' 3 series came at £1300 ish with nothing major done.
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 2004 - Wobbly Wheels - Vibration when accelerating 13 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Help please,I have just purchased a 3 year old C-Max 6500 miles only,there is vibration bettween 50 to 60 mph under acceleration only,it is comes from the front of the car,it is not a balancing issue because I have had thoughly checked out. Thanks shula E320 Coupe
• Pug Radio Codes 10 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  The car is an old but much loved 205 cabrio fitted with the original Clarion radio/cassette player. New battery fitted and needed to enter the radio code. Entered 1114 instead of 1113 (small buttons big fingers...) and the radio froze.
• Xsara gearchange lumpy 8 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hiya, Noticed that the gearchange on my Xsara is getting a bit stiff - car is 8 years old now and as far as I know this has never been checked. No problems getting it into gear, just doesn't feel that slick. I am, somewhat embarrassingly, comparing it to a 2007 Ford Transit which is wonderful to drive.
• Auction find 24 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Today we went to look round the general household goods auction preview day in Christchurch. In the room with next weeks junk, sitting in all their glory, were two beautiful immaculate old Daimlers, I think from the 50's, plus one outside in the yard. All are according to the staff, in full working order .They are, sadly, being sold by an executor. Usually if they have a car or van it is from a bankruptcy and go for peanuts - wonder what will happen to these beauties.
• Mazda 626 Headlight 22 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Hi I stone flew up and damaged my headlight on a 1999 626 , I have got a new headlight from a breakers but am having a devil of a job to take the old headlamp off. I have undone the 3 bolts attaching it to the chassis but there doesnt seem to be enough clearance between the bumper to get it free. Can someone throw some light on this? Also anyone know of any sites to view or download a manual for this car?
• W211 Merc - 320 CDI Auto - 80k mls 11 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I'm about to purchase the above 3 year old vehicle. Full Merc SH and one owner from new on the plus side, but "out of warranty" and high mileage to consider too.........do any of you have experience of problems with these cars / engines ?
• Mondeo Mk3 Petrol - why so cheap s/h ? 17 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  I've narrowed my choice to replace my rather unreliable Octavia (broken air-con after 6 months - not covered under warranty - and an exhaust that rattles like a samba) with a used Mondeo Mk3 1.8 - at around 4 years old these are amazingly cheap at about £3.5k. Question is, why are they so cheap - is there something wrong with them ? They seem like such a good car !
• Clio slow speed squeak 9 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  At very low speeds (i.e. crawling in traffic in first gear) my Clio squeaks. This happens when the brakes are not in use. The car is 3 years old and has done 33k. I thought that it could be the wheel bearings. Perhaps it is too early for these to become worn and the noise is much more a squeak than a rumble. Any ideas as to what is wrong?
• Merc heat reflecting windscreen - type? 3 May 2006 (Forum)
  A manager at work wants to use a Tom Tom device and the website states they will not work with athermic type heat reflecting windscreens. His car does have a heat reflecting windscreen but is it athermic? (Sorry if they are one and the same!) It's an E270 auto Avantgarde about 2 years old. Andrew
• help! radio removal Hyundai Lantra 8 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  At long last I have been able to sell my brother's 1999 Lantra for him. Here's the catch. The purchaser left him a new cd player to fit and he is calling for the car Sat evening. i have just gone round with my new harness adaptor to change the thing but there are no holes for my radio removal gizmos! Any ideas how to get the old radio/cassette out?? Thanks!
• Nissan X-Trail 2.5 22 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Moved out to the woods and need to change my car (an Insight btw). Anyone owns or spent time with a 2.5 X-Trail? Auto or Manual, I dont mind. 2yr old ones are good value at the dealerships. I should look at the dCI but have heard of reliability issues.
• Type-R is it worth it ? 22 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Hi to All, I'm really keen on the outgoing Honda Civic Type-R and made a saving this time last year when purchasing a Ford Focus 1.8 edge (£9.3k). In a bid to buy a new car and make a saving due to the fact it's an old model and it's January - Does anyone know where the beat place to pick up a new type-r at reasonable money is ? Look forward to your thoughts! Nick
• Rover V8 Carbs 14 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Goodevening every one i've a kit car (traka) based 95% on a old range rover. Now the engine is 100% good with a known history (v8 rover of course) have been told that both carbs not in the best of health (strombergs) is it worth the cost of fitting a new webber carb with a full conversion kit at a not cheap price of £550.
• Golf Mk2 - new or recon alternator? 20 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hello, It looks like part of my alternator is not functioning properly, but I may need to replace the whole part. Since my car is now quite old (13 years), will a reconditioned alternator be sufficient? If so, will a garage even fit one or will I have to buy new? Any advice much appreciated (probably going to ring my local garage tomorrow to have it looked at).
• How fast for 7K 13 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  I'm in the market for a car around the 6-8k mark.. Want decent size and high performance. Was looking at impreza turbos but for that money the mileage is too high or they're too old..Insurace group not so much of a big deal as I'm on fleet cover.
• Child allowed in front seat? 9 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  - Does anyone know if under-12 year olds can travel in the front passenger seat of the car, in Germany? (Even with a child seat fitted and seatbelt on?) I don't think it's allowed in France, and I'm not sure about the UK any more? I'm going on a long run up to Denmark next week and am thinking of driving overnight; my son will have more space up-front.
• Autobox on Volvo S80 7 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  I am asking on behalf of my friend. He is going to get a 4-5 year-old S80 2.4SE (170ps). The question is how many gears does the autobox have? Who makes the autobox? How reliable is the autobox? Volvo service schedule requires ATF change every 50k. As the car will have near 100k on the clock, can it be reasonable to expect another 100k on its original box?
• scratched paintwork 11 May 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I have metalic gray paintwork on a two year old car, it has collected a few minor scratches / scuffmarks plus a passenger has just decided to push the door open to its full extent against a wall, and that has left scratch marks on the door edge, I live in the Eastbourne area, does anyone know how I can restore the paintwork, and take out one pea sized dent on the bonnet?
• A very light sentence... 21 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Story in my local rag yesterday: Lorry driver who turned his vehicle over on a bend whilst speeding, crushed a car coming the other way and killed the old chap driving it. He already had nine points for speeding offences, and the investigation into this crash found that he'd tampered with the limiter. He got 3 points and therefore a 28-day ban under the totting-up procedure.