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• Vauxhall Zafira - Replacement for a Zafira? 8 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  If I buy a new car what do I buy?   I need something that will carry skis, be comfortable to drive across Europe in the winter and will fit the roofbox (2.30m) and even better the chains that I already have.  I drive about 15-20k miles a year I only have a maximum of £3000 to spend Any suggestions
• Ford S-MAX - Whining noise 6 Jun 2010 (Forum)
    This sounds more like a bearing, but 25,000 miles seems early for one to go and maybe they all make the same noise?  The dealer certainly didn't think it sounded odd on the test drive, but then he wouldn't!  The car feels normal to drive. Thanks for your help.  
• Volkswagen Golf Plus (2005 - ) - 05 1.9TDi cambelt problem. 16 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I have only had the car three weeks. and it has already been back to the dealers as the engine light came on as i was driving and the car would loose power, that problem has been fixed as i was told there was a loose wire in the engine, now I have been told it needs a new cambelt, the car has only done 35000 miles. The dealers may want me to pay for this, should I be paying for it as I have refused too..and also they told me it is safe to drive even though i do alot of motorway driving.is the car still safe too drive as I have lost all faith in the car and the dealers, thanks..
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 almost stalls when idle,foot on clutch = ok 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, Just drove the car back from the garage after having a cracked water pipe replaced. On the drive back the car would almost stall when sitting at lights idling. When I put my foot on the clutch the car was ok. Problems started when the engine overheated due to the cracked pipe. It overheated whilst i was parked up (engine still running) sitting outside a shop after a 50mile motorway drive and then a short drive from motorway to the shop.
• Volkswagen Polo IV (2002-2005) - 04 1.4 Manifold pressure fault code help 24 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  RAC came out and read it on the computer and it said "manifold atmospheric pressure sensor fault". RAC didn't look beyond reading the computer, but said safe to drive home even though had an 80 mile journey. It did drive home okay though. Am I safe to drive this for another 4 days (160 mile return each day) as I can't get it to a garage before this? I'm clueless as to what the manifold pressure is!
• Winter tyres trial 6 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I have had these on for a week and they are outstanding. Grip is excellent in snow and slush and good even on ice. Last night I had to drive the ranger and ended up sliding into a kerb on a corner and slightly damaging a wheel. Driven the ibiza again this morning and it is massively better and much more reassuring to drive. The only thing is to not become overconfident and also remember that other cars dont have the same level of grip.
• Drink driving - possible sentence? 14 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Am new to this site but wondered if anyone had any advice for me? My finance was stupidly caught drink driving in the early hours of yesterday morning. Pulled over in routine check, no accident, no other vehicles involved. Blew 73mg breath - arrested, charged and bailed before magistrates 29/05/08. Problem.
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 98 2.0 GLS auto - sport button no longer working 27 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi my 1998 2.0 16v automatic gls vectra b has a sport drive button on the top of the gear stick, until now it has worked fine and has always shown a small orange light on the dash indicating its in use, and you certainly know when your in sport mode as the gears do not change so quickly as in normal drive.
• Insurance - Business cover. 22 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hello All, I've just renewed our insurance and came across something that is a bit of a suprise to me. The Wife uses the car to drive to and from one place of work. she will however once in a while drive the car to a course or seminar (Possibly twice a year) when i told the insurance company this they replied that i needed Business insurance (At a cost of about an extra 20 pounds).
• Which smallish 'proper' auto for driving school? 22 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  A young family friend's driving school is coming along nicely, and the young woman in question would like to purchase a smallish automatic to expand her business. She would like a proper auto, which i think is good sense but open to other thoughts.
• Check your passports before heading for France 23 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  My brother in law is at this very moment driving from Cheshire to Durham. Tomorrow, he has an appointment at the passport office. If he manages to sort out his problem he will then drive straight to Plymouth where my sister in law and the kids are in their caravan which has been parked on a site there since yesterday.
• Subaru Forester II (2002 - ) - 02 2.0 Cutting out 31 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  No code is held in the ECU and only once has the engine management light briefly appeared but the memory holds no info? The car has been fitted with an inline computer whilst driving and this again shows as no fault.
• When is a pavement not a pavement ? 7 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Some of the pavement has a solid white line denoting the edge of the road and in other places there are kerb stones which only sit half an inch or so above the road surface. Because it's a narrow road and has the occasional parked car, many motorists resort to driving on the kerb. I don't drive on it and have endured the frustration of many oncoming motorists who felt I should have moved over to let them past a parked car on their side of the road! My question is if a pavement is not raised and in some parts not clearly marked by kerb stones or white lines, is it a pavement at all or just a different coloured piece of highway and if I was to drive on it could I be prosecuted by plod?
• Which car to carry big dog and have street cred ? 25 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I need bags of space, higher driving position and with a wee bit more funky!!!!
• Fuel efficiency of older diesel cars 8 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I was looking up the fuel efficiency for older diesel cars for city driving and on a site selling old LTI fairway taxis I came up with a figure of 25 - 30mpg in town for a 2.7 litre diesel. Now I don't know if this means stop and start traffic driving or driving at 30 MPH, but this is roughly the same as I get from my old Golf, which is a 1.3 litre petrol.
• Speed hump muppets. 11 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The speed humps where you have 3 individual humps across the road seem to be getting more popular. These work fine when when the road is clear and you can drive over the hump on your side of the road, often without having to dip below the speed limit. The problem comes when there are parked cars on either side of he road and to make smooth progress you need to drive over the centre hump in the road.
• A Fair Cop or was it? 2 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  A policeman who told Central Scotland Police he had drunk "a bucketful" when stopped for driving a damaged car has been banned from driving. Douglas Reid, 48, who is due to retire from Strathclyde Police, was given a 15-month ban at Falkirk Sheriff Court. Reid was stopped in Shieldhill, near Falkirk, in the early hours of 16 December, 2006 by officers who noticed extensive damage to his Honda Accord.
• Steering while stationary 30 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Certainly it tends to be drilled into learner drivers. But I strongly suspect that the reason is driving schools fear the damage that will be caused when learners do this while the n/s front wheel is graunched tight against a high kerb. Otherwise it has to be irrational, since clutch abuse is winked at by driving instructors.
• Changing A 1998 Ford Fiesta Headlight 1 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  I need to change the passenger side headlight bulb on my 1998 ford fiesta zetec 1.25. It turns on to parking light OK but when I turn it up to my main driving lights it stays on the parking light. If I switch on full beam then it works OK. Ive bought a new driving light bulb but I cant for the life of me figure out how to get to the headlight housing as there is all sorts of engine chassis and tubes etc in the way.
• Taking the car to France, advice please 25 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  OUTWARD: It will just be my 11 yr old son's treat (and mine!) without the girls, so I thought it would be good to make a driving trip of it for him (the girls would want to fly). Would it be best to go via Shuttle to Calais, then drive from there, or better to put the car on a train (at Calais?) part of the way south? I assume my TomTom will be up to the job.