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• What's your earliest car memories 10 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  This must of been about 1962 or 3 i'd have been 3 or 4 Then i can remember a Beford CA Utilabreak then one of 3 VW type 2's my dad had Then in 1968 his bussness was doing well and he treated himself to a new car a Morris 1800. My mother insisted on it being black so was to special order. I can remember being picked up from school the 1st day we had it.
• Would any of you help? 20 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  t give a monkeys. Drive like an idiot in the snow and take what?s coming to you. It probably depends on circumstance but in snow, with my children in the car I wouldn?t stop to help anyone, another time maybe if it looked serious and I had nothing better to do, I might...
• Prescott Hillclimb Drivers School 6 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  A week ago I had a text message from BMW offering a free day?s driving tuition at Prescott Hill, for Wednesday 3 rd June, using one?s own car. As I live less than half an hour from Prescott it seemed too good an offer to miss. Unfortunately Wednesday turned out to be a wet day on the hill but none the less was a very enjoyable day.
• 1980 Mini 1000 - Running far too rich 26 May 2005 (Forum)
  I have the following kit: Exhaust bits from Mini Spares: Manifold Std bore exhaust long centre branch Large inlet manifold for HS6 drilled + plug for servo S/Steel side exit DTM twinpipe S/Steel downpipe LCB to rear box Plus K & N cone filter & HIF 44 carb Pipercross cone filter & HS4 carb (currently in the car) Someone suggested I just ditch the cone filter and re-fit the big air box filter, but others run their cars using a cone filter so I am sure its not impossible.
• Another car crime statistic...... 11 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  You often see it in papers and mags and occasionally on the TV but never think it\'s going to happen to you - but last night some pink fluffy dice have come along and nicked the alloys on my Omega and left it on bricks or breeze blocks to be precise!! First thing I knew about it was early this morning when a neighbour knocked on the door and said \"You\'re not going to believe this but all 4 wheels on your car have been nicked!
• And the new Toadster is: 26 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Known problems: Water leak in the boot. Lights on buzzer doesn?t buzz. Bodywork not ?as new?. Apart from that it?s a gem. I paid 400 quid. Plus I can use keep my roof bars which saves me 50 quid. We must have looked at over 30 cars between 500 and 1500 quid. (Cavs, Mondeos, a 318, an Alfa 164, a golf!) This was the best by a large margin and cheapest by an large margin.
• Deathwish kiddies. 22 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  In Norwich, especially in the immediate suburbs there appears to an increasing trend of bored young kids ranging from angry 8's to furious 14's to taunt and obstruct cars that are already going slowly due to the kids presence. Two tricks: 1. Run up the road in front of the car eventually slowing to a stop in a crowd in front of the car where they subsequently taunt and hurl abuse at the occupants. 2.
• If you really want to pick fault with company car 10 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  m not working undercover for the treasury, I?d like to make the following point: Imagine you have just chosen your next company car, let?s assume a popular choice - because it?s a lovely car and has an attractive CO2 g/km tax rating (but any car would do) so, you?re looking forward to collecting a Peugeot 406 2.2HDi 136 GTX. If you allow your employer to provide fuel for private use in this company car, the Inland Revenue will include in your income tax affairs an annual ?
• FIAT Panda (2003 - ) - Panda in Austria (review) 5 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  But overall, a very pleasant and easy car to drive. Other comments. The car could only be locked and unlocked from the driver?s door - central (but not remote) locking - and there was no keyhole in the passenger door, something I don?t recall seeing before. My wife commented that because one sits higher up, one?s head is closer to the ceiling, so one cannot see the mountain scenery as well as one could with the Ka.
• Porsche Boxster 986 + Boxster S (1996 - 2004) - 'S' first impresions 1 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Real life kept getting in the way. I've just taken delivery of my new toy, a 2001 Porsche Boxster S, procured slightly accidentally from a dealer friend who phoned me from the auction recently and asked me if I fancied one and on the spur of the moment I decided that I did. It was cheap, well below trade book so on paper I've got a bargain, but I bought it for some fun, not as an investment, so how I'll concentrate on telling you what it's like to drive.
• More on Hydrogen. 17 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  The real problem, and one that car makers by definition have no interest in addressing, is western society?s addiction to the car. Is there an alternative? One person who thinks so is Dean Kamen, an American inventor, who unveiled his much-hyped Segway Human Transporter, a fancy computerised scooter, in December. ?
• Citroen c3 picasso - Central locking causing battery drain 12 Aug 2024 (Forum)
  Hello, I have identified f8 20A fuse as the culprit circuit/s causing parasitic drain of battery to the tune of 1.5A. Having pulled it the immediate problem is solved but as the radio and display are also through this I need to find out how to permanently repair the problem.im having difficulty finding wiring diagram on the Internet.
• Skoda, the good old days? 6 May 2024 (Forum)
  v=-sCbANU_W3o"> The butt of many jokes but I'm not sure they were really that bad, certainly in terms of reliability?. At the technical college I attended back in the late 80's, a mate had an Estelle 120 (of the age the cars in the video) and at the same time, I had a Lada 1600!. I also remember my Grandfather having a late Estelle 120 (though I think the name Estelle might ave been dropped and it was just a Skoda 120?)
• Red Bull Racing - Another disappointment for Honda 3 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  Really disappointing news that so soon after announcing that Honda would continue to be RBR s engine partner for next year, they confirm that they are moving to Ford from 2026. Honda have proved to be a reliable and consistent  partner over  the last few seasons , providing the performance and reliability for RBR to dominate MB and Ferrari .
• Citroen C6 - Citroen C6 classic car status 4 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Has there been a recent concerted effort to establish Citroen C6's as modern classics? I have quite fancied one of these for ages but never got round to it. Usually they are about 6-8 on autotrader but atm there are only 2 at around £ 3-4000. Maybe it's just the Covid general car price rise but they do seem to be creeping up.
• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 18-01-2020 20 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  Parker’s Guide- I looked at the XC40 but was put off by reports of it only doing the high 20’s mpg and as we travel to Southern Europe each year wanted something more economic so ended up buying a NX.. It has it’s faults (road noise and not the most powerful) but fully loaded it returned around 44mpg and that included mountainous regions..As said its not the most powerful so not a ‘driver’s car’ but it’s very comfortable and a relaxing drive..
• Toyota Aygo - Emissions not tested due to blocking up machine 17 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  There's a 2008 Toyota Aygo for sale near me at a very reasonable price. In July 2017 it failed the MOT because, "Emissions not tested due to blocking...
• Service history - does it really matter? 6 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  Had a good vibe from the dealer and everything added up condition wise and the way the engine ran and it sailed through the equivalent of the MOT here. A "right" amount of KM for the age and from Holland originally so had never seen a hill!  It`s troubles really began after I got it!!! 2 and a bit years later still going strong. Did the run back to the UK from Hungary with nary a hitch. Maybe I was just lucky.......
• Range Rover, Discovery,Defender - Land Rover Mania 30 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  For the image conscious it must make sense but for Main Dealers not to offer any discount on a £90 k car and to impose waiting lists this situation must be unique. Similarly with the Discovery Tv6 s reputation for blowing engines and other reliabilty nightmares the workshops in this part of the midlands are full of broken down LRs leading to long waits to get them fixed. Can someone explain this madness ?
• Manage with one car 27 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  and am just weighing up if running our second more economical car is worth hanging on to.....Our people/stuff shifter averages 30mpg...our little run around is averaging 40 mpg..... we could of course try and find a more economical car to replace the two but then when you factor in costs is it really worth spending thousands to save few hundred £’s a year.......