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• Pug 306 brake lights not working.. 3 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Hello, My step-sisters 98 R Pug 306's brake lights have stopped working. We have chacked all fuses, rear light clusters and wiring around the boot area. It is the rear brake lights and high vis that are not working. Rear head lights, reversing, indicators and foglights all work.
• 1999 Astra G - no ECU code! Help.... 23 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  The garage plugged in a diagnostic tool to my Astra today to see what was going on with the alarm system. It´s a ´99 1.8 CDX Astra Estate. As far as I could understand the nice German mechanic, his machine required the ECU code unique to the car before he could ´get in´ to the system and start checking stuff.
• Golf couple's fuel efficiency record 6 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  No details of which engine was involved is given in the Daily Mail story. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
• Corsa Single CD Radio (CAR 2005?) 26 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Son's Corsa ran its battery down a few weeks ago (away at university) He came back yesterday and the radio display is showing "Safe" Have tried the process in the book for putting code in (ignition on, radio off, press and hold A/S button) but nothing happens. Have tried disconnecting and re-connecting the battery but is still the same. We have not got as far as putting in a code so have not had any attempts! Have left ignition and radio on for an hour - still no change.
• over fueling ford fiesta 6 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  if so were is the co screw? we don't want to start buying a new carb cos the car isn't worth it but will get s/hand if need be, this car has the cat fitted hope you can help??
• BMW for Honda 14 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  No leather, but does have autochanger and climate. Looking around, I reckon to put it up for £8750. Sound reasonable? The Accord is a 2000X 2.0 S model, red, with 64k. Friend's father is getting a new company car, gets to offlod this one. It's up for £3k. Good deal? Ta in advance, Alex. -- Dr Alex Mears MG BGT 1971 If you are in a hole stop digging...unless you are a miner.
• MINI One or MINI Cooper? 16 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Has anyone any experience of comparing a MINI One with a Cooper? I don't think that we need or can afford the S. Journeys are mainly her driving 5 miles to and from work, plus me borrowing it for some long business trips to keep the mileage under control on the Audi. The question is really - in day-to-day driving, is the extra pace of the Cooper worth it?
• VW Golf MkIV - Exhaust Emission Warning 14 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I have recently bought a MkIV VW Golf S (51 reg)thats done 50k miles. About 5 minutes after leaving home today the Exhaust Emission warning light started blinking, then after a couple minutes of blinking it stayed lit up and it hasnt gone away.
• Wheels slipping 19 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I can think of two solutions: 2 new 'high quality' tyres (recommendations please). or Put larger alloys on with new tyres to increase contact patch with road (currenty 15's).
• Rev an engine before switching off? 12 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Not sure that I entirely agree with HJ?s comment in the DT today, in response to a letter from DS HJ says that one should not rev an engine before switching off because it will leave the cylinders flooded with fuel. However with regard to a modern fuel injected normally aspirated petrol engine the fuel is cut off as soon as the ignition is cut so a few extra revolutions of the engine will leave it with fresh air in the cylinders as opposed to fuel or acidic exhaust gasses.
• Bargains at the car auctions today! 2 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Was snooping around the Manheim car auctions today(Colchester) with lots of Mercedes C and S class cars,so much so that towards the end there were absolutely fantastic cars with only 3 or 4 people present as the audience + the auctioneers and staff .ie total less than 10 present. Pity I didnt require a Mercedes!
• Does oil in the coolant always mean HGF? 12 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Does oil in the coolant always mean headgasket failure? I've noticed light brown gunge floating in the coolant of my Rover 100, it's also in the filler...
• whiplash injury 4 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  i was on the m40 s/b on friday morning just past banbury. sorry to any one reading this who was in the 9 mile tailback. anyway it was a two car rtc and the other party admited to the police that i was to blame. i sufferd minor whiplash injury and i went to a&e after a few hrs as my neck was stiff and sore. i was in a company car and my work mates are saying that i should claim for my injury but this is the first accident i have had and im not sure if i can claim for whiplash as this is all new to me. are my work mates right or are they winding me up. can anyone throw some light on this matter.
• Predecessors & successors 8 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  The race is on since forever and the industry is pushing hard, trying to convince everyone that the new model is way better than its predecessor. But is it always a rule of a thumb ? Let?s take a Merc E-class W124, as an example. Nice car... then in ?96 came the W210 (the rusty one, though only at the beginning, BUT still rusty). And the current one, well... Figure it out for yourself...
• Michelin @ Indy - Volume 2 2 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  {This follows on from Volume 1, which can be found here:} http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=32780 DD =================================================================== To add to F1's woes in America, Bernie made a spectacular gaffe live on US TV during the weekend. When asked what he thought of Danica Patrick, who had this year achieved national acclaim by becoming the first female to lead the Indy 500 before finishing fourth, he replied, "Women should be dressed in white, like all domestic appliances" His ready wit has has gone down like a lead balloon in the land of the free.
• Computer Related Questions - Volume 55 2 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  She has emailed her cv to various places and was amazed to find that one company not only had the cv she had sent but had managed to read the saved(unedited/corrected) version(s)of it. We run windows xp pro and microsoft word. I have two questions. 1 Is this possible and how? An explanation suitable for a computer illiterate would be appreciated. 2 I told her to copy the text in reasonable "chunks" and paste it into a new document which would not need editing.
• volvo s60 t5 SE VERY camber sensitive!!! 11 May 2005 (Forum)
  on a left camber it pulls to the left, and vice versa. does any one else have this problem with s60's? it maybe due to volvo not putting the sub-frame back on properly after a new gearbox was fitted????? volvo have tried laser aligning the wheels - that has helped alot - i have tried everthing - front wheels on back and vice versa, tyre pressures are fine, distance between rear and front wheels are equal. any ideas would be mostly appreciated, Thanks!!!!
• Fiesta mk 4 Idle problem 13 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  I have an S reg Fiesta Ghia x with a zetec 1.4s engine, started to notice that when I approached junction at low revs the engine would sometimes stall this will occasionally happen when I am in sittting in traffic and the engine is idling it will rev fine for a while and then suddenly revs will drop and either stall or almost stall and then revs go back to a normal level, there is no set pattern either for this sometimes it does it and sometimes not.
• choosing new tyres...any suggestions 21 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  i need a set of 4 195/50/15 tyres for my mk2 golf gti, id like a set that lasts fairly well rather than ones that offer super duper grip ive been looking on www.mytyres.co.uk theres alot of tyres to choose from under £40, ive used goodyears before with no problems and have a set of gsd3's on my other golf, but i havent done enough miles to see how they wear can anyone suggest a place that reviews tyres? or whats good or bad , id prefer to use known brands unless someone can persuade me otherwise
• New(ish) "old" Beetles 8 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Built back in the 70s, forgotten for 20 years and late registered? My car was manufactured in 95 but registered in 98 - still I have to have an N plate, not S. Just interested really. Ta, Mark