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• US Dept of Motor Vehicles Test 15 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Saw a film last night on DVD and one seen was a room full of taking a DMV (Dept of Motor Vehicles?) test. One of the characters appeared to have a driving licence already. Out of curiosity: 1. Is it like the UK theory test but you have to pass it every few years? or 2. Do you have to re-take it and pass if you have been convicted of a motoring offence?
• Omega Battery light on, loss of Power St 5 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  This Omega just goes from worse to worse after my engine ans gearbox problems today just done a 20 minute round trip and whilst driving round a roundabout the power steering failed nearly causing me to crash and the battery light is now permanently on. Has anyone any ideas? Turning the car is an absolute s**, any takers on fire bombing this heap of crap please?
• Cancellation of insurance. 13 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  A friend of mine is selling his car and giving up driving for good personal reasons after only 2 months insurance with AXA but can not find out until monday how much he can expect to be refunded, hopefully this would be on a pro-rata basis less admin. costs.
• Disappearing garages 23 May 2003 (Forum)
  Is this a symptom of the low profitability of selling petrol these days? Will we all have to eventually drive miles out of our way, and queue for interminable periods, to fill up with petrol? Or is it simply that the supermarkets are winning the battle for our petrol money?
• Increased consumption 4 May 2003 (Forum)
  Now it\'s about 50 mpg. The car is a Peugeot diesel (mileage 204,000) I can\'t detect a leak & my driving pattern hasn\'t altered. I suspect it\'s a symptom of a greater malaise,I\'m just not sure what though. Any ideas would be appreciated.
• Volvo 850 (1996) Lambda Sensor after MOT 28 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I have informed my usual garage about the problem (they sub-contracted the MOT) and they said that they will look into it. Any ideas what may have happened - is it serious? Should I still be driving it while it's investigated? Many thanks for suggestions.
• Mathematics 23 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I believe there to be a formula whereby you can calculate the mph per 1000rpm in any gear, provided that you know the gear and final drive ratios and the overall diameter of the tyres. Does anybody know this calculation? Purely as matter of nerdy type interest, I would like to check the speedo accuracy at M-Way speeds. At the moment I tend to assume that 76-78mph is around a true 70, and wonder why most other are going so slow (except for the German cars of course).
• Invalid Cars 4 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Driving through Crawley this lunchtime, saw one of these little electric cars (the sort usually driven by old ladies along the pavement). This was being driven by a man but along the road, even though there was a pavement available.
• Honda S2000 Imports 18 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Driving past an import specialist yesterday, I noticed a lovely Honda s2000 sitting outside, looking all lovely in shiny blue. As this car has now been around three years or so, was I looking at the start of cheapish imports coming in from Japan?
• Why the CC won't work... 24 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  By the same score, any car with a driver i.e. Limo should be exempt. As it is a congestion charge and does not apply if you drive into London out of hours and leave the car parked during charging time, taxis are then effectively private transport exempted from the charge. Ben
• Rules on engine swaps for an Escort 21 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  I am driving a 1.4 LX Escort on a k plate. The engine is i think giving up after 117k, it puffs out black smoke at high revs. having spent a lot on it i am considering replacing the engine, what are the implications of this insurance wise?
• The only way to buy 19 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  I was posted a while back about trying to decide between between a Polo, an Ibiza and a Fiesta, well the Polo won, primarily on comfort/driving position and the whopping discount. Rev.
• golf stalling problems 7 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  Problem is that the car stalls when it comes to a halt. This is only a problem in the first few minutes of driving. It restarts with no problem and then never cuts out once warmed up. I had the car serviced and had the carb cleaned. The problem has improved but it is still vulnerable to stalling (ONLY when halting, say at a rounabout or traffic lights) when cold.
• Rover 100 - Electrical problem 23 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Can anyone help please with a problem which is driving my wife, our local garage and myself wild? My wife's 1996 Rover 111sli keeps dying with an electrical fault - not charging and the battery going completely flat. We've changed the battery, alternator and regulator.
• performance upgrades ? 11 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Current mileage is 84k and the car is as sweet as a nut, just a tad used to the performance after 20k of driving. Amd offer a chip upgrade that will give me an extra 40 bhp and 40 ibsft of torque ( approx ) for £550. Has anyone out there have first hand expeience of these chip upgrades on this model of car or same engine. cheers Ben B
• Petrol consumption 27 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have been back in the UK for 4 weeks and I am using an Alfa 166 2.0 twin spark throughout mainland europe it has been doing 32 mpg according to the computer ,the same driving on Uk fuel i have dropped to 23mpg .I thought there must be a problem with the car but everythink checks out ok.I have tried all different fuels with the same result .It confirms to me what I always thought that UK fuel is substandard.
• COMPANY CAR TAX 2004-5 12 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  JUST BEEN LOOKIN AT CAR TAX FOR 2004-5 AT PRESENT I DRIVE A FOCUS 1.4 ZETEC, YOU KNOW THE SORT O THING LIL HATCHBACK TYPE, ADEQUATE FOR MEDIUM COMPANY MILEAGE, MOTORWAYS IF YOU THRASH IT ETC, IN 2004-5 WHEN I AM SOO LUCKY TO GET A NEW MOTOR, WHAT AM I LOOKING AT FOR THE SAME SORT OF TAX LAYOUT!!!!
• Premonitions 3 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Has anyone experienced ‘hunches’, premonitions, call them what you will -when driving, that have subsequently turned out to be accurate? I have a couple of interesting examples to kick off with, but am a bit reluctant to post them without encouragement as I don’t want to be branded a weirdo, as I reckon I’m fairly normal for most of the time (honest!)
• cavalier screaming speedo 7 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  i've got a cavalier gli, 2 litre h reg, guess that's 1990 - 1991, the speedo keeps screaming at me, doesn't matter whether it's from cold start or while driving at any speed, it just decides to start. really nasty grinding high pitched scream. had it into the garage and they can't say what's causing it. has any one got any ideas on what may be causing this screaming noise?
• keep or replace mondeo 17 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  this for a friend, Jack drives about 30,000 miles a year, and has a mondeo 1.8 tdi pulls a large trailer, he has done 113,000 miles so far no major problems, he has 2 years left to do the same job, question would he be better to keep the mondeo, or buy a newer mondeo, or is there a better car out there for the job, his next car he would intend to keep after retirement,