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• Chrysler Voyager (2001 - 2004) - Voyager - Garage trying it on? 1 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Dealer has siad that he must pay for the work they have done (17 hours labour plus parts) before they will again atempt to perform a fix. Dosent really seem fair to me given they havent fixed the problem and bill is in 0000's not hundreds. Any advice as to where he stands?
• Peugeot 207 (2006 - ) - 2006 1.4 16v S90 - Best way of selling? 26 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I want to exchange it for a Suzuki Swift. What's the best way of doing so and how much do you reckon I'll get for it? It's a 16v S 90 A/C 56 plate. Thanks {subject header altered to make less vague}
• Selling safely 24 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I will ask their bank to confirm that payment will be honoured (something the Scottish banking system permits but the English one doesn?t.) That commits the bank to the transaction. I haven?t had the car HPI checked and it?s possible that a potential buyer may wish to do this early in the process. What would be the appropriate response to a request for the registration mark/VIN in order to have this carried out? Should I get an HPI check done myself?
• Volvo S70/V70 (1996 - 2000) - 98 V70 T5 erratic idle and stall fault a mystery 10 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I really need some advice or help here. The car is an S-Reg Volvo V70 T5 and when the engine is switched on it idles at between 2,000 rpm and 3,500 rpm. It is consistently revving up and down between the rpm I just mentioned. When I put my foot on the accelerator so as to drive it, it just stalls.
• Clean sheet car designs. 27 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  A few I can think of are the Rover P6 2000 of 1963, the Hillman Imp from around the same time and the Citroen GS of the early 70's. Another obvious one is the VW Beetle. Presumably the Bugatti Veyron is was an all-new design too, even if its W16 engine is loosely based on 2 Audi V8s. I think the Mercedes A-class and the Smart owed nothing to previous designs.
• Volvo S70/V70 (1996 - 2000) - 98 V70 T5 erratic idling and stall fault a mystery 24 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I really need some advice or help here. The car is an S-Reg Volvo V70 T5 and when the engine is switched on it idles at between 2,000 rpm and 3,500 rpm. It is consistently revving up and down between the rpm I just mentioned. When I put my foot on the accelerator so as to drive it, it just stalls.
• Volvo S60 (2000 - 2009) - Value Question 6 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Our company buys our cars outright so no leasing deals to consider, just the value of my car set against the cost of a new one. It is a 2005 / 05 plate Volvo S60 S D5. No extras other than the metalic Magic Blue paint. 81,000 miles on the clock, very good condition and a full service history. Many thanks for your help folks.
• Insuring second car for under 21 driver 10 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  His only option seems to be insure the car as his own (second car) then cancel the insurance when the car is delivered....which seems rather stupid (from insurace company point of view) and not sure if insurance companies will let him do this anyway without a penalty. Any suggestions? thanks S. As it is a surprise his mother must know nothing about it...so difficult to insure under her name...
• SEAT Leon II (2005 - ) - 1.6 Stylance opinions please 9 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Priorities are Economy, Handling, Reliability and Comfort but not necessarily in that order and i cover about 15-16k a year. Diesel 06's are out of my price range unfortunately so petrol is it... Cheers in advance. Eoin
• Volvo S40/V40 (1996 - 2004) - 1.9D Cambelt 6 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, My wife?s car has just suffered a cam belt failure, which the local-ish Volvo dealer has said has caused major damage. What's worrying me is that the car only has 61K miles on the clock, has always been maintained by Volvo dealer, has belt changed at 50K service, per Volvo recommendation.
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - R reg - 1.25 - EGR valve 23 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  i have recently changed my engine in my R reg Fiesta mk 4. i have dropped in a 1.25 zetec s the same as what was in before, the only difference bieng that it has an egr valve which my original engine did not, therefore i need to do something with it. i have been given two opinions as to what to do 1) put a piece of tubing between the two pipes creating a flow around bypassing what im told is a sensor or 2) Block it off???
• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - Want an Audi A4 - But when? 21 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Mileage is now just over 50k and before it gets stupidly high i want a change... Leading to my next choice, a facelifted version of the A4 2.0 TDI S-Line! I really like the car but i know there is a new model out soon. I'm unsure whether to wait and see what kind of price difference there is once that hits the market. And will there be more choice after this is released as current owners will p/x there older models?
• MINI - Say I want a MINI, but..... 14 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I was a passenger in the MINI Cooper S (Mk 1 - 2006 version) this weekend. I have read all the problems and complaints about the car, but you can't deny that it is a fancy vehicle with lots of style. I also found that despite being low, it was easy to get into and out of - something which I think is a major plus for me.
• How much power do you want and why? 26 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  For me, I`m happy with little, contrasted with todays cars. Why? Well my first `car`was an 850cc Mini van back in the 60`s. You were really aware of hills and Shap fell on the M6 used to really take the speed off. I can remember years of climbing the M62 eastbound over the pennines at 40MPH in 3rd gear. Of course all that is forgotten about these days with modern cars, but i was reminded of it reading a forum on LDV (old post office) vans.
• Toyota Auris (2007 - ) - Chugging noise 5 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I also noticed a high tapping sound like stone on stone which gets faster as the wheels turn and wonder if that is a stone trapped in the tread of the tyre - but thought i'd mention it if the 2 were related :s Any ideas? re-located into Technical, Make and Model etc would help if only to classify - PU
• Honda Civic UK (1995 - 2000) - Will using with blowing exhaust cause any damage? 3 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  ....and why when manufacturers spend money jumping through legislative hoops on bystander noise can some yoof stick a noisy pipe on his hatchback/sports bike and pass an MOT? s
• Jaguar XK and XKR (2006 - ) - Radio aerial 28 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Just followed a new XK whilst driving home from work and was shocked to see it?s radio aerial. Some kind of telescopic job, like on my £5 kitchen radio Rest of the way home I kept a look out, TT, SLK, AF Spider all have neat ?bee sting? type ones on the rump. To be honest, I had noticed this style of aerial before on the DB7 and the old XK, also on the MR2 and thought it odd.
• Audi A3 + S3 (1996 - 2001) - 98 T-sport Brake light problem-tracing? 26 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I'm looking at GSF for the switch unless there are any better palces other know about - again, all comments welcome. Thanks in advance. s
• car security 19 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  It took half an hour's worth of thought and a few false starts but finally worked out how to gain access without breaking a window or cutting holes. So, anyone who wants to know how to get into a '90's Previa in less than 20 seconds just send some used tenners in a plain brown envelope to the usual address. It's a little bit scary that me on my own without the benefit of an education 'at her Majesty's pleasure' can come up with a quick and simple keyless entry method.
• Build quality- japan versus the rest 16 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  The build quality is excellent, The doors close with a satisfying "thunk" like its a real piece of metal. There`s not a patch of rust on it and everything works as it should. Its 12 years old and has done over 100k. Before this i had a 10 year old ford escort which appeared to be made of 2mm thick tinplate and was going on the arches and sills.