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• Looking after the pennies ... 22 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Apart from scraping my knuckles taking the ballast (sorry, CD changer) out of the void next to the o/s rear light, the operation went without a hitch. Hawkeye ----------------------------- Stranger in a strange land
• how much should i give for a .... 18 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  140K miles 7m mot fvsh 1 owner new rear shocks & springs roof bars body work has 20 dents on roof, not real bad scratch?s and slight dents all over, front bumper large scuff mark rear bumper scratched to hell, on loading area parkers says £7845 good bad is £6200 but alliance-leicester.co.uk/smartermotoring says poor is £3800 good £5110 and trade is £4445 ?
• Mondeo II- 2 basic questions. 5 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I just want to know how to access it now not to fix a problem. 2.There is a a 7inch slightly bent rod with a hook on one end that resides on a little purpose built shelf in the boot just by the O/S rear light. I cannot find any reference to its purpose. 3. I am considering updating the headlamp bulbs. Is it a case of just prising off the three buttons that hold the cover over the grill access screws?
• Red Barchetta 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  While searching for the lyrics to the song I found the article from Track and Road in 1973 by Richard S Foster (A nice morning drive) that was the inspiration for the song. Read in retrospect it was well ahead of its time! Well worth a read. Road and Track article: http://members.aol.com/redbarche/ANiceMorningDrive.html Lyrics to Red Barchetta: http://www.purelyrics.com/index.php?
• SpaceWagon Air Mass Meter 30 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I bought an (70K miles ex fleet part s/h) 2000W 2.4GDI SE SpaceWagon in April 2003. In July 2003 the idling became increasingly erratic.Ultimately the car was undriveable due to frequent stalling. The problem was traced to the inlet manifold being blocked with deposits - when cleaned up the problem went away for two months then recurred.
• Bent alloy wheel 13 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  (There was no other indication that the bearing might be on it's way out). However, while spinning the wheels while it was up on the ramps we noticed that the n/s front tyre had heavy wear on the inner side of the tread, and on closer inspection the inside of the rim is a little deformed. We have moved it to the back to see if the noise changes/disappears. However, are there companies that are able to correct non-round wheels, and is it likely to be a success, or would I do better to look for a replacement wheel?
• History being made 30 May 2004 (Forum)
  Would you do it Helicopter? DVD (Punctuation OK FiF - no school when I were a lad) {Punctuation\'s ok, apart from the full stop at the end of the url, which I\'ve now removed. ;o) DD}
• Whining Honda alternator 23 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  (or something like that). Should I make any checks?Voltage output check seems a bit simplistic. Anyone any ideas? Adam or J S perhaps? All the best, Mike
• cleaning window guides 14 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  My electric windows are not working very smoothly and judder over the last fraction of the range prior to shutting. The newly acquired S/H car has been valeted prior to collection and I suspect some of the sticky cleaner stuff that some dealers insist on using is the cause. I think it is on/in the window seals. On an old thread the advice seems to be that silicone in some form will make the windows operate more easily.I am looking for some dry silicone as used for curtain track.
• The Mondewoe Is Going 8 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  It\'s offical the Mondewoe is going. But what do I have instead? It has to be Japanese, I think?, its going to be second hand and cost less that £4K, so what do I go for? It must be large enough for the family holiday with 3 boys, the oldest being 13 (soon) and the youngest 9 (soon).
• am i insane? 5 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I have an 80 mile round trip, 4 days per week, plus social stuff, to give context. Recently, I have been finding myself increasingly lusting after Porsche 911's, particularly a silver 964-shape Carrera 2 (be about a 1994). Having looked around, I find I can get one for about £20k, surprisingly do-able. Am I insane to consider one of these as daily transport?
• Lumpy, rusting Micra 22 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Recently bought a '97 Micra 1.0 manual which my parents have had since new, UK supplied. Surprised by very poor rust protection underneath - I've ended...
• Faulty windscreen washers - Ford Focus 17 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  I can still hear the pump working as normal, but it takes about 5 seconds for any water to appear, and even then the jet is much weaker than it was previously. The rear screen washer jet, which takes it\'s water from the same resevoir, appears to work as normal. I mentioned this to a Ford technician and he suggested it might be due to screenwash gunking up the resevoir. His solution was to stick a hosepipe into the resevoir, however he can\'t have been overly familiar with Focus design since the neck of the resevoir has a 90 degree turn which is too narrow to fit a hosepipe down!
• Golf Mk4 - Rear Washer Problem 28 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Looking for some help on my wife\'s car. Have a \'99 Golf MK4 which recently developed problems with the boot lock - namely wouldn\'t open either with the key or central locking. Shortly afterwards the rear washer stopped working. After looking around this website I\'m inclined to think the washer tube has become detached and has been pouring water onto the lock so causing the problems.
• No new Mid-Sized Rover next year ! 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  According to my sources, there was absolutely no activity on that front at Longbridge - even the robots had yet to be ordered (that is, by late December 2003), and following the abandonment of the idea of using some of the Rover 75's facility (subframe "stuff-ups", for example), it would seem that a hefty investment remains to be made." "Accepted wisdom is that MGR now need to tie-up with its as-yet unnamed Chinese partner (Kevin Howe hinted this would be imminent) before the RD/X60 takes its next step towards production.
• Do the old Skoda jokes still apply? 2 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  In the first year the sun roof and the front screen leaked then the gearbox packed up at 19.000m then the top n/s front suspension had to have repairs done, and to top it all a piston decided to go sideways instead of up/down at just under 24.000m and apart from fixing the leaks and giving £200 towards the cost of the £700 gearbox they told my friend to go whistle Good car!!
• Dividing dog guard 29 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Back in the 1970's when my parents bought their first estate car, you could get a "dogmaster divider" which split the load area lengthways - half for your pet, half for luggage. They didn't get one however- just a full-width dog guard.
• Low annual mileage cambelt changes 17 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Car is garaged at night, so no frost damage or excessive condensation to worry about. What is/are the time-related factor(s) to consider? Any thoughts?
• Filling with oil 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  This warning in repeated in the owners manual. I have been working on cars, both personally and 'professionally' since the early 1970's and have never come across this before. Why shouldn't the oil be filled with the dipstck removed? It is just and ordinary dipstick and pokes down into the sump in the normal way. Can anyone suggest an explanation - its important enough for them to fit a warning sticker about it?
• New car? 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I know there are other, less flashy alternatives, but i\'m led to beleive that the beemer is the \"driver\'s car\" choice, which is what i\'m after as opposed to out-and-out luxury. So gentlemen (and ladies), your thoughts please? Particularly: 1) performance/handling 2) running costs 3) reliability (remembering for the sort of money i want to spend (3-4k, it\'ll be the wrong side of 100k miles) 4) will people really think i\'m a pink fluffy dice ?