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• Speedo broken/poor performance/h. gasket 20 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  His right foot is heavy but not made of lead. Finally I was a passenger in said Mondeo the other day when my friend\'s friend\'s (!) Punto blew its head gasket. He drives like a fool, stereotypical boy racer. He blasts it from cold and uses cheap oil. However the gasket blew at 80 on the motorway shortly after he had been nudging 100.
• E class Merc W211 vs BMW 5 E39 / E60 28 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  In last weeks Sunday Times, Jeremy Clarkson says of the new E class: "..... I guess that?s why the BMW 5-series, now in its sixth and final year on sale, is still the car to beat. There?s a sense, as you turn the wheel, that you really are part of some unholy Darth Vader-style appliance between man and machine. ...... ......
• My 1st month, 3300 miles, with an S-Max 1 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  t come across a steep hill. Ride and Handling Simply a revelation!!! For a big car, this really dances. OK, it?s FWD rather than RWD but this is one entertaining car. It would be good even if it was a saloon, the fact it?s an MPV ? that?s a neat trick Ford have pulled off. It you like to have fun in the twisties, I?
• Protection from rear impacts 13 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  As Clarkson observes, ?Speed never killed anybody. It?s the abrupt stop that does for you.? In other words, it?s all very well having a rigid passenger cell, but surely there?s little substitute for plain old distance (and therefore time) between point of contact and point of coming to rest?
• ford focus - Particles, Catalitic converters, DPF's, Diesel??? 9 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  In an article I read some time ago about particles, it said that particles are not all one size pm10's. They come in all sizes from PM1's upwards. It seems that the Eu has picked on PM10's as they are the most common size produced by diesels and what triggered that I imagine was someone seeing an old diesel engine under load pumping out clouds of black smoke.
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 2003 PD130 owner's report 24 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I?ve had my Passat B5.5 PD130 sport (6-speed manual) for 5 years and 62,000 miles, and it?s making way for a new Mondeo. For what it?s worth, here?s my impressions and experience of ownership. First, I didn?t really run it in, I just drove it. Even keeping below 3K rpm, you?re still moving quite nicely.
• Pre-reg Honda Civic 9 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Am toying with the idea of replacing one of the family Puntos with a pre-reg Honda Civic that has caught my eye on the "approved used" bit of Honda?s website. Having checked the Car-by-Car Breakdown on here, I feel (as a FIAT owner of some years' standing) that I could probably cope with the things mentioned in "What's Bad"! The model in question is a Civic 1.6 Inspire S, which as far as I can make out consists of an '03 MY 1.6 S with various bits added from the SE spec (air-con, alloys etc.)
• Renault Clio - Steel rims repair - will this pass? 2 Feb 2024 (Forum)
  Looks like he's made a mess of it, the edge of the rim is no longer bent, but its a bit jaggered and definitely not perfectly straight. Expecting at least a minor, will this pass at all? Pics: https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ajxbph3PVICGgYJc5FBnEZ__QFdO2w https://1drv.ms/i/s!Ajxbph3PVICGgYJePr360UVxv9f1ag
• Golf TDI 2.0 - Estimate for repairs needed please 12 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  As you can see from pics, it does go down to the metal and there was a slight indent too that is hard to see from pic.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/e0tbfb7ciye7573/Car1.PNG?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/di6jhwq3b88ua8n/Car2.PNG?dl=0 Thanks for any thoughts! 
• Tesla Model S - Finn gets 20k estimate to repair Tesla battery. 24 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  Used 2013 Tesla needs a €20 k new battery so instead he uses dynamite-30 kg of it! "Famous Finnish intransigence"! https://www.focus.de/auto/elektroauto/news/dynamit-statt-kohle-finne-erhaelt-kostenvoranschlag-fuer-tesla-reparatur-dann-sprengt-er-sein-model-s_id_28173875.html...
• Nissan Note S - Welding and car value 22 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  I had some welding done on my current car at the last MOT and am curious to know if that would affect the sale price. It's pretty old anyway so not expecting...
• MINI Cooper S 2011 - Oil Pressure Switch 21 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  The oil light came on on a friend's MINI. She took it to a garage close to where she works and they have diagnosed the oil pressure switch. They have...
• VW Golf Mk 5 1.9 S TDI - Rear Brake Pads Wear Indicator/Warning 6 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  I am trying to order the rear pads for the above car, but I am not sure if the rear has wear indicator/warning feature. I know the front has when it was...
• Ford fiesta Zetec S - 3dr Hatchback, Passenger slide the seats too fast/ 16 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  3dr Hatchback, Passenger slide the seats too fast/hard,will it damage the seat Mechanism? I have a 3dr hatchback and my passenger moved the front passenger...
• Jaguar S-Type 2.5 v6 on a 52 plate - restricted performance 30 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  hello there had a restrictive performance code come up on my dash board took it to be checked ...was told that the coil pack on no 2 was faulty...
• Just MOT's Hastings 18 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  Last year was a problem with steering rack joints, got them replaced and once removed the offending parts were not an issue and shouldn't have been an advisory, today was worse. 2 nails in tyres o/s/r and o/s/f, I took it to Kwik fit for repair and low n behold.....no nails!  Just Mots just targeting me for their VOSA stats?
• mitsubishi l200 51reg - truck keeps going into limp mode 3 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  hi driving the l200 around town its fine.get it on the m/way at a steady 2half-3 thoused rev,s in the boost the l200 go,s into limp mode.i have changed the boost pressure sensor changed all the breather pipes. o the garage told me to do this after putting it on there computor.been out in it and its doing the same thing again.can antbody shed some light on the problem please.
• seat arosa 1.4 S reg (98) - loss of power first thing 4 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Hello, my friends seat is acting really wierd first thing in the morning, after a short drive if she tries to accelerate the car, even with the pedal...
• Ford Focus - turbo problems 21 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  my 1.8 diesel focus 56 plate just started making like a wooshing noise when i rev the car. here,s how it goes. it sounds like its coming from the air vents inside the car when driving. this only happens when we rev the car hard and the turbo is working.  i thought maybe a ppipe had come off on the induction side of things but doesnt seem to have. any idea,s folks please.
• Ford Focus - wooshing noise 19 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  my 1.8 diesel focus 56 plate just started making like a wooshing noise when i rev the car. here,s how it goes. it sounds like its coming from the air vents inside the car when driving. this only happens when we rev the car hard and the turbo is working.  i thought maybe a ppipe had come off on the induction side of things but doesnt seem to have. any idea,s folks please.