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• What`s your risk assessment on breakdown? 12 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  A two point question regarding breakdowns. 1) When did you last breakdown (by the roadside) and how did you get out of it? 2) what`s your current plan to minimise risk the of being stranded by a breakdown? some comment, I guess I can`t have been alone in days gone by, scorning breakdown services and carrying a massive tool box, spare clutch cable, fuel pump and many other parts that were deemed `a risk`.
• MINI MINI Cooper and S R56 (2007 - ) - Door Mirrors stolen 15 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  A colleague at work has recently had the door mirrors stolen from her Mini Cooper S (BMW want £300 parts only). When she informed the police it was the 11th case that weekend in the area so clearly someone was doing the rounds and no doubt these will appear on ebay or similar. They were removed suprisingly easily and they left no damage to the doors - they did a real good job.
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - S-reg diesel - Getting harder to engage 2nd gear 12 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I have a S-reg diesel estate 5 speed manual on 125,000 miles on original clutch. Over the last 500 miles it has been getting progressively harder to get into 2nd, particularily when coming down the box. Other gears engage OK.
• Replacement for the Barchetta 29 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  It´s got to be small, sporty, cheap, fun and a bit leftfield. Oh and Mrs B has to approve... Thoughts so far: Seicento Sporting Original Mini (when did they stop making them BTW?) Ford Puma Fiat Coupe Right chaps.
• Jeep Cherokee 4 litre S reg 7 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  A friends S reg Jeep Cherokee 4 litre has an intermittent fault with the rear passenger electric window. Sometimes it works and as you've guessed, sometimes it doesn't. We have checked for broken/loose cables where they pass through door into B pillar, and checked feed to switch and motor.
• Advice on Trade In Please 7 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I have now discovered that I gave the garage the wrong info about my car - I told them it is was a Passat S but when I checked the V5 it turns out to be an SE. According to Parkers the difference in Trade In value is £260 (SE worth more than S). A stupid stupid mistake. What can I do? The deal is done and I collect the car on Friday.
• Help in identifying Postman Pat\'s van 6 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  On her daily commute to Dorchester she saw a van of unusual appearance and knowing what a fine bunch her husband corresponds with on that internet thingy, set me the task of finding its origins. Best described as looking like Postman Pat\'s van, very upright and boxlike at the rear (absolutely vertical rear doors) with prominent wheelarches and, most puzzlingly, what appeared to be a tube/rollbar running from the front bumper, along the top edge of the wing and up the A pillar.
• wheel bearings ? 5 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  It had been intermittent in the last few weeks but is now permanent after 10 minutes. If it is the wheel bearings, it is preferable to change both sets at the same time ? (o/s and n/s wheels). Is this noise consistent with the one of worn out wheel bearings ? Is it urgent and what sort of bill should I expect ? Thanks for your help, Catalyst
• New Tyres - Golf TDI Mk4 (S-98) 12 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Consequently, I plan to revert to my former (Astra) habit of using Michelin Mud and Snow tyres 12 months a year - although these were/are (?) not officially "all-year" tyres. Has anyone experience with Conti, Michelin or other M&S tyres on a Golf TDI Mk4, please ?
• For The Driver Who Has Everything II 12 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  (with acknowledgements to Rita). Today\'s haul: forget nodding dogs, I can get you a nodding HORSE! A concertina tube for stuffing your umbrella in and hooking over your internal grab handle; A \"symphonic air feshener and deodorizer (sic)\".
• volvo s60 D5 21 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Are volvo D5's any good?
• 2007 Ford S-Max 1.8TDCI 125 - Smokey Ford S-Max 1.8TDCI 125 24 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  Hi All Hoping someone might be able to help/has seen the same symptoms.  I have a 2007 Ford S-Max 1.8TDCI 125 with 93K on the clock.  I recently serviced the car; oil, oil filter and air filter. Before the service the car was really reluctant to rev out until it had warmed up fully, once warm, it drove without any hesitance.
• Porsche Boxster 986 + Boxster S (1996 - 2004) - 2004 Porsche 986 Boxster S 31 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Of course, there are also the unsensible frivolties of being able to attain such a car as the Porsche Boxster at this tender age. I've been offered a 2004 Porsche 986 Boxster S with 20k miles on the clock for £22k and 5k in exchange for my late 2007 Skoda Fabia, which has around 16k miles on the clock. I ask if this is a reasonable offer, and whether I should take the plunge.
• New car - old car? £7,000 down the drain? 29 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  It`s going up to an injection specialist tomorrow to see whether its injectors or pump giving a problem. It`s IDE and a rotary pump - so that may be better news than if it were common rail. Last night the gears became difficult to select and from the feel of it - it`s the linkage - not the box.
• Merc "Can't find anything wrong" problem 15 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 97 Mercedes E320 Avantgarde (sports suspension - basically hard springs & shocks) which has a sometimes nasty twitch from the rear end. The back will twitch to the left when hitting a pothole with the n/s wheels, and sometimes when hitting a different surface on the n/s wheels from the o/s. It doesn't do it with a bump or if both n/s & o/s wheels hit the same object (trough or bump). I have had it checked by a main Mercedes dealer, a small independent, and a middling-size general but very experienced garage, and none can find anything wrong, either with the suspension set-up (arms, bushes etc etc) or even can they reproduce the problem.
• Escort Auto Problems 12 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I\'ve recently bought a second hand Escort 16V 1.6 Auto Ghia (thankfully, it\'s the Zetec-E version, so the gearbox hopefully won\'t pack up on me). It\'s a \'96, done 39K, and been regularly serviced (stamped up roughly every 6-7K), and in very good cosmetic condition, having been previously owned by oldies down in Worthing. 1) The thing my girlfriend noticed right off the bat was the fact that there\'s a wheel bearing/fanbelt slipping sound between 20 and 35mph (1.5K - 2K revs).
• Hard ground 19 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Wonder where it`s mortal remains are? Perhaps a trace of fish bone at the bottom of a tip - or perhaps it`s been rotted in a garden, assimilated by a plant and travelled the world as gas. Funny how it`s fighting spirit lives on in the minds eye though - that flash of gold amidst the black, coal dust streaked nostrils of those hard men - spitting coal flegm and taking the un- coughable coal back into the hard ground in which they once toiled.
• MINI Cooper S R53 (2002 - 2007) - Rejecting cherished MINI Cooper S 13 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I took it to a friend?s business based in Worcestershire that specialise in MINIs. He?s an ex head tech at dealership 2 (another local dealership), straight away he noticed that the car was well overdue its first service.
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - Car seats - not what they used to be... 15 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  t made with standard foam. I would assume Skoda do the same as I found their seats to be far superior to the Vectra?s. I?m wondering if Vauxhall are doing some severe cost-cutting on the run-out Vectra?s and the seats have been caught up in this. So my next car won?t be a Vectra unfortunately. I really wanted to like the car, but couldn?
• Mini Cooper S - Turbocharger warranty 7 Nov 2021 (Forum)
  In August this year the turbo on my mini went. 2K later the garage fitted a new one and said that an oil change after 500 miles is advised or it may void...