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• Clever idea. 26 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  A while back, we had a thread about 'things to keep in the car'. Rather than regurgitate that one, I thought I'd post this, as it seems good advice to me... It comes from a local site, where people asked "is it safe to put XXX oil in my car when it needs a top up?"
• Max Headroom? 2 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Dear all, Being forehead numbingly challenged at 6'6" I am currently looking for a car with plenty of drivers head and legroom. I have about 4k to spend and would wlecome advice from anyone else out there in similar position or who knows which cars are better than others. I will be covering about 12k miles a year mostly motorways.
• Volkswagen Polo Sport 1.4 - VW Polo sport 1.4 Yellow engine warning light 16 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  If I leave it without repair do you think this light will go after sometime. Do you think if I do mechanical breakdown cover insurance will it cover this type of engine emission fault. Please advise. Is this an non repairable fault. Should I get rid of the car. I can't keep spending money on like this. Please help
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - 94 1.8 misfire/judder when idle 12 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  hi new to forum recently bought a old cav as a winter hack while motorbike comes off the road for the winter.was running perfect when i bought it.parkesd it on the drive about a week later replaced rocker cover gasket as it was leaking,topped oil up with some 15w40 semi synthetic.started it up and now there is a horrible vibration when inside the car and the engine is slightly misfiring.removed plugs to find out which cylinder was misfiring seems to be no.4 as plug is a soot black colour where the other 3 are tan.replaced all plugs and leads but still with no joy.is it just co incedence that this occured when i changed rocker cover gasket.also cyl no.4 lifter is tappy which it wasnt before i changed gasket.the old gasket was a cork one and had to be scraped off,if a bit of old gasket flung intothe top of the engine.could this cause the misfire.or is it a sticky lifter as it had sat for 2 weeks before i bought it.i have put some hydralic lifter treatment in incase it is a sticky lifter but cant drive it as am not insured yet so can only rev it on the drive to work the treatment round. any help suiggestions greatly appreciated as unsure what it could be it is a 94 lreg cavalier 1.8 auto fitted with c18nz engine and it has the ignotion where there is no dizzy cap.thanks
• Minor damages caused by dealership 10 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  The boot lining panel which was removed to repair the notorious leaking rear washer jet problem, has been cracked in three locations due to poor design and excessive use of force to remove or replace it. The cosmetic / sound damping engine cover has which is held in place by three mounting bolts which screw into a plastic / rubber retaining bolt, two of these have been damaged due to overtightening, the plastic covers which hide the bolt heads from view have been removed and not replaced.
• Puzzling Passat equation 29 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Went ahead and bought my Passat from the company today. It's a 98R 1.8S 20V with Climatronic which has covered 70k and is in what I'd call good nick - mechanically fine, but a scrape on the OSF wheelarch eyebrow (cosmetically okay otherwise). I got it for the princely sum of £500 (that's five hundred), because they owed me a favour.
• Vectra ('01 / Y) SRi 2.2 Cam chain 23 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  The AA come out and tell me there is no compression. I end up paying out 170 quid to a recovery firm (My AA cover only was for roadside rescue). BUT...... and this is the main point. Can I get my money back from Vauxhall ? If the car is still under warranty, why do I now need a new engine ? Surely the servicing should know about 20K miles being too long to leave the oil in (I admit, I didn't, but I'm not a mechanic) I have had no sense out of anyone at Vauxhall, and am seriously considering suing them under the sale of goods act.
• Cash Back Motoring (5PencePerMile) 20 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  You go to an MOT test centre and get an official mileage reading each year, which tells the Government how many miles your car has travelled, multiply that by 5 pence and that?s how much you will be refunded; cover 10,000 miles and get a cheque for £500. This encourages us to drive economically because the price you pay for your fuel is determined by your average mpg.
• Independents vs main dealers, round 48 4 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Then argue your warranty is covered for that.
• Hyundai i10 - Water ingress & warranty 20 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  I've got an appointment to get the water ingress investigated by the dealership garage  but wondered if anyone is aware of this happening on other i10s and/or knows what might be the possible cause. The car's not been involved in any accidents or bumps. Also, I'm presuming the cost of the investigation of the leak and any repairs/parts that might be needed will be covered by the 5 yr warranty and I won't be charged anything?
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 00 2.0 HDi Aux Belt Removed, Cannot Start! 23 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I decided the aux belt may be harming the crankshaft pulley bearing by rubbing the timing belt cover and hence adding excess pressure so I cut it off. Car still didn't start - but now I guessed the battery was pretty dead. I charged the battery overnight - but still no joy! Am I missing something - as far as I can tell, theres nothing powered from the aux belt that should stop the car starting (Alternator, Air con, power steering is all?)
• Ford Fiesta - Fatal, non-fault, crash 27 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  I now, through no fault of my own, face having no car for up to a year. I am fully comprehensive (SDP and Business Use) yet do not have courtesy car cover, the accident also occurred on my journey home from work, it is my own car not a company car. I can't afford to pay for hire or purchase one that is fit for the task, my current car is on finance/lease, which I still need to pay.
• Ford Fiesta - Mk7 Fiesta 1.6 TDCI 14 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've just been looking at an 09 Fiesta 1.6tdci Titanium for my wife to replace her 206 however  I've read some articles that it's not the most reliable engine. She probably only covers a couple thousand miles a year as it's a secondary car to us really. The 206 has come unreliable as the battery keeps dying if we don't run it for a week and she's always liked Fiesta's and this Titanium looks amazing in the hot magenta but obviously want to make sure it's right.
• 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2D auto AWD Highlander - Santa Fe auto lumpy down change 26 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  My 2015MY ( built Dec2014) Santa Fe auto has just started exhibiting a lumpy down change from 2nd to 1st gear as I slow down and stop. All other up and down shifts are OK. The car has covered 106000km with a full supplying dealer service history ( serviced every 7500km). I’ve owned it from new and it’s 6 months out of warranty.
• Citroen Xsara Picasso/Vauxhall Zafira - Cheap MPV opinions please! 15 Aug 2019 (Forum)
    Which MPV would you guys plump for of the 2 mentioned with between £1500-2K to spend. I only cover 6-7K miles a year so it'll be a petrol version.  Other than looking for the obvious things you would look for when buying a used car. Have any of you peeps ever owned any of the 2 mentioned at all?
• Any - HJ – Top 10 best snow socks 5 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  Reads like a sales catalogue - no indication at all of whether the compiler of this list has actually tested any of these in the snow to judge which are the easiest to fit (in poor weather) and which give the best traction and drive-ability when roads are covered with snow and ice. How about a real-world comparison? PS – for what it’s worth, the Silknet snow socks actually do work very well – I’ve had a set in my car for the past 8 winters and never needed to fit them!
• Ford Focus on 59 plate - Programming key fob 30 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  We have a 2009 Focus, the battery went flat in one of the remotes, we replaced it now the car won't recognise the fob. Checked the ops manual it describes in great detail how to do it by putting the key in the ignition and turning it on 6 or 8 times. So I dug the plastic cover off, found a plastic (not a steel one) ignition barrel with a slot for the key.
• Audi A3 tfsi 2.0 Quattro - Premium Petrol 11 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  My 2010 A3 tfsi has covered 56000 miles, the engine uses very little oil. I'd like to keep the car for a couple more years. Would it be worth running on premium petrol, would this reduce carbon build up on the valves or would it have little effect as the fuel doesn't pass through/over the valves to clean them anyway?
• Fiesta 2006 - Leaking Air Con - How to trace? 12 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  With the aid of a UV light I can seen there is leak around where one of the pipes joins the condenser. Two questions. Is this a common failure on this car? Is it likely to be just a seal failure or perhaps a fracture where the pipe joins the body of the condenser? Alternatively, as the dye covers quite a large area, what removes the dye so that we can start afresh with tracing the leak?
• transit t350 crew cab - can I drive this legally? 4 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Hi guys the work has gave me another van which is a 12 plate transit t350 crew cab I'm wondering if my license covers me to drive this? I passed my test in Dec 2011 in a standard manual car. I know I'm allowed upto 3.5tonne. But because it has 4 wheels on the one axle on the back that confused me Yes I have checked direct gov website but I can't make any sense of it Thanks for replies guys