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• Khan cleared of dangerous driving 8 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Khan, who denies dangerous driving, reached a top speed of 47mph as his BMW hit Mr Hatton, breaking his leg. Perhaps I do not understand what a high performance car is. The BMW site states:- base model 530i 6.2 secs and the 650i 5.2 secs for 0-62. Perhaps he had an old base model ?
• Drive in 5th or 6th gear? 24 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  ? Please disregard the effects of accelerating above 50MPH in 6th gear for this question as I know the car would be a bit 'flat' this low in the RPM range. I ask this question as I would drive in 6th at this speed unless lots of hills but some people are saying it's more economical to be in 5th
• Good driving = happy commuter! 10 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Driving along my usual commute on the A1(m) which is basically two full lanes of cars doing 50-60, I was please to see the person behind me in the Toyota Avensis kept a gap similar to the one I had from the car in front of me. Not a big deal really, but normally when I try and keep a safe gap
• Terrano:Broken clutch after engaging 4WD 8 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Recently put my Terrano car in for service and on the test drive whilst driving the car after the service, the mechanic engaged the 4WD whilst the car was moving. The car then lost drive and they had to tow it back to the garage. On inspection the clutch had broken with the inner part having
• Driving someone else's car - insurance Q 31 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Friend is picking up a new car tomorrow. He is trading in two cars against the new one. My question is -- am I legally allowed to drive one of his cars to the dealers, to save him two trips? I have fully comp in my name with Direct Line. I rang to add his car to my insurance for a day
• Vibrating steering wheel on Fiesta 28 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  My Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec 03 reg today was suffering from a vibrating steering wheel when doing 70mph. The rest of the time on other roads it feels fine at lower speeds, but as soon as it hits 70 the steering wheel starts to shake like im driving on rumble strips, as i travel progressively faster
• extreme drink-drive case thread 19 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Given that the drink-drive case is either in the process of going to court, or started, then there is a possibility that discussing this matter on any public bulletin board could hold the author in contempt of court. What started out as a quite innocent question by the author, it has now expanded
• not knowing who was driving 13 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  If drivers use the "I really couldn't say who was driving" ruse to try to avoid a scamera ticket, why don't the authorities just impound the car that was caught, and say "OK, we'll keep the car, until you come forward with a name, and tot up an £x a day bill for storage, which will be added
• renew my car later in the year 22 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  I've said in the past that shortly I would like to renew my later in the year for a New Vectra Estate 1.9td. But after watching Jeremny driving that VXR on Top Gear, I've had second thoughts. I know most will say we shall never have to drive like that. Which is true. But it worries me where I
• Census 14 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Driving into this morning and home tonight I went past two laybys where the boys in blue were pulling in vehicles - signs coming up to the laybys said "Traffic Census". I can't recall seeing this before in 20 years of driving, so the question is what exactly is a traffic census? Random vehicle
• Driving abroad ? 3rd party only 19 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  An article in yesterdays Telegraph ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2006/06/17/cmtrav17.xml ) {Link repaired - DD} informed me of something I did not know about driving abroad. Many insurance companies issue Green Cards (usually for free), but you are only covered
• Extended Driver Seat Runners for Daewoo 18 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Hey. Im back with more space shortages problems. My dad just got a a 2002 Daewoo Nubira SE 1.6L. I am going to be driving it every now and again but due to my freakishly long length I will definatly need to extend the driving seat runners so I can fit in comfortably. Can anybody link me
• Mercedes E320CDi - losing power 11 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Mother-inLaw's Mercedes E320CDi Auto. Five years old and 8,000 miles. Bought in December. Fully serviced at that time with all fluids changed apart from ATF (or Merc equivalent). Been driving superbly since bought and been up and down the M1/M6 twice in one week. Last night started losing power
• Insurance heart attacks 13 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Currently a named driver in my own car on my mum's policy. All above board, approved by insurance company. I'm now 21 and have been driving for 3 years, so thought about getting a quote for my car. (1998 Citroen Xsara 1.9TD) Tried First Alternative - told them I had no NCD, had no accidents
• Drink driving ban 23 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  A neighbour?s son has recently been banned for drink-driving. He received the statuary 12 month ban for a first offence, £800 costs and a fine of £800. At the time of the offence his mother was becoming seriously ill and in fact by the time the case came to court and he was banned she had died. I
• Test Drives - liability? 22 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  by Mr Plod - driving an untaxed car, would I have been liable as I suppose the onus was on me to check this, or would the dealer be liable. It's ok now as I didn't get pulled up but I'd be interested to hear opinions or actual legal position on this.
• Audi A3 Drive Shaft - Passenger Side 16 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Hello Recently my passenger side drive shaft went (forgive the lack of technical knowledge - it basically came loose and spun round with no drag to the actual wheel). This was replaced with a second hand part by my old man, but low and behold about 3 weeks later the exact same thing happened
• Silly little boys with silly little toys 28 May 2005 (Forum)
  I have held off asking this question for ages, but cannot help myself. Why do people want to drive modified Clios/Saxos etc? I understand being young and I understand going fast, and I understand wanting to show off in a vain attempt to pull women... I am not that old myself! BUT WHY do they drive
• Insurance - where kept overnight 9 May 2005 (Forum)
  Insurance companies like to ask where you keep the car overnight. In my case, some nights its on the drive and others its parked outside the house (very much depends on if the wife needs her car before me in the morning) - we live in a cul-d-sac so no through traffic problems. From a quote point
• Computer related questions. Volume 39 22 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  A hard drive problem. My PC runs WinXP (SP2 installed) with a 40Mb HDD partitioned as C, D and E drives. It's a Medion and came that way. No problem for a couple of years, but now on bootup, I get an error message to the effect that Drive D needs "checking for consistency" and (unless I