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• Left hand drive in UK 24 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  , where admittedly they are more use. However, the other aspect of the equation is whether it is easier/safer to use a left hand drive car in the UK than to use a right hand drive car in France. I have coped with the latter and had no problems for a good many years. Almost always with a passenger
• Honda CRV 23 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I took a new CRV i-VTEC SE Sport manual for a test drive this morning and was very impressed with the driving experience - nice gearchange, good ride, reasonable steering and, of course,the elevated driving position.All in all it is very easy to drive with lots of space and a good boot. I'm
• Hiring a car in Spain? Get a Kangoo 15 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Renault Kangoos are very under rated in this country I feel. Although I have never owned one, I did have one as a hire car once in Spain where they proliferate in agricultural areas, as many people will have noticed. The one I had was a very easygoing car to drive. Anyway left hand drive cars feel
• Insurance- car not owned 11 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I know the usual old chestnut: My insurance says I can driver a car belonging to someone else (TP only cover), but what this really means is that car ALSO has to have insurance. However, I have just noticed that my new Tesco insurance, while saying the usual bit about driving another car
• Passat TDI Cam Belt 7 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Hi all. Today should have been a good day for me as I should be driving around in my new Passat TDI. Unfortunately, when the dealer went to collect the car from the holding pound for me to collect, the cam belt broke while attempting to start the car. The car is a 1.9 TDI PD (115) with 81,000
• Drinking and Driving 30 May 2003 (Forum)
  as they stumbled into a Porsche Boxster. I asked the driver if he was really going to drive in his condition to which he replied \"what has it got to do with you\". I informed him that if he started the car I would remove the keys and ring the Police. He went mental and the pair of them started swearing like
• Pay as you go insurance 15 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Heard a piece on the radio earlier this week about pay as you go insurance, ie the more you drive the more you pay. Was wondering what the BR thought on this. It is a scheme that Norwich Union are considering (I am sure that there was mention of this a few years back) where they install a Black
• silly driving behaviour, not new I suppose 18 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  , then drive 12 feet behind not matter what the speed or conditions. Even when overtaking is safe and I slow down they doggedly stay there. Speed up to create a gap they close it again. It is so blatantly stupid as to be laughable. What are these people using for brains? Similarly on the motorway. I am
• Van - Driving work vehicle I wasn't insured had accident 11 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  I was driving my work vehicle last June and hit a moped who was in wrong lane and it was my right of way to go.  Police came etc and turns out I wasn't insured on that vehicle. I was under full belief and was told I was insured. I went to court for driving with no insurance and case
• Renault Scenic mk2 1.9 dci 55 plate - injection fault red stop light on 10 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  Whilst driving engine cut out with injection fault and red stop light on dash.  Unable to restart.  Found that by pumping fuel primer bulb engine started but stopped when priming stopped.  Checked forums, many people had same fault.  Most popular solution was to change fuel
• Ford StreetKa - Engine Misfiring 17 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, My Girl Friend has a 2004 1.6 Litre engine Streetka, this issue is very strange, basically, when we start the car on a cold engine, it starts fine, if we drive it somewhere and stop the car and start it again straight away after stopping, it starts fine, if we leave the car for a few hour
• Diesel or Petrol advice. 15 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  Hi all. Newbie first post here.   Have a dilema. Have been driving diesels for years as like the torque and power delivery over petrol cars. Looking to change from my Audi A1 tdi 2012 to an suv - sportage/qashia/kadjar/cx3/tuscan etc. Also keep the car
• Petition government over DVLA 22 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  My petition: Reduce the time it takes DVLA to return wrongly revoked driving licences. I have just had my driving license revoked on medical grounds, this despite being allowed to drive for 5 months while they did investigations & having both my GP & psychiatrist saying I am fit
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1997 1.4 Auxilary drive belt configuration 31 May 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a problem with the drive belt routing. I've spent ages trying to figure this one out but still have drawn a blank! I've fitted a new cambelt, tensioner and waterpump and correctly tensioned the cambelt and replaced the bottom, middle and top covers. I removed two auxilary drive belts
• Revoked driving license 7 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  i am in the motor trade which is a family business and i am a named driver on my Dads motor trade insurance policy for motor trade purpose i am in Essex and was driving a car which my dad was the owner and was stopped by a motorcycle police officer (i believe this was because the car showed
• Honda Jazz - Loud engine (I think) noise 6 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  and consistent noise, like the previous type of noise.  Went for a drive today and there is a new kind of noise that definitely sounds like a problem. It's kind of like a knocking/rocking sound which gets worse as I move up gears and speed. It's not obvious when the car is just started or when idle
• All vehicles and all drivers - When is a speed limit not a speed limit? 24 May 2011 (Forum)
  / needing to slow down for both safety and compliance reasons, not to mention "detection" reasons. I have found myself driving that little bit faster than I would like, trying not to impede following traffic unecessarily but this still does not stop drivers driving on my bumper. I
• Ford Mondeo ST220 2003 - Engine stops whilst driving and wont restart 14 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  I have a 2003 Ford Mondeo ST220 that has been runnung fine (and fully servivced) for many years. However in the the last few months it developed a potentially dangerous fault. On occassions the engine will cut out whilst driving (dashboard lights remain on but engine mangement light remains off
• Lötschberg tunnel - Any experiences? 19 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I?m planning to drive to Lake Maggiore (Italy) in the last week of June. I?ve driven to Northern Italy before a couple of times ? Lake Garda and Venice ?via the Mont Blanc tunnel (before the fire) and more recently to Venice via Austria, and the Brenner Pass into Italy. However the Innsbruck
• Replacement car - advice wanted please 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I currently drive a Honda Civic 1.6 (03 reg). I have no particular problems with the car, other than the noise level when driving - but I know that's a feature of that model/engine. I have been having problems with my knees for some time - and I didn't think I was that old! Basically, I need