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• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 98 1.8 petrol - engine diagnostic warning light 9 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, the engine diagnostic warning light has come on on my peugeot 406 R plate (72,000) yesterday ,since this happened the engine has cut out twice when I try to drive away or when I put any lights on and try to drive the car cuts out but turn the lights off the car drives but is very sluggish in 1st and 2nd gear .The warning light only come on now and then does anyone know of a common cause for this fault (with an easy fix) change the plugs or do i have to take it to somebody with diagnostic equipment?
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 00 1.4 Engine check light on 22 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  In the mean time am I OK to drive around?
• Spotting sub £1,700 cars - Rattle category? 30 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Thye former looked good for another 7 years and the latter - surely for a year? I guess my approach to the £350 job would be to just drive it into the ground if it drove `straight` just keeping the fluid topped up. You know how it is though, you tend to notice examples of the cars you`re actually driving, more than those you are not.
• Left hand drive cars 4 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I live in France and need to buy a new car (hence Left Hand Drive). Someone at ( 8< SNIP ) suggested your site, I hope you can help me. Apparently it can now be cheaper for someone in France to come to the UK, buy a LHD car, take it back to France and reregister it.
• "Britain's Best Drives" Starts today 21 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  19 Feb 2009, 20:30 on BBC Four Episode 1 of 6 Synopsis: Actor Richard Wilson takes a journey into the past, following routes raved about in motoring guides of 50 years ago. In a classic Morris Minor Traveller, he drives from Scarborough to Whitby via the Yorkshire moors. He learns about the rise and fall of the British seaside resorts, takes a toll road through the Dalby Forest and checks out the mythical roadside wonder that is the Hole of Horecum.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.6 warning lights on?? 17 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi hopefully someone can help me, i drove my 1999 1.6 ford focus from north England down to south Wales, after a few days of not driving i drove to a local town 3miles away and my airbag, handbrake and tracking control lights came on while i was driving. i parked up while shopping got back in my car and when i turned the engine back on the lights were still on. the car still drives fine and everything seems fine, i'm concerned because i have to make the 300miles return trip next week.
• Potential lifesaving driving tips for new drivers 4 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  There are hundreds more of course - honed from personal experience - such as near misses (as well as the highway code) What further one line tips could you give our (imaginary) new driver - and why? Also, how have near misses or accidents shaped your driving? oilrag
• Been done for speeding - driver identity[locked] 16 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have been done for doing 97 in a 60 limit (nice day and little traffic so no danger!!). Me and Mrs are insured on the car and we dont remember who was driving because we share the car throughout the day. We have had the photo but it is dark and bit blurred so no ID possible. If we write back and say we dont know who was driving, which is true, will the councel jobsworths drop it?
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 2000 1.3 knocking noise 14 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  hi all, just a quick post looking for a little advice. i have a 2000 x reg fiesta that has suddenly developed a knocking sound occasionally when being put into gear whilst stationary, it also appears more often when moving off from a standing start. i can't really describe the fault much more as it has only appeared in the last few hours. i have been driving on a motorway and the car is driving fine apart from this noise appearing, i'm just looking for a quick reply on what this could be as i've got to drive 150 miles back home tomorrow and i'm a little concerned as to what this could be. thanks in advance, rach
• What did you learn to drive in? 10 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  The first ever car I drove was an (1970's) Escourt Estate. Upon learning the core basics and spending many ours driving around a disused airbase near Beverley East Yorkshire - I was then put in to a Bedford 7.5t and let loose on the roads! I took my dual car & HGV 3 test in this vehicle. I then progressed from there to HGV 2 evetually on to HGV 1 vehicles taking a dual HGV 1 + 2 test.
• The right to drive more slowly? 5 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I personally leave room for people to overtake, but if I wish to potter along at 50 mph on an A-road, I surely will and if I get stuck behind a lorry doing 40 mph, unless Im in a huge hurry, I believe im well within my rights not to bother overtaking. What is wrong with driving at a reasonable, but not fast pace? Is it not so much the pace of the slower car, but the driver behind thinking that they are infact far more important and people should yield to their will?
• A12 - Slow driver in black Peugeot 19 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Why does he always drive so slowly, and why the hazard lights all the time? I didn't think much of it the first time I overtook him, but it is odd that he drives like that all the time.
• Driving Test Requirements 3 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  (There are no motorways north of Stirling - and I don't thiink there are many on places like the Isle of Wight or the Scily Isles either.) I certainly can't see someone from Lerwick taking a whole day to sail to Aberdeen, then drive to Edinburgh or Glasgow for a test, then go back home again - a round trip of 800 miles, two drivers, probably 2 nights accommodation...... and they'll probably never see a motorway again. I could probably say the same for drivers in west Wales.
• Driving In Snow 4 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  As you have seen in the news lately about drivers stranded in snow. For those who have to drive long distances in this foul weather it is advisable to have the following in the car :- spare coat, blanket, fully charged mobile phone, a shovel, water, chocolate bars etc in case if you get stuck in the snow and can't get help immediate help.
• The unfairness of it all 23 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  so there we have it, over 10 years no accidents broken by an idiot in a white van driving into me, insurance company says NCB will drop 2 years if he doesnt admit it, why 2 years?, will be driving around in a group one car if im lucky enough to get a courtesy car, and this idiot will get off with no points (waste of time ringing the police these days), but of course if I drive through a speed camera a few mph over the limit i will get hammered, my car crumpled a little too well - where can i get a family car with NO crumple zone?
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - Two test drives this afternoon 11 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I am test-driving two Passats this afternoon - ex company cars. They are both 130PD diesels. Late 2002 cars. Anything I should be looking out for, over and above the excellent advice in the car-by-car guide? They are both on long service intervals.
• Hints&tips - driving from NW to Newquay 4 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Hello, I know from reading the forum often that many of you are well travelled. I am driving from Southport (just south of Preston) stopping over in Portishead (Travelodge) on way to Newquay on the Friday evening, leaving approx 1830 -1900, of next bank holiday weekend. We have two children 5 and 3.
• Proton Persona gearbox noise (automatic) 29 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  I have a Proton Persona 1.6 automatic and have recently noticed a noise from the gearbox when engaged in Drive. When i engage reverse i hear a click as the gear angages followed by a buzzing sound which stops after 2 or 3 seconds. When i engage Drive or 2 it makes the same sound as in reverse but the buzzing continues.
• Omega 3.0 - running hot 18 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Accelerating up a hill doesn't make the gauge get any hotter than 96C Driving down a hill with the heater on and no throttle for about 1 minute the temp dropped to 92C on the gauge. At steady motorway driving the gauge is around 95C but I'm not sure if the fans are still coming on.
• slow Tom Tom 31 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Same thing today Middlesbrough to Wakefield. Arrived at my destination but Tom Tom tells me I still have 17 minutes driving to do even though the distance still to travel is zero. If I didn't know better I'd drive faster to make the ETA come down . Anyone else notice this? Any solutions (apart from use my common sense...