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• brakes mk2 16 valve golf 24 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  hi i have a f plate mk2 16 valve , and a h plate 16 valve , i want to change the old brakediscs and callipers on the f plate (earlier type) for the ones...
• Vectra 04 Sri - Rear Brakes 8 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Whilst checking my tyre pressures today, I noticed that there was a small lip at the bottom surface of where the pad meets the disc.It also appears that...
• Rear Brake Replacement VW Passat PD 1 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Just had rear discs and pads replaced on my 2002 model Passat PD replaced by ATS, who are very handy for me. Discs and pads cost £172 inc. vat. I note...
• £35 to adjust handbrake 1 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Just dropped the Fiesta off for its service and camblet. I wanted them to refit a loose mudflap and adjust the hand brake lever as it comes on too high. I mentioned the handbrake first....'That's £35 for that sir..' WHAT? How long can it take to adjust the hand brake - five minutes? I told
• auto gearbox "best practice techniques" 6 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Hi All I am about to get a Corolla 1.6 auto and, never having owned an auto before would like to know if there are any driving tecniques I should adopt (apart from laft foot braking, which I am unsure about!)? For example: When should one use the 1 and 2 gears manually? Should one take it out
• VW Rear Disc Brakes 17 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Is it my bad luck that both a Mk 5 Golf and now my Passat developed seized and worn out the rear pads at 2 1/2 years? Costing me lots of money to sort...
• Saxo VTR front brake discs 28 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Has anyone changed them?. Trying to look into it as a favour for someone so I am not too willing to splash out on a manual etc. I had the wheel off for...
• Use of cruise control 5 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  cruise control. Resting my foot flat on the floor, whilst comfortable, feels downright dangerous. Similarly, resting against brake pedal, whilst safest option in event of having to brake, also risks deactivating cruise control.
• Fuel Guage, Mk3 VW Golf 26 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Help.... Fuel guage stopped working on MK3 VW Golf... Was working fine yesterday. Changed front brake pads, brake servo hose and coolant leak. Guage read 1/4 tank before fixing these things, now reads zero...... Wiring from fuel sender to guage seems OK (reads 400 ohms). Fuel sender seems
• Volvo 440 1.8 CVT 12 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Our second car is a 95 Volvo 440 1.8 with the "Hi Tech" CVT transmission. The car has been well serviced (by Volvo) and is pleasant enough but has one downside - sometimes (particularly when cold) when coming to a halt with the brakes the car shudders and almost stalls. This also sometimes
• Lack of engine braking on Omega Auto 18 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Does anyone know if the auto box on a 2.5 V6 Omega is supposed to down shift on a closed throttle (i.e. going downhill foot off accelerator)? I thought...
• Worn brakes on car just bought 22 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  , a very well thought of local man, (soon to leave Raunds to live in Spain) discovered that the front brakes were worn down so that there was hardly any pad material left and the disks had been damaged. He says that the brakes should not be worn in 30,000 miles, and they are checking the mileage
• rear end shunts 28 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Hi everyone. Not posted for a while, but this one has got me thinking. I know that in a rear end shunt, the shunter, not shuntee, is usually at fault (should keep distance, anticipate braking etc.). But the other day I was following a car down a steep hill in heavy traffic and not once did its
• Honda Civic 2018 - Rolling Car 12 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  for a couple of seconds. I am as certain as I can be that I put the parking brake on - I've had electronic parking brakes on previous cars and you do it instinctively. I do know that on exiting the car, I looked at it from beside the front wing to check the new parking position, and that I noticed
• Any - Removing Window Tint Film 12 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  While working on the brakes I blundered into my DS wing mirror and broke it off. Crummy wee pot-metal ball joint mounting, perhaps made deliberately weak to avoid pedestrian injury, is proving tricky to fix in a way that’ll allow and hold adjustment, concentrating my mind on the fact
• Old SYM Wolf 125 (drum brakes) - Motorcycle Fork Strip 20 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  dismantleable. They are off an old SYM Wolf 125 (drum brakes and chain case stylee).   shockends1920×2560 182 KB   The two forks are different
• Mazda 2 sport nav - Brake pads 20 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  An advice to others , so far our leased ( with maintenance) Mazda 2 sport has had to have brake pads(front) replaced at 7,000 miles and at 14,000 miles. When I queried with garage who have had to contact leasing company for approval ( agreed both times) that this cant be right or indeed normal
• 'Binary' driving : a generational thing ? 12 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  In the last few weeks, I've been a passenger with several drivers - male and female - in their 20s and 30s.  Without exception, they drive either on the accelerator, or on the brake. There's been no gradual slowing, or easing off on the approach to a bend. It's on the accelerator
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 99 1.8 Rear Brake Squeal 8 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  I have a 2.5 yr old 1.8 Elegance with 18000 mls on. At the start of the summer I noticed a slight squeal on the rear brakes which disapeared after pulling away. My conclusion was a sticky caliper. The symptoms got worse. So much so that at the height of summer with 27 degrees of heat the squeal
• Peugeot 406 Diesel W reg - Electrical fault - Air conditioning 1 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  it.  I also have a fault with the hand brake in warm weather which has been going on since last year.  When the hand brake is pulled up the display flashes 'brake fluid level low' even 'tho I know it is fine.    Are these electrical anomolies just something I have to live