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• I hate this time of year 11 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Easter Holidays that is - I also hate the Christmas Holidays. Because the roads are quieter the level of Driving takes the michael. This morning I witnessed a Van towing an Ice Cream Fast Food Type Trailer undertake the driver in front (2 Lanes, Left Lane Left Turn Only) and I only avoided
• minor rear end shunt 12 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  plate, but only just. Everything else was fine, although I haven't had a detailed look under my car. (I have a tow hook, so the bumper wasn't touched). There was no damage on his car at all that we could find. We exchanged names and addresses - and I said I would call him if I discovered any damage
• Reliable, cheap French car - possible? 3 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  retained local value as RHD! I'd make sure I took a clutch cable too. I would use it for airport trips, taking rubbish to the dump and towing a trailer for the bigger items of rubbish. I imagine it would be pressed into carrying building materials as well. I am prepared to spend a couple of thousand
• Roadside Recovery Woes 27 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Last night I had the misfortune to suffer a gearbox failure on the M1 in the midlands. Having waited 45 mins for the AA I was told it would need a recovery truck as the standard AA van could not tow me off. It was stuck in gear and disengaging gear proved near impossible... 2 hours from
• Switching to Petrol from Diesel 1 May 2006 (Forum)
  the decision is my beleif that generally diesels cost more to maintain and that the only benefit is the fuel economy. I've had diesel previously thanks to initially being a student, and then getting a job which meant travelling over 400 miles just tow ork, without weekend activities. I've got an old 1.8 TD
• 'Wet' Skoda Superb 10 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  and then the car started. There was an immediate smell of burning & within 30 seconds, smoke appeared between the top of the dash and the windscreen. Naturally, I switched it off PDQ and got the extinguisher from the boot, No fire, but obviously, I'm not going to try starting it again!! Rang AA & got it towed
• What happened here then? 28 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  head gasket, a common problem on these Polos (poor mating surfaces) and I?m quite surprised it lasted as long, since they seemed to blow quite early. But the next one: DATE: 26/08/98 MILES: 57785 JOB INSTRUCTIONS: Attend breakdown tow in - Strip bottom end of engine - Replace bearings + oil pickup
• Off Road Antics 5 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  , no-one was hurt. Before the impact, the trailer being towed by the Discovery overturned in the road outside. Using the number plate on the trailer, the police traced the driver. When apprehended by the police, who to their credit acted very quickly, the driver of the Discovery was found to be 3 times
• BP Ultimate fueling Error 2 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I finally succumbed to the marketing blurb and pulled my A6 TDI 2.5 Quattro alongside the BP Ultimate fuel pumps, 14 litres into the transaction I smelt petrol! The first time in 19 years of driving had I made the mistake of mixing fuels. A tow, £200 later and two days later I was refueled
• New moderator alert! Smokie 27 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  to towing a caravan occasionally (not such a good thing) and as far as I recall has never needed to be moderated by any of us before - which is most unusual. Although new to moderating here, he's already familiar with the role elsewhere, so it shouldn't take him long to put his new buttons (yes, he gets
• A64 accident brings life to a halt. 23 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  for (at the last count 3 hours) because of a fatal accident. Clearing the road would have taken all of 5 minutes once a tow truck arrived...but no...the plod have to 'investigate' and while they do the road ceases to be our right of way while they slowly, carefully make sure that someone is to blame
• What Pickup? 13 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  (the business will be a partnership). 2 What is the most car like pick up (Nissan Navara, Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi L200, Ford Ranger, etc). The nature of the business means that traditional issues such as towing capacity and load handling are less important than road refinement and handling. We
• Mondeo 1.8TD oil pressure problem 8 May 2004 (Forum)
  My parents have a 1997 (R reg) 1.8TD Mondeo, 60,000 miles which is serviced regularly. After its service last year, they noticed that the oil pressure light came on (flickering) when the car was sitting in traffic (especially when towing a small caravan). They took it back to the garage who added
• is this true????parking tickets 6 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  friend of mine from school,whom i met after 10 years ,kept getting parking tickets from a certain tory local gov ,i said to him ,you better pay them otherwise youll get your car towed,he sat down wrote out chq,s for bout 10 tickets all were for 80 pounds,he wrote the chq at 80 pounds and one pence
• 4 x 4 Brakes 5 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  of a total (estimated) thickness of 10mm per single disk side. They are original after 131K. Is there a rule of thumb for maximum loss of thickness? As this truck regularly tows 2000K up and down motorways, I am erring on the side of caution by replacing, but would welcome listmembers comments to make me
• Seized Clio Water Pump 24 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  the car had come to a sudden stop. I towed it to a garage mechanic friend's place who today told us the extent of the damage. The water pump had seized which had made the timing belt snap and broken the camshaft sprocket and the camshaft itself. The belt had done 55,000 miles against a recommendation
• Top tip 21 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  toolbox on the accelerator (as you need to give it a half throttle to start it when it is hot). I then wound an old length of seatbelt-type webbing I had as a tow strap round the circumference of the tyre and pulled it like a lawnmower, being VERY careful not to pull the whole car off the jack. (Images
• Games people play (warning laddish post) 23 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  For reasons best not discussed a few colleagues and I had a long continental journey by road recently. To pass the time we invented a new game. It got me wondering what other games people play with and without the family in tow. In the absence of pub signs we had to invent our own version
• Stalling Ford Galaxy TDi 115 PD 30 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  and would then not restart and needed to be towed away by the RAC. Our local Ford dealer was baffled and insisted it was because there was less than 1/4 tank of diesel. After much begging and pleading, they finally contacted a Ford Engineer by mobile phone, who suggested that the fault was due
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  Is all AdBlue the same? 4 Jan 2024 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2016 VW Touareg Escape with an Ad Blue tank. When I bought the car I had no experience of this AdBlue stuff. There is no way to check the tank...