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• Buying a diesel car 21 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  If you were to buy a diesel car with a budget of £2500 to £3000 which one would you pick from these 3 and why? Mazda 626, VW Bora and Seat Toledo. Reliability and running costs are the most important factors. Looks and badge don't matter at all. Thanks!
• Card scam at filling stations. beware 30 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  BBC R4 "You and yours" 12:00 today covered the ongoing problem of cards being cloned at independant run filling stations. It appears to be country wide. It is the first item on the program. Well worth a listen as a reminder on how to combat it.
• What Accord is this? 14 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I haven't seen it, but have been offered a "Honda Accord Estate 1995 2.2 auto, leather , air con". Short MOT. Any ideas whether it's petrol, diesel, juicy, expensive to run, desirable or a lemon? I'm on me uppers! Any advice gratefully received!
• audi A4 - key problem 9 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  hi ive lost my main key to my audi, ive a spare but it only lets car run for matter of mins how come?wil it be an expensive job to get replacement key or is there anyway i can get spare key to work?
• Legacy fuel consumption 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  There must be something wrong with my Legacy Spec B. I've just returned from a 150 mile run and it returned 31mpg. That's the first time I've seen a number starting with a '3'. Perhaps I'm getting old or it could have been the heavy traffic ;-)
• Audi A4 tdi N75 pipework 22 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Hello all I'm running an early A4 tdi (1995/6), And I'm not too sure if the N75 valve i piped up correctly? does anyone have a diagram or know which pipes go where? Thanks H
• Dodgy Zafira? 10 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Went to buy a 03/03 Zafira 2.2 Elegance but both off-side wheel arches had paint runs in the little space by the plastic wheel arch. Was this a bad day at the Vauxhall paint shop or something more serious? Car's done 36000 and has a clean HPI check!
• crankshaft pulley bolt 17 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  hi, if you were to put a socket on the crankshaft puley bolt and quickly spin the engine over for a couple of seconds with king lead off to loosen the bolt, could you do any damage to the engine? this is on an engine where the cambelt runs on a seperate sprocket not the crankshaft pulley chris
• CBF600 Temp gauge 9 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Hi My sister has a Honda CBF600. As the weather is getting hotter, the gauge is going past the middle part, but not overheating. Does anyone know if this is ok. Is this part of hornet type engines that run with high temperature, or should it be inspected. Thanks for your thoughts. Greg
• Auction, £7k? 17 May 2006 (Forum)
  What kind of cars could I get from an auction for £7k, typically? I'd be looking for one with as long a warranty period as poss. (2 years?) and is cheap to run. Preferably I'd want something not much smaller than my Focus or less fun. Is this possible, realistically?
• Honda Innova 5 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  This has a very small tank (under one gallon) and no reserve,I intend to carry a sealed 500ml plastic container of petrol whch will give me 8 to 10 miles should I run out.My question is will the petrol go stale in a brimful, ie no air space container?. ndbw
• Non starting Rover 416si 16 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Little Rover not starting since wife drove it through a puddle. It did start & run for 1 day then stopped, refuses to start now. Is it Dizzy & plugs or something more sinister. Advice appreciated as wife is eyeing her 406 that I'm using. TIA
• what is this noise? help needed. 5 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I have a ''w'' Merc C class diesel and whenever I turn off the engine what seems like a fan of some description runs on. It seems to be located under the drivers side front wing and does not appear to be the cooling fan for the engine.
• Suzuki GV 1600 gear box problems 3 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  HI, I can't get the 5th and reverse gears even when the car is not running. The other 4 gears seem to be working ok. The problem seemed to happen over night and was not a gradual wear and tear type problem.
• Citroen AX Poor starting and hesitation 3 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  My daughters 1992 1.1 carburettor AX has become a reluctant starter and when running initial pickup is hesitant.We have the service history for this 56K miles car and this problem has occured several times. Any advice would be welcomed.
• A6 misting up 28 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Every year about this time the misiting inside my A6 becomes a serious problem to control. I have to run the demister and aircon on full blast every other minute to keep the windows clear. Does anyone know what causes this problem and how to fix it ? Thanks
• Buying Car Fluids Online 29 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Are there any places online that will post car fluids such as coolant, PAS fluid, gearbox oil etc? I detest going to Halfords and always seem to run out of time to go to the Peugeot dealer...for the sake of a few quid P&P this would be much convenient.
• Vectra Air Con leak 25 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  2001 Vectra. I have a slight weep from the low pressure pipe that runs across the radiator where the flexible pipe is crimped onto the solid pipe and have been quoted £250 to replace. Is there an alternative repair possible? Chris M
• petrol diesel engines 19 May 2005 (Forum)
  just read the latest autocar magazine the biggest story has been about the next revolution in engine technology, apparently mercedes benz have been developing an engine that can run on dual fuel both petrol and diesel, combining the advantages of both of the fuels, si it feasible ??
• Fabia Vrs? 28 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Been thinking about getting one of these and they seem to be graet little cars. Fast, cheap to run, well built etc. Only drawback I can see is the Skoda badge which doesn't bother me at all. Can anyone else suggest why I shouldn't buy one?