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• Transport 2000 Mission 7 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  or using public transport and where you don't need a car to enjoy the countryside or city life.? Am I alone in this discussion group in thinking these statements taken in isolation (and possibly out of context) are not unreasonable. I don't want to automatically dismiss these statements as totally anti
• X5 - what's it for? 8 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  I have previously described the boss's BMW X5 as a ridiculous machine but I got a chance to have an extended ride in the front passenger seat when we did a round trip from Scotch Corner to Reading. It's a 3 litre sport automatic with black rear windows and the optional monster wheels. We set off
• Have things gotten this bad in the UK courts yet? 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  to steal his neighbor's hubcaps. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up because the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't re-enter the house because the door
• VW Polo - Advice Needed For The Best Possible Outcome 6 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  Hi, I'll try to keep a very long story short. You will clearly see I am not in the slightest mechanically minded! We bought a VW Polo Automatic 2012 plate (£9500) as our Son's first car from a second hand car dealer. Within 3 months it suffered catastrophic engine failure
• Used Car Under £4k 5 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  Just looking for a bit of advice on my next car please...I hope this doesn't get lengthy...apologies if it does! Budget = £4k Must be automatic (I can drive manuals and have one now but want an auto) Comfort/luxury is important Definitely not interested
• Punto Van 1.3 Multijet ( temp return ex oilrag) - End of the Punto Van era ( 10yrs on (ex oilrag) 6 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  with a Halfords paint tin, actually came before dinner... I’d sort of ‘automatically’ moved on from that in the last days of the van, as though it were some intrinsic survival mechanism- perhaps generated by these somewhat oldish bones being subjected to cold flagstones. I set a cut off point at 70yrs, for self
• Audi Q2 - a year and a bit 22 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  that you can open it remotely and find the car in a car park); rear view camera; automatic high-beam assist; space-saver spare wheel; auto hill hold; and auto-dimming rear-view mirror (the last two shouldn't have been extras). I went for, but not sure I would again, the Tech Pack with the 'virtual
• Multiple - Thoughts / opinions on the listed car ads 2 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  /advert/201902114833607 Another Auto Honda Jazz. I don't particularly require an automatic. But I am open to a change, after driving manuals for the last 22 years. Also I understand that in theory a CVT gearbox can provide optimal fuel economy, that cannot be easily matched by an average
• Cadillac innovations 19 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  with synchronised manual gears of his own design. Cadillac's chief engineer was sufficiently intrigued to take him on, and after 1.5 million test miles, the 1929 Cadillac's debuted with the system. 1930, First production V16 engine. 1941, Fully automatic transmission. Though this actually debuted
• from a big v6 to a small diesel - HELP! 7 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  for something more economical, something that will do 50+ mpg. So, for anyone still awake Im looking for something small and comfortable, costing between £4 and 8 thousand and less than 5/7 years old. Ideally automatic (Im a lazy
• Jeep Grand Cherokee 2006 5.6l Hemi auto. - How compliant must I have been to use SOGA? 10 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  about 220 miles, with no issues.  I parked on the road that night, and when I came to start the car in the morning, it refused to engage a gear of any sort (automatic).  I called the AA, who ran diagnostics but could only reset warnings and get it into 'limp home' mode (3rd gear
• KIA Picanto (2004 - ) - Initial report 5 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  , its a great automatic city car with decent out of town ability aswell.
• Heathrow T5 high tech carpark - the future ? 4 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  , Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) will be used to ensure a swift and efficient entry/exit to the car parks for those customers who have pre-booked. On their return to the Short Stay car park, an additional feature has been designed to assist customers in locating their vehicles. ?Car Finder
• Preparing bike for French Trip 11 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  , praying it wouldn't rain on the journey) then there was the kit check.......took over half an hour to find the insurance as it was filed elsewhere than somewhere i would have filed it, rang them only to find i didn't need to, was already automatically covered.....AA cost 24 quid for 3 days, which seemed
• Zafira and faulty petrol 31 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  ? Incidentally, once the car is running warm it does seem to be running not too badly apart from the drinking of petrol and the emissions light on. My car is a 2001 1.8 automatic Zafira with 69k on the clock. Oh, and should anyone have changed the petrol, diluted though it is now. Thanks!!! Julie :-)
• Parking tickets bring a smile... 6 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  of toys. And automatically that kind of made me feel good," Ramsden said. "I think all of us want to do something good, but we just need a little nudge and for me it was the nudge," he said, adding he immediately went out and bought $55 worth of toys and dropped them off at town hall. "I would like
• New golf has arrived - first questions! 5 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  and then leave them to sense how much wiping should be done? Automatic lights - They come on fine when there's a patch of shade or I drive into a carpark, but they seem to take ages to go off again. Is that normal? Haven't driven him in the dark yet so this is the only experience of the lights I have so far
• Help me choose my dad?s next car... 21 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  certainly be a nice luxury, however many of the cars below are not available with automatic gearboxes. My Dad has been happily driving my sister's manual Punto on many occasions over the last months, after many auto-only years. (My mother's car is a 1995 Xantia auto). His budget is between £6000 and £7000
• New honda Jazz soon? 21 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  of Jazz soon, or would be just another face lift? Here Jazz with nice level of equip cost 11880 EUR (I think SE level (CD, Automatic Air Con, 2 air bags, trip computer, 14" steel wheels..) 2. Ford Focus II 1.4 Trend level of equim. (alloy, trip comp, manual air con, CD, 4 airbag, ESP) I can get
• Insurance saga drags on - please help. 1 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  , is it absolutely water-tight that I am in no way to blame? Is the "pulling onto a main road" rule like the "rear end shunt" rule? ie, automatically to blame and no excuses? I'm sorry this is such a long post. It's a long, shambolic saga! This is all causing so much distress, I feel sick every time a letter comes