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• I was carjacked last night (almost) 2 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  in decent cars. Keep 'em locked. Five minutes after the police came (within a few minutes) there was a call over the radio.... the gang struck again and dragged a guy out of his Golf GTI and drive off with it. I keep shivering at remembering the sight and sound of the hammer hitting the window
• Fiat Panda 24 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  economy. Compared to the Panda it was, for me, a no-brainer. The Panda cost just over £5,900 with metallic paint and is group 1E insurance. It's got front electric windows (with one-touch on driver's side), a fairly decent quality radio-cassette, comfortable seats, and a surprisingly nippy engine. OK
• Scenic intermittent (aagh!) electrical 3 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  seems to be working and the car is recognising the signal. Just not resetting the immobiliser. The strange thing is, when the car does start it has reset the clock and trip odometer and the radio key-code has to be re-entered. Every now and then when returning to car it is 'dead' to remote unlocking
• How to get shot of scrap cars 17 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  months anyway. Salvage value £0 Cost to get rid would have been £25 + VAT. After advertising it for spares/breaking in the paper, I managed the following Alloy wheels with poor but legal tyres £65 Windscreen for another car to get thru MOT £15 Salvaged battery, radio, bulbs, fuses etc Rest of car
• My Ford Fiesta Review 8 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  . It feels well built, pretty solid and rather chunky. The steering wheel is big and heavy, the indicators make a reassuring clunk and the radio unit is well designed and reminds me of a Nokia. Im 6ft and theres more than enough headroom, and with the seat fully back im too far from the pedals so a taller
• MINI Clubman - Dealers selling privately 29 Dec 2023 (Forum)
  the car and within a week it started having issues. Radio stopped working, slow puncture, drivers window kept sticking open and various warning lights showed up on the dash. Checked using the obd reader and faults related to the oxygen sensor reading high. On the way home the oil warning light then came
• Jaguar Land Rover - Indicator sound too quiet/Sat nav voice too loud 7 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  sound is clearly audible. As a suggestion, radios for a long time have had automatic volume increase as speed increases so why not on indicator volume? Another common complaint on JLR models(the reverse of quiet indicator noise) is the fact that the Sat nav volume cannot be adjusted below a pre
• 2010 fiat 500 - My gf Fiat wont start after changing break bulbs!! 26 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  and clock is on the dash board now. The radio lost all the saved stations but it is working still. I checked the fuse box and found small fuse number 30 gone, so I bought new ones from Halfords and replaced it but the car still won’t start and the rest of the indicators on the speedometer won’t
• BMW 120i Sport auto 2015 - Electrical glitches 24 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  normally for the duration of the journey   My initial thoughts were that the main car battery could be failing – I owned a 2009 BMW 320d prior to this and noted certain facilities (heated rear window/stop-start function/radio when engine off etc.) began to stop working before I
• Nissan Micra se 2003 - Can I use a 2nd starter button with original one? 7 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  and save me from having to set the radio code and the computer up each time. My main concern is, if I left the original starter wire going to the small starter terminal, when I turn the new starter button on, could it damage the relay on the original wire or anything by sending power up
• first impressions of my new Volvo XC60 D4 Auto 19 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  should have a clearer idea about consumption. But for the size and weight I am pleased so far. Once located the electronic park brake is fine to use, it also releases automatically if you set off in D. The telephones for me and SWMBO paired up instantly. The DAB radio is excellent and the sterio also
• Hire cars 19 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  several days to become used to it; even then I didn't get to try a hill start (the countryside where I was is almost all flat).    The most useless things in the modern cars are 'Infotainment' systems.  At the end of the week I had just found out how to change the radio away from BBC
• Toyota Carina E - maintenance and accessories 14 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  been 2 years. a taxi driver told me i should check the clutch not sure how to do this. to my knowledge everything works except the radio/cd. which i can replace. was considering putting in a k&n air filter is this worthwhile. any advice other than try not wrapping it round a tree
• BMW E30 - Electric cars are slow but can be ****** fast 10 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Just been listening to 702 ABC Sydney Radio and heard about a guy who is developing an E30, electric, capable of 0-100km/h in 5.5 seconds. A quick Aussie google search and hey presto:-   Croatian tuning garage, VST Conversions, has developed a 500 horsepower (373kW) all
• Nissan Qashqai - Nissan Qashqai power failure when driving 11 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  accident. Needless to say if I was on a motorway, it would have been another story. I had my baby in the car and was quite shaken up by what happened. All through this time the radio was still working. We took the car to the dealership where we bought it from. They ran diagnostic tests and while
• BMW 3 Series Touring E91 - warning lights / cd multichanger 17 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Autochanger just the basic radio cd ive since checked and i know they come prepared for a autochanger but why do i have to have one fitted just so the new unit that is being fitted will work this is costing me over £600 of my own money just so i can keep the warning lights from coming up on my Satnav
• Ford Fiesa 2010 Zetec S TDCi - Not always starting 29 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  , there was some life in the battery as the ignition was working and the radio / lights wer working but it would not start. I have been told by the dealer it is my phone that is draining the battery of the car and a software update is on its way which will fix this. Since they advised this was the problem i
• 170 TDi - New Scirocco... an odd situation 13 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Had my new Scirocco 170TDi (manual transmission) now for just over a month and its a super amazing car. Notice after 400miles (only beause I turned the radio down) that there was a weird rotary purring type noise when depressing the clutch during acceleration. The noise only begins after
• A Ford ICE warning 1 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  and that the car was, in fact, unlocked. Still bemused, he tried the remote and the car locked as normal, including the deadlocks. At this point, he decided to open the driver's door via the front passenger side and discovered the Ford 6000 radio/CD unit had been carefully removed, along with items from
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - good buy ? 22 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  , fuel filter, topped up steering fluid, mended brake light switch under foot brake. 2 owners full service history, 2 keys and plastic key with number on. handbook. cd/radio/tape/ everything works on it. 1st owner had for 3 years - up to 89K miles 2nd owner 4 years, up to 109K miles, all MOTs and tax