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• Car hire and driving in Europe 24 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  My wife & I are thinking of driving in Europe this summer. We live in London and would like to hire car here, ferry to France and then drive - probably through Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary and Romania. We have found car hire firms that will allow this and with unlimited mileage
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal. Constant feeling of being pulled back
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal. Constant feeling of being pulled back
• Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost 125 Titanium - Test Drive Car not available ? 18 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Anyone else had a problem like this ? I booked a test drive with a local Main Ford Dealer for today, they knew exactly the car I was interested in & cinfirmed they had a car available to the required spec. On arrival this morning, after hanging around for 30 minutes they then advised
• Sussex Police - Operation Crackdown 23 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Have seen that Sussex Police are running Operation Crackdown. http://www.operationcrackdown.org/ You can report abandoned vehicles through the website which is good, but you can also report anti-social driving , which among other things, they class as speeding, thoughtless or reckless
• Toyota Carina E (1992 - 1997) - Unique driving style 13 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  hi I have a Toyota Carine E , 1.6 GS , on this (Honest Johns ) website review it says the following about the way to drive it to get the legendary 40 mpg around town out of it : "Lean-burn engines require unusual economy driving style of high revs with small throttle openings - not holding high
• Driving Jobs 5 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Jobs where you just drive. Any suggestions for these?. I know that salesmen log serious mileage, but that wouldn't suit as I don't want to sell anything. LGV driver would appear to be ideal as I used to drive one when I was living in the US, but over here all the restrictions and the high cost
• Reliable car with high driving position 15 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  As a car my wife likes the Freelander 2 which you can get for our budget of less than £4k and she really likes the high driving position  but the mpg is poor for the 5k miles it will do each year ..so are they any cars you would recommend for a budget that have this high
• Sat Navs 2 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  Can anyone recommend a good Sat Nav to download on an android phone? It would need to include driving lanes and instructions on which lane to use as on my last drive on the mainland, I got a PCN for driving in a Bus Lane. Living on the Isle of Wight where there aren't any bus lanes
• What time do you drive at? 10 to 2? Quarter to 3? 3 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  I was taught to drive with my hands on the sterring wheel at ten to two. A relative does it at five to one, totally wrong. Recently read quarter to three is now accepted, perhaps  because nowadays just about every car has power steering. What time to backroomers drive at? And what
• N/A - Help me de-bunk a myth about driving in floods? 12 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  Hi all Years ago my Dad always told me you could drive a diesel through a flooded road but not a petrol car. Now I'm due to be driving more frequently on a road liable to flooding, is this true or just a myth? And if it is true would it apply to older diesels rather than newer ones
• Driving Experiences 18 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  I would like to know if anyone has done driving experience with LIVIT X formally Driving Experiences Direct.   I paid for a voucher last year and have booked onto several of there dates this year for them all to be cancelled. Im very doubtful this is a legitimate company
• Driving at unacceptable speeds 9 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  thing. Perhaps this driver should hand in their driving licence. Do other feel this kind of driving is unacceptable and should be eliminated from our roads?
• N/A - Warning - sites for driving licence renewal. 26 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  A selection of sites that offer to renew/ replace your driving licence, charging fees over
• Audi A6 1998 1.8T - Broken Drive Shaft 7 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  My good lady was left stranded yesterday in her 1998 Audi A6 AEB 1.8T. As she was pulling away onto a roundabout there was a clunk and then no drive. On investigation today the drive shaft has snapped just as it comes out of the cv joint. Has anyone found a decent supplier of these shafts
• Peugeot 205 diesel hatch - N/S front wheel no drive 8 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, I have lost drive on the n/s front wheel discovered after jacking up the front end. Guess this is a drive shaft issue but is this an easy remedy with replacing or not cost effective? How difficult is this to replace DIY or garage.  The car now has 250,000 on the clock but still
• Christmas Driving Music. 20 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Inspired by the Driving Home for Christmas thread, what music will you have playing in the car this Christmas ? Like a lot of things most stuff has changed for me this Christmas, not least the choice of music in my car, beyond what the airwaves have to offer... Two CDs in the car at the moment
• Free Test Drive over the weekend 3 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I have never owned a jeep type car in the uk - but driven several in the usa. As you know, roads are usually wider so easier to drive. Here in the uk, I've only had saloons - the biggest was a bmw 5 & now drive a merc c class. So i want to get the feel of the car & ensure it is the right choice- d
• Old style driving licence - legal position? 18 May 2009 (Forum)
  Does anybody know the correct legal position regarding old green paper driving licences? My licence is of this type however recently somebody told me that this is no longer legal (I am not sure if this is for ID purposes or for driving legal purposes) and that I need to get a card type which
• Icelandic driving 16 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all, We're heading off to Iceland soon for a long weekend - staying in Reykjavik but hiring a car and heading up to probably at least Gullfoss and other parts of the golden ring(?) Just been reading up on driving in Iceland and it doesn't look like Kansas, Dorothy. Can anyone give me some