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• 'Cool' car for 17 year old girl 30 May 2008 (Forum)
  girls, constitutes a cool car? My own thoughts were along the lines of an old LandRover or Almera. Many, many years ago I was over the moon to buy my own clapped out Mini Clubman when I was her age...any suggestions for a reliable first car with the all important 'street cred'...how times have changed
• Citroen ZX (1992 - 1998) - 1996 1.4 Sloppy/Loose Gear Lever 28 May 2008 (Forum)
  in neutral reveals some clunky noises - particularly at the extremities. Any idea what the problem might be and more important, is it likely to be expensive? Got a cam-belt service coming up in a couple of weeks. Car only cost £500, so if it's going to be major problem might think twice in having the work
• Citroen C5 II (2008 - ) - HJ's Road Test 13 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  of affairs. We are facing ever increasing road congestion throughout the world, so it must be more important to improve urban consumption by way of reduced weight and increased efficiency, rather than a massage the figures for dubious extra urban figures which are impossible to achieve. Mazda
• Is the art of selling dead? 27 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  it too easy for too long on our shores, long labelled Treasure Island by the big importers.
• Driving In Snow 4 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  health well being is more important than the environment when you are sitting there stuck with the engine running
• Toyota Celica (1991 - 1994) - Incredible engineering 6 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Caught up with an all too rarely seen petrolhead cousin at a family gathering yesterday. He's currently smoking around in a 1991 Celica GT-S Japanese import. All history is fully documented and here are some staggering statistics: 244,000 miles on the clock (he bought it with 195,000) Original
• Fault Code readers 14 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  ??) Ihave a 1994 Corolla, (UK car) and a 1995 Celica (grey import) IS there a "standard" for diagnostic ports/codes etc. that manufacturers conform to, or does everyone use a different one. So of course, does that mean one will need a differnet reader for each car, or can the readers handle different
• Aftersales service 31 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Just got home from work and found Mr Postie had left a big cardboard box. Opened it up and found a big Peugeot branded tin of premium chocolate chip cookies. There was also a thank you letter and the all important follow up questionnaire regarding my purchase of the 407 coupe. I've already had
• Golf 1.6 MKIII Missing sometimes 21 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  important - The car isn't back firing, just missing a few beats.. Thanks Paul
• Merc v's BMW v's Audi A6 28 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  durability and reliability is important. 10-15 years ago such a decision in my opinion would have been striaghtforward as Merc were the best, but today al premium band German cars cost the earth for so so reliability and quality...but i any event what do fellow back room guys think?
• new small exec car, which one? 3 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Dad is now looking to replace his 51 plate Audi A4 1.9TDi and doesnt know what to go for. Choices hes narrowed down to are: BMW 320D Audi A4/A6 2.0TDi Alfa 157 JTD - may have to keep Audi a bit longer for this! He will be doing 40K a year and running costs are not that important as company pays
• Coolant Change - Volvo S40 1.9 TD SE 17 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  organic acid formula to Volvo / Renault 41-01-001 standard. As I'm going to go for a complete rad flush - can I replace green with red?? On another site I been advised that the colour isn't important just flush well - but I don't want to make an expensive mistake Thanks and regards
• diesel estate for £4-5k? 4 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, I'm looking for recommendations for a diesel estate and have at most £5k to spend. Economy and size v important to me, toys (eg air con etc) nice but not essential. Am thinking something like a skoda octavia estate, maybe 99-01 with 90k miles or so on it? Any others worth trying? For some
• Boulogne 5 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  the red triangle' or 'keep on the right' type of advice but any tips on how to avoid getting lost in Boulogne appreciated especially if combined with where to get that all important tank topping fill of fuel before returning to the UK. Unfortunately I will be returning on a Sunday night - never the best
• Zymöl polishing products 8 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  I have recently discovered these. Marketed by Turtle Wax, and imported from the US, where I live a one pint of cleaner wax along with a one pint of glaze sealant in a dual pack costs a tad over 3 quid your money. That's a quarter of the price I normally pay for Mothers polishes, good
• Insurance for 'weekend' car 21 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  at the weekend - could be a Jap import like a Skyline, or even something like a Ford Puma - totally undecided as yet. Anyway - does anyone know how I might be able to insure this additional car for sensible money? Obviously no classic car policy will cover it. I have full NCB on my other car (as wife does
• 3k diesel 29 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  i only buy korean/jap - so due to their non-existent diesel range, i havent got a clue about them. he needs ... diesel (or high mpg petrol) he does minimum 50 miles a day less than 60k ideally no more than 4 years old 5 door refinement not important band 5/6 insurance maximum (only 23
• Mk 2 Polo fuel pipes? 27 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  through and was leaking what smelled like petrol. (it took me a while to get to a bit of road i could stop on) One of these tubes goes to a straight to a wee hole underneath the petrol filler cap and the other dissapears up into the car somewhere. questions: what are they? are they important
• Shoestring Rentals, Bexley 30 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Shoestring Rentals who rent out imported Toyota Lucidas. They seem to fit the bill perfectly, but I am a little worried - a case of too good to be true? If any of you have had any experience of this company (good or bad), please let me know. Obviously the good can be posted here, but any criticisms should
• Getaway cars. 19 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  by the rogue himself). Interesting specs on this beastie... "Interceptor.....only 250 built (its a "south african" version...so only 250 worldwide). The car (from the factory) had modified branches, camshaft (i think it was a 275), high compression pistons, modified cylinder heads, and most important ...3