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• GM Crash Tests in 1968 - Scary! 19 May 2009 (Forum)
  tinyurl.com/p4hzqe Horrifying standards in car design in the 60's. I am sure we have come a long way since then. I have never seen a whole bench seat with passengers (dummies, of course) come out of the drivers door before. Link made non-clickable because the link has content on the right
• 1car1 in adminstration 21 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  uncertain future. PricewaterhouseCoopers said it is working on strategies to "salvage value from the business, however the main trading business and the company?s 15,000 vehicle fleet is likely to be wound down over the next five weeks". I guess the auctions are going to be busy
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 98 2.0 Petrol only runing on 3 cylinders 10 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi can any one help iv got a s reg 406 2Lt petrol Lx which has just started to misfire. iv replased spark plugs with pug ones and also replased spark pack , thought it may be the injector so replaced it ans still misfireing as if only runing on 3 cylinders can any one help jeff.
• Most unusual car modification 28 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  What`s the most unusual car modification you have seen, or done yourself - perhaps in youth ;-) I remember seeing those unpainted alloy rear `wings` bolted onto the rear of cars a few years back, looking about as integrated as a computer rack bolted on. Then I saw this proposal.. http
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2002 1.8 tdci loosing power 18 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Hello I need a bit of help. My 2002 (52 reg) 1.8 tdci (100) looses power every now and again, always within the first half mile of a journey. It is accompanied by lots of smoke and if I try and accelerate a twittering noise similar to the waste gates you hear on rally cars (at least that?s what I
• Volga - Hot Volgas 19 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Reported in newspaper here, and just wondering if anyone has actually seen one, that a Russian company is taking Porche Cayenne drivetrains and fitting elderly Kruschev - era Volga bodies to them. Comes out about the size of a Benz S - class after necessary modifications. The Volgarised
• A motoring quiz/puzzle fo `tinterlectual ;)+Photo 27 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  - a strip down revealed grease on the shaft more suited perhaps, to Italy. 1)What`s going on? 2)locations 3) reveal the motoring context. 4) Caption 5) What is it? 6) Describe "the four positions of deployment" oilrag
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - 1995 1.6 Clonky front suspension 26 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I have just bought a cheap and cheerful Astra F which drives superbly apart from clocks from the o/s front end. I have jacked up the car and nothing is loose and I suspect the fault is with the suspension bushes. Are these similar to the escort orion lower suspension arm where you just replace
• Paraffin burning `tramp steamer`detected on M1 21 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Smelt burning paraffin on the M1 last week - near Sheffield and came up behind a small flat-bed (1 car) transporter. Only a few years old too. A surprise really, what`s the benefit? Isn`t paraffin and a splosh of engine oil just about as expensive as Derv? The last time I smelt paraffin
• Reliable Tools 6 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I'm thinking of investing in some new tools - sockets, spanners, ratchets etc etc We all know "you gets whats you pays for", so ideally I'd love to buy a set of Snap-on tools, but hey this is the real world and I can't afford them! My question is. . . can anyone recommend a brand(s) of decent
• `squatting toad` car design-what price elegance? 4 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  It seems a trend for new small cars to look like squatting toads, with the driver sitting pontificating in the centre, in the cab forward, high glass line, can`t see the bonnet style. I can see how being at the centre of things like a plum baked in a pie, with no concern for what`s outside fits
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - yr 2000. 1.4 16v cut out 16 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  this problem could be and how i could remedy it s
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 03 2.0 ecu codes 12 May 2008 (Forum)
  Hi have got a ford mondeo mk3 tdci,the fuel ecu,that sits on the n/s front leg behinde the wheel arch is damaged not reparable ihave located another ecu but two of the numbers are difrent mine is 3s7q-9f954-aa the other one is 2s7q-9f954-ea will this one work on my car has i can`t find my exact one
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - 1998 - Changing the gearbox oil 24 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  My 1998 micra has done 100K and is probably due for a change of gearbox oil. The Haynes manual tells you how to check and top-up the oil (through the...
• Nissan Primera III (1999 - 2002) - 2000 1.8S - replacement of headlamp bulb... 12 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  at home and what type (and cost) the replacement bulb would be. The spec is not given in the manual. Many thanks, Waino. S
• Renault Scenic (2003 - 2009) - near-side headlight bulb changes 12 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  hi just changed n/s dip-bulb;all you have to do is remove battery cover and battery (65 min) a bit fiidely removing and refitting but nothings easy nowadays with cars 1.9 dci .I fitted a temporary supply to pos+ and neg- leads(12v m/cycle battery) but later found not necessary
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - '97 - 1.25 identical to 1.4 ? 11 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Guru's My car knowledge inept son believed the only thing you had to put into an engine was petrol, Therefore the lack of any form of lubricant (and coolant) has resulted in crank damage.. It is currently a 1.4 Zetec-S, a breakers locally has the 1.25 version. My question, would you know
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - How much spares or repair for this Golf 6 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  What would be a reasonabe asking price (spares or repair ) for a 2001 Golf Mk4 1.6 S with 119000 on the clock, FSH but with NSF damage which is wheel, wing, suspension, drive shaft, wishbone, windscreen, airbags deployed, A frame probable damage where wheel battered into frame. A very rough figure
• Nissan Almera Tino (2000 - 2006) - CD m/changer could it work with steering controls 19 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  acquire the necessary adaptor ("Connect2" don't do one). s
• Fuel Shortage, what fuel shortage! 8 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  in Ipswich. To add to it, why are they queueing 7-8 cars at the remining petrol pumps. Is it me being paranoid? Or have I just started to undermine the UK economy? Graham S.