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• Saab 9-5 Aero - Fettling the front calipers 20 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  I need to change the front brake pads on my car
• Lorry drivers - inconsiderate 27 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  headlights on that was not the case. I had one indicate to come out from the left lane virtually in front of me. He indicated, paused a second, then went. Luckily, I didn't have to brake, but it was close. A few minutes later another one indicated and went the same instant causing me to brake
• Peugeot 406 - Replacing a steering rack 20 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  but access from passenger side. Clamp rubber pressure pipes with brake pipe 'G' cramps. Remove 2 rubber brake pipe securing bolts. Take out 2 large steering rack bolts, catch spacers (after removing the rack I stuck these back with a dab of araldite to save fussing later). Remove 13mm steering rack bolt
• All - Changing to Automatics 14 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  HJ seems to be fielding numerous questions in the DT Motoring Section and here about the new Jazz i-shift and people complaining about "jerky" gearchanges, and he is also advocating L foot braking for Autos. I am afraid that I would suggest that the complainants are showing an unfortunate
• Nissan Micra - Need advice on repairing my car! 29 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  I'm 21 and although I'm a girl, i have some mechanical knowledge and want to do this myself instead of paying at a garage! If anyone can offer me some advice, I'd be very grateful! It is an M reg Micra. My brakes sound "wierd" so i figured they needed new brake pads, I've taken off
• BMW E30 318IS - Upgrades? 17 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Kahn RSR wheels (I'm 22 come on!) which I love and will fit them in a couple of weeks - Question is do I have to adjust any of the suspension set up/geometry for these larger wheels? What handling/braking/cornering advantages and disadvantages can I expect etc? I am also thinking of a stainless
• Driving with Achilles injury - advice/experience? 6 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  parked it for me to its usual spot in our residential car park. Even over this short distance, though, I found driving very unnerving - I found that when depressing my foot on the brake pedal for any period of time, my ankle would weaken and my foot would go limp and lose pressure on the pedal - like
• Ford Orion (1983 - 1993) - 91 1.3 Total wheel bearing failure without warning 3 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, i recently purchased a ford orion 1.3, 1991 with only 30,000 miles and full service history and new mot, it did have a leaky brake cylinder though so i took it to the garage to get repaired, i could have done this myself but was very busy and didnt have time. i got the car back the following
• Free brake pads and shoes 1 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  A well known national fast fit chain has recently started re-advertising that having had fitted a pair of pads/shoes ,the same will be supplied and fitted...
• Five ways to make your fuel go further? 27 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  From "The Daily Telegraph": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/08/eabrown208.xml > 1. Drive smoothly. Don't accelerate hard and brake hard while starting and > stopping. By building up your speed gradually and coasting towards a red light, > rather than slamming
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - Rear wheel bearing - lose hub 14 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I replaced the rear brake shoes on my Polo in about June/July of this year. In July the car passed it's MOT without any issues. For the past week or two I have become aware of a droning noise which I took to be possibly a wheel bearing on it's way out. I took the opportunity today (whilst
• Dekra inspection results... 15 May 2006 (Forum)
  . This appears to be from the OSF corner. The engineer believes this to be caused by the OSF brake disc rubbing on the brake backplate, but further investigation is required to confirm this." Am I entitled to have this sorted before I pay the balance? My heart sank when I saw the second one - is it serious
• Can we blame Motoring Org. for accident? 13 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  then asked her to put the car into Drive. She did and then got out of the car and he did some fiddling under the bonnet and the car started moving forwards as the parking brake (foot pedal type) was not on. The insurance claim is now all on MiL's cover for two cars and two damaged houses. Premiums likely
• Insurance scam, be warned. 26 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  There was a report on Radio 5 Live yesterday about a scam in the Manchester area, it is apparently getting quite common. They interviewed a driver who had been following another car onto a roundabout with no other traffic in sight, the other car suddenly braked hard and the driver lightly bumped
• Audi dealer trying it on ? 25 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  required as follows : 1) Replace rear tie bar bushes, worn to excess. 2) Replace secondary sump gasket due to leakage 3) Replace drivers door latch due to activating while driving 4) Replace high level brake light LEDs 5) Replace LAMBDA probes due to no activity in probes £956 if you please. I
• New BMW feature ;-) 9 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  integrated into the car's control systems and allows a range of functions including full disablement of the indicators, perilously late activation of the brakes and an adapted radar cruise control that allows the driver to sit 4mm from your back bumper in the outside lane of the M6. Amongst other neat
• Shogun discs 22 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  which we all suffer after buying a used car (dont we?) and they were more than happy (as usual) to get the car in and put it right for me. One of the complaints was a very slight brake shudder at high speeds (braking from 70mph), they inform me (after initial inspection) that they want it back to skim
• Enough is enough? 26 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  found that about two-thirds of accidents were preceded by skidding, emergency braking or sudden evasive moves, all of which took place a few seconds before an impact. That small window of time is still enough to give the latest car computers time to detect the moves and respond. If the Mercedes Pre
• Fiesta noise and gearbox whine. 14 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  ... so no wonder I could hear the brakes being applied in one of the cars I tested. It's a great car but really Ford should and could have done a lot better.. I hate all noise in a car so I have covered both with soundproofing felt and added further soundproofing to the car (with a kit from HJ's
• Laguna - franchised dealer problems 1 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I have just had my first MOT and 24000 mile service on my low-mileage Laguna: £240. The dealer claimed the car needed new front brake discs and pads, even thought it's never had any pads and I don't think it's been driven heavily: £200. They also claimed it need a new suspension coil spring: £200