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1995 Vauxhall Omega 3.0L V6 Auto 4 Oct 2004 (Forum)
? This car is 9 years old so I wouldn't expect it to be mechanically tip top, but I don't want it to be on the verge of blowing up either. The funny thing is he's selling it because he wasn't happy with his Honda Accord Type R's fuel consumption, so he bought the Omega instead, and is selling it one month -
Scrapping our car! 1 Apr 2004 (Forum)
This is the last time I will ever talk about our vauxhall carlton!. We are scrapping it tonight as the continual problems are costing us a fortune and after all it is 13 years old! Anyway we have a dealer who is coming to collect it tonight he has said he will drive it away. However it has a SORN -
Final Car 18 Nov 2003 (Forum)
have chosen the no cost option of an alectric sun roof in place of the standard Air/Con,and finally it has the same radio as in the Vectra ie takes tapes of which I have plenty instead of CDs. I am the octogenarian from how old are you and feel I will be leaving my wife a car with less expensive -
Manual-diesel converted to auto ??? 21 May 2003 (Forum)
does any-body know??? If I purchased a nearly-new DIESEL / MANUAL car (approx 1-2 years old) would it be easy / is it possible to have it changed to an automatic.? I have been trying to locate another Diesel / Auto car and its like trying to find pink furry dice ..... Have got an Omega -
Starting probs 25 Dec 2002 (Forum)
the accelerator right into the carpet - car starts fine - in fact if I then turn it off straightaway I can immediately restart it no bother.. Anyway - I got the battery checked out (car is about 5.5 yrs old) and it was a bit ropey so I got a new one and I'll see if that fixes the problem - question is do -
Damp Starts 11 Nov 2002 (Forum)
to work. It really hits acceleration and makes the car shake a lot. But after 10 minutes or so the car runs perfectly again and is very responsive. Are there any checks or replacements I can perform to alleviate the problem? I recently replaced the spark plugs, but the HT leads are 5 years old now -
Upgrading car alarms 17 Oct 2002 (Forum)
I've recently bought a Golf gti mk2 & am thinking of changing the alarm\immobiliser for a few reasons (old kit, only have 1 key fob for each). So, can anyone recommend any of the current alarm\immobiliser's? Also, i guess i will have to get a thatcham category alarm for insurance purposes. Does -
Seats for a MK2 punto 3 Sep 2002 (Forum)
be able to find these seats. ie, specialised fiat breakers etc. I assume that crash damaged cars end up somewhere for dismantling.... All the scrap yards I have found so far deal with cars which are around 6 years old. Any advice where I could get seats like this would be much appreciated! Cheers Ross -
Inflation and car prices 31 Dec 2001 (Forum)
This relates back to a post a few days ago by Alvin about the Moris Minor he bought for £410 in 1961 and a VW Beetle for £624 in 1964. - also the article in the Telegraph today on the Fiesta being 25 years old. Looking at the rise in Retail Price Index since 1961(a factor of 13.625) and 1964 -
Daewoo prices 12 Nov 2001 (Forum)
effect on used values of 1-2 year old Daewoos... Can the Joe Public Esq. buy these cars direct from the importers at these ridiculously low prices? -
mmm multipla jtd - injector 18 Jul 2001 (Forum)
After looking around for many months for a mpv to transport 4 kids & kaboodle i've just bought a 9 month old jtd105 and am very pleased - great to drive, park, cruise, and incredibly practical and frugal. One small problem - the injector warning light illuminates intermittently and the manual -
Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2005 - Broken Suspension Coil and Misc Problems 10 Feb 2017 (Forum)
this problem? I am a careful driver (old man of 55), owned the vehicle from new, seem to have regular problems, for example - July 05 - Car pulls to right - dealer reckons ok - I changed the wheels over, improved. Oct 06 - returned from 2week holiday - battery dead - AA man, Faulty battery-replaced. Jun 07 -
Government giving away £67m to Ferrari owners... 21 Dec 2012 (Forum)
of eight to nine to ten year old cars pay full Road Tax. They get no free VED Disc. This exemption pre-SORN and before the computer age may have made sense. That the cost of issue and re-issue of a Tax Disc to an historic vehicle might have exceeded the revenue generated. With proposals -
Peugeot 205 (1983 - 1997) - 94 1.8D losing power at high revs 16 Jul 2009 (Forum)
in the tank is clear, but no joy. I changed the glow plugs too as starting was poor (don't think they can have been changed since the car was new)- this has cured that problem and starting is now immediate. The old plugs were a bit sooty, so I assumed that the injectors might be grubby, and ran some STP -
Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - 2007 Hatchback - boot rattle!! 4 Jul 2008 (Forum)
under warrenty if car a year old they agreed to change the damper this was done and within 5 miles of the dealer the rattle was back, after checking my gap insurance to confirm the write off value I stripped the line out of the boot most os the side lining and part of the roof desperately searching -
Emperors new clothes? 16 Jun 2006 (Forum)
Megane thanks. Yes I want a car that's fun to drive but this seems to come with too many compromises to make it a car you'd want to spend any serious time at the wheel in. So it really makes me wonder what really would be the best small or medium diesel hatch for me (£12k budget, 1-2 years old), that's -
Peugeot 205 2 Jun 2005 (Forum)
A few weeks back, I bought a 1989 Peugeot 205 diesel off a neighbour as a bit of fun more than anything. We have enough cars as it is but these 205's bring back a a few happy memories since we had one new in 1986 and the chance to pick up an immaculate low mileage model was too tempting. Anyway -
Mondeo's 1st MOT 19 Apr 2005 (Forum)
I guess very few cars fail there 1st MOT unless of course the driver fails to notice an illegal tyre or similar, nevertheless I was a pleased as punch today when my Mondeo Ghia X TDCi passed. Incidentally it is not 3 years old until next month though I had the MOT post dated to the anniversary -
Seat Ibiza TDi 130 28 Jan 2004 (Forum)
Evening all, I have a question to put to you all, sorry if it's a bit wordy; I start a job on tuesday which will entail probably driving 15k or so a year on company business. The company are generously giving me 40p / mile towards the cost of my expenses, but I don't get a company car. I don't -
n reg fiesta diesel starting nightmare 15 Dec 2003 (Forum)
to rev. I even put the old filter back on - it started but then died within about 20 seconds. No smoke from exhaust since. Im hoping a friend is coming up tomorrow as i am clueless with cars- any pointers- i have searched through the old threads on here already by the way. I have also changed the air