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• Selling an Untaxed/Un-MOT'd Car 18 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Some clarification much appreciated, The other half is selling her old motor, a tatty 206 that's been off road and out of use for about the past 6 months or so. Having been parked up it is of course on SORN and has no current MOT. It's now sat on the drive, awaiting somebody to hand over
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2007 1.8 TDCi Difficult to pull away at low revs. 7 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  if the car is moving at walking pace in first gear. I have had a couple of nasty turns trying to get onto roundabouts in London because of this flat spot. All three cars have the same problem, and it is much worse than on my old 2003 Mondao diesel estate. One of the guys had 2000 diesel Focus and he confirms
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 00 1.8 Indicator flasher unit 1 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  When I put my indicators on they work outwardly okay every time but I often do not get the audible click-click feedback sound, only the lights on the dash. It is very intermittent sometimes going days or journeys working correctly sometimes not and so on. On old cars you can usually find
• which car to buy under £1,000 ? 20 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  Hi I own a Fiat Panda 1988 1.0 with extremely low milage (only had 1 owner since new when I bought it and seems to be genuine milage, although I'm no expert). It was my first car. I want something more modern for better street cred, comfort, overtaking power, and also a cigarette
• Reliable runabout for Gladys? 31 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Xmas greetings everyone! Ok my old aunt isn`t really called Gladys but she would like a narrower car to make parking and getting in&out of  vehicle easier in her garage.Plan B is to win the pools/lotto and build a bigger garage.Also don`t think Santa can squeeze a prefab kit
• Choice between two classic cars (restoration). 22 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  experience restoring classics, I used to help my Dad and his friend restore their old Land Rovers (Series II, IIA and III). But I'd like something different. My two ideals choices are the Mini, or the Beetle. Obviously two very different cars. I've done a lot of searching and there seems to be a good
• Police Camera Action 13 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  irresponsible yob driving a powerful car, stupidly. It also had a demonstration that a car going faster takes longer to stop! Now that is news. It illustrates the stupidity of these that make our laws, surely 19 year olds, or these that just passed their test should not be allowed to drive fast cars on public
• Honda CR-Z (2010 - ) - officially announced 13 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  , not dissimilar to the original mk1 Insight, with a manual gearbox. Power seems puny and no official performance figures from Honda yet. That said, if it can hold the road like an old Ford Puma did (lovely handling car) then it will win some friends. Before someone else says it, yes, a turbo-diesel Scirocco
• Skoda - My Car Is Too Dangerous To Drive! 9 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Been pondering this for several weeks. An old & respected friend sat in my new Octavia after I'd sat in his new BMW. He said that he would not be able to drive my car safely , as he could not reach the brake pedal without lifting his foot off the floor. The brake pedal is indeed a couple of inches
• Vauxhall Astra H (2004 - 2009) - 06 1.6 too much air pressure in engine 10 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  when he takes off another air pipe again and replaces the oil cap again the car runs fine. But when everything is back in its place air pressure seems to build up inside and it starts whistling (like a old style kettle boiling). Any help or advice on this matter would be hugely appreciated. Thanks
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 98 1.6 fast idling and cuts out on acceleration. 14 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  1500-2500 rpm, when it usually revs at 1000 rpm or less. Any suggestions of the likely problem, and if it's going to be econmical to fix, would be very gratefully recieved. My car is a 10 year old 1.6 Megane, hasn't had a service for almost two years because it hadn't done enough miles since the last
• Audi A4 (1995 - 2000) - between a rock and a hard place 6 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  . Unfortunately they have experienced engine failure fortunately close to the Audi garage who said they should not drive it and lent them an 08 2k A4 Avant tdi. Repair will cost 3k- as much as the car is worth. The Audi garage, which also deals in VWs, have offered the 08 for 19k keeping the old car. We
• Audi A3 Sportback (2004 - ) - 2007 1.6 Restless ride 5 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  My 6 months old Audi A3 1.6 special edition automatic has what I can only describe as a restless ride, which is very tiring. To date the car has covered less than 2k miles because it is uncomfortable to use. The car I test drove at a local dealer had a firm but steady ride and, I have owned 3 VW's
• Volvo 960 and S90 (1994 - 2000) - Motoring organisation car-check 15 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  There's another thread on here about HPI checks but I think these are different. It would be interesting to hear the experiences of others. I bought privately a Volvo 960 Estate in 2000, 5 years old, 85,000 miles. Since it was in Suffolk, a 3 hour trip from me, I had the a well known motoring
• A court appearance-don't hold your breath 27 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  'A 31-year-old man is in hospital after he was struck by a car on the M61 motorway in Bolton. The man was seen walking in the fast lane of the southbound carriageway, between the Bolton West Services and Horwich junction. He was struck by a car as he tried to dodge the traffic, Greater Manchester
• Mitsubishi - perforation 25 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  My regular car is a 2001 Mitsubishi Shogun Pinin - the baby Shogun, which works very well in London, being short , high , tough and automatic . there has been a rust blister developing for some time on the door , tight on where the window frame starts , it is about 50 mm diameter and growing . My
• Colt, yaris or swift? 2 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  As promised a quick update on my first car shopping experience. I've ruled out the Polo (due to cost), Fox (no-no as only 3 doors), Aygo (very cute but felt a little too small) and I wasn't keen on the clio having driven one a few years ago that didn't feel very nice. Have to say the VW dealer
• Jag XJ 1991 - Wheel Tracking/Vibration? 9 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hello I have an old XJ which has been running OK but a few days ago I had to swerve and mount a pavement to miss a child with their new christmas bike. I drove away and parked about 50m up the road as I was going to the and all was well. Yesterday I drove about 30 miles but it was in three bursts
• Diesel automatic: Saab or Volvo? 7 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  old with broadly similar specs. Will be sourced from main dealer stock. There are fewer Volvos around, and so prices are correspondingly higher. Cost to change is UK£2-3k more for the Volvo. Saab diesel automatics seem plentiful in comparison! He does about 15k miles/year and will keep the car
• New Scientist on in-car warning systems 4 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Can I recommend to the BR a fascinating article in the current issue of New Scientist which concerns research which suggests that drivers might be risking their safety and othat of other road users with the introduction in-car systems such as Sat Nav and head up displays which is contributing