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• Jaguar X-Type 2.0d 2004 182k - The Old Girl Rolls On 27 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  /painting. 'Chwarae teg' ('fair play') as we say here, when I collected the car he had done the tyres, checked/topped the coolant, oil, brake and steering fluids, put it up om the ramp and given it  a quick pre-mot to check she was ok for the winter.  (Nothing to report). Total cost
• Kia Rio strike 2010 - Got another Kia 26 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  .. trade plates, off you go.. All three of us drove it, felt ok, still plenty of umphh.. clutch fine, brakes fine handled well, no advisories on Mot's, Full service history... tyre tread depths acceptable... one paint patch on bumper repair, but barely visible. interior unmarked.. 53000 miles...price ok
• Toyota Auris - Auris Hybrid 2013 - maintenance 28 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  its complicated new tech but can I still do the following jobs myself?  1. change engine oil and filter 2. Change radiator coolant 3. change brake pads/discs 4. change auxilliary belts (if it has them) 5. change air/fuel filters I really do not want a car
• Bus drivers 26 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Without knowing what kind of bus you were on its hard to say. But, I had plenty of experience with buses that were virtually impossible to stop smoothly. Sometimes this would be due to very grabby brakes, sometimes it would be transmission jerking badly on its way down the gears, sometimes
• Half-witted lorry driver! 20 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  , cold morning so exhaust vapour clearly visible from cars in the queue and most likely plenty of brake lights lit up, eventually vehicles start to come through the roadworks and promptly stop along side me, looked in my mirror and a lorry had overtaken the queue of cars and met the oncoming traffic now
• Where can I get proper bulbs? 1 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  Hello,   One of my rear globes popped last week which acts as both aux light and a brake light. It didn't have markers really but it basically was a P21 something, single filament when I looked at what he stores had.  I had the same problem with the Touareg
• BMW 5-Series Rear-End Collision 5 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  that held the front of the seat to the rails broke. The result was that he was left facing the ceiling of the car, trying to brake to avoid hitting anyone in front of him. The car was an R-registered 520i. He has pursued the issue with BMW UK, and after much correspondance they have returned a verdict
• BMW 3 Series Compact - Used BMW 3 Series 3 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  ) offside rear inner Brake pipe slightly corroded to front (3.6.B.2c) nearside front Road wheel slightly damaged (4.2.A.1a
• Ford SMax 2007 Titanium Diesel - Clutch Failure - wings severed 19 May 2016 (Forum)
  by a GB specialist. This time there are signs that the clutch plate has been vibrating, but the wngs have gone again too. Is there anything in the engine that would cause enough vibration to brake the clutch. The engine just over-revved when it went, and of course I then coasted to the hard shoulder
• Toyota Auris - Manufacture`s extended warranty 1 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  just got burned with a previous warranty and am only considering this because the warranty is being issued by Toyota. I`ve looked at the T&C`s and the dreaded `Wear and Tear` proviso is stated in them. Is it worth buying the warranty? I fully realise that service items like brake pads
• Renault trafic 2006 140 dci 2.5 - Vibration violent shake front end 8 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  showed unknown fault po400 and brake light switch Had it on the ramp driven at 70mph checking driveshalfs bearing etc all ok Had wheels balanced Egr value been removed and cleaned and maf sensor It seems to come on when 6th gear is selected but at the bottom of its range and increasing speed
• Honda Jazz 2009 - Driving an automatic in the snow 19 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  ways and we gave been offered a 2009 Honda Jazz automatic by a family member. I am nervous as I don't know how I would handle this in the snow on our hills. I would appreciate any advice as to whether this would be a wise move & whether I can change up & down gears or use the engine to brake
• FIAT Ducato autoking 630ck - Excessive crankcase pressure 23 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, newbie here, hope someone can help... Last year I had 2 x pistons replaced due to overheating. Drove away from garage  and oil light was flickering occasionally when braking or going around corners (thought this was just faulty electrics or just general age of vehicle). Got
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2002 - dashboard cut out when cold 26 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, My Vectra has had a problem over the last month. Hope somebody can help. When cold, my dashboard cuts out about 1-3 times. When I say "cut out", the lighting stays on but the dials, radio, indicators etc. all cut out. The indicators don't work and I don't think the brake lights work either
• peugeot 307 - clutch.....heeeeelllp 18 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  is right up..im just wondering if the clutch has had its day. ive checked the brake/clutch resovoir and it full..i noticed that the clutch before hand was a little lower in hieght than the accellerator,but now its the same hieght..would i be needing a new clutch.or would the clutch need bleeding.im getting
• Ford Focus Zetec 1.6 TDCI 09 plate - Ford Focus 09 - loss of power, intermittant 24 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  I've hit the brakes; the revs carry on, but when I coast to a standstill, it stalls and cuts out. I can normally re-start it, but it happens 2 or 3 times in a row! I'm not very technical I'm afraid, and it's just passed it's service - they couldn't see any obvious faults anywhere. I have had
• Ford Galaxy - Is all this "equipment" stuff that goes wrong? 26 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  I very nearly just bought a beautiful 58 plate Ford Galaxy Ghia. Never having had a higher end vehicle, I was blown away by the programmable self adjusting seat/mirror thing, the dual zone climate control, the central locked fuel filler, the electric parking brake, the tyre pressure monitoring
• Cleaning alloy wheels 11 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  I just had an epiphany whilst cleaning swmbo's car this morning.   The alloys were looking pretty grubby with road salt, brake dust and general muck from the roads. Cleaning with soapy water hasn't been too effective in the past and I am loathe to use "alloy wheel
• V reg 1.8 Ford Focus - Ford Focus rear lights 28 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  . At the same time the beep beep signal that the door was open with lights still on also went off, and so did the rear lights. Dashboard lights are also off, not sure if they were before or not. I took the reg plate bulbs out and they looked blown. Front lights, brake lights, hazard, indicators
• Passat Pd100 B5.5 - Passat tdi no boost, vacuum lines 11 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  to find the Jetta diagram online which looks a bit different. Brakes etc are fine, it's only a boost issue. Thanks