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• The Mercedes Benz. 17 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  Hello,had a lift the other day from a friend in his Mercedes Benz.The car is a estate diesel automatic and ten years old covered over hundred thousand miles.It still feels like quality inside the car did't notice the gear change.I used like driving the mercs for oil test for the Adibis section
• PCP question 8 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I am in similar situation to J500ANT in that i really need to change my car for an automatic, the only problem might be that i bought it new a year ago and it is on a 3 year PCP from Kia. I know that i will lose a shed load of money, but does anyone know if it is possible to upgrade your car while
• Rover 25 (1999 - 2005) - 00 1.8 Setting the idle speed ? 5 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, I have recently purchased this automatic car and it has a nasty habbit of stalling when I stop at lights. The idle speed looks to be around the 1,000 rpm ish. Does anyone have an idea what may be causing it ? Thanks Simon
• Rover Metro (1990 - 1995) - 94 1.1 sticky throttle cable & autobox oil change 15 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  think throtle cable is sticking when put excellarater pedal down any ideas where it could be sticking also is it easy to change the oil on this car for the automatic gearbox {header given a less vague title}
• Driver 'double-parks' in supermarket car park 3 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  "Driver 'double-parks' in supermarket car park" "A driver caused panic in a busy supermarket car park on Monday when he lost control of his vehicle and ended up parked on top of another car" Honda Civic automatic. From "The Daily Telegraph": http://tinyurl.com/5g2yrh Sounds faintly unlikely!
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 96 1.6 cam belt timing marks / settings 20 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, The haed gasket has gone on the wifes 96 1.6 8v automatic megane. Have got everything ready to remove head, and cannot find any timing marks on the engine at all. can anyone help.
• SEAT Leon (1999 - 2005) - 2002 1.8T Cupra - doors unlock and windows go down 29 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  My brother has the Leon Cupra as described above and all of a sudden, it has started to automatically lower its windows and unlock at random times whenever it has been locked. Anyone got any ideas?
• Opinions on Kia Magentis 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Being a bloke that loves saloon cars above all others, I'm thinking of buying a 2litre Kia Magentis automatic ( three years old ). People IMO don't seem to be able to comment on them, but i think its solid Mitsubishi technology at a knockdown price, for the savvy on a budget. I do my own oil
• An interesting use of ANPR 16 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Police using Automatic Number Plate Recognition have identified 70 drivers who were in the area at the time of the crash and asked them to come forward. They hope the letters they have sent out will jog the memories of people who may have information which could assist the investigation. http
• ford bluetooth mobile 18 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I'm about to take delivery of a mondeo ghix x tomorrow and at the weekend I was talking to a salesman in my local ford dealer. I asked about having the bluetooth mobile phone activated and he said that it doesn;t need to be it will automatically recognise my phone. does anyone know if this is true
• Picasso, C4 and C8 emergency braking 29 May 2006 (Forum)
  Dad's Picasso (1.6 HDI 110) is supposed to have automatically activated hazard lights in commom with most of the Citroen range. They don't work. The dealer has said that they have several cars not doing this, including a C4 and C8, has anybody else had problems with hazard lights not activating
• Most economical- Jazz or Escort 28 May 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, This summer I may be doing quite a lot of driving, mixture of motorway and country roads. I was just wondering which would be most economical to run a Honda Jazz 1.4 automatic or a 1.3 Escort. The Honda has a much more modern engine but the escort has very high gearing. Was just wondering
• Disco MK3 paranoia 24 May 2006 (Forum)
  There's just something about the rear end of the Disco Mk3 that just screams law enforcement at me, especially with the dark glass which they all seem to have. Every time I see one I automatically slow down and keep it below a hundred as I pass it (that last bits a joke treehuggers). Am I
• nissan note 18 May 2006 (Forum)
  hi im looking at buying the new nissan note. i wonderered have any of you own one or have test driven one...ive got a cmax and ive had enough of it .so its now time for a new car.we looked at one today 1.6 automatic and its quite nice ...if any of you could give any advice id be grateful
• Leaking shock - MOT Fail Point? 4 May 2006 (Forum)
  Just been under my car having a quick look round as the MOT is due in a couple of weeks, and I've noticed one of the rear shocks is leaking oil, is this an automatic MOT fail point? I don't want to have to pay a retest fee, but I'm not in a position to buy some more shocks for a month or so.
• If motoring be the food of life then ... 7 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  ... a manual is roast potatoes and an automatic is oven chips, petrol is olive oil and diesel is hoi sin, a convertible is a sushi and a coupe a paella, a moped is a hotdog and a motorcycle is a phal, heated seats are sage and onion stuffing and a heated screen is christmas pudding, air con
• demisting in 530d(2002) 13 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  hi all,hope you can help I have a BMW 530d,2002 with automatic airconditioning.if I set the temperature inside the car higher than the outside(without using the aircon,just on the fan),the windscreen fogs up,it helps somewhat if then the aircon is started.Does the aircon need to be used
• Half price MG Rovers 5 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Everybody is talking about half price Rovers and all that, but I don't see 'em anywhere? If I want something specific, like an Automatic Diesel MG ZTT, reversing sensors, cruise control, whatever, where are they? Still stuck in an airfield, somewhere? When do they come out? Or did I miss 'em
• Interior Lights Failure Passat 29 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  I can switch all the courtesy lights on manually in my 2002 model Passat. They do not come on automatically with the switch set to the door position. The under door and luggage compartment lights do function normally. Any ideas? Will check fuses but can not believe that is the problem. -- I wasna
• Vauxhall Omega Elite Cambelt Snap 19 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, everyone A friend of mine has a 1995 Vauxhall Omega 3.0 v6 Elite automatic, the problem is the cambelt snapped on tick over and wondered what sort of damaged this might of done other than a few valves and what sort of costs are we talking of repair either by a garage or myself. Cheers