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• £3k car to do all... 15 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  You've got £3,000. You've got a regular commute of an hour motorway, forty-five minutes country roads, and half hour through town so not just handling but ride is important too. It's cheap-to-run, and fits for four/five people with a decent sized boot. You need the basic luxuries, a/c, CD, elec
• vw corrado 2lt 16v 1 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  to it running on low fuel? if anyone knows what it might be i would gladly appriciate the advice. thanks
• best car for me 9 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I'm 75, able and fit. Present car Shogun. What I need is some advice on what's the best car for me under £25000 new or second-hand, running costs not an issue. I live in rural North Norfolk and do about 12000 miles a year - occasional trips to South of France and Portugal, but mostly the longest
• £2250 max, help guys 8 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  I have £2250 to spend on a car. The car must be in a low insurance group, petrol, between a 1.1 and 1.4, good economy. In general a cheap run car. Image or performance is not really an issue preferably a small or small/mid sized car - anything from a pug 106 to a skoda fabia, to a fiesta, rover
• M62/M621 junction 22 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Take care if you're travelling that way tonight as at the junction is a car or two on fire and yoofs running along the hard shoulder. The smoke is obscuring both carriageways and is pretty thick. I called the police on my mobile (is this a legitimate use for 999? I've never actually called
• Starting problem - vauxhall astra 31 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I still got a vauxhall astra 1.4 94 model, 60 bhp high torque model, i was waiting at the lights, with the engine running, and the engine stopped, it wouldnt start, the starter motor turns but the engine does not fire up, the ign light and oil light up, when the engine stopped, after 5 mins
• Rover 400 starting problem 31 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  this could be? Would be very grateful for advice. Seemed to run fine once started.
• Brake Fluid 16 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  A general brakes question, not to do with my own car (despite a brake thread a few days ago. ;-) The hydraulic disc brakes on my mountain bike can use either Dot 4 or Dot 5.1 fluid. At the moment they're actually running on a mixture of both as I bled them a few weeks ago. Apparently, Dot 5.1
• Rover V8 Carbs 14 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  at a not cheap price of £550. I have no real probs with the price BUT will it run £550 better!!! any help would be good
• Insurance query 3 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all I am running two cars, one that I have a few years No Claims on and the other I have just been insured on for the last few months. My question is, is it possible to combine no claims? For example, if I chalk up one years NCB on one policy, can I add this to my existing 3 years NCB
• Vanishing Point 23 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  pretty nice but doubt it could have out-run a Jaguar E type in the right hands. -- I wasna fu but just had plenty.
• Citroen Picasso 1.6HDi gear ratios 20 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  I have a new 1.6HDi Citroen Picasso and my intention was to run it in by increasing maximum rpm as the mileage increased, as advised by HJ in the Saturday Telegraph some weeks ago. Unfortunately it has no rev counter and neither the gear ratios or mph/1000rpm are given in the handbook. I have
• Tax disk - when to put new one on? 1 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  How soon can you display the new tax disk? I did mine on line, all 3 of our cars run out today :-( and I've had the disks for over a week. Could I swop the disks over straight away, or am I supposed to go out at midnight tonight and change them? Or, to to be sure of being legal, should I put both
• Petrol Shortage? 27 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Went to Tesco (Portwood, Stockport) to fill up tonight. I was on fumes, but had to queue cos half the pumps (unleaded) were out of action. When I got to the till the girl asked if I had filled up ok. Apparently they had almost run out of petrol! Could this mean I have filled up with the carp from
• Turbo Whine - On a Focus?!? 16 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  It's probably me being silly - no. It is me being silly but since the car had it's cambelt done, there's a whine. No - I wouldn't call it a whine as such - that indicates something bad. This really sounds like a turbo whine. You can hear it above 2,000 revs. The car runs perfectly, Mum thinks
• Child allowed in front seat? 9 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  - Does anyone know if under-12 year olds can travel in the front passenger seat of the car, in Germany? (Even with a child seat fitted and seatbelt on?) I don't think it's allowed in France, and I'm not sure about the UK any more? I'm going on a long run up to Denmark next week and am thinking
• MOT, is spare tyre checked now. 28 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  glance in the boot, perhaps the spare tyre is not covered by the MOT now that run-flat tyres etc are a legal alternative?
• Coupe for around £4500, advice please. 9 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  a view on this choice or suggest an alternative with similar running costs?
• Why did you choose? 3 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Why did you choose the vehicle(s) that you currently own/drive? Was it the seductive velour material? Was it the 0-60 time? The top speed? Comfort? Economy? Price? Running costs? Some other reason? Having chosen, are you pleased with it? Did the main reason you chose it pale into insignificence
• 'Tunit' diesel tuning device 31 May 2005 (Forum)
  . I run a Passat V6 TDi which I'd like to see with a bit more grunt, but an hesitant about parting with £400 without some independent advice.