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• Audi vs VW vs SEAT 25 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  there got first hand experience of a Leon - reliability, running costs etc.?
• Rover 400, appetite for light bulbs 19 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  I have changed many, many bulbs front and rear during the 1 year of ownership of my P Reg Rover 400. A colleague with the same model (S Reg) has changed bulbs about 6 times. I see these cars running around in twilight with very often, one of the brake lights or side lights not working
• Yesterday's is the price right? 15 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Yesterday I posted a message about a very low mileage car I was being offered - an L reg Clio with a genuine under 11K on the clock. HJ replied that many people are still taken in by low miles etc etc. Surely, though it means that the interior will be almost new, bearings and running gear
• Ford Scorpio Computer Glitch 9 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  I recently parked my 1997 Ford Scorpio for several weeks at an airport, and the battery will have run pretty low. When I returned to the car, it started and everything is fine EXCEPT, the onboard multi-function computer reverted to metric units and will not reset to imperial units. I tried
• Ford Focus 1600 servicing 16 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  straightforward. Am I likely to run into any problems? Many thanks.
• Company car versus own vehicle 30 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Dilema! What is the true answer as to whether it is more economical to have a company car or run & buy/contract hire your own vehicle? I will do in excess of 40k miles, will pay some higher rate tax, would get a Mondeo Ghia or a car allowance plus 11p per mile. With new Benefit in Kind, emissions
• stealing diesels 28 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  obvious whether a car runs on petrol or diesel? Because if not, would a large sign in the window saying 'diesel, harder to nick' be a worthwhile precaution in areas of high car crime?
• Ford Puma Erratic Idling 14 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  for about 5 to 10 seconds and then everything settles down to normal. The car runs perfectly if the clutch pedal is not depressed. Weird!! Any clues as to whats up with it anyone??
• 1999 ford zx2 OVERDRIVE PROBLEM 5 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  I HAVE 1999 ZX2 FORD ESCORT THAT DEVELOPED AN OVERDRIVE PROBLEM THE CAR WILL SHIFT THRU 1,2,3 GEARS BUT WONT GO ONTO OVERDRIVE IT WAS RUNNING ALONG IN OVERDRIVE AND JUST DROPPED OUT. IT HAS NEVER WENT BACK INTO OVERDRIVE AGAIN. I DONT KNOW FOR SURE IF THE CAR SHIFTS INTO OVERDRIVE
• Aircon and fuel consumption 27 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  There have been a few posts recently about the affect of airon on fuel consumption. I've recently been running with the aircon permanently on, and the following are the results of brim-to-brim tests under the same driving condiditons (approximately 1200 miles in each test, 2 fills). Aircon OFF
• car boot sales. 19 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  my mum runs a car boot sale in the north east of england, and it is amazing the bargains you can get, haynes manuals are about £1 each, and today i saw two front spot lights in the box for £2, so if anybody off the honest john forum wants to come to the INDOOR car boot, the offer is instead
• getting a car back on the road 9 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  i hope to get a lada riva 1.3, back on the road, it was last run in april 2000, and i was wondering what it will need, it had a half tank of petrol in it, and i have been told that i will need to pump out the petrol because it will have gone stale, also the car has the battery still
• Fast fit centres 30 May 2001 (Forum)
  Has anyone out there got any experience of Ford rapid fit centres in servicing say an R reg. Mondeo or cars around that age. They are promoting themselves as Autotrade Fast Fit of the year winner for the fourth year running. Are these centres in general more effective or less effective than main
• renault Scenic 2.0L auto 1999 14 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  the petrol guage on my 'T' reg fails to work properly and on brimming the tank, will show half full after running about ninety miles. Cpomplaints to Dealer, elicits that due to 'flat tank' configuration, all models show the same symptom True or false ?? any others suffer the same complaint also
• Seized plugs 11 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  comes running to me whenever anything goes wrong, so please someone help met out of this situation.
• 205 GTI 29 Dec 2000 (Forum)
  My 205 GTI runs really eratically on tickover, I understand that this is caused by the fly wheel which on the 1.6's is actually too small, and this worsens as the car ages, Peugeot corrected this problem on the 1.9's with a larger fly wheel. The only thing I have heard of to smooth out tickover
• Jaguar 2004 xtype 2.0dci - Egr Valve, blanking plate, management light 23 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I was wondering could you possibly give me some advice. I currently own 2 x 2004 jaguar xtype .. One is my main run around sporting 110k miles on the clock, the other I bought cheap with 210k miles on the clock, basically for parts and so forth. I have been striping the one with big
• 1997 306XTDT d8A engine - XUD9TE Plastic filter problems solved. 1 May 2010 (Forum)
  . THEN looked at lethargic performance and found guy in Townsville frenchie peugeot expert had fitted circlip allowing only 1/3 throttle travel. 6/, Put circlip in full extended position and took for run, FULL BOOST, GREAT ACCELERATION and over 180 KM/H top speed.   What
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 1.8 or 2.0 litre petrol, or 2.0 TDCI? 18 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  and driving position, not electric toys). Must be cheap to run and reliable for long-term use, because this car will be used for unmissable appointments a long way from home (niggles aren't critical, but car-won't-go would be an expensive disaster). A saloon would be marinally preferable to a hatchback
• Petrol into Diesel (Again) 15 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  (there was about £10 worth in the tank). I stopped at the only filling station on the way home to find that they had RUN OUT of diesel! I really didn't fancy freezing to death for 4 hours waiting for somewhere else to open, besides do you really think my partner was gonna believe a story about me running out