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• Giving the battery an easier life 18 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  and drive off; leave the engine running when closing the garage door. Don't set off, then bang it into second gear as soon as the car is moving. Without wringing its neck, let the engine (and therefore the alternator) spin a little as you go up the gears. Don't sit with your foot on the brake pedal for ages
• A tale of two renaults 14 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  cylinder, new rear brake calliper, pads all round, and as it has a bent front alloy (n/s/f inner) they dumped a new one in the boot. It needs new rubber all round so it will get used then. Renault 2 is first courtesy car, A Modus, A 1.6 auto Modus to be precise. This will be biased, because as you know I
• Omega Maintainance Costs 30 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  - (Heater Valve, Oil Cooler Seals & New Oil Cooler.... threads stripped upon removal :( and Cam Cover Seals, New Oil Pressure Switch leaking oil through switch body - £724.00 5-Glove Box Lock Assembly - £12.00 6-New Discs & Pads All Around & Rear H/brake Shoes & Cables - £350.00 7-New Complete Front
• Do we molly-coddle cars ? 12 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  anyway; the brake discs would need to be in pieces before they got renewed; the punctured tyre gets replaced on its own, the others can get used to it and who gives a stuff what angle the steering wheel is at as long as the thing goes in straight lines, except when you would prefer it turned corners
• Lorries overtaking - definitive response 20 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  that the truck behind can't see then the leading truck will give enough warning by using indicators/hazards/dabbing of brake pedal to alert the following trucker to ease off in anticipation of a hazard or follow suit of changing lane etc. If you're following any other vehicle that isn't a truck then you've
• RIP handbrake, spare wheel and 4th cylinder 3 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  I'm always open to new technology and exciting trends in car design, but there are three that I find utterly tedious. Press-button parking brakes and space saver wheels (and their truly evil half-brother, the puncture repair kit) have been covered amply in other threads. The three-cylinder
• Ford Galaxy - Put my automatic gearbox to 'Park' while moving 8 Jun 2024 (Forum)
  guard built in that stops the transmission from being damaged. Its a 2014 model. The manual doesn't say much apart from issuing a warning not to do it. From what I can make out 'Park' basically applies the clutch (disconnects engine from transmission) and applies a brake, under normal use? Any
• Toyota Yaris mark 3 - advice re bigger car/aging Toyota Yaris 13 Dec 2023 (Forum)
  Looking for general advice,I have a 61 plate Toyota Yaris in very good condition she has only done 41,000 miles. She is very reliable,in the two years that I have had her I have replaced all the tyres as they were quite worn when I got her,the original battery went and her brakes need some work
• Suzuki Vitara - One forum favourite replaced by another 12 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  the suspension to get through the MOT so no option. This brought its four routine services and repair costs to about £2.6k in four years and only 14k miles. It’s had that suspension member,  bushes, brakes (front discs and a calliper), rusty subframe treated, wheel bearing and other bits
• Sporty small car recommendations… 20 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  - 195/40/17 so it’s out of action for 24 hours waiting for a tyre to be sourced. No spare just useless goo that won’t fix a 3” gash. Can’t get a space saver as they don’t fit over the brake discs. So she has a tricky ‘want’ list Must be a 5 door. Must do 0-60 in less than 9 seconds. Must NOT have low
• Renault Grand Scenic MK III 2010 - APPROX repair / diagnostic costs in this list 1 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  and / or water test to establish water ingress issues evidenced in two doors, beneath the underfloor passenger storage box (and possibly the dash area) * Brake pedal cover replacement. * Investigations to oil leak seen in engine bay. * Misalignment investigation to one door
• Seat Leon PHEV - Test Drive 16 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  absolutely fine to me.  It's got unnecessary emergency braking, but no adaptive cruise. Hard acceleration triggers the petrol engine, which makes a right racket.  Quite a lot of road noise, although this one was on 18 inch wheels, so... I really wanted to like
• Merc C220d coupe '63 plate, 55,000 miles - In for service 1 month ago, at the garage still... 5 Aug 2022 (Forum)
    Hi all - I took my car in for a service and 2 new brake discs. The next morning I picked it up and left a trail of oil for half a mile before the garage runf me and said they spotted oil where my car had been parked. On its return, the garage said
• Advice on 1st car 2 Jul 2022 (Forum)
  /air filter 5000 miles ago  brake pads a year ago    Any advice please   would be doing 4000-5000 miles a year    Thank you
• Hyundai Tucson - Power Failure Same Place 6 Apr 2022 (Forum)
  of home, returning from a long trip (over 100 miles). There was plenty of fuel in the tank. It happens on a busy B road with a 90 degree bend. On approaching the bend at about 20mph and lightly applying the brakes the car stalled and has to be restarted (park, ignition key turned). I am
• BMW 1 Series - Not the best with cars - water pump 15 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  need doing, but is it worth getting the water pump done or wait for some indication it is failing. Also I had no advisories on the last MOT, but obviously with the distance I travelled is it worth just get the brakes checked? I can’t find how thin they should be, before they are no good. I have
• Smart City Coupe - Price increased used car after deposit? Legal? 14 May 2021 (Forum)
  as it arrived...when it did I had call saying it had gone in for its pdi post delivery inspection...and that it needed new clutch new brakes/pads and engine mount ...and as this was expensive and unexpected I would need to pay another £200 towards work and that was a still good deal for work had to be done
• Peugeot 5008 - Car starting problems - electrical fault 25 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  Hi I have a 2012 Peugeot 5008 that has an intermittent electirical fault and wondered if anyone else has had a similar problem. Every so often, with no rhyme or reason, I get a warning light when I go to start the car that says 'Braking System faulty' and then lots of electirical
• What do you do to maintain your car? 28 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  Hello everyone,, I bought my first car , a 1964 Dodge Dart middle of last year. Spent a ton of money getting brakes fixed, engine fixed, etc. But didn’t check my suspension. Figured I’d get to it when I had the money. Well last week I was driving my friend home (were
• Toyota Honda - MOT Advisories - Change of Policy? 12 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material