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• CORRECT usage of Auto boxes - help 12 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Settle a pub argument. Please what is the CORRECT usage of the Auto-box when a car is at a standstill - at traffic lights for example. I know a driving school would teach you to put a Manual car in neutral and put the handbrake on. But what about an Auto-boxed car? Should the Auto lever be shoved
• Driving Licence Renewal 25 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  Hi all, hope this is in the right place..  Does anyone know if there is anyway you can delay the renewal of your driving licence. ?  Mine expires soon, but i am not actually driving at the moment and probably will not be for at least another year or so. Obviously i
• Driving and drinking 23 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Hi guys, I’m working as a bartender and I think that you can really help me with some issue. Because of my work, I need to taste and drink some alcohol and always after work I’m not sure if I can drive. When
• ford focus 2005 2.0 tdci - driving from cold start? 1 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Yet another problem ha. This is only a problem when the engine is cold not warm? When I start to drive away from a cold start changing for 1st to 2nd and applying the accelerater the car gudders for a few seconds like it is being starved of diesel then its fine after about 2 mins of driving
• Ford Fiesta - ex-Driving School Cars 14 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  What experiences has anyone had of buying and running an ex-driving school or ex-driving instructor car? Received wisdon is that the clutch will be shot and the gearbox on its last legs, but is this what people have experienced? The trade avoids them or marks them well down in price, so is a 12
• Where can under 17 drive legally? 3 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  One of my offspring is now 14 and fancies having a serious go at learning to drive (legally!). When I was a youngster you could have a go in a supermarket carpark on a Sunday. They're all open 24/7 now though! Any ideas of where I could take him in the Midlands? (Warwicks, Leicestershire
• any - Driving Snow Covered Cars 2 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Just been out to town. There's loads of folks driving about with snow covered cars. Fools! A woman was killed in the last snows when she braked and the snow on her roof slid off over the screen
• Reporting bad driving - possible? 8 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  One for our resident BiB probably. Is there a system for reporting a case of really bad driving through the local police force? We all see bad driving on a daily basis. Normally I just get on with it, but when a car mounts the pavement to undertake vehicles and thus avoid waiting in a queue
• kymco miler 125 - changing drive belt on 4 stroke scooter 20 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  -  i changed the drive belt on my 125 scooter, and having torqued everything and doing things as per the manual, there limited drive now to the wheel and wont go. can someone let me know what my next step should be. im hoping i havent damaged anything. could someone could explain my next
• 'Nice' Driving School cars 8 May 2011 (Forum)
  My driving insructor friend changes his car every 3 years. His '06 Golf Tdi GT 140 has just been replaced with 161k fault free miles, and still looks immaculate. Its replacement is an A3 2.0 Tdi 140 in white, although no heated leather seats this time. He tells me that his pupils are delighted
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - Driving in Europe headlamp dip adjustment 3 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  later this year I am driving to France. Please can anyone tell me anythging about either a ) adjusting the headlamp for european driving b) how to block the left facing dip beam so as not to dazzle in France. I have noticed that the headlamp lense is complety smooth with no segments or areas
• Do I need a tacho record to drive a 7.5gvw 1 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I've been asked to drive a 7.5GVW truck as part of my job. The trip would be approx. 200 miles round trip, the vehicle would be a hire truck and my License covers me to drive the truck. My employer says I don't need a disc. I've done a search where I can't find a straight forward answer
• Driving to Holland 26 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any tips? I will be driving down next Thursday to Folkestone and getting the 7:45pm Eurotunnel, making a stop at some point along the road, possibly in Ghent, and then driving through the next morning to Efteling, a theme park somewhere near Eindhoven. I see I will have to pay
• Dyspraxia and driving 9 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  The grandson of a friend has dyspraxia (poor co-ordination) and this seems likely to prevent him from driving a motor vehicle. Given that in the 21st century a very large number of people in Britain rely on driving skills for work purposes, this is a serious handicap. There is a Dyspraxia website
• Driving in the US 22 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Hiya, Just booked my hols in Florida for October, got a dodge charger on reserve from Dolllar, can't believe how cheap it is to hire a car over there, anyway, i wanted some forst hand advice on driving over there, a few guides on the internet state that it is pretty simple, I have only driven
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - PDi 130 Sport - Cambelt and drive belt change 14 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I am confused as to when to change my cambelt? Model is PDI 130 sport. Plus I have had alternator warnings flash up and the power steering shrieks on full lock , which sounds like the auxillary drive belt to me , how often should these be changed and is it worth changing all the drive belts
• Most economical way to drive a diesel? 2 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Having recently read in the paper and Auto Express about some chap who devised a way to drive petrol cars more economically, by accelerating flat out upto 2000 rpm in each gear then changing up, I was wondering what the most economical way to drive my diesel car (1.5dci Megane)? The article in Auto
• EU Driving Licence 25 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I have received confusing information form DVLA and other sources regarding the use of an EU driving licence whilst resident, i.e. not visiting, in the UK Some say you have to excange it for a UK licence within 3 years and some sources suggest you can drive on it until you are 70. The DVLA site
• passat front suspension/drive noise 7 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  hello, help please, got a worsening noise from the front of my 2000 W plate 2.8 4 Motion. First noticed it under braking but checked it over as best I can and can see nothing obviously amiss there or with any of the rubber bushes. Noise is now there under drive and I think worse when cornering
• economical driving 31 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  economical to drive at a constant 60 than go flat out 80-90 mph, saving time, but would i still be driving economically at faster speed?