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• Semi-mothballed car 9 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  in the garage, in neutral with the wheels chocked and handbrake off. What should I be doing to look after it? I'm getting it serviced next week (the 70k service is tiny, just an oil change and level checks) and new brake pads and front tyres put on. Cam belt isn't due for another 10k or 1 year according
• Sofa so good! 13 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  1m tall and looking a bit silly. Fuel consumption would suffer and maybe rocking it (with acceleration and braking) on 2 bars at 700mm spacing might cause damage to the roof rails and fixings. Do I want 3 or even 4 bars on the roof? Anybody got any views? PS I was at Dover recently (in the ferry
• Decisions Decisions. Vectra for Vectra. 7 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  some new tyres) costing around £230. Do I stick with my trusty X Reg workhorse that has, up until now only needed a brake light bulb, head light bulb, and an aircon pipe (which split and was replaced under warranty), or is it time to sell it before the onset of further problems? My insurance is also
• Touareg and Cayenne recalled 27 May 2004 (Forum)
  in the cars' hand brake had damaged wiring below, posing a fire danger. In the latest safety move, Porsche and VW will check whether pins that link belt buckles to their anchorages might separate when subjected to vibration. Porsche said on Tuesday that only about 1,000 of the Cayennes may have faulty
• Locking wheel nut racket 17 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  what they could be fouling on? My initial idea was that it could be the protective plate for the brake disc - maybe this was bent went the car was left on bricks? Thanks in advance, Chad. * McGard ref 27179 for Vx Omega.
• Drivers or car operators - Discuss 19 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  your 18year old boy racer out of his new clio or corsa and stick him in a MkII escort from the late 70's see how far he travels on that B road before he gets a close up of the hedges. I regularly see young guys braking through corners, or approaching corners too quickly knowing their ABS will 'safely
• Vibrating Omega 5 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  under braking, the only other thing I can think of is driveshaft. The car's in for a service tomorrow at a Vauxhall dealer - is there anything I should get them to look at before they tell me the wheels need balancing? Many thanks Paul
• Driving too close ? 19 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  pulled out behind me - then matching speed and keeping no more than 10m or so behind me. This lasted for about a half a mile - it's one of my major bugbears, very dangerous and un-necessary - tailgating whether conciously or unconsciously - and as a result I touched on my brakes to "get her off my tail
• Speed gun calibration 18 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  and zapped me. Now when I looked at my speedo it was reading 35mph or possibly just under so I braked and thought that there was no way he was going to pull me over for that speed. He did of course and informed me that I was actually travelling at 42mph! I informed him that my speedo was reading about 35mph
• MkIII Golf Noise 2 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Mk III Golf 1.8 ABS Engine 75,000 Miles Recently I have noticed a noise creeping in at about 40 mph and peaking at about 70mph. This light noise is speed related not engine rpm, or gear related, and quite highly pitched even at 40 mph. It is not effected by braking or by weaving the car to alter
• VAG main dealer GOLF TDi service 16 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My wife's 1998 Golf TDi was serviced last week at the local VAG dealer. I posted a thread here when I discovered the brake fluid had been filled to the brim of the master cylinder. They fixed that by soaking up the excess with a rag. I took the car for its MOT yesterday. More bad news emerged
• steering wheel shakes 15 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  of the steering wheel (at any speed, obviously on a deserted road) the steering wheel noticeably moves from left to right. (only fractionally, it moves maybe 1mm in each direction. (I have had it balanced but to no avail) The car responds normally under braking and has passsed 2 mot's since the accident. I have
• Future collectible cars? 17 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  1993 have cats and ECUs. So do common rail diesels. 2. Most cars will have ABS brakes (ABS pumps and ECUs, again). 3. Most cars will have quite sophisticated immobilisers. 4. Over the last year or so we've seen the introduction of multiplex wiring. Add to this the prospect of most of out scrap
• Even traffic police must eat. 3 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  manner. We swapped positions (behind/in front) and lanes several times but basically ended up in the same proximity for ages. Thought perhaps I was being a bit cheeky not slowing down to 65mph and avoiding him like most others. Then after a (non-contact) incident in front that caused us both to brake
• My old cars. - MOT histories 18 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  () Brake fluid close to minimum mark (1.1.10 (d) (ii))               Mileage 113,993 miles
• Daihatsu Charade (2003 - 2006) - 12000 mile report 3 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  to me ). Ive also had to spend out £125 on the brakes as after driving through a rather deep puddle, I endured 3 months of sticking brakes, first the NSF, then OSF and then the handbrake linkage. After all this was done I still wasnt happy so in it went again and a comprehensive clean and lubrication
• Renault Megane (1999 - 2002) - 01 1.6 inlet valves bent on test drive after newca 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  it on this occasion they allowed the car to run out of petrol whilst investiagting the smoking & oil leak. I picked the car up again and drove off with it still smoking a little, they assured me again that was due to excess oil burning off. When I got round the corner from the garage I had to brake but when I did
• Accord Diesel Tourer 14k report 27 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  not annoying on most surfaces. The fantastic stereo tends to cover it anyway, although there is no aux input for an mp3 player, which is annoying. I believe I can have one fitted for £100 if I decide that the 6-disc changer is annoying me. Brakes are powerful, but need more of a shove than my last car, which
• Seat Ibiza FR 1.0 (115) TSI - 3 Years and 46000 miles On 4 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  on the Fiesta were a more appropriate size for use in snow (175/65 R14). I know there have been other threads recently about this, but I’d to replace the rear brake discs and pads about a month ago. Could see the discs were heavily grooved and there was little friction material left (on the pads
• Mazda 2 - Used car advice, been standing 30 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  also recently had 2 x new rear shock absorbers, new nearside front wishbone arm, new front brake pads, brake discs are in perfectly serviceable condition and tyres are all good.   Once the car is sold it will undergo a full inspection and service and any faults found