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• Datsun Bluebird 910 (1983) - Recommission of car 11 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  I am about to take on a very handsome old 1983 Datsun Bluebird (that is the Japanese RWD model, ie before Sunderland builds).  It is a 1.8GL petrol model.  It has been well cared for, has done only about 34,000 miles, but has had little use for the past 5 or 6 years
• DUI & Endangerment? 25 May 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, My ex called me to ask for advise in a panic. He told me he had been arrested for DUI and that he had drank 5 o pints approx of fosters and went to drive home with his 9 year old daughter in the car. He lives aprox 6 miles from the place where he was drinking with his daughter
• Lexus IS250/220D (2005 - ) - Replacing a Lexus 18 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  A friend of mine is starting a new job and handing back his company IS 250. Tiring of his high pressure job and working 80+ hour weeks, he is taking a salary cut and now needs to buy& run a car privately. His budget is £5k, and he estimates his annual mileage to be no more than 12k. The car has
• KIA Sedona (1999 - 2006) - 05 2.9 Difficult starting 13 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I an having trouble starting my Kia Sedona in a morning. I have had various things checked and once warm the car starts perfectly. In the morning it turns over fairly slowly and struggles to start. The starter motor is fairly new and the battery is only a week old. I had to call out
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - Millers diesel power ECOMAX 21 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Leading on from long term caretaking of new Octavia, would it be worthwhile running the car on this? It is the 1.9 105bhp PD engine, used it before on old Mondy never saw any difference, but would have needed a strip down to see if any cleaner inside. As all manufacurers, VAG do not recommend any
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 00 1.4 Starting issues 21 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Hello, I've got a 9yr old 1.4 auto Polo which is having trouble starting. It's an intermittent issue and it's been back to the VW garage twice with no faults found. I'm starting to loose hope this can be fix before it causes a more serious issue, so I'm looking for some help and advice. The car
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - 2005 1.4 Does the timing belt need changing yet? 6 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I am ashamed to say I know little about cars and since moving from my old house no longer go to my trusty local garage but to a big dealership. We've put our 2005, 1.4, golf in for its 60,000 service and they've come back to say it needs the timing belt replaced (for an astonishing £599) even
• Mazda 323 (1995 - 1998) - bangernomics - something to teach/learn in 30 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  10 years or so back when these were new on the road, I really liked them Now I am looking for cheap reliable second hand car to teach my 17 year old to drive in. most kids these days head straight for Corsas/205s/206s/fiestas etc, but me being me (and she is just like me) like to be different
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 00 2.0Hdi - Battery replacement 28 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Hi. Battery (2.5yrs old) suddenly died today, I did have the radio on (not full ignition) for a couple of hours prior to trying to start, within three attempts of turning it over the battery was completely flat. Radio/1st ignition was taking 0.22A so shouldn't have drained the battery
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 04 2.5 mk3 v6 lack of power 8 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  HELP! My Mondeo v6 2.5l is suffering from a lack of power when I accelerate. Taking of from junctions I have to be careful! The car runs well and smooth, quiet, just a lack of getup and go. For a v6 it is very poor. My old Audi A4 v6 was a hot rod compared to this. Any ideas suggestions before I
• Volkswagen Polo III (2000 - 2002) - 2000 1.4 Gearbox problem 6 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  a clutch release bearing may be the issue. Unfortunatly on the way home tonight the situation changed and whilst the car goes into all gears and drives OK there is a really bad vibration and the noise is quite bad. Sounds like a load of old tin cans being banged together. Again depressing the clutch
• Volvo S60 (2000 - 2009) - Volvo or Toyota 4 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Hi all, Wife and I have finally settled on replacing our 04 plate avensis (using a bit of inheritence money). We are currently torn between a blue moon deal on a new avensis (old shape), T-spirit, D4D, black with stone leather, manual 6-speed. Cost £15700 or thereabouts (with £2800 trade
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 1997 2.1td Crankshaft Pulley 3 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  the woodruf key to fracture. It was temporarily repaired using lots of loctite apparently to keep the car going until a decision was made as to its future!! Even though the crankshaft is damaged, would the fitting of a new crankshaft pulley, if possible, keep me out of trouble and keep the car on the road. I
• Cars with proper rear seats 4 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  of luggage. I'd like to replace the Premacy with something (3 or 4 years old) that offers a similar seating arrangement (and preferably similar storage facilities) and I've looked at a VW Touran, but I don't know what else is out there (I would have considered a Mazda 5, especially since it has sliding rear
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 03 1.3 Heater hose query 27 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  which hose goes where e.g top hose from engine to the right of the heater control, looking from the front of the car. I would buy a Haynes Manual but they don't seem to have one for anything later than 02. As you can imagine she is less than impressed with her old mans skills!
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2004 1.8 Exhaust Mounts rusted through 22 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  is the estate version, not that I beleive this makes any difference. by Vauxhal dealer wants £150 to fix it. The repair looks like I need a whole new rear section of exhaust which otherwise looks OK. I was quite shocked to see such corrosion on a 4 year old car. Is this common, and does this sound like a fair
• Ford - Mark 2 Cortina - any experience 29 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Hi I keep driving past a Mk 2 Cortina for sale, and because I can and it's there, I'm minded to buy it for occasional use. It's £500, for sale by a classic car garage, but i haven't actually stopped and looked it over properly yet. It's four door, but I don't know trim level or engine
• Rover 800 (1986 - 1999) - 97 Petrol Intermittent cut out 3 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  . the scrapyard one seemed to fix the problem but its occuring again now 3 / 4 weeks later. car broke down and actually failed to restart in lake district this weekend , and i tried the old coil on it in its no-go state but it made no difference, eventually after a 10 min wait it did restart any ideas anyone
• Audi A3 Sportback (2004 - ) - New or nearly new? 26 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I am in the process of buying an Audi A3 Sportback. My big question is new or nearly new? Buying second hand from a dealer seems very expensive compared to buying a new one from a broker. I have been looking at an 18 month old, 17k on the clock for £19000. I can buy a similarly speced one new
• Looking for a New MPV, advice needed 29 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all, I currently have a Renault Scenic (51 plate) that I'm looking to replace. Due to a car accident a few years ago, I really appreciate the ease of getting into and out of something higher off the ground. I'm looking to replace my car (most likely with something maybe one year old