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• SAAB 900 Turbo.. Smart and easy to run? 4 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  a week. So my questions are: SAAB 900 and 900 Turbo owners ? what do you think? How about fuel economy question ? most of the miles are along country roads. How was reliability? Does anyone have suggestions for an alternative car? It cant be too big (though that?s a moot point), cant be too common
• 1999 Mondeo electric lock problem 8 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  all the doors by pulling the handle out, no luck. The only way to unlock the doors is by reaching across to the front passenger lock and pulling that handle, which opens all the locks, except for the rear driver's side door mentioned above. Could this be caused by a faulty regulator(s), and if so
• Automatic headlamps bowl me a googly 23 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  where a white Vectra was apparently waiting for me to pass by. As I bounced up the hump I was surprised to see the side of the Vectra illuminated as the C8's headlamps chose that inopportune moment to switch on. The Vectra's evidently driver took it to mean that he was being flashed out of the turning
• Polo. Diagnose drivetrain noise please 21 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  okay i have a 88 vw polo, there been a noise that sounds just like a worn wheel bearing from n/s/front...the typical wurr wurr noise so i fitted a new bearing..old one looked servicable and the new one didnt improve things at all today i pulled back the cv boot...there was enough grease
• Dark Nights 29 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  ( including a van with no rear lights at all ,inc brake lights ). I have driven in other countries and it\'s only in the UK that I have experienced people believing they can show whatever lights they feel like - why is this?
• Looking after the pennies ... 22 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  taking the ballast (sorry, CD changer) out of the void next to the o/s rear light, the operation went without a hitch. Hawkeye ----------------------------- Stranger in a strange land
• how much should i give for a .... 18 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  on roof, not real bad scratch?s and slight dents all over, front bumper large scuff mark rear bumper scratched to hell, on loading area parkers says £7845 good bad is £6200 but alliance-leicester.co.uk/smartermotoring says poor is £3800 good £5110 and trade is £4445 ? bit of a fluctuation from £7845
• Mondeo II- 2 basic questions. 5 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  .There is a a 7inch slightly bent rod with a hook on one end that resides on a little purpose built shelf in the boot just by the O/S rear light. I cannot find any reference to its purpose. 3. I am considering updating the headlamp bulbs. Is it a case of just prising off the three buttons that hold the cover over
• Red Barchetta 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  for the lyrics to the song I found the article from Track and Road in 1973 by Richard S Foster (A nice morning drive) that was the inspiration for the song. Read in retrospect it was well ahead of its time! Well worth a read. Road and Track article: http://members.aol.com/redbarche/ANiceMorningDrive.html
• SpaceWagon Air Mass Meter 30 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I bought an (70K miles ex fleet part s/h) 2000W 2.4GDI SE SpaceWagon in April 2003. In July 2003 the idling became increasingly erratic.Ultimately the car was undriveable due to frequent stalling. The problem was traced to the inlet manifold being blocked with deposits - when cleaned up
• Bent alloy wheel 13 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  to the other side. (There was no other indication that the bearing might be on it's way out). However, while spinning the wheels while it was up on the ramps we noticed that the n/s front tyre had heavy wear on the inner side of the tread, and on closer inspection the inside of the rim is a little deformed
• History being made 30 May 2004 (Forum)
  - no school when I were a lad) {Punctuation\'s ok, apart from the full stop at the end of the url, which I\'ve now removed. ;o) DD}
• Whining Honda alternator 23 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  difference creating resonance. (or something like that). Should I make any checks?Voltage output check seems a bit simplistic. Anyone any ideas? Adam or J S perhaps? All the best, Mike
• cleaning window guides 14 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  My electric windows are not working very smoothly and judder over the last fraction of the range prior to shutting. The newly acquired S/H car has been valeted prior to collection and I suspect some of the sticky cleaner stuff that some dealers insist on using is the cause. I think
• The Mondewoe Is Going 8 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  It\'s offical the Mondewoe is going. But what do I have instead? It has to be Japanese, I think?, its going to be second hand and cost less that £4K, so what do I go for? It must be large enough for the family holiday with 3 boys, the oldest being 13 (soon) and the youngest 9 (soon). I want
• am i insane? 5 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I currently run a Seat Leon Cupra, and very nice it is too (recommend one to anyone). I have an 80 mile round trip, 4 days per week, plus social stuff, to give context. Recently, I have been finding myself increasingly lusting after Porsche 911's, particularly a silver 964-shape Carrera 2 (be about
• Lumpy, rusting Micra 22 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Recently bought a '97 Micra 1.0 manual which my parents have had since new, UK supplied. Surprised by very poor rust protection underneath - I've ended...
• Faulty windscreen washers - Ford Focus 17 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  takes it\'s water from the same resevoir, appears to work as normal. I mentioned this to a Ford technician and he suggested it might be due to screenwash gunking up the resevoir. His solution was to stick a hosepipe into the resevoir, however he can\'t have been overly familiar with Focus design since
• Golf Mk4 - Rear Washer Problem 28 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Looking for some help on my wife\'s car. Have a \'99 Golf MK4 which recently developed problems with the boot lock - namely wouldn\'t open either with the key or central locking. Shortly afterwards the rear washer stopped working. After looking around this website I\'m inclined to think
• No new Mid-Sized Rover next year ! 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  to be ordered (that is, by late December 2003), and following the abandonment of the idea of using some of the Rover 75's facility (subframe "stuff-ups", for example), it would seem that a hefty investment remains to be made." "Accepted wisdom is that MGR now need to tie-up with its as-yet unnamed Chinese