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• Seven Seater Advice 23 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Hi there, I am looking for a bit of advice. I am starting to look for a newer car, to replace an old six seater Honda Shuttle. Looking to spend £5K, but may be able to vary this a bit. I'm looking for something with seven seats that is reliable, comfortable (6 foot 3 and very fussy about driving
• Baked on bugs > best remedy 10 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I?m sure this will have been covered before, so apologies for any previous. Having travelled on a long hot trip about a week ago when it was hot, I?m still left with some of the baked-on remains of bugs. ( even after lots of rain. ) It?s a black car so they seem to show. I?ve tried hot water
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.25 replacing drop links 7 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Tried to replace front ARB drop links, according to haynes use a spanner to hold the side opposite the nut side. However on the original ford part on the car, the bit on the other side of the threaded side it is a round part with 2 vertical slices each side about 3 mm wide. On the new part
• Mondeo TDCi Starting Problems 1 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 2 month old TDCi that intermittantly is difficult to start. When the problem occurs the engine cranks but does not fire.There is a beeping sound from under the bonnet and the glow plug dash light flashes. At first when the problem arose the engine would fire on the second attempt
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 05 2.0 Engine temperature gauge 28 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  The temperature gauge needle on my father's Accord stays some way off the middle even when it's fully warmed up. He seems to think that it's no big deal because the car runs fine and the manual says only that it should rise to "about the middle of the gauge". I'm not so sure. I remember that my
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - Flooded (d'oh!) 10 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  My sister drove her Xsara (aka my old car) into 3 feet of flood water today. Engine running at tick over, sucked water in and now non-runner. RAC towed it out and it tries to crank a bit but won't turn over. Clearly water in one or more cylinders. I suspect this is almost certainly a destroyed
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 1999 1.8 Cold weather starting 13 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  the 10W/40 oil in the engine and this is what is causing the starting trouble. The battery is about 3 years old and is a heavy duty one. Do you think the car is just suffering from normal winter starting trouble or do you think it is to do with the oil.
• Volvo S60 (2000 - 2009) - 05 d5 Vibration 1 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hi,hope you can help, i've had my car for about 7 months and its always run very smooth, i recently had a new top engine/ torque bush fitted because the old one was splitting and since then i get a bad vibration at 60-70 mph. I've balanced all the wheels, there is no vibes through the steering
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 2007 1.6TDi CMAX 27k miles. Buying advice please 25 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  With a child on the way the little Matiz just cannot cope any longer and we have short listed a CMAX to take its place. We ideally want a nearly new TDI and a 1.6 because of the good fuel economy - but they are not cheap. We have found a good deal on a 12 month old car, but its done 27k miles. I
• Honda Jazz or Toyota Corolla to replace a Starlet 17 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  We have to replace my wifes 12 Year old Trusty Toyota Starlet as someone has reversed into the back and it has cuased £750 worth of damage. Buckled boot floor and damaged bumper. Even a local backstreet body shop wanted almost that much. It has done 80K and we owned for 9 years.It has never let us
• Audi - Wanted: Audi A4 Avant under 9k 9 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi I'm looking to get and Audi A4 avant diesel with less than 50k on the clock for less than 9k. I want it to be under 5years old and would absolutly love a new shape one. I have been scouring ebay and autotrader for the last couple of week and the fewI have seen are gone almost straight away
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - Fiesta tyres 6 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I recently bought a 3 year old Fiesta Zetec TDci with 24k miles from my local Ford dealer in West London, then I went on a 3k mile European holiday. I felt that the handling was a bit "strange" on the wet, so I decided to take a close look at the tyres once I was back. First of all these are of 4
• Renault Clio III (2005 - 2009) - 2005 auto - Service intervals and warranty 31 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  We just bought a car from the main dealer, it is nearly 3 years old. We are planning to extend the warranty in a few months when the manufactures' one runs out. We were told that they had done all the services etc. When we got the documentation we noticed that the service interval is every 12m/18k
• Honda Accord UK (1989 - 1993) - Umph. Genuine 2-hand bargain. 29 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Too much to do, not enough time to fix the Mighty Cavalier, so it's to be recycled. That's a real shame, but - £200 of bits, +tax, + a couple of tyres.... Replacement is a very, very old Honda Accord ('90G) 2.0. It's still shiny! £500 T&T for a year, got a new cambelt a couple of thousand miles
• Teenage provisional driver moped & parking tickets 27 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Yes you may all laugh..I did to until I realised my beloved had landed himself a £60.00 fine payable in 2 weeks!! I know the law on parking on a private car park is different but can a ticket be enforced on a 16year old driving on a provisional licence with no bank account or income as he
• Tyres- small bulge in tyre wall 7 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Hi All, A little advice please. Over the weekend I noticed a very small bulge in the wall of the front tyre on SWMBOs car- about the size of a 5 pence piece in diameter and probably no more than about 2mm high. The thing that actually made me notice it was because it was actually on some wording
• PC simulator for fun / helping learn 5 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  realise this will never be the same this as a real car or the expensive sims they might use at some of the schools but I might be fun and help my 12 / 14 year olds who are keen. There is one on Amazon but I have no idea if it is any good... Any one tried any? BR Steve {dropped make/model choice
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1997 1.3 Loose breather pipe and running on 3 cyl 24 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I haver a strange problem with my car sometimes after filling it up with oil it runs very rough on idle but on all four cylinders but after a few minutes the revs drop down to 600 and then it appears to run on 3 cylinders as the engine shakes vionetly. I have noticed each time this has happened
• "Breathable" cover - made of PVC ? 9 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Ordered a car cover for my Celica off the web - It was advertised as "Waterproof and Breathable". The cover that has arrived is made of heavyweight (non-woven) PVC lined with a soft cotton down inner - abit like the material that an old PVC "sweaty" mac would have been made of years ago
• Subaru Forester II (2002 - ) - 2.0ltr 2002 Cam Belt Change 15 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Recently bought a nearly six year old Forester auto (non turbo) with only 6,600 miles on the clock. The car has been serviced by Subaru every year (having covered around 1,000 miles / year) Now, looking at the service book, the cam belt should be done at five years or 60K miles. It was last