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• Paul Ripley is right 7 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Yesterday, in an unfamiliar area, I got stuck in a bus lane. I saw a space to my right and eased gently over to it. The guy behind was so determined not to let me in that he accelerated and hit the car in front of him. Fortunately (!) this was fitted with a tow bar. What fun. No serious damage
• Corsa 1.2 16v DOHC 17 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Nice car, but it doesn't seem to like long journeys. After 25 50 miles it runs really rough and the engine management light comes on. Attempt to restart produces high revving. Once towed home the car starts and runs perfectly. Vaux tried a new EGR valve, but hasn't worked. Anyone got any ideas
• VW Polo - known problem? 21 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Anyone know about this please? Three year old Polo, 16k miles. Clutch pedal collapsed to the floor with bits of white plastic in the footwell. Had to be towed off Motorway to VW dealer. Arrived in dark so couldn't work out what happened. VW dealer looking at it next week. Last week the stop light
• Land Rover Defender (1946 - ) - Land Rover or other 4X4 for a smallholding? 27 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  research in advance, to get an idea of costs. One of the many issues I'm checking is vehicles. My current car is a 5yo Nissan Almera automatic, which is a great car for my current suburban existence but ill-suited to agricultural use -- because it's lousy at towing any sort of weight, and has little load
• 05 model - Volvo 50 diesel estate 14 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, wonder if anybody can help please. In oct last year I started to have a few intermittent problems with my car. Driving one morning engine stalled and I could not restart car. RAC called who said problem was fuel related, they towed me to local garage. About a week later garage took a look
• Vauxhall meriva b (2010 model) - Turbo problems / recall 3 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  down motorway. AA towed to nearest garage an initial inspection appeared to show cylinder head fault. Car left in this garage for them to carry out repair. 22/7 t/c from garage to advise still think cylinder head and going to send part to be investigated further. T/c to my local garage (not dealer
• Nissan Primera P12 2.2 SE TD - Let down by my insurance company!! 18 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  My pride and joy Primera P12 estate was hit in the rear whilst parked, the car would not start EMS light on? Car was towed to the specified body shop for repair by the insurance company. Body work repaired the car was taken to a Nissan dealer who stated no faults were shown in the diagnostics
• Help needed 15 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  may be written off! \"A burnt out loom/lume\"? It was towed to the local alfa dealer to be fixed (hopefully) under warranty ( [company name] arent interested once you leve their forecourt!) The local dealers are busy and cant check it until 24 july. In the meantime they cant let me have
• Skoda Octavia Elegance 2005 , 1.9 TDi 130 bhp - Thinking of buying Skoda 12 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Am looking at a Skoda Elegance , it is ex police but was used like a company car , not for emergencies, with no changes from the original. Its 130bhp. Would this be a better buy for me then a 2002 with 110 bhp. I tow a caravan now and again. It has no spare wheel, is this usual?
• fiat scudo 1.9d non turbo - wont start just turns over 3 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  I have a 98 fiat scudo,when I try to start it it just turns over and over,I then towed it to bump start it,it started for a couple of seconds but would not rev up,I've changed the fuel filter but still won't start,any suggestions?
• Kia Sorento 28 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  We are considering a Kia Sorento diesel as a replacement for our now rather tired Discovery TDI 300. (Yes, we do need a 'real' 4x4 to tow a horsebox and no, we don't live in a city, so no anti-SUV comments, please.) HJ has consistently recommended the Sorento, so I would be very interested
• Chevrolet Blazer, anyone got one? 6 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Anyone here got a Chevrolet Blazer? I like the look of them and and thinking of buying one to tow our caravan. What I'm really interested in is 1, Fuel consumption 2, Spares costs. 3. Reliability and longetivity Theres a few over here in RHD form and being US made, I'm assuming they go
• 2.3 turbo Torque increase - Volvo 940 1 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  When I resolve my clutch problems I want to increase the torque on my 2.3 SE Turbo in order to improve it\'s towing ability. Do I have any options other than \'chipping\' it ? Which companies provide the best solutions ? Ta ! -- Bob Life\'s too important to take seriously !
• Which version MPV 3 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  Could anyone suggest which engine version of the Galaxy/Sharan/Seat is the best choice. I don't anticipate that we will do more than 10.000 miles per year. Most of our journeys are short. We occassionally tow a small caravan. We will either be looking at a used or a good deal on a new. We
• Volkswagen Tiguan - Clutch - to replace, or not... 6 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  has refused their kind offer and often managed another 10k-20k before needing a new clutch!! He only does about 5k miles each year in it (generally longer runs so no DPF worries) and about 50% of that is towing a 2 berth caravan. Given that there are no signs of impending clutch failure (no sign
• Peugeot 3008 - Used car fault after purchase 4 May 2018 (Forum)
  Hi all, I need some advice if possible. 3 1/2 months ago i purchased a 2010 Peugeot 3008 from a used car dealership. It came with a 3 month warranty. On Tuesday night it broke down and the display was showing "Gearbox error". I had it towed to the garage i purchased
• Nissan X Trail Sport 2.2 2001 - Nissan X Trail front coil spring replacement 8 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  I have recently bought a 2001 Nissan X Trail 2.2 Sport and took it to my local garage for a oil change. Whilst there they said it needed a new near side front coil spring so they replaced it for me. I then got a tow bar fitted at another garage and when I collected the car they told me
• Ford Mondeo Estate 06 2litre petrol - Brake light problem 19 May 2013 (Forum)
  ... There is a problem, though. I first noticed it when towing my boat at night. It's not a towing issue, though, and whilst my wife was driving behind my car the other evening, she wondered why I was flashing my brake lights at her as I pulled away from junctions. I've also noticed it lots of time when driving
• 1.4 SXI - Astra Engine Fail 16 May 2013 (Forum)
  in the oil sump. He may as well have been speaking in Chinese as i'm not mechanically minded at all, but car doesnt start and i had to be towed home, so i wanted to ask you good folk here - ... Is the car trashed? Its only done 43 ,000 miles with me as the owner, and it's been driven with good care
• 2.0 tdci - tdci engine cuts out 1 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  nov 2010- AA got it fixed after an hour to trying to start but could didnt know what the problem was. 2nd call dec 2010 - Advised AA to tow to garage without start from ford garage so they could see if any fault codes came up, no fault we detected and they couldnt fine any other problems