Showing results in  Forum [Show all channels]

Sort by: Relevance | Newest first | Oldest first

• Skoda Octavia or Madza 6 Diesel 1 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have often read but this is my 1st post. Looking to buy either an Octavia or a Mazda 6 diesel (I drive about 28,000 miles a year commuting from Essex to the Lake District. My current car is a 1999 Octavia with the old 1.6 AEE 8 Valve 75BHP engine and although overtaking has to be planned
• Worst jobs to do on cars 2 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Thought I would start a thread where people can describe some of the most awkward cars to work on and the actual tasks involved. To start, I would like to nominate changing a clutch cable on a 1993 Vauxhall Astra 1.4 as a real 'back breaker'as one has to hook the cable into the pedal whilst trying
• New Focus tdci 90 - underpowered??? 30 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  A trade centre near me has plenty of one year old new Focus 'Trend' Tdci 90s. They look to be good value at 12000 Euros (about 7,800 pounds??) with 18000kms (about 12000 miles)on them. The estate is 13000 euros. They will have and one years factory gaurantee left on them. They will be due
• No Lexus - It went bang. 10 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  . No-one knows and to be honest, I've got a perfectly good car and am not really willing to risk it. If I had some money behind me, I might have still gone ahead and seen if I could have fixed it but I would have been knackered if I couldn't. It was an old car and I guess I'm lucky that this never
• Which Diesel - yes inc Mondeo! 2 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  is, it will be good. He is looking at less than a year old cars and looking to keep for proabably at least 4 years. He has narrowed down to Focus, Mondeo (I am asking for trouble here aren't I?) and Astra. I have also suggested he look at Laguna. Which Focus diesel is the best,which Astra and Mondeo diesel
• Service History 12 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  year old Capri) it had no paperwork other than the current MOT and reg document. My dad bought it on instinct rather than paper evidence of servicing. So when did all this change - was it started by the car manufacturers themselves?
• Winning the fight over some big bills 6 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  on blaming only the water pump and having no responsibility for other damage. Warranty company backed down only when Which? threatened to refer the case to the Financial Ombudsman Service. * VW Passat owner suffered premature timing-belt tensioner failure in four-year-old car (failed at 64k, but was said
• Timewasters 28 May 2005 (Forum)
  First of all let me tell you that I am not a WASP (White Anglo Saxon Protestent) myself, but ... I am selling a car and have had 3 calls, all 3 were timewasters ... "Oh I want the car but ... 1. I'll do an HPI check - asks for very detailed info includind V5 doc no. and then don't hear from him
• Calculations correct? 30 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  old £22,000 purchase price 2 0.22p per mile, no tax, insurance etc to worry about 3 Tax liability £111 per month (@40%) Are these figures correct and is this a no brainer car option?
• Haggling on 2nd hand cars 12 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Following on from my Volvo S60 thread, I would appreciate some advice on buying 2nd hand from a main Volvo dealer. I have a Toyota Corolla to trade in. So if I do this through the Volvo dealer, what sort of movement will the dealer be willing to give on a 2 year old S60 (say about £13-£14K)? I
• Tricky Golf MK5 Prob 7 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  Hello I have just noticed that on my MK5 Golf 3 month old, that the lights that illuminate the top of the switch where you put your lights on, (not the actual light knob) the back lght to the hazzard switch and the red ESP backlight dont work. But when you start the car and put the lights
• Potential car damage liablility - House 31 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  SWMBO and I have a disagreement. Part of out property, an old shop front in serious disrepair, fronts straight onto the road puplic highway, where two of our neigbours park their cars. Parts of the frontage could possibly fall onto neighbours' vehicles. To make necessary repairs could take
• C5 Airbag 9 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  C5s? Our car will be 3 years old in August, so it is one of the early ones. I have asked the local dealer if I can make a claim, under warranty, to have this section of dashboard replaced. Mind you, that might cause more problems than it cures, as I have had an horrendous experience of shoddy
• Fuel Consumption 10 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  and 5-8mpg around town. I have never worried about pollution/resources as such before but this started worrying me and when you consider the amount of cars in the U.S. with great big engines you begin to worry. Is this worrying due to me getting old or should we all start to worry?
• Air Con trouble - Daewoo Lanos 23 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Car:- Daewoo Lanos 1.6 SX 1998 The gas (all of 8 litres) has evaporated from my air con system in less than 2 months (on a 5-yr old car). A reputable local garage/dealer partially recharged it and did a dye test and asked me to bring it back to them 2 weeks later. In the meantime,the air con
• Fiat - advise someone else who's tempted 14 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  I'm new to this board, but looking back I gather that Fiat - the wisdom (or otherwise) of purchasing one, is a really hot topic when it gets going. I'm on a search for a small car for my 19 yr old daughter who's learning to drive. Lots more cars to investigate, but we both like the look of some
• peugeot 306 1.9 DL MPG's ???? 22 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I've just bought a 1998 'S' plate diesel (non turbo) 306. Currently I'm doing about 450 miles per week... approx 360 of those are a weekly commute from Sussex to Lincolnshire. My old 405 1.9 diesel (non turbo) estate with 120K miles on it easily returned 50 mpg on the same trip/conditions
• Halfords car batteries. 27 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  Although I'm fortunate ehough to have access to a car spares wholesaler, I inherited a Halfords 063 battery. When it showed signs of failure I went to Halfords without a receipt and smiled nicely and asked politely. They checked the code on it and said that is was less than 3 years old therefore
• VW Golf poor suspension? 2 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  to excessive bounce. Both cars have been serviced recently (10K @ 3 months old) and VW were told to investigate - No fault found..(no suprises there then). I have heard a rumour that VW are having problems with these diesel cars and damage to the underside of the engine bay. On mine the belly pan is ripped
• VW 1.8t 20v 16 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  and the temperature never gets up to normal; but(eventually) this one does and then stays at 90. The car went in for a 30k service today to VW Main Agents and sure enough the diagnostic printout showed a fault on the coolant temp sensor. The garage replaced this FOC even though the car is 21 months old