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• Q Car 2 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Picture the scene. Three cars, all with drivers behaving themselves, gently running up to a roundabout on an NSL A road. Nice, shiny, 03 reg BMW Coupe 330i, leading a filthy dirty, knocked and banged about, brake-dust-blackened alloys, apparently povert spec, SAAB 9000 on a G plate, and then me
• Renault 19 Problem 13 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  the car kept stalling. The situation 3 weeks later is this, lets say I\'m on the motor way doing 70 mph, if I dip the clutch the engine dies, (the rev counter drops like a stone), rengage the clutch and were up and running straight away. Normal commuting requires braking and very precise throttle control
• Xantia Problems and Servicing 4 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  to fix? As a side issue I took it for its 40,000mile service in March this year and it cost me a whopping £650 and that was after the Bristol Street Motor 12 month warranty deducted £500 and gave me a 10% discount on everything else. All sorts of things had to be replaced - front brakes, spheres
• Should I replace shocks or not.... 13 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  probably change them sooner rather than later. Even if the answer is YES, the car has done 98K on the original set of shocks and I'm sure would benefit from a new set of shocks and bushes. My dilemma is - The car feels very secure under heavy acceleration and braking and is "OK" under cornering - I've
• Turning a British Car into a French Car 10 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Hi. Pushing the boat out on this one and asking for some serious backroomer help. I have just had a Controle Technique (MOT) on my VW Passat CDTDI (which is British) in order to get new French licence plates as I now live in France full time. However, at the MOT the passat failed on hand brake
• Bang! 24 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Driving to work this morning along the A14 in my newly inherited Citroen AX. 70mph, outside lane, about to overtake a truck, everything under control - BANG! And my forward visibility disappeared. The bonnet had flipped up and smashed into the windscreen. Braked hard, hazards on, located verge
• New Mondeo Front Fogs and other bits 16 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  with a distorted high level brake light surround? I am told it is standard for the plastic to warp out of shape and it's not covered on Ford Direct warranty. It causes the high level to light up the whole rear window and parcel shelf at night and is a nuisance on unlit roads especially. Any quick fixes? I thought
• This weeks IAM training. 2 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  no hope of an overtake I leave 2 seconds plus a bit for the rain. 2) Entering corners too fast. - I do this 'cos life's too short to change gears all the time - I try and leave it in a high gear all the way round - this often means going in too fast and therefore sometimes braking mid corner if something
• Ford servicing question 1 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I have new Ford Ka and it is very nice. After 3 months it was recalled due to a potential brake failure problem. I booked it in for a recall service, and come the day duly took the car in. The bloke at the desk in the garage denied any knowledge of my having booked the car in for a recall service
• Evil automobile 12 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  brakes. Also incredibly valuable and my boss's pride and joy. When I collected it I was told it was 'a bit tricky to start when hot', which turned out to be an understatement. I had to stop for petrol twice (it only does 10-12 mpg) and both times I almost ran the battery flat trying to get the old
• astra diesel 7 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  revs quickly at all. Because of this (i think because of this, i've never had problems with any other car) i just can't make a nice gearchange, and miss useful engine braking. Any thoughts? Apart from that, i think i could be tempted into running a diesel as my own car. How easy are they to service etc
• Deathwish kiddies. 22 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  ) dart out in front of the car forcing an emergency stop (proper slam on brakes or hit kid). Off they run cackling like @!#$ gremlins. And repeat. Not only is this dangerous to all concerned but as l have witnessed can be very intimidating for the drivers. Perhaps their responsible parents who didn't
• cutting out 11 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  to the power steering: when braking and turning at the same time (that's when it usually happens) he reckons it puts such a load on the battery that it cuts out. Now, is this just a tale to get me off their back or could it be that after two years my problems could finally be over? (It's also had to have
• Towing again 14 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  basic high roof configuration, is 1620 kg. Yet the maximum permissible trailer weight(with brakes)is 2000 kg, and the gross train weight is 4500 kg. Enough of the theory. The camper tows the boat safely, stops it and, with care, recovers it on a steep slipway. The trailer weight (boat, trailer
• POLO WARNING and more advice sought! 6 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  1) DO NOT BUY AN OLD VW POLO WITH THE INTENTION OF HAVING A CHEAP CAR - the following is a list of breakages in 9 months, probably not exhaustive: -Radiator -Clutch -2 clutch cables -Brake pads, discs, cylinders -Tracking, very temperamental -Suspension components -Wheel bearings -Oil consumption
• nottingam sacks all traffic cops 22 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  from motorcycle news They say there?s never a copper around when you need one but that could soon be dangerously true in Nottinghamshire. The force is scrapping its traffic division to rely on speed cameras as its sole road safety enforcement. It?s also binning Operation Brake, a scheme which
• First Car (memories) 11 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  and the brakes needed work and the steering kit needed renewal and the fuel pump needed rebuilding and the water pump and the radiator (cause of the cracked head that had put it out of service was the botom mount radiator core falling to bits in the middle of nowhere... hose run from one side of water pump
• If Microsoft Built Cars 24 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  bought car98 or carNT. But then you would have to buy more seats. Mackintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, twice as fast but would only run on five per cent of the roads. The brakes would say "Are you sure?" before operating. When you turned on the heated rear screen
• UFO ( unbelievable flatout object ) 21 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  ). Him, another bloke and a woman with a baby were trapped in a car in which the accelerator stuck, the brakes burned out, the gears were stuck and the ignition switch jammed and the key snapped in it in the process of forcing it, how unlucky can you get 'eh ? She was driving by the way. Anyway, after
• Audi Service 29 May 2001 (Forum)
  I have an Audi A6, which I purchased from new and have serviced according to the manual. last year I went to collect it from it's service and the dealer tried to charge for changing the brake fluid, it is recommended for change at two yearly intervals, I pointed out that it had been changed