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• Worst bike ever...unless you know better! 22 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  to having to anticipate when the gaps would appear, open the throttle in advance, and then balance the whole lot on the brakes when it all started to go pear shaped. Chatting to the rider at the lights he was praying that the service would ditch the Nortons before they ran out of riders... I'd
• People pulling out and making you slow down 16 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  is the 3 different occasions where I was driving along the single carriageway at 60mph with no one behind me, and people decided to enter the road from a side junction in front of me, causing me to have to step on the brakes and slow down to 35mph. These people all then slowly accelerated up to around 50
• Blue flashing lights 29 May 2009 (Forum)
  , headlights on, siren going and horn blowing. The separation between our vehicles was I should think, under two feet. It was impossible for the Police car to pass me due to the oncoming traffic. At the time, my speed was 30 mph (it is a built-up restricted zone). Had I braked, even slightly, a collision
• Rover - P6 3500 / 3500S 7 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  - I was very happy with mine - and wondered if there were any particular problems to highlight. I knew someone who worked for British Aerospace who cut a hole in the boot of his then covered it with a panel fixed down with fasteners only found elsewhere in the Harrier - this made working on the brakes
• Honda Accord UK (1998 - 2003) - 00 2.0i stalls at junctions and when changing gear 4 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  = no power steering or brake assist, scary when just coming to a junction/island etc. Various US web sites suggest cleaning the Idle Air Control Valve out, or using higher octane fuel, putting in injector cleaning stuff in the petrol (STP) etc etc Has any one solved this problem before or any bright ideas
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.9 TDI 115 making strange noises 1 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  of noise. I stopped, switched off and called the AA. The gentleman from the AA couldn?t find anything wrong so we drove a short distance and when I changed into 3rd gear @ 20mph, the noise returned. He subsequently checked the front brake discs, jacked up the front, started the engine and engaged gear
• Crash & cash it scam 13 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  overtake. It pulls in front of the vehicle ahead of you and for no 'apparent' reason brakes hard and causing the car in front of you to an almost stop. Their combined intentions are to make you rear end the vehicle in front of you and have probably just succeeded in doing so? ?if you failed to keep your
• Ford Puma (1997 - 2001) - 2000 1.7 - Loss of Power 12 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  My Puma (2000 - 1.7) has recently developed a problem with apparent loss of power. I have so far spent £200 trying to get it sorted but unfortunately it persists. While driving, there seems to be a loss of power, it actually feels like someone is applying the brakes. It only lasts for a few
• Grease and Rust Report-for `old waxers`-like-GB 6 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  the previously greased areas* last done 2 years ago. Sump, Still greased (high melting point) wiped old off. Sump like new underneath. re-applied a slather of HMP grease and rubbed in.. (Is there any better feeling in DIY than slapping a handful of grease on?) Brake pipes, Wiped off bentone based Castrol CL
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 2003 330Ci - BMW Diagnostic Kits for Laptop 8 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  understand the Carsoft kit is specific for BMW cars and the ELM327 kit is more generic to most cars (Ford/Vauxhaul/Japanese) Can any one tell me, Which one is best to buy that will check all or majority of the functionality on my car like, engine,ABS,Air Bag, brakes, electrics etc etc and also be able
• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - Oversteering Almera. '53, 1.5, 5-door, manual 17 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  , like stability control, just ABS, but I didn't touch the brakes. Can BRs suggest what I should be checking? I've given the car a good looking over, and pulling around. I've even taken it out on my own and 'chucked it around a bit', but can't get it to do it again. Funnily enough, I recall the exact
• A new breed of motorist... 31 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  about thirty feet away. They'll either hang back to let me out or, more usually, slam on the brakes before I've pulled out then stick behind my coach while I complete the manouevre then accelerate past me once I've pulled back into lane one and either give me a filthy look or blast the horn. Sometimes
• Come back on car seller 29 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Do car sellers who misdescribe cars have to face any legal recourse or recourse from a purchaser? I bought a car privately last year. It was described as a decent car. It has turned out to be anything but. Most of the lights failed, the brakes were iffy, the steering had broken parts. I have kept
• Evidence of care towards future owners? 11 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  and then to look pristine. Rusty brake pipes that had only needed a wipe of grease. Subframes scabbed with corrosion on cars only a few years old.... why not hose underneath? So, the opposite, Any examples of care for future owners, that you may have come across, that went beyond being of benefit to the previous
• A close shave ! / CLS V12 ? 30 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  wanted to head south, the same way as the van and thought he would nip around the outside of the van at the roundabout. We both braked, I could hear a chirp from the Mercs front wheels as it stopped, must have been a fag paper between us. A close shave, IIRC I took a quick second to indicate the lowest
• elderly 520i, cheap 23 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  economy meter read zero at idle (!). It drove OK but like a boat. Brakes weren't sharp but worked. Whole thing felt just slightly lopsided, not in a bad way, and not unusually for a 175,000 miler. My mechanic, who has a much newer-shape 525 and is a fine fellow, said the light wasn't a problem and BMWs
• Mercedes E series Instument Pod Failure 4 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  , many more problems. The marketing focus on each new E- Series appears to be one of "trust us we have finally got it right". A previous new model from 2000 exhibited ABS, Brake Failure and other warnings on a daily basis. Cutting a long story short the advice from MB was that I should pull over
• 4x4's & sports cars priced off the road 19 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  the things. It may be his dream to see the whole of Europe tootling around in battery-powered dodgems, but this will, we predict, end in tears. A politician ? even one of the unelected, unaccountable Brussels variety ? comes between a motorist and his brake horse-power at his peril. Incidentally, Mr Dimas
• Do dealers know what they're doing? 7 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Bit of a generalised question I know, however I dont think I have had a positive experience with any franchiesed car dealership. Current issue is with my girlfriends MINI, she has only had it 3 months and there are some problems that need sorting from when we bought it. The brakes are grinding so
• Insurance Payout - 3rd party at fault 16 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  repair centre. My worry is this: My car has a custom 3 stage pearlescent paintjob, alloy wheels, lowered, big brakes, manufacturer bodykit (taken from other models - not fibreglass!) etc. etc. None of which is declared to my insurance company (i know! silly!) BUT my question is this : The person who