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• Driving simulator experience 9 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Over the past month I have spent 6 hours in a driving simulator at Leeds University as part of a research project looking at the continued automation of driving and the effect on drivers. The simulator is very sophisticated and akin to one used for pilot training. The car you ?drive? is a Jag S
• Abarth 500 - Found out the car I bought two days ago was stolen 26 May 2024 (Forum)
  Marketplace.  I am not going to go into the details of the transaction but I was obviously fleeced and he did a pretty good job at making sure I had no concerns.   The car was advertised as CAT S and advertised at a lower price to reflect this. The guy had some paperword for the car
• Van owners: LPG is dying, let's talk biomethane! 24 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  market with favourable tax rates.     But biomethane is coming to the rescue, sort of. Biomethane is functionally the same as methane and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). It's very eco-friendly. Made of straw bales, cow s*** and other things. Burns even more cleanly than LPG and bioLPG
• Mini - ALL - Clock ticking on condition based services 3 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  While the condition based usage adopted by Mini & BMW can be useful if you are a low mileage driver, there is a massive flaw in the system.  Last year we bought a 'new', unregistered F55 Cooper S, reg in June. Today, the oil change warning appeared on the Mini app. Mini recommend
• Vauxhall corsa S Ecoflex - Car turning just not starting 28 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm having trouble with my corsa and hoping someone has been through something similar or can help in anyway through their experience and opinion....
• Daihatsu Skywing - Hub-Over-Disk Risk 16 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  . Driver Side front 43 43 Driver Side rear 33 33 Passenger Side front 52 51 Passenger side rear 33 32 Not as scary as the 90's I was seeing before (though I'll test a longer run) but still apparently consistent with a passenger side bearing problem. I've been reluctant
• Ford Escort - Front designs of the Ford Escort (Mk6 1995)? 12 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  ://www.flickr.com/photos/77492252@N05/28612004190/. Same with the van model - almost all are numberplate at bottom but I found this one https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzY4WDEwMjQ=/z/zb8AAOSwT9hcYXB7/$_86.JPG with grille at bottom instead. Even for cabrio I've found this anomaly https://live.staticflickr.com/3849
• Volkswagen Polo 1.4 S 75 2006 (55 plate) - Cambelt, tensioner change + water pump replacement 19 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I just recently had my car serviced at a VW centre, after all their absolute must recommended changes, I was advised to replace the left front tyre, horn...
• SEAT Leon (1999 - 2005) - Rough running at lower revs, warning light 22 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  des. driver (aka wife) to vary engine speeds and gears. The engine appears to run suddenly normally at various rpm in various gears. In first gear it?s harsh up to 1600 rpm, after which it suddenly sounds normal again. In second and third the harshness suddenly disappears after 1800 rpm, while
• Mazda 6 2008 - Recall on my car whilst in production 19 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  according to the handbook. Ok, the case has been going on for over a year now and yesterday i have just found out from VOSA what Mazda have failed to tell me after many letters asking them about a recall for the same issue which was introduced to Mazda 6's with a build end date of 2008, which left my
• Audi Q7 (2006 - ) - Looking to buy an SUV - is anyone else? 17 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  which are just stupidly priced My experience is as follows so far: Audi Q7 - Possibly my top choice My local dealer group are not selling any new, they have just cancelled their demo as there is no demand They have a forecourt of S/H ones most at full sticker price, the most recent ones are even
• Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - Insurance Write-Off - Payout Dispute 26 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  another one the same anywhere, let alone locally. In the local area, there are only half a dozen Rover 400's of the same age and type - but not of the same spec or mileage. Insurance have offered £1475 for the car (already having raised that from £1100) and claim that is top book price, but I can't see
• The hypocrisy in road pricing 5 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I was fuming this morning whilst in the car listening to a debate on Radio Five Live speculating on the contents of Rod Eddington?s report on road pricing, I did not catch all of the show however the presenter, Mathew Bannister, did not help my blood pressure, he tended to defend the principals
• Blasts from the past 13 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  for the first time. Photo backs up the print I have on the wall of Mansell passing Senna at the Hungaroring* that this was one of the cleanest and prettiest F1 cars ever designed. Shame it also wasn't one of the most reliable! *THE opportunist F1 overtaking manoeuvre of all time. Page 143 - XJ-S V12
• Rot In Peace, Peykan 26 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Just learnt from BBC TV that the Iran Khodro Company has stopped production of the infamous Peykan, based on the 1960's Hillman Hunter 1725cc and Iran's "people's car" for almost 40 years. Tehran's city sprawl has long been a sea of orange Peykan taxis driven by maniacs, much like the battered
• my hit list of new cars to buy.. 15 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  17513 1998/4 152 10.3 (seems like a good one also) Others a4 1.8 T Limited Edition 4d Multitronic Petrol 21445 1781/4 160 8.3 mazda 3 1.6 TS 4d Activematic Petrol 13800 1598/4 103 12.0 C180K Classic 4d Auto Petrol 21469 1796/4 143 9.6 new golf 1.6 S FSI 5d Auto Petrol 15525 1598/4 113 10.7
• Faltering Nissan Cherry 4 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  of my Dad who bought it for his girlfriend to learn to drive in and she drove it a few times then decided she didn?t like it and then they split up and it had been sitting on his drive for 18 months bar a six month period when one of my Dad?s other colleagues borrowed it) to use Lead Replacement
• New C-Class... 21 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I collected my wife?s C-Class Avantgarde SE estate last Friday, and we have spent a few days with the car. It is our first M-B, and here are our first impressions: DEALER -Very professional vehicle handover-no rushing. 10/10 -Vehicle preparation very good-but see below. 8/10 -Dealer workshop very
• How to get a traffic hazard recognised 10 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  hard in wet conditions by one of these impatient idiots, but it\'s not an uncommon occurance - there aren\'t many days go by when someone doesn\'t barge infront of me. I\'ve contacted the council about this before but they didn\'t reply. Recently they have installed a puffin crossing just beyond
• Legal problem - can anyone help? 11 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  left. As you\'ve probably all guessed by now, the biker kept going and hit my relative\'s front bumper from the side. The biker came off the bike but was not injured enough to require hospital treatment. No witnesses have said that they actually saw the accident but we have the details of two