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• Drink-drive offence – invalidated insurance? 19 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  and was fined and disqualified from driving. I made an insurance claim and my company, Royal Sun Alliance, who subsequently wrote off my car and paid out, sending me a cheque. I did not tell them about
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 97 1.2 Door unlocking problems - please help! 5 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, I am having trouble unlocking my KA in both the driver and passenger door. The key fits in the lock but I am unable to turn it, it has slowly got worse to the point where it doesn;t move at all. At the moment I am having to get in through the boot, which works fine but is very embarrasing when
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 01 2.0 HDI Fuel pump/ immobiliser starting fault 7 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Hi My 306 has been intermittently not starting once parked & switched off, it didnt happen everytime just occasionally. This is happening every so often but only ever since my car got broken into, so 2 weeks later "today" the car was turning over fine but just wouldnt start so called RAC out
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 2004 2.2 cdti Shudderung on start up 1 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  ) and then car started to knock and shudder whilst in motion. She pulled over and after a few minutes all seemed well, except for the fact that the foot brake sounded like an air brake everytime she depressed it! By the time she arrived home, on parking it and turning the ignition off the foot brake had
• Speed hump muppets. 11 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The speed humps where you have 3 individual humps across the road seem to be getting more popular. These work fine when when the road is clear and you can drive over the hump on your side of the road, often without having to dip below the speed limit. The problem comes when there are parked cars
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 2003 2.0DT - basil fawlty impressions..... 23 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  , stiop for 20-30 mins it takes 8-9 goes to re-start + I do a good 007 smoke screen impression.....Once warm its fine all day BUT if I go to use it after 3-4 HOURS PARKED the same fault is there . P.S. NO fault codes showing on 2 computers , and all servicing etc up to date
• Cit ZX Diesel smoke plume at start up 19 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi My Citroen ZX has been smoking like hell at start up, especially after not being started for a few hours. I can turn the key in the morning and literally a plume of white smoke will rise up and float over the house. Bit embarrassing in car parks too as it's the smokiest car I've ever seen TBH
• Audi 80 1995 2.0E, Which CV joint? 21 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Could you please help. I am sure a CV joint (perhaps joints) needs replacing as I am getting a distinct knocking noise on full lock whilst manoevering in the car park. Also a clattering/knocking noise on taking up drive and on the over run. I have looked under the car and the cv joint covers
• K reg Renault Clio - choke? 11 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I've got an old K reg (1991?) Clio RT that has just recently developed a problem. At the first cold snap in Sept I drove about 100 miles on motorway and then left the car for a few hours in a beach car park exposed to a cold wind. When I went to start it, it sparked up ok (sorry, don't know
• Astra alternator problems 9 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I had a recon. alternator fitted to my 1.7D Astra (Isuzu engine) at the week end. The relay in the footwell was changed and the wiring checked. However there seems to be a fluctuation in the output. I noticed yesterday that the rev counter was fine at 70 mph (approx 2700 revs) but at 40mph
• Scratched MGF paintwork. 8 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Catherine has a year old MGF Steptronic in Tahiti (dark) Blue. It is a well loved second car and when not in it's garage has covered only 3500 careful miles in west Scotland. Nearly every panel has fine, visible scratches in the laquer layer yet the car is rarely left unattended in a car park
• Old cars and the environment. 11 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  into account the greater efficiency of new engines. It's one of the arguments I use for not getting rid of my fourteen year old Peugeot 309. The old XU diesel is dirty in today's terms, but it's turning in an average of over 50mpg, cruises happily and quietly at 70-75 and I've known park benches less reliable
• Nissan Note - Help needed - intermittent vehicle fault 26 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  in my works car park for ten hours and started fine when I came to leave at 1am this morning. I got around half a mile down the road when the car started to struggle going uphill on a dual carriageway
• Unlicenced car - help needed 10 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  parked it on a public road after my tax disk expired. I got a letter with the date of 04/09/08 from the DVLA informing me of this, plus a request to pay them £45 in the same letter. I subseqently wrote my car off on the 21/03/08. My thoughts on the matter is that: 1. Yes I was wrong not to get my car
• Don\'t mess with the DVLA 21 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  the car while it\'s in force then you are liable for any backduty up to a maximum of 2 years. This applies regardless of if the car was ever used or parked on a public road. They don\'t care if you used it or not, the law has changed and they WILL get \"their\" money. The maximum fine for this is £2,500
• VW Passat 03 1.9tdi - Sudden collapse of Dual mass flywheel 17 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Can someone advise me on this please? My car which is a 2003 1.9tdi Passat manual 5 speed. Was hit on the passenger front wheel and wing. My car was stationary at the time(parked) waiting for the wife. My car was pushed again'st the kerb and subsequently up it. The car suffered a damaged wing
• Jaguar X-Type 2.0d 2004 - Power Steering Problems 3 May 2017 (Forum)
  into services parking after about 200 miles of running at 60-70 ish. Fairly hard left lock into parking space. Heard (but may have imagined) a bit of a clunk and steering was tremendously heavy. Managed to park. Tried steering, it took both hands same side of steering wheel and much effort to turm wheel, big
• EU cars/drivers in UK post Brexit - any idea? 22 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  attitude towards foreign drivers with non-adjusted headlight beams, lack of nationality stickers and so on. And of course, parking fines are rarely followed up. As I said, just wondering... What do backroomers think should happen? (Ducks under parapet as gunfire begins!)
• Volkswagen Golf V TDI - VW MK5 Golf Won't Start! 9 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, I own a 2005 MK5 Golf 1.9TDI (105) on Saturday it was parked on the path and my dad started it to bring it into the driveway, anyway we were having a look at the heating as it would only work on number 4 (already bought and put in two heater resistors and still wouldn't work) we were advised
• FIAT 500 - need advice 22 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  8mths ago my sister bought her first car. Fiat 500 2012 1.2 8V LOUNGE Dualogic auto5. Few weeks back it cut out while driving, started up fine. Later that day her stereo few times cut out.  That evening she mentioned going back to dealers and was parked up for night. Few hours