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• 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
• Dumb pop-ups=dumb marketing people 14 May 2003 (Forum)
  Telegraph. Everyday one of these ghastly things manages to insert itself on the bit of the screen I\'m reading. When I click at it, instead of disappearing it opens up the blasted site it\'s advertising and then I have to go through the rigmarole of getting back to where I was or else it sits
• A most reliable car 17 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  : the 1980's one which looked like a copy of the Merc 190E is still a favorite with Manila taxi-drivers today and Lord knows what they must have survived to still be running. I also owned a couple of Mazda 929's in the Saudi days - again very troublefree. Linking back to Mark's "why do we cosset cars
• 98 S Vx Astra Estate 1600 Brake Failure 2 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  As a (sensible?) preparation for several long holiday journeys this car was serviced by a small independent garage in the local village that in the past...
• The long awaited Private Car Sellers! 19 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  with high milelage ?" Could not believe this guy. Must have been in late 50's very well spoken lived posh area. Its true what they say you cannot trust anyone these days. Very next day i looked at a XR2 with a friend who was looking to buy it.Again it sounded excellent 2 owners, owned a professional couple
• interesting sat telegraph this week 11 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Interesting motoring section in this weeks Saturday telegraph, interesting to see the Transport Research Group Director not towing the government line. Gatso's are nonsense But so is the wider way the roads are policed We should not just be knocking the government?s crazy way of running
• Alfa 147 Selespeed 10 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  are of higher quality so it\'s more comfortable. I would argue that general cabin ambiance is easily won by the Alfa too, another contributory factor toward a \"good drive\" Under heavy braking over uneven or potholed roads AND whilst simultaneously cornering the 147 is simply incredible. If you need to stop
• Skoda Fabia - Is there known issue for VAG 1.0TSI ? 14 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  to get one post 17/67 reg. We tested 1.0TSI(95PS), I must say it was more than adequate for our usage.  I feel this is the one to go for.  Although we haven’t tested but feel 60PS version is perhaps slightly underpowered for 2020’s.  I can’t say the same
• Mazda / Kia - Looking at write-offs as my next car 15 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  . Provided I have the right assurance from the seller (either private or trade), would it make sense to go for Cat S / N, for a car that would set my back by £10-£13k (Mazda cx-5, Kia exceed).   Many thanks.  
• Ford - Powershift all bad? 22 May 2024 (Forum)
  We're looking at getting a 7 seater automatic MPV and I was considering the S Max or Grand C Max but obviously Google has horror stories about the Powershift transmission. Just wondering whether there are any versions that are more reliable, or whether people say it's a blanket no to all. I
• Skoda Karoq - What's worse; modern cars or other people? 26 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  on and opened the bonnet to see what was up with the light(s).  They're one unit, bolted in two places to a metal support above and with a further bolt to a plastic strut on the lower side.  A little bit of wiggling and the plastic strut dropped off.  It has sheared off one end and snapped
• Citroen C4 - MOT Advisories - help 31 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases FLANGE AND BOX WELD. 6.1.2(a) * Central Rear Exhaust mounting defective RUBBER SNAPPED 6.1.2(a) *Offside Front Direction indicator slightly discoloured BULD PEEL 4.4.3(a) * Offside Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s) * Rear Brake
• Help me choose from these used MPV cars please :-) 1 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  )   Bearing in mind the early models I'll have to go for, which would you choose from these please?   Ford S-Max Ford Galaxy Citroen C4 Grand Picasso  VW Sharan Seat Alhambra (I can't locate any though) Kia Sportage
• Used Cars - Towbars 27 Nov 2022 (Forum)
  I have just googled my recently trade-in Seat Toledo, not least because I'm always interested in the margin that gets added. I'm impressed to see that it has already moved a from a Seat/Skoda main dealer in Newport (s. Wales) to an independent trader in London. They have done some nice