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• Fiat Panda automatic - Summons after admitting guilt at scene? 2 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Reversed on to pavement into a signpost (flattened post) when in a flap trying to park in angled space on main street. On pavement almost a yard, no pedestrians but if there had been could've injured someone. (wouldn't have been reversing if someone behind me) Police contacted by onlooker
• Motorhome - Insurance 3 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  My sons Motorhome was badly damaged when the car that was parked next to it  caught fire by what we believed was a fault.It was a company car which was being used by a neighbour.My son was given details of the cars insurers[Zurich]and the motorhome was taken to a garage to be assessed
• Free Tickets to Santa Pod Flame & Thunder Day 4 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  defenders / plugs or put your fingers in your ears. WHAT! I wonder if they still set of the large firework right at the end that sets 99% of the car alarms off in the parking area? Finally, take something warm to wrap up in. It was fine while the sun was out, but as soon as it started going down, so did
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - '97 1.7td Constantly flattening battery 18 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I have always found the battery in my Astra struggles, especially in cold weather. I replaced the standard battery with a heavy duty one last January, but it still struggles during the winter when starting from cold, especially if not used every day. Using through the week its fine, but Monday
• renault clio1995 - no spark 9 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, My partner had trouble starting her Renault Clio 1.4 Auto a few weeks ago So I popped to the local halfords and bought a new set of plugs and leads, which i fitted in and it then started absolutly fine till yesterday when it left her stranded in a tesco car park. She called out the RAC who said
• Help! Another problem with my Granada 18 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  . It was turning over healthily enough so there was plenty of charge, but it just wouldn't catch. I park with the front of the car up to some greenery, so I knocked it into 'R' to push it back to get to the engine, then back into 'P'. I tried it again, just out of curiosity and it burst into life! It's been
• Vehicle slams into driver's testing office 5 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  . The man was attempting to pass his driving re-examination when he lost control of his car. "(The incident began) as he was reversing into a parking spot," explained Constable Marc Chateau of the Saanich RCMP. "I believe he hit the gas instead of the brake pedal at which time the car he was driving
• Nissan Micra k13 2913 - DIY respray on all four corners of used car, why? 30 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  have it for 5000 euro. Fine, its all very nice and neat except for this DIY v bodge basic black spray paint on all four bumper corners. Really bald front tyres too and rear ones in vgc, not that odd I suppose for a small fwd. The bumpers seem orignial, nothing is coming up so far on history
• Mazda 121 (1996 - 2000) - 96 1.3 - Intermittent Clutch 20 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, If anyone can give any advice I'd be very grateful I have a 96 Mazda 121 (it's a rebadged Mk4 Fiesta) that has an intermittent clutch problem. Most time the car runs fine and gear changes are fine, easy and smooth, everything as normal. Sometimes, after the car is parked and turned off, when
• More like this please 23 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  and collected unpaid fines from offenders. Among those caught during the regular operations are disqualified drivers, those driving cars involved in crimes, accidents or suspicious behaviour, without insurance, MOT or tax, and people using illegal red diesel. Sergeant Pete Rawlins, of Park Lane traffic unit
• 2005 Ford Focus Ghia 2.0 - Ford Focus loss of power & engine warning light 29 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  - warning light still showing but by now the car was driving fine, until I got near the garage and it started going sluggish again. Diagnostics indicated an issue at the inlet manifold but the garage could find nothing wrong with the car, which by now was driving fine again, and all they could
• VW Polo 2004 1.4L - 54 Plate VW Polo randomly cutting out 26 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  to check it didn't happen again and it didn't - so I got to work OK, parked up - tried turning it over again when there just in case and it's fine. What worries me is if this happens again on the motorway/in busy traffic - does anyone have any idea what this could be please? Thanks so
• Kia Rio - Advice please! 21 Apr 2016 (Forum)
    I just wanted to get a bit of advice with my car (Kia Rio Diesel, 2009, roughly 100,000 miles). A few weeks ago we took it to a garage after we noticed a small fuel leak when it was parked on a slope (had been driving fine otherwise). The garage had a look and there was a crack in the tank
• Rejected car and V5C 9 Nov 2019 (Forum)
  it and taxing it. I have no control over what he does with it now eg speeding tickets / parking fines. When you reject a car are you supposed to transfer the ownership back to the dealership ? What if they don't want the car back ? Can you transfer a car to somone else without their permission ? If so I
• 1999 Mercedes Benz c230k - HELP! My car revs up to 5000+ upon start up 25 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  My 1999 c230k was fine just yesterday and then this morning when I started it the rpm just kept revving up past 6000 in park. so I shut it off and tried again then it did it again so I let it go and it stopped and went back down but only to 1500. When I put it in drive I can feel it trying to rev
• VW Polo - Engine cuts out when on full lock and stationary 8 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  Hi Have had a few problems with polo (W reg/approx 80k miles) cutting out since I got it about 6 months ago. I've had the alternator replaced, as the car was cutting out when I was going along and I turned the wheel quite hard, e.g. in to a car parking space.  The new alternator
• Ford Focus ST - ford focus st ENGINE SYSTEM FAULT !!!!! 18 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  down) i parked up and let it cool down for 2 minutes and removed key , got out my car and locked it as normal, after half an hour i returned to my car , unlocked , opened , started to see ENGINE SYSTEM FAULT & ACCELERATION REDUCED however there is not lights on the dash board it just says
• 2005 ford fiesta 1.4 - help, most mechanics failed 29 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I have an anti hijicking system which cuts the fuel off after some time if u do not press the button and its working fine and it has been for the past year. I parked my ford for 5 weeks without starting it, when I came back I tried to start but it did not, I tried a few more times then it started
• Hyundai Veloster - Hyundai Veloster 22 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  Was at Woburn Safari Park today test-driving (I know, I know – I spend my life test-driving but not purchasing ...) the Hyundai i40 Tourer. It's pretty damn fine in fact (well, the the 1.7 CRDI 136PS Premium auto variant was to my mind) – although I obviously couldn't put it through
• Slow punctures and tyre pressure 30 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Not quite sure how it got there, but I managed to run over what appeared to be a ceramic teacup (I say appeared, because it shattered into about a billion pieces), as a turned into a parking space. My initial response was relief because I was pulling into a supermarket "parent and child" space