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• Minor road works - major conjestion 9 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  the stationary queue in lanes 1 and 2 This leads to all three lanes being blocked or at best moving very slowly. Drivers approaching J3 brake, drivers behind over-compensate and a shock wave of stationary traffic is sent back down the M55 towards the 4 lane M6 {the country's major motorway in terms
• nostalgia 10 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  in the snow. Safety was basic. It came too soon for the (Nader inspired) collapsible steering column but it did have dual circuit brakes. The seat belts were just lapstraps and since their use was voluntary the front bench seat was handy at times and it was effectively a 6-seater. Unbelievably it came
• join the police-knock kids down and get no endorse 26 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  : "As soon as the boy took his first step from the kerb I started swearing because I knew that he wouldn't be able to make it across." Beazer said he braked lightly and steered to avoid the youngster but could not avoid hitting him at about 20mph. At first Beazer, based at Bexhill, thought he had missed
• 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
• Advice needed after accident :( 21 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  suddenly swerved round the car infront of me, complete with screeching brakes and everything. I immediately slammed all on and also tried to move round but my car doesn't have ABS brakes, so you tend to brake in a straight line. I unfortunately skidded down the hill into the back of the car
• BMW 5-Series E61 Touring (2004 - ) - 520d SE - 12,000m report 12 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  by BMW but no ill affect on anything else it seems. Has used barely any oil, which is not due to be changed until 18k (despite my attempts to get them to change it anyway). Pedals are offset to the right like the Mercedes making left foot braking less comfortable and the windscreen wipers are left
• new driving article? 24 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  (not fixed) Brake master cylinder replaced (not perfect but better - less fade) Pop-up vents (tape applied - temporary fix, I have now removed the vent to stop it from rattling - not fixed) All gauges died - replaced fuel sensor and pump (not fixed as they have died again since then) Hand brake too loose
• Suzuki Vitara - Should have followed my own advice 17 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  .  Anyway within a day of picking it up I found the DLRs weren’t working. Brakes also were intermittently grinding in reverse.  Both PDI fails surely. They  gave us a free courtesy car for the day and resolved the faults.  But it was a tedious day of killing time, Then it needed
• Vauxhall Movano - Vauxhall Movano major electrical fault! 30 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  in the back of the van and caused a short curcuit? So now i'm £470 worse off I've lost 2 weeks income and I've still got a cracked back light. What i can't work out is how a fault with a light has effected so many different systems including the brakes, surely any system associated with safety
• Honda Jazz Hybrid - Unsafe safety systems? 8 Dec 2023 (Forum)
  I recently bought a new Honda Jazz Hybrid. It has an impressive sounding list of safety features including: Collision Mitigation Braking System (CMBS) Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Low Speed Follow Lane Keeping Assist System (LKAS) Road Departure
• Electric Vehicles, EVs - EVs and effects of dealershhips 25 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  ' and dealer servicing. The motor is extremely simple and reliable; regen braking means much extended service intervals on pads/discs; many electrical components can be plug-n-play modules, and components like tyres and shocks could be dealt with by Kwik-Fit or mobile operators. Most maintenance could be done
• Renault Clio 2008 TomTom 16v 1.2 - MOT Major Failure 9 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  )) Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Nearside Rear Service brake grabbing severely (1.2.1 (c
• Economy in tow cars and necessary licenses 23 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  27mpg. I've looked on the Real MPG section of HJ and on Fuelly and it seems like I could expect around 19 mpg or more. There's also the old ML320 but I'm not sure on economy. A Shogun LWB has a braked towing weight of 3,200kg and the ML320 would be 3,365kg IIRC. This would be fine as I could downplate
• Dad mobiles 18 Apr 2020 (Forum)
  and mismatched with the foot operated parking brake. The later auto lasted him 13yrs until it was time for a wrinkly mobile, a Honda Jazz. Sheer boredom but can anyone else do better than their old man when it comes to picking cars?
• Accident Advice 18 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  Any in information would be grateful on the following. I was parked on the road a couple of houses away from friends house, when her elderly next door neighbour was parking in between parked cars( one being mine) missed the brake and hit the accelerator, hit my car and knocked down
• Any - Suzuki SX4 SCross vs Honda Civic vs Toyota Avensis 23 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  live with this, though I prefer to have good visibility) Is it worth spending £6000 on an 8 year old car?   3) Toyota Avensis 2009 VVTI (not the v-matic, hence no electric parking brake) model:-2009 mileage:- 63000 cost:- £3200
• Citroen C2 - Twice bitten.... 18 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  brakes sorting and a new passenger door handle. These were fixed and the car was MOT'd. Paid £1500 for it. Took it home on a trailer the following weekend and checked it over after unloading it - no oil. Dipstick was dry. Checked the engine block - wet from cylnder head down one side. Cylinder head
• Ford Transit Jumbo - How much should I claim back 24 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  could not be done. It took them two weeks to tell me this, by this time I complained to Ford and was assured that they would look into things and resolve these issues only for the staff at Ford to leave. Next came a recall by Ford think it was the brakes and I again asked them to look at all
• renault clio 1149 1.2 turbo dynamique tom - excessive steering wheel and column vibration 13 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  it in twice and told us what it was not ie brakes, suspension, discs, tracking were fine etc. They then said it was due to excessive pressure in the tyres...!!....A week later I checked the tyre pressure and found them all to be 5-6 Lbs under the manufacturer's recommended rating........so my wife had been
• Mazda 6 TS TD 143 - Major problems with my used car, my rights? 14 May 2012 (Forum)
  I bought a 2006 Mazda 6 diesel in January of this year.  The car had done 85000 miles and was sold to me with a 12 month warranty by a local independent dealer. Within about a month an oil leak had developed which caused the brake system vacuum pump to fail. The dealer