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• Peugeot 407 Coupe (2006 - ) - Ownership experience. 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  or rattles and both paint and interior trim still look showroom fresh. I would never claim to own a 'sports' car. It's heavy, but the 167bhp is more than enough to keep you going at a good lick and there is plenty of overtaking 'umphh' when you need it. Excellent handling and very reassuring brakes
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 04 2.0 TDCi How I fixed glow plug problem for £28 9 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  the EGR pipe don to the bottom and put youre hand just past it you should feel hydraulic{brake}pipes and if you feel around there you should feel the top of a sensor with a wire comming out of it, this is it.You"ll need a n 8mm ring spanner{preferably rathet spanner} makes it much easier,just unloosen
• Had my first breakdown not nice - Clutch has gone 15 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  change - £50 New door latch, reverse switch and cv boot £80 Two new Pirerri tyres at £39 each, £78 New air filter - did this myself £5 New brake fluid cap - did myself £7.00 I am now kicking and screaming at myslef for letting my dad test drive the car (he knows nothing about mechanics) I didn't have
• MINI Cooper S R53 (2002 - 2007) - Rejecting cherished MINI Cooper S 13 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  regret buying it. Tomorrow I?m coming to see Jeremy regarding a rattle from the gearbox at low revs, loose boot, miss aligned front bumper, brake ?grinding? and a rattle I get when starting the car. Could you tell me what my rights are regarding rejecting the car please? Any advice would be much
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - Oh no, not another bangernomics post! 17 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  year. Had to have a brake pipe replaced one time, but that?s pretty-much a ?consumable? regards MOTs these days? It accelerates embarrassingly briskly, has done 120mph when called upon, but if kept to no more than 80 will return 42 mpg on a run (no fluke - achieved repeatedly), which I reckon isn't
• 2002 VW Passat TDI Power Loss 7 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  performance, even in high gears, when it still pulled like a steam train from low revs. It was a standard service except for the replacement of brake pads. On collecting the car it was immediately apparent there was no surge of power at 2,000 revs and it drove like an old donkey. There now seems to be a kick
• Merging Road Tax and Vehicle Insurance 3 May 2005 (Forum)
  . Unsurprisingly, uninsured drivers are more likely to cause accidents than those who are insured. I am also concerned that there are cars on the road who have defective tyres, brakes and who have no valid MOT test. The implications for road safety are obvious and far greater than committing the sin of exceeding
• Discovering the joys of diesel 14 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  and a couple of belt changes, I was then presented with a quote of just short of £1000 for a new clutch, new rear handbrake shoes, rear brake discs and pads, and something else I've forgotten. (Oh, yes the rocker cover gasket.) (HANDY HINT TO EVERYONE - BMW main dealer Inspection 2 services are beyond a joke
• Skoda Yeti - My Yeti(s) 25 Mar 2018 (Forum)
  extractor.  I plan to get the cambelt / water pump changed at 4 years old and am currently investigating the costs involved in switching to 312 mm front brakes. The car is still on the original brakes all-round, although the rear discs are looking rather shabby / corroded. Other than tyres
• My first 6 weeks with a 520d 15 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  for me. Also in the sun, you can get an annoying reflection from the shiny black trim in the central reservation. Why can’t trim be matt to avoid this? Car spins its rear wheel very easily – might be the energy tyres but could be an issue in the snow… Brakes stop very well but do need a firm shove, much
• Driving the Amalfi Coast and Naples 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  , you realise a split-second later, there wasn’t an accident. Or, on one of the almost-straight stretches, you will be overtaken by an ancient and battered Fiat that would surely never pass an MOT, its lights broken and hanging off, which immediately hits its brakes in virtually an emergency stop
• 2500km in a Citroen Xantia 17 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  that simply means other cars are catching up. Slightly disconcerting sometimes in traffic, when the car seems to take the idea into its head to briefly raise or lower by an inch or so. ? it seems to be connected with how much braking I?m doing, and whether or not I sit there with my foot on the brake. ? def
• JB Weld - Testing High Temp Epoxy 1 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  , washed them with boiling water and detergent and then brake cleaner, rubbed them on a brick, then with a stainless steel wire brush. This probably introduces uncontrolled variation. If I was doing it again, (not planned) I would skip the hammering and brick rubbing steps Results Nan
• Honda Jazz - My car is a write off but there's more to it.. 4 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  the car should have a valid mot but the fact it doesnt have a valid mot wasn't the cause of the accident. Neither was say bald tyres or something. It was a suspension issue with the top mount it has failed on and some otherr things but nothing like brakes or bald tyres, I had one tyre with a slight tear
• self-driving cars on motorways - Insurers don't like 23 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  motorways as soon as 2021 are unlikely to go ahead after insurers warned government proposals were risking lives and “hugely wrong”. Cars with the technology to keep in lane, accelerate and brake automatically will be on the road next year, and ministers had proposed that drivers could
• Subaru Impreza 2.0 - performance flatspot 21 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  . when i apply brakes to stop, while slowing down i can feel the hard buck from the engine or there abouts as the car comes to a stop.i scanned the car at 6 mechanics! some said many sensors are bad while some say no sensors are bad.the ignition is rattling now and it is burning excess gas. i have used
• subaru impreza 2006 2.0 R - subaru impreza 2006 2.0R engine PROBLEMS !! 19 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  to go in and when i try to kick down, it will not and the same gear will run. the 1st and second gear will sometimes go in with a hard buck.when i apply brakes to stop, while slowing down i can feel the hard buck from the engine or there abouts as the car comes to a stop.i scanned the car at 6 mechanics
• Jeep Grand Cherokee - Car dangerous 2 months after sale 19 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  holes covered by fibreglass close to front wheel-mot fail split pin missing from o/s front lower ball joint nut-mot fail n/s front brake pipes excessive corrosion- mot fail o/s suspension spring mounted incorrectly-fouling on axle-mot fail lift in n/x front upper ball joint
• Ford Focus - steering wheel vibration 17 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  you properly, the next time you are here. On reading about this problem on the Internet, I understand that steering wheel vibrations (when not under braking), can be caused because of the following wheels. 1) Unbalanced wheels 2) bent / not perfectly round, rims 3
• Another 'help me choose' thread 27 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  approximately the same size as my Accord: not too much smaller, but not too much wider or longer.    I won't buy a car with an electric parking brake.  I can't see a need for a 4x4 or SUV, but a hatch or small estate would be better than a saloon.  I enjoy driving