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• Fiat Sicilian factory and sell off 8 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  have been reduced to 1970-ish levels. Not totally sure how that is defined as of course none of today's cars were actually being made in the 1970's, but shows how desperate the company is. Market share in Italy has dropped to 30% in a country where people traditionally buy locally built vehicles
• Volvo 360 GLE MOT problem 5 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  new sills put on and if they know anybody in the Glasgow area who is good and cheap. Thanks for your help Andy Sorry, I forgot to say that the n/s jacking point has collapsed slightly as well, and that worried the MOT tester as well as a cracked number plate and the wrong bulbs in the back lights
• andrew moorey & mondeo pinking 28 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  have searched the old backroom to your thread about mondeo pinking as I am stuck with the following- 95 1.8 zetec mondeo, pinks really bad during hot weather, but only after the 1st intial start up & run, the next run(s) after engine is up to temp allways produces terrible pinking unless you use
• Help needed re: accident damage 24 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  know if I can take this any further? I felt kinda bumped off by the police`s attitude to this.
• Diesel wins! 27 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  , beating a host of petrol-powered machinery in the Volkswagen Racing Cup not once, but twice ........ qualified in pole ....... battled all the way to the chequered flag in the first of the day*s races, beating a 2.8 litre V6 petrol Beetle RSi by a half second margin. In race two the diesel domination
• Stuck Xantia rear door + an MOT? 25 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Hello to all, The deadlock on my n/s rear door appears to be stuck on as under no circumstances will it open (following a period of sometimes working, sometimes not). Have managed to get the interior trim off, which wasn't the easiest of jobs and at the expense of a few trim clips :-( but having
• Demon OAP drivers 11 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  way.So you get the inevitable race round the roundabout to be first on to the single carriage way. I took the right-hand lane as usual (normally the quickest) half way round the roundabout i became aware of a car going very quick round the outside of me to my surprise a little old dear (80's) peering
• Look Back in Anger? 8 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  As I read this Motoring forum I come to the inescapable conclusion that John Osborne?s Angry Young Men of the 1950s have become the angry ?Silver Surfers? of the 21st Century. Thread after thread is hijacked as a vehicle to attack the fabric of this country ? Police, Politicians, Judiciary
• Easy - question for beginners 12 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  - to the rank of 'one to be taken notice of', Thanks and best wishes to all; Colin S
• Buying a 2nd hand car from a main dealer 23 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  edition) there was a huge difference. A 1997 P-registered 1.8 Ghia X with 37,000 miles on the clock was offered at £5,800. Parkers suggests a price for an A1 condition car of 3£870 (having corrected for the mileage) - a whopping £1930 difference. The other car we saw was a 1998 S Escort Ghia with 20,000
• Ford Ka - rusty spark plugs 9 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  Hi everyone My fiancee and I both have S reg Ford Ka's. I recently took them both for a service (non-Ford garages) and in both cases the mechanics had extreme difficulty in removing the spark plugs. They both (two different garages) explained that there is a design fault on the Ka that means
• Fuel level gauges 19 Dec 2000 (Forum)
  capacity (well, at least the old S-Reg Clio brochure stated that!), but I have never managed to fill more than 37L, even when the red warning light is on! Surely it is important to have a gage which accurately show the correct amount of fuel left in the tank for safety reasons? I would appreciate
• Cheaper than cycling - Recommended to Merc owner 27 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  didn’t leave much room for him to get past and get ready to tell him to s*** off. ‘Have you just bought this?’ he says excitedly. ‘What’s it like?’ I tell him it’s fine. Then someone comes up behind and hoots before I can start ranting about central locking. When I
• Poor service from motoring organisation 22 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  The following event happened last night and I felt other Back Roomer?s should know about it and comment about the service. All references to the motoring organisation concerned have been omitted under the naming and shaming policy. Last night my wife?s car broke down on a rural section
• Buying advice - family car for three in rear 30 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  on the narrow lanes near us. This leaves me pretty much with the S-Max unless I am missing something. My main issue is that the petrol engines are far too thirsty but I'm concerned with the shorter journeys being an issue for the DPF in the diesel. Especially as the budget is looking at 70k 10+ year old models
• Citroen Relay II, 2002-2006 (registered 2007) - Burning smell (clutch?), slow air suspension, etc 4 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  with  2 advisories , including "Suspension bellows damaged but not to excess Rear and centre axle suspension airbags cracking (5.3.5 (b) (i))" The last MOT also said "Rear Suspension bellows damaged but not to excess 2nd and 3rd axle o/s and n/s deteriorated (5.3.5 (b) (i))". It's only done 23,000
• is there Lexus LS , very reliable alternative? 2 Jul 2022 (Forum)
  also dont need small coupe... i am tall person and i need space... and comfort...   I know s-class looks great and have so many options including night vision but not sure how their reliable is, i am talking about used cars only s -class from year 2014 and up, also audi a8, and bmw 7
• Jaguar XJ - Replacing Wheel Studs 9 May 2019 (Forum)
  /itm/FOR-JAGUAR-XF-XJ-XK-XKR-XK8-XK-R-S-TYPE-FRONT-WHEEL-BEARING-HUB-KIT-ABS-SENSOR/151236163607?fits=Car+Make%3AJaguar%7CModel%3AXJ%7CCars+Year%3A2010&hash=item233660b817:g:wg8AAOSw2i9Z0Nr- Again, with this aftermarket hub will it be possible to remove the studs from it or will I
• Honda Jazz/Fit (2008 - ) - 5 miles in a new Jazz 9 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  After months of deliberation and negotiation my dad has taken delivery of his new Jazz ? a 1.4 SE ? as his retirement present. His almost 30 year love affair with the Fiesta is over ? my sister is buying his 1.4TDCi, just run in at 90,000 miles and my mum?s is sold. It was a 51 reg, but with only
• Unreasonable expectations re: part exchange? 24 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Civic VTEC Sport with 56000 miles 56 reg Nissan Micra c+c Essenza with 9000 miles Both in very good condition, especially the Micra. We were looking to buy a new Honda Civic Type S, and had the Parker/What Car etc baseline valuations to hand for our old cars - about £5000 for the Civic and £7700