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• 7 seater advice please 17 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I want to buy a seven-seater and sell my 98 Passat 20v estate auto, which isn't really the best car for the kind of driving (mostly in town) that I do. I looked at a used Toyota Avensis Verso yesterday - really nice and much better than the Honda Stream, which I'd seen before, and not too MPVey
• Inertia marketing 14 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Its just happened to me again!!!!!!! Motorcycle (same applies to car) insurance renewal quote £262. Make a few calls, best price £190 with something called \'puncture assistance\' thrown in. Deal done. Call old company to cancel previous insurance, get put through to the \'we will do anything
• Pierburg 1b carb 1 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  hello, Im new to this forum and had a question regarding a Pierburg 1b on an old golf GX (1983). Firstly it seems to be missing the vacuum hose which connects to the distributor (is this what they call the vacuum advance/retard?) - but i didn't know where it connected to the carb/engine
• Jaguar X type ( TDCi) misfire? 26 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  (unlike the mondeo!). He also said that there was some hesitation on acceleration when using partial throttle. I wondered if anyone else had any knowledge of this and is it the old TDCi misfire/ TDi tip in tip out problem yet again? Whilst I can more or less forgive it in my coarse but fun mondeo I
• Posh Estates 23 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I really want an umarket,high spec second hand (2 to 3 years old)estate car. I rather like the Audi A6, the BMW 5 series is good but I am put off that they are everywhere. THe Merc E class is just too expensive. The Saab 9-5 is very appealing but the fact that it is a Vectra underneath puts me
• Peugeot 306 'M' reg turbo diesel. 17 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I have studied the 'laid up' sec. of FAQ's but it really doesn't fully cover my problem. My 19 yrs. old soldier grandson left his base in Germany in some haste last Feb. to go to Iraq, where he expects to stay some 6-12 months. He has left the above car standing unattended in Germany. I am not just
• Approaching roundabouts in wrong lane 22 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Have experienced yet another example of someone approaching a roundabout in the wrong lane to save maybe one minute and expecting to drift to the left into the lane they wanted all along when 3/4 of the way through. The car in this case was an old silver LS400. He saw fit to lean on his horn when
• Carland half price sale 9 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  price for these, you'd have been stitched up big time. (£6k for a five year old Brava? I don't think so!) So all in all, if these cars have been on the forecourt for ages and they'd otherwise have been auctioned (imagine trying to shift a Focus saloon in purple) then Carland is about £1k down and has
• Vectra, cutting out 2 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I have a friend who is not on the Internet. I have been extolling the virtues of this site and have said that I will put his problem to you assembled techies for suggested solutions. His car is a 1996 P Reg. Vectra 1.8 manual hatchback. He has a problem with the engine intermittently cutting
• Citroen ZX Petrol/Diesel Binnacles 20 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  My K plate 1.9 Turbo D Citroen ZX has a duff speedo, but I've got hold of a complete binnacle assembly from another car. It has an extra oil pressure gauge and the rev counter red lines higher so I reckon it's from a Petrol but the speedo is calibrated to 150mph so I reckon at least that part
• Honda Civic R 1 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Hello to the group. I am about to go and order a civic R type within the next 5 days. Just in case I am making a big mistake I thought it wise to check with the regular readers of this forum. My questions to the group are: 1. My last car was a golf vr6, the short test drive I have had only tells
• Pattern oil filters etc 24 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  can anyone direct me to a newer source of information on pattern (rather than makers "own") oil filters. After reading Car Mechanics I had a look at http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/oil_filter_study This is obviously a few years old, done by a layman rather than a professional, and based
• Rover 214 sli K series...help pse 16 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  SWMBO's old model 1995, 70,000mile rover has broken down and despite me being 200 miles away when it happened, naturally it is my fault! Driving along when suddenly power dies off and engine doesnt respond to throttle, it idles but wont rev up. Removing air filter improves things slightly
• Gearbox Oil Checks 25 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  Can anyone tell me where the gearbox oil filler is on my 406 HDi. The Haynes manual doesn't do HDi's yet and as the car is new-to-me, I'm keen to give it a thorough once-over despite its full service history. Ta. Just as a supplementary to this (and the reason why I want to check the Pug), some
• Cowboy servicing 28 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  ) and specifically declining any washing, oil, filters etc (due to DIY servicing) He gets an additional £86 parts + VAT & £30 + VAT labour bill for a full service, they even replaced a 6 month old fuel filter! He paid by cheque, as they would not release the car until paid. The owner accepted there had been
• 306 Temperature fluctuation 22 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Having recieved good advice on my radiator issues about 12 months ago from you guys I have another small issue. The radiator is a new one, well one year old, and doesn't leak at all or to my knowledge have any airlocks as bleeding was carried out as per suggestions and worked very well
• Skoda Disc Brakes 12 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Can I have a sanity check please from you guys. Yesterday I went to the main dealer as my disc calliper "slider" on the front offside has partially seized and therefore the pad had worn away prematurely. It would go on but not retract fully. This is the second time that it has happened. The car
• Renault defeated in small claims court 11 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  The air distribution dial on my Renault Clio 1.2RN seized at 17,400 miles when the car was two-and-a-half years old. There was no warranty cover and Renault UK would pay only 75% of the repairs leaving me with a bill for £120 for a new heater box (total cost £480). I lodged a claim
• Nearly ! 8 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Nearly got taken out tonight at Regents Park. Coming up the "upright" on a T junction and turning right on green I found a car coming from my right across the T. The driver had mistaken the left filter for "go". Thing is, in court we would both have sworn on oath that we had a green and, unless
• Real cost of owning VW 12 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  Worth considering spares prices when considering your purchase. Of late I have been amazed at VW prices, even more so when you consider they have been required on 4/5 year old cars. - Polo A/C compressor - VW price £931 incl VAT, my supplier for same Sanden compressor, including shipping and VAT