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• Educate me. 30 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Hello all. I would like to increase my education in the world of vehicle electronics, increasingly during my working life I am coming accross more and more problems involving the electronics on modern cars, what with remote locking and sat nav antenna's attached to screens, electronic auto function
• Fiat Uno Radio Wiring 20 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Hello, i'm putting my old radio into a friends fiat uno for him but i'm having a bit of trouble. When i took his original radio out it was clear the connections wouldn't fit into the new radio so i went off to halfords to a get an adaptor. When i tryed to put that in the connections wouldn't fit
• S40 vs. C5 vs. Mercedes C Class 29 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 3 year old Mercedes S320 from new (Jan/Feb 2000) with just over 20,000 miles on the clock with original 18inch 5 spoke alloys and P-Zero tyres with all the options except Command. It has full service history from the Mercedes Benz dealer. Although I love the car, due to personal reasons
• Minis everywhere 19 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  to fully customised, all in mint condition. A sight to behold.....20 or 30 in a row on the small country lanes around where I live. Brought back memories of learning to drive in a Mini (WHW 474T where are you?). My 3.5 year old daughter loved watching and counting them. I hope the 10000+ participants
• Should i get a tracker? 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Having bought an impreza wrx this weekend, i am wondering whether to get a tracker fitted. I found some old threads on this subject, but having read them am still undecided. What are people's thoughts on this? Having got some insurance quotes, i will save £70 if i get a tracker fitted - not a big
• Buying a Focus 16 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  My wife's N reg Fiesta will soon need replacing. Our initial thoughts were to maybe get a sports car, but then, practical thinking took over and a Ford Focus looks like a sensible bet. Our local Ford main dealer has a nice 02 one year old Focus 1.6 Ghia (10,000 mls) for £9995. This looks
• Engine running away 24 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 18 month old Ford Ka and the engine has started to accelerate unexpectedly. When I brake to walking pace and then change down to second, on releasing the clutch the car accelerates away. I have to keep my foot on the brake when in a 30 zone to avoid speeding. Also when I press the clutch
• Aircon blowing hot and cold 9 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Hiya, Have a 4 year old Merc A class A170 diesel, which has just recently started to blow hot and cold with the aircon on. Sometimes when set to its coldest setting it blows very cold (like it should) for a while, then it might blow hot (not just room temperature, hot) for a while (anything from
• Ticking Fiesta 27 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 1 year old Fiesta with the 1.3 iron age engine which has covered 5,000 miles. The first thing I noticed when driving was a ticking / tapping noise at mid to high range revs. The decal on the rocker cover illustrates that the exhaust valve tappet clearance be set at 0.5mm, the handbook
• Good mid-sized auto diesel 11 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  What is available? If you want the auto option a lot of cars only seem to have a petrol available e.g. Ford Focus. It horrifies me the effect that some autoboxes have on fuel consumption e.g. Rover 75 1.8 Manual 36.2mpg, 1.8 Auto 30.1 - admittedly petrol but equally bad effect on the derv engine
• Fiat Brava 31 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  SWMBO is getting a new car and last weekend we saw some Brava's in GTC in the most gross mauve colour I have ever seen. She loved them, also teh styler, which again didn't impress me. Still, it's her money so I will just go along with her choice. I'm aware of HJs comments in the CBC breakdown
• Clatter on Nissan 1.6 at 3-4,000 rpm 13 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Only used to occur in the first two miles after a cold start, and was really loud. Now it has thankfully gone away. I got the car at 20k miles, 16 months old. iit happened with the oil Reg Vardy had serviced it with, and also with castrol Magnatec when I changed it. It disappeared shortly after I
• The search continues ... 18 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  In the effort to replace Madame's ageing Citroen AX, we have at last got to a short list. Bye bye Citroen Saxo (too much like the AX). Bye bye Hyundai Coupe and Ford Puma (no room in the back). Bye bye Citroen Xsara (old man's car, according to Madame). Bye bye ancient Porche 911 (not got
• Early Rover 214 injection 22 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  A retired ex-colleague of mine has an early 'F' reg Rover 214 which his wife uses. The car is his ex company vehicle, has covered 57k miles and is immaculate. He has recently encountered some difficulty with his injection system and has been told by the Rover dealers in Slough, that they no longer
• Malta 21 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Hi Having just spent a week on Malta, I can confirm that the most dangerous drivers (overtaking? It's not a problem.......anywhere!) with the most appalling cars (including Morris Marinas) on the worst roads (resurface the roads? Why bother? What's wrong with potholes and mirror smooth surfaces
• Don't Try This At Home.. 13 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  When I first got my Accord (2000W), I was rather disappointed to find that it only had one rear fog light (even my old Cavalier had two). A quick look around the rear light cluster on the nearside showed that all the holes where there, only the bulb holder was missing. So, off I went to my Honda
• More b****y Mondeo woes 19 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  God, but I hate that Mondeo!! Still trying to get a good price for the collapsed cat so the car has been laid up for 2 weeks or so in the garage. Wife went out in the Panda and I had to get the kids to a firework party tonight about 1 mile away. Left it to late to walk and they wont all fit
• WEIGHT 1 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  i NOTICE THAT MY NEW XSARA TD110 ESTATE WEIGHES 60KG MORE THAN MY 6 YEAR OLD PEUGEOT 405 TD ESTATE. wHERE WILL ALL THIS END? IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEIGHTS OF THE VARIOUS vw gOLFS OVER THE YEARS YOU REACH THE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION THAT THE THINGS ARE GROUND OUT OF DEPLETED uRANIUM. i'M WELL AWARE
• 7 seats - Zafira or V70? 11 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  that drivers don't tailgate you when you have children in the back seats! Volvo chap says that the seats are in the safety cage area. I also wonder if car sickness is a problem as they face backwards I'm impressed by the versatility of the Zafira, but wonder if a 2-3 year old V70 may last longer and have
• Vectra wont start 2 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  I have experienced problem with my 1995 1.8 petrol Vectra (owned since 6 months old). In certain weather conditions, a combination of frost & damp the car, which is serviced regularly, will not fire or start. It always happens incidentally whilst on my drive. This has happened 4 or 5 times & each