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• The leather interior - it's a rip-off 21 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  -metallic. I find that a tad hard to believe but maybe it?s so. And really, most of the options list ? like the £100 armrest ? is a rip-off, whereby option choosers subsidise their fellow buyers. But if the market will bear it, why not? But then would the market be the same if people knew how much
• Ford Fiesta rear shocks 29 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Good evening my learned friends, Whilst doing a brake shoe change on my Mk 4/5 Fiesta (facelifted), i noticed that the o/s rear shock needed replacing due to oil weeping on the side of it. Replacement looks fairly easy, i have a slight problem regarding the set up of the new shocks. Whilst
• cavalier derv cooling problem 28 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  of pressure has forced a small leak in the car\'s radiator, which has been temporarily cured using \'Rad-Weld\'. Today I fitted a new thermostat, re-filled the coolant and ran the car with the heaters on hot, full fan speed. The offending hose still balloons and the system will not bleed itself, or allow me
• Florida car hire 11 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  to UK based companies (or US companies UK site) where they are quoting me in £££s, and I suspect the price has little real relevance to the actual cost - more relevance to the amount they think I will pay. I am having difficulty finding an American based site where I can understand the insurance
• Fiesta floppy gear stick! 8 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  replace gear shaft rod(s) or is it a gearbox problem best left to Uncle Henry (Ford) - amusingly my work colleague has just admitted that she has a mechanic uncle called Uncle Henry! Thanks in advance.
• is this true????parking tickets 6 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  friend of mine from school,whom i met after 10 years ,kept getting parking tickets from a certain tory local gov ,i said to him ,you better pay them otherwise youll get your car towed,he sat down wrote out chq,s for bout 10 tickets all were for 80 pounds,he wrote the chq at 80 pounds and one pence
• Are short journeys really bad for cars? 31 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  there - a Yaris, I can see why they rave about them, what a great car. But what intrigued me was the taxis over there, 99% are Mercedes ranging from brand new S classes to ones over 20 years old, everyone a diesel - the 6 cylinder versions being the most popular. Despite being a small island and never getting
• Cavalier 1.7 TD. Cold starting Problem. 22 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  previously, although I did use budget plugs) and it started . Ever since that day (Last Feb) its got worse and worse on starting from cold. When warm there are no problems at all. This morning it started on the fourth attempt (I reckon about twenty turns of the engine). What\'s the most likely cause and how
• My parents\' car II 25 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I posted a week or so ago in an effort to elicit some advice about what kind of car my parents could replace their diesel Passat with. Having spent some time talking to them at the weekend, it\'s time for a change of tack. What they need most of all is a car which is easy to drive, easy to see out
• Helmet (and bike) 23 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Dear all, Further to my last post, http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=14666 I have finally bought a helmet for track-day use in last weeknd Infinity\'s sales. I got a new FM Radikal in size 56 for 50 pounds. Here comes the questions. 1. It achieves ACU Gold standard. He also
• Lupo 1.4 16V - oil deposits and idle. 19 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  the battery when the clutch was changed. It seems a bit of a concidence that it\'s just started happening now. Does the engine management system lose and then re-learn settings such as this if it has been disconnected? I\'ve done about 30 miles since the work was done. Any ideas? Cheers Rob
• petrol - a difference? 3 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  supermarket unleaded (there\'s a big difference in fuel prices between garages and supermarkets over here) and it never missed a beat. Since moving here I have put supermarket 95 unleaded in our Volvo 940 2 litre, old Honda Civic Shuttle and, currently, Honda 2 Litre Accord Coupe, without - apparently
• Thoughts of a car I viewed today 26 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  . However, it has no MOT or tax. When it was last mot?d before being garaged for 6 months it needed new bushes and the ABS needed attention and cost £160. It also has mot certificates for five years which is how long she owned it. I understand that it was owned by a bloke?s daughter who moved and now has
• I'm sorry to have to say this but... 23 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  . The car is a very well specified model (leather, climate control, full electrics etc.) but after even a cursory 'inspection' it was evident that the attention to detail was lacking. There was a large and obvious paint 'run' on the o/s rear pillar, very cheap looking and poorly fitted lining in the boot
• Overheating Carlton 8 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  happening after sitting in traffic for several minutes (it never gets that busy up here!), rather it?s just normal, quite slow, driving in lower gears for maybe 5 to 10 minutes with frequent pauses (pedestrian crossing etc). I tested the viscous coupling operation, off the car, using a hairdryer?.after
• alarm question 2 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  , to the alarm\'s printed circuit board. I disconnected this when soldering. when soldering I did acidentally touch a capacitor on the PCB witht the side of the iron, could this have damaged the capacitor in some way? How would a capacitor be involved in an amplifier? What should I check to locate the fault
• High pitch noise when bearing right? 1 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Hi All I have a VW Golf Mk2 1300 82,000 miles. After a few miles driving (i.e. when the car has warmed up) a high pitch noise occurs when the road veers to the right. This noise therefore occurs when I turn the steering to the right, it?s comes from the front of the car most likely the driver
• Unleaded vs Unleaded Plus 30 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  , is there not an additive I could use with normal unleaded petrol to kill the noise instead of having to use the Unleaded Plus fuel? Thx. S.
• Volvo 760 Behaving Badly 18 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  ,plugs,idle control valve,clean throttle body. Good increase in performance but no help in curing fault(s). Personally I think it is the MAF unit but do not want to go to the expense as the car is up for renewal next year. As always any help is much appreciated.
• Solving a friend's Mini 'problem' 16 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  doesn't seem to mind either - so it'll be on with an uprated air filter next. Woohoo! And a power to weight ratio of something like 160 bhp per tonne, should he wish to frighten any new shape Cooper S he might encouter.