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• Long term seat comfort-how to tell? 17 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, sorry if this has been covered before. Just bought a new car and I'm gutted because its giving me lower back pain. How do you correctly set a seat base/driving position with the following adjustments: Fore / aft tilt - seat base / wheel Height Lumber adj Are there any consultants about
• Cheap cars 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Well stuck miles from home having missed my connection I found myself 288 miles from home. No rail connection and a bus system that would have challenged Mr Spock. Bought a local Trader to pass the time over a cuppa in a very old fashioned cafe and noticed a 1992 Vauxhall Astra taxed and MOTd
• Ford Fiesta 1.4 - strange noise 4 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  I own a 9 month old Ford Fiesta 1.4 (left hand drive - as I am in Gibraltar) that was bought from the local Ford main dealer when new. Recently the car has started to make an unusual 'metallic sounding tick or click' in certain situations. The noise only occurs at low speed; for instance when
• Replacement for daughter's Clio? 30 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  of probems with car over last 4 years, is there any point in pursuing this with Renault HQ? (she is on her 4th Renault dealer - none of whom seem to show any concern) She has (understandably) lost all faith in Renault and Clios(and French cars!!) despite her 2 previous cars being Renault, - a 5 and an old
• 200 miles and dead plugs on a 306 28 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I have a Peugeot 306 1.8 Meridien, 2000 'V' reg with 83000 miles on the clock. I recently had a full service performed including new spark plugs. The first time I drove the car after the service was a 300 mile motorway trip. The first 150 miles were fine with no problems - then the car suddenly
• 18k to spend - speed & prestige needed 23 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  of performance, and want some prestige with it too (sad I know) which means not having something too old unless it's pretty special. The cars I've thought about are: BMW M3 E46 ('01 ish) -- worried about losing value now new shape is due BMW Z4 ('03) -- A4 Conv 3.0 / 3.0 quat ('02-'03) -- doesn't look
• How cheap does a Lacetti have to be? 12 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  My parents are considering replacing their 4 1/2 year old Focus 1.6 Flight, now coming up to 80k miles. They will not consider any of the following:- i. buying a nearly-new car from a car supermarket or even a main dealer; ii. buying a new import (fair enough - they're not cheap enough
• Merc A-Class - Who are they kidding? 23 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I take issue with the 'Class' bit - I had to clean a two month old A-Class the other day and I could hardly believe just how low rent they are! Its just tragic how bad things have got given how good the cars used to be. My particular concern was the quality of the boot trim - I know it may seem
• MX5 Auto advice required!!!! 31 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  of what mpg I would be likely to achieve. Or if anyone is better at Google ing than me, any good websites would be appreciated - I've tried the UK owners club site, but no specs there! And if it is an import, what are the differences to owning a UK car - insurances, MOTs, etc. It's >3years old
• Pre Motoring Tension 5 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Sat at my home office desk this morning and with double glazed windows closed, for some minutes I heard unbelievable female screaming and shouting from the house opposite. Fearing something dreadful, I looked out of the window to see front door open and sheepish ten year old boy come out followed
• Need new car suggestions 4 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I need to change my current car 1996 clio to something larger - ive got a beautiful 1 year old daughter and the associated pushchairs/highchairs/shopping that comes as part of the package. The main problem is that the clio rears seats just arent suitable for a child seat to fit in securely
• BMW questions 12 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  in HJ's directories but there's nothing useful in there. So does anyone have any links? The thing I most want to know is that, as the car is 4 years old and has covered 107k miles, will it be in need of a timing chain change? The last service of the car was at 91k so the garage is going to do a (non
• Ford Focus / FSH - Warranty 20 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Here's a dilemma that's probably common, but I'd be interested to get suggestions or opinions on it. I've just bought a 9 month old Ford Focus. It has 19,000 miles on the clock. I've bought it from a large online / phone based supplier in the uk. Having being promised a Service history
• Heater matrix pressure valve recall VW G 29 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  know if VW are likely to help out in fixing the matrix if it is shown that the modification wasn't carried out? I appreciate it's an old car, and that if the modification had been carried out the matrix might not have gone, but I wasn't aware of the problem until reading up on the internet when I
• Resetting the service indication - Micra 11 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  My interest is in resetting the computer screen \'service\' indication after a first oil change on a 2003 Micra SE. In spite of risking a bit of warrantee bother, it is a job I prefer to do myself. I saw Gunson equipment in Halfords for about £99 that, amongst other things, read and reset car
• Lumpy Skoda 30 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  The engine in my grandfathers old 1993 Skoda Favorit has started acting very strangely. Here goes the story... Filled it up monday just gone, and yesterday (friday) he started it and a very strong vibration was going all the way through the car. Also a strong smell of petrol could be smelt
• Thanks to HN, thanks to you guys 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Thanks for the valuable advice that HN and you guys have provided me over the past few months. Last weekend I sold my 10 year old, 165,000m BMW 525 TDS Estate - Left hand drive - to my local garage owner for £2K, who is taking it to Spain as the car for by the holiday home. I am sure
• Yaris antiroll bar bushes 20 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  need replacing fairly soon. I observed this myself and they did indeed look in bad condition, plus as he was just advising, not trying to get the work, I'm more inclined to take his advice. The car is under 3 years old, so would I have any luck getting this done under the warranty? (Not had the chance
• Help needed - Fiesta Wheel Alignment 6 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  I'm on the verge of tearing my hair out with this one so any help would really be appreciated! I have a 2002 (Old style) Fiesta with about 3,500 miles on. I noticed that the front nearside was wearing a bit too heavily around the outside edge so I had the alignment checked at ATS who said it was 2
• Honda Accord 30 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  Hey all Your collective wisdom is needed. My flat-mate has just put a deposit down on a car and now wants some advice on what to look out for on this particular model (wrong way round I know). This is where I am hoping some of you have either long memories or old cars. This being NZ, it is a Honda