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• Two Policies on One Car 6 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  I've tried searching for the answer but cannot find a scenario like ours. Basically, step-son has a car with about 2 months insurance to run. He then intends getting rid of car before college but wants the one years no claims. He's asked his mother can he transfer the remainder of the policy
• Inexpensive motoring - how? 17 May 2005 (Forum)
  ) and run it into the ground, but run the risk that it might have a dramatic failure early in its ownership that makes it expensive? My own circumstances are that we need two cars, mostly for shorter trips, with 2/3 people, and not much need for load/luggage. Add to the mix that we live down a lane that's
• Fiesta stalling 14 May 2005 (Forum)
  inclination was that it was flooded, for no good reason. Where should I start to poke around? I think it's on the fuel side rather than electrical catastrophe, although quality of spark might be a factor I suppose. I haven't looked at anything yet. I took it for a run last weekend and it seemed to run fine
• Ford Focus C-Max 2.0tdci zetec 24 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Hi I have a problem with the above named car. The engine runs but only at tickover. The car has only done 11500 miles. I diagnosed an ECU failure, the man who came to collect the car to take to the garage stated "its computers gone, its not going anywhere". I have had a similar fault on a high
• mondeo overheating, help! 2 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Our elderly '94 Mondeo 2.0 petrol is overheating, but not losing water. Seems OK on several longish runs then symptoms reappear. Symptoms are after running for some time or idling for a few minutes; temp gauge creeps towards red, heater goes cold if set to hot. Stopped immediately and checked under
• Polo 1.4 2002- Emission light reset 20 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  80-odd year old chap who lives near me called me today. His 2003 Polo 1.4 was running terrible (missing, no power). 'EPC' and 'Emissions' fault lights were on. The car is only a year old and had just been serviced by the VW dealer (25 miles away). I checked the engine over and found
• Is it me or is it the car ? 14 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  anything that my 1.8t Golf Gti wasnt more than capable of and I'm not being stupid - maybe enthusiastic ! Car: BMW120d, RWD, Sports suspension, Run flat tyres. It occurs to me I am now driving a RWD car with a heavier engine upfront along with run flat tyres which, to use a racing analogy feel like
• Weired Golf GTI problem 3 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm posting this on behalf of a friend who has a weired problem with his 1992 Mk 3 Golf GTI. It is suffering some undiagnosed electrical fault. It's happened twice and he has taken it garage can find the fault. The symptoms are as follows: Hot engine (normal long run) under deceleration
• compression saab900 16 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  we\'ve just bought a \'98 saab 900s bifuel (petrol/lpg saab installed) at what seems like a pretty good price @£2500. It has done about 110,000 miles . The gas was not working when we bought it but the vendors said it was a fairly cheap repair. After conventional service the car was running
• 306 xsi 99 erratic revving 13 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I bought a 306 xsi on a v plate and from the day I left the garage I've been getting problems with it. When running normal it loses power and "kangaroos" as though it is running out of fuel.It also idles erraticaly and has stalled a few times. I took the car back to the garage and it was blamed
• Extended Services/Tuning Boxes 1 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Is there any wonder that buyers of ex fleet and many privately owned turbo diesels run into turbo and fuel pump problems at less than 50k miles on the used car market, and then get an adverse opinion of the vehicle as a result of abuse by the previous owner/driver.??? After visiting BMW forums
• Medium/small estate for £2000? 7 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  just been talking it through with him. My first reaction was "Mondeo estate". The situation is that he is retired, wants something cheap to run, doesn't need a powerful car, but does need a bit of space to carry round an electric wheelchair in the boot. He then mentioned an Astra estate
• 2nd car diesel v petrol 1 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  A forthcoming job change means I need a 2nd car. As I only need the car for work, I?m trying to workout how best to ensure my running cost are covered by my mileage allowance. A small petrol engine car, e.g. Fiesta 1.1, Corsa 1.2, Peugot 1.1, gives lower insurance and tax, but a lower allowance
• Overheated Rover 214 - Help! 15 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  pumping hot air and the guauge dropped back to normal! So I got home ok, most of the water was gone, but there is no sign of any water loss. Left it for an hour, refilled the water and run it up to temp. Still cannot find any water leaks, drips or weeps anywhere - everything is tight and dry. However
• Rover 414 stalling 3 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I have an L reg rover 414i. It's been a great car and a good runner - until now. It has 125,000 on the clock. It start perfectly and runs well for the first 20-30 minutes. Depending on the air temperature, if it gets to full running temperature, at speed, the revs can severely dip on occassions
• power loss - Merc C240 7 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  , and accelerate, but once you hit 4,500 rpm, it runs out of steam. I\'ve managed to get it up to 4,750 rpm or thereabouts, but no more. Car feels as if it\'s struggling to go faster - held back in some way. Kickdown, just the same: it changes down but runs out of go at 4,500 rpm. I thought it might be a clogged
• Emissions, and stuff 1 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  If you've been reading recent posts, you might know that I've just taken the Golf TDi for it's MoT. It passed, but not quite just like that. The emissions were OTT. The advice was "change the air filter, put some Miller's Dieselclean Plus in the fuel, change the fuel filter and run it for 600
• Car of the past for the future. 12 May 2003 (Forum)
  If you like to buy and run older cars, I'm thinking in the region of, L(93/94), M(94/95) and N(95/96) with something around 100K miles for around £1000, and you would like the following qualities 1). A workhorse. 2). Reasonably good styling. 3). Reliable and good to run for another 100K. In my
• Exchange of fluids! 18 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  We have a 2 year old Skoda Fabia 1.9 tdi, with the PD engine. It has covered just under 45,000 km and we hope, as pensioners, to keep the car in good running order until WE are not! I asked my Skoda dealers to carry out the 45,000 service last Monday and in addition requested they change
• 306 DTurbo starting 16 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  times until it will eventually run. Once started, it runs fine, plenty of power and it is not using any coolant or oil (Headgasket was done 6K ago). I thought it could be air getting into the fuel system somewhere, so I pumped the priming bulb several times. There is a slight weep from the top