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• A "get me home" DIY job - legal or not? 6 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  hi, my throttle cable broke yesterday (earlier post) but I've managed to get the car working with the aid of some strong wire anchored to the carb lever threaded through the bonnet into my driver window, how illegal is that to operate i only want to get the car back ( 4 miles) out of a no go area
• Not so perfect Lexus 18 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  through the cloud our cabin stank of burning oil. It looked like this car had had a hard life from leaving the dealership and at less than three years old looked almost ready for the scrapheap.
• GAP Insurance 13 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Given that my Mondeo will depreciate fairly steeply even though it's 14 months old, I'm considering Total Loss GAP insurance which should pay the difference between the car insurance payout and what I paid for the car should it be written off. Got quotes for £125-£160 for 3-5 years which doesn't
• Advice on buying a used diesel hatch 8 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Hi I'm looking for some informed advice on my next car purchase. My basic criteria: Diesel Price old mileaqe <30000 paying cash going to be used for motorway travel mainly, approx 20kpa I don't have any particular preferences make wise but the Ford Focus seems
• Swift Opinion? 30 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  My wife's Golf is coming up to five years old and has not exactly been reliable. We now want to replace it with something a bit smaller (kids left home), but are not keen on the Polo despite being long time VW drivers. We have had a look at the Suzuki Swift and like what we see. We had a very
• VW warranty issue 29 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  I have a small problem with my VW Passat. Some of the 'soft feel' plastic trim on the driver's door is starting to break up (peel off). The car is less than three years old and still under VW warranty. However VW are saying that this is wear and tear and so not covered. The car has had a gentle
• Polo Twist 2004 1.4 squeak 4 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  seems exorbitant and more like the cost of replacing them altogether. Anyone have any experience of this problem or comments on the cost ? Apparently this problem is not included in the warranty. The car is about 18 months old.
• Warm feet - cool face 23 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Advice from fellow readers requested ... My Nissan Primera is getting old and needs to be replaced. I can set the heater to warm the cabin and cool my face at the same time. Great for keeping alert on long winter motorway journeys. Most new cars these days have sophisticated systems that cannot
• Zafira 2.0DTi - what's it like? 14 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  Am thinking of changing the car. Top choice at the moment is either another Mondeo TDCi or Focus estate, but since the arrival of daughter number 2 3 weeks ago am seriously considering an old shape Zafira. Daily commute is a 100 mile round trip so would need to be Diesel, problem
• How much gearbox oil Fiesta MK3 20 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Could someone please let me know how much gearbox oil I should fill my gearbox which I have just put in as a replacement for my knackered old one (Ford Fiesta XR2i 1991 Hreg). It was sitting in my garage for about 3 months and was completely dry of oil, when the car was back on the car I filled
• Why buy second hand. 11 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  I was one of the many that said I would never buy a brand new car. However, I've been back looking at Leon 1.9TDi Cupras and dealers want £14995 for 04 plates. Internet brokers are offering brand new UK cars for £14000 and looking on the cupranet site, others have achieved £14500 from dealers. I'm
• Unrealistic Prices 8 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Hi all, I was having a perusal of EBAY and happened across a 9 year old BMW M3. Now one thing - I love my BM's - Dad's mate has a new M3 and it is absolutely gorgeous...but I digress. The bidding is at £6,600. That seems awfully steep for a car with 130,000 miles on the clock. Obviously
• How not to sell a new car! 23 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Went with son yeesterday to see about changing a one year old MG ZR, not a mark on it and tyres barely showing sign of any wear, for something a bit quicker. I lurked in the background and played no part in the proceedings. Nearly an hour later I asked how did he get on? I was doing OK until
• MOT criteria wrong? 9 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  I have seen some pretty grotty two-three year old cars and it's made me wonder whether the 3yo/1st MOT rule is correct. Most examples will have travelled around 30k miles in 3 years, some double or more. Equally, a lot of older cars will only have travelled a very few thousand miles since
• car stereo - no code 20 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  My brother is selling his sony minidisc head unit (about 4 years old) and I am quite tempted to buy it off him as it will only cost me a couple of pints. The problem is he doesn't have the manual for it (only the reciept) and therefore doesn't have a code for it or any documentation that might
• Mazda 323 Steering hiss. Any ideas? 17 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  The power steering on my 2 year old Mazda 323 hisses once the car is warmed through and can be heard easily in the cabin. The noise occurs when turing the steering wheel a couple of degrees to the left - not even as far as full lock. Mazda has already replaced the steering rack but now refuses
• What IS average mileage? 12 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I'm looking at replacing my wonderful old Corolla, it's an 1988 E reg and has less than 118,000 genuine miles on the clock, so many car adverts say low/average mileage, and an N reg I found seemed to imply that 80k was low mileage? I realise that I've been spoilt but is there a guide anywhere
• Devils advocate, fuel cell cars 8 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  don't have a water cooling system, how are we going to get the heater to work in winter, may be the old petrol burner they fitted to the air cooled VW variants.
• japanese parts 7 May 2003 (Forum)
  Having popped into the local branch of german and swedish to get a couple of bits for me, the old man was sufficiently impressed with them that he asked me if I know any similar suppliers of parts for japanese cars - nissan especially. Of course I don't know any as I don't drive a jap car. But I
• HJ and VW advice 30 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  In a recent DT article,there was a chap asking about purchasing a 60,000 mile, 18 month old company car. HJ said it should be OK providing all servicing is carried out. However he stated that VW group cars should be avoided. Why? I'm a bit puzzled as he usually sings the praises of VWs. Also