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• Red light cameras 4 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  there is no traffic approaching the junction on the other roads. He say?s this has happened since the installation of an inductive loop about 200 yds from the junction. Curiouser and curiouser
• Car Hire of diferent autos 13 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Honst John and the rest of the motoring section in the ET each week and it brings back the years I spent driving in the UK while I was in the service in the 60's I had a 1961 Austin Healy 3000 that I loved and drove over 100,000 miles in 3 years...
• Getting the gear 9 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  you shout 'NOW, NOW'' Any advice would be welcome and received with gratitute. Thanks Colin S
• Please give me a bus pass - not! 6 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  getting up to get off or the bus stopping light was lit after someone had rung the bell. So you could not even get an observation link there. Grizzle grizzle grizzle, there that?s better.
• Peugot 306 Air Conditioning 3 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  sir, thank you." Thinking that it might be wise to renew the short pipe at the same time, as it might not be far behind, they did not have one in stock, " Sell a lot of those mate, got 13 on back order, like rocking horse s..t, don't know when they will be in." I would have expected the pipes to have
• vw passat model variant 19 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  Hi Guys first time on HJ so please be gentle on me, just acquired a brand new VW Passat 1.9 td pd (red d and red i letters on badge) from a car supermarket (S Ireland import). I am trying to acsertain exactly what engine spec I have 100hp or 130hp. I bought it as a 100 but information supplied
• Cuba Fly Drive 29 May 2008 (Forum)
  We wanted to see the faded grandeur of Cuba before Fidel Castro pops his clogs and there?s soon a MacDonalds on every corner. So, after doing fair amount of research (thanks HJ forum) SWMBO and I booked a flydrive holiday to Cuba. If you haven?t got time to read further I?ll summarise my feelings
• 2 weeks in the US - observations motoring & other 13 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  , but with a great satellite radio (Sirius I think)- kids kept wanting radio 1 but 70's and 80's channels won the day! Could not really find traffic announcements but I think that was again similiar to the UK with most cars and say if you are on AM you can't receive FM traffic announcements. Used BIL's Tom Tom 710
• What used family car? Too much choice is a curse.. 29 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  in now, in another 4-5yrs?    Current cars I'm considering (all 2-3 yrs old); ·         USED Skoda Superb TSI 1.5 or 2.0 (S E L Executive or Sport line) – o    Pro
• Toyota Verso impressions and ruminations 10 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  accelerating - very similar to the S-Max and C4 Picasso in this respect - but never unpleasant and with plenty of power in store. Based on this, I'd feel no need to pay the extra for the T180. Privacy glass. Horrible. Impaired the view in the interior mirror and made over-the-shoulder checks
• 306 406 HDi timing belt / pulley tick 22 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  otherwise runs/starts fine. Note it quickly deteriorates into lathe chewing metal noise. This is a tow-in, not drive-in, job once you hear it. -- Note:1 I've had lots of pulley failures in taxi fleets, mainly 406's, but 306's now showing same trait as they approach the 1st belt change. Pug HQ has been
• For Volvoman 14 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  probably adds well over an hour on top of what you would do if only stopping for fuel, but what?s an hour? Much better to relax and enjoy. Doing this, coming back we get to Brussels in one leg, which takes 12.5-13 hours each time, and during which we cover about 850 miles. That's still a pretty
• New Cars in 2002 11 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  ? September 2002 Jaguar S-type R - April 2002 Jaguar X-type 2.1 - March 2002 Jaguar XJ replacement ? October 2002 Jensen C-V8 - October 2002 Kia off-roader ? September 2002 Lamborghini Murcielago - April 2002 Land Rover Discovery facelift ? July 2002 Lotus Elise Sport 135 - January 2002 Maserati Spyder
• Need a new to me car 1 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  2 motorway journeys a month either to a friends who lives on the outskirts of Solihull, or a family member who lives on the outskirts of Sutton Coldfield. Having had diesels all my life, and towing caravans and driving horseboxes since in my mid 20's, now find the prospect of getting a 'new
• Suzuki Vitara - High pitched sound when driving 24 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  Hi, Looking for some help diagnosing my issue. I recently bought a 2018 Suzuki Vitara S All Grip Automatic and a few days later it developed a noise when driving. The closest thing I can compare the noise to is a high pitched whistle/buzzing on a phone line. The sound becomes
• The Internet - Automated Automotive Idiocy 23 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  of this BS is now probably not being directly generated by i****s. Its being generated by AI systems. Heres a striking example  https://bryansgarage.com/types-of-cylinder-wall-damage/ "Arcing Damage Arcing damage is one of the most common cylinder wall damages
• Volvo S60 / V60 / XC60 - Volvo D4 VEA engine - EGR problem 6 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  .   Several owners of new-ish Volvo S/V60 and XC60 cars with the VEA D4 engine have had the ‘check engine’ light pop up within a few months from new (reported on the Volvo Owner’s Club forums).  It happened to my own V60
• Iveco/Renault/Ford - Torn between buying a used or new van. 9 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  the dealer they always put me off, they seem to have  a knack of talking a non stop stream of b******s.  Every time I look at a van I think how did the dealer acquire it? Why did the original owner sell it? I've seen a 2018 plate Renault Master with less than 40K at £18K with no vat, he's got
• Brand perception and EV 12 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  compared to ICEs. In EV, consumer perception is Tesla is the best. Nokia was king of dumb phones but it died in smartphone era. Kodak died  in digital camera era. How many car companies will disappear in EV era?   PS: No idea why "w a t c h e s
• Volkswagen Polo IV - Timing Chain 1 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Hi, I am interested to see if anyone has had the same of similar Experience as me on the latest (2009/10 onwards) VW POLO 1.2 S A/C, 3 Cylinder, Petrol 60ps. In short the timing chain had stretched which has put the timing out I have a 2010 Polo with 85,000miles on the clock. I had the traction