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• Global Cool ! 1 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Quote: "Following yesterday?s official launch of their 10-year initiative, Global Cool descended on Downing Street this afternoon to show Tony Blair and Environment Secretary David Miliband just what they?re about. Joining the Global Cool team as they presented to both MPs and business leaders
• Changing - Legacy to Outback 23 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  . When I described it as looking like a Legacy she looked again and said, ?Oh, we do have a Subaru Legacy Outback, but it?s a Japanese import. We will insure it if you fit a Tracker?. Now that, in effect, is a further expensive insurance premium add-on, initial fitting cost and annual payment. Total
• The Avensis/Is220D engine 10 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  lag. At work I drive a variety of VW's (golf and passat in either TDI110/PD100/PD130 flavour) and so this is what I would be comparing with. Although the golf PD105's, for example, are much slower on paper, I found they felt alot quicker as they seemed to pull alot stronger straight from idle
• Pug 306 HDi Fuel Problems - HELP! 21 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I'm beginning to get quite desperate, so would appreciate any help. I have a Pug 306 HDi 1999 on a V plate. It has only ever had diesel in the tank. The...
• National Crime Squad Auction 4 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  GHIA 16V Hatchback, X409LGW LEXUS IS 200 2.0 S Saloon, SILVER, 4 Doors, Manual Transmission, Petrol, 91357 Miles, VU02PJY MG ZS 2.5 (180 PS) Hatchback, GREEN, 5 Doors, Manual tansmission, Petrol, 72393 Miles,WG51OKS MITSUBISHI GALANT 2.0 GLS Saloon, TURQUOISE, 4 Doors, Manual Transmission
• Tyre speed rating surprise 28 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  , the maximum certified speed is 300kph / 186mph. In simplified terms, the rating is obtained by increasing speed in 10kph increments, each for ten minutes duration, until the tyre starts to fail. Tyre Speed rating table (Rating / kph / mph) S 180 / 112 T 190 / 118 U 200 / 124 H 210 / 131 V
• Another bad VW dealer story 4 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  certainly not badly worn. Local tyre 'shop are doing tracking at about £17. After a short drive and a couple of minutes pushing on the front struts I traced the knock to a worn bottom joint on the N/S drop link. I wrote this down for them to take and show to the dealer. I really do find this kind of poor
• Admitting Liability 11 May 2005 (Forum)
  for people to emerge from that junction!) someone came charging down the outside lane (a right hand filter lane) and clipped her(my) car o/s bumper. This span her car onto another car waiting patiently in the traffic queue at the lights (waiting to go straight on). Anyways its pretty clear (to me
• New discs & pads for PUG 205 GTi 30 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  I have been toying with the idea of replacing the pads and disks on my PUG. From the S/H I gather that the discs are genuine and have covered some 65k (genuine!) miles from new, while the pads were last replaced @ 35k. By reading through the forums here (and not wishing to re-hash old topics
• Should I exchange my new Toyota? 15 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  the car was from Toyota and had probably been a rep?s car. The V5 confirmed the previous owner as Toyota GB. When I got home on Friday with the car I found a Hertz document referring to my car (reg number) along with a date of hire. Pretty clear evidence that it was previously a hire vehicle. So, I
• Unsprung Weight theory 12 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  . It had a lightweight fibreglass body mounted on a 1930's Ford 8 chassis and suspension. The suspension comprised two transverse leaf springs, one front and one rear, and it had feeble lever-type dampers. The springs each had seven leaves which made them too stiff for this now-lightweight car so I took
• Car keys 18 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  that I would have to accept an alternative - a locksmith would come, pick the door lock and re-program the car\'s electronics to accept an ignition key that he would provide. Apart from not having my spare key, I didn\'t have my car pass information with me either i.e. No number to program the new key
• which fuel (petrol) 8 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I'm sure this topic appears in other threads, but was brought to mind when reading the recent 'which diesel fuel' thread. This is a tale starting 10 years ago, so things may well be different/better now, but it?s absolutely true and with no exaggeration: I had an Uno Turbo which over time
• 344bhp - Oh My Gawd! 22 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  fantastic. goes like s*** thru a goose. and is just so addictive.
• Cutting congestion 26 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  the mid 80's, there are certain inhabitants who I've hardly ever seen on their 2 feet. Why is this ? Don't get me wrong, for a trip to the supermarket I take my car and for longer/inconvenient journeys I use it too. However for things like visits to the bank, post office, local shops, school etc. I do
• Number Plates 2 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  with this reg no please\" and hands over the V5 ( still looking smug!) \"Have you any ID with a photograph and address on it like a driving licence?\" \"Er no, but the cars outside\" (smug smile now gone!) \"The laws changed and we need to see some ID as well as the V5\" \"Thinks \" I know the law\'s changed
• Primera Starting problem 5 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  contamination), without luck. Does anyone have any ideas?? I'm wondering about a sticking Valve(s), although this seems unlikely to cause total failure to start considering it was 100% upto that point. Cheers Neil T SEAT Leon TDi 150
• Punctures (again) 4 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  will be worth many thousands of £££££'s and the fact that I would not have known about the previous bending if it had not been pointed out the next day by the MOT tester. Anyone had a tyre change recently and looked under the car? How do we protect our cars from this vandalism?
• hassles buying a car 27 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  I ordered a new Toyota over a month ago. At the time they told me they could get it in two weeks, but I said no that?s ok I?ll have it on the 1st Aug thanks. We agreed a delivery date. Subsequently that sales guy has left the company. Sales manger rings me up on holiday to tell me this. When I
• Lost Wheel Saga 29 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  towards me one evening, that I almost got a bit paranoid about night time driving especially on a dark motorway having visions of another wheel bouncing across the central barriers. Now to put it bluntly this is still going on, the Transport Industry has been buggering around since the 1970's and still