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• Next Generation VTEC 28 May 2007 (Forum)
  To all you VTEC lovers out there. Honda have filed a patent on AVTEC for a fully variable valve timing and lift system. The only one currently on the market currently is BMW?s Valvetronic, which also removes the need for a throttle butterfly. Every other system as of today has fully variable valve
• Zetec SE Camshaft Question 23 May 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, I have just taken the Rocker cover off of my Focus to take a look at my camshafts to see if one had snapped. It hadn't and both turned when i put...
• Manual Gearbox oil change - Honda Civic 14 May 2007 (Forum)
  Hi I have a Honda Civic 1.4 (2001), and want to replace the gearbox oil. The manual only refers to the specification of the oil as "Honda MTF". Halfords only seems to sell there own brand 80W90, and a quick look at the Castol site, suggests SMX-S which is a Fully synthetic SAE 75W-85. Does
• Honda or Vauxhall? 22 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I expect these to be about the same price (£495): 1995 M Vauxhall Cavalier 2ltr GLSi 5 door hatch back met green e/windows s/roof c/lock tow bar 11mo. MOT 5mo. tax. 1995 2.2 Automatic Honda Accord Estate (Aerodeck?), leather , air cond. 5mo. MOT, 10mo. tax. Which might be the better bet, from
• 80 grand merc' gone...how? 14 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  OK, a chauffeur leaves the £80k Merc S class with all the kit and caboodle on his drive overnight, ready for an early start next day. In the morning, the car has gone. Has sophisticated anti theft alarm, coded keys, whatever. No one heard a thing. Tracker shows zero, nothing, zilch, da nada
• Pug 106 Coolant Temperature Light coming 16 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  My 1998 1.4 106's coolant temperature warning light is coming on after 2 or 3 miles but there is no evidence of overheating. The coolant level is ok and when I let the car tickover for 10 mins or so the coolant warning light came on well before the cooling fans did suggesting that the car
• Fiesta Lower Arm Suspension 9 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Fiesta MK3. I'm going to change the O/S/F lower suspension arm complete with ball joint. In order to separate the ball joint do I need to lever the hub up a bit allowing the lower arm to drop so that the ball joint spindle can clear the spindle carrier ? Also to slip in the new ball
• Whats the most perfect car youve driven? 13 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I have to say a late 90's XJR in dark blue with grey interior and that black wood trim. Just the classiest, most comfortable, sublime car ive ever driven. Made me want one instantly. Much better looking than the latest model too. Rather liked the Audi A8 aswell, for its battleship style dashboard
• Beware! Car recovery abroad. Read first 18 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  In case you have not read this in the DT travel Q & A s "We were left stranded and out of pocket after a motorway crash" Worth reading the item below. It is easy to think "I am fully insured" but how do you deal with the "panic" situation of an unusable vehicle and a family to get home etc. http
• Focus - changing a headlamp bulb 23 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  I'm a constant moaner about duff lights but discovered this evening that the n/s dip bulb on SWMBO's Focus was dead. I want to get onto the case in the morning and I've sussed that there is some instruction in the 'Owners's Guide'. After recent posts about difficulties in changing bulbs, have I
• What Would you have done? 13 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  M6 S/bound yesterday round Stafford. I was a passenger and we were slack-jawed at the behaviour of a driver of a transit following a car that was obviously not going fast enough for his liking as he was less than 10 foot off his bumper doing about 86-90mph. It was insane driving
• Fuel Duty Escalator Again? 2 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  sure," Mr Norris told BBC Radio 4's World at One." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/09/01/ntory01.xml Kevin...
• Rear Leg Room 31 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I currently have a Volvo V70 S-reg estate. However, I have one son over six feet tall and another one catching him up and they are starting to want more leg room than the car provides, especially since my husband and I are tall too. I was wondering if anyone could recommend a car with a good
• Corruption in German Car Making 6 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Reading this am's Sunday T***s - a German prosecutor has described the payment of bribes to people within the VW / Audi purchasing group as normal ! The investigation suggest that this is spreading to BMW and also PSA. VW chairman is suggesting this practice is inflating the cost of supply
• Focus 4 x 4 a cracker 1 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  As someone who was contemplating buying the forthcoming Honda CRV, which is due to be launched later this year, if the preview pictures are to be believed, the thing is so ugly, there is no way I will be buying one. What a pleasant surprise however to see this week`s Auto Express release
• peugeot 306 td airbag light 30 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  blocks but to no avail I would be grateful if any one could shed any light on this for me...thank`s nige
• Moggy Minor - the most british vehicle 22 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Morris Minor tops poll of most quintessentially British vehicles http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2006/07/14/014722.html Top ten list of the UK?s most quintessentially British vehicles 1. Morris Minor 2. Aston Martin 3. Rolls Royce 4. Fire Engine 5. Mini 6. Black Cab 7. Double decker
• FIAT 500 4 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  come back - does anyone know any specific details of what's happening?! Think it might well rival the MINI for cuteness, or it should do anyway! Lee -- There\'s no place like 127.0.0.1
• TVR Chimera dimensions 30 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Anyone know how to find out the dimensions of a TVR Chimera? Been googling round for ages and had no luck. Yes I'm trying to find out if one would fit in my garage, MR2's a tight fit but still usable with the mirrors folded in, garage doors are 202cm at their narrowest, rest of garage is 220cm
• Pinto valve gear 17 May 2006 (Forum)
  I have a very simple but quite urgent question that many br people can answer off the tops of their heads, but I can't because I've never owned one. Is and injected 1983 Pinto engine in a Ford Scorpio provided with hydraulic tappets? My hostess's example here in the mountains of S. Spain sounds