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• Audi & Castrol SLX OIl 26 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  I see in the latest Audi Magazine that they are now suggesting oil change intervals (even with P.D. Diesel engines) of 30,000 miles using Castrol`s fully synthetic oil - SLX, and after initial trials have found no measurable wear on mechanicals. From personable experience with an Audi A4 2.8 V6
• En route 15 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  national. After years of 'just a bit further and we'll find the camp site' we've decided to go for a night's stop and a bit less pressure. Cheers and thanks in advance Colin S
• Subaru Forester PX Berlingo/Kangoo 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  I have a new client who needs a Berlingo/Kangoo type utility vehicle for a new business venture. They have a 99T Subaru Forester S Turbo to dispose of. The new venture is top priority so they have very little time to ?shop around? or dispose of the Subaru privately, so they are looking for a part
• Hoarding 11 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  gauges, Whitworth spanners, micrometers, engineer?s blue ? 6v car bulbs. Is there anything more redundant than a slide rule? Is it a gender thing, do all men hoard? BobH
• Able to drive? 24 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Are there any physical conditions, other than blindness and simple inability to handle the controls, that preclude a person,s roight to drive? For example, I have met drivers who are blind in one eye, another profoundly deaf, others with diabetes and several with angina. All of these either affect
• Personal registration 28 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I have been offered S2 NNM (my initials) today by junk mail from a company called Alpha One, Amersham, Bucks for the apparently very reasonable price of £360 plus VAT and DOT assignment fee of £80. I very much fancy this registration for my S reg Rover 600. Does anyone have any experience
• Summer Toy Suggestions 23 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  about £5K and could be turned into a winter resto' project later in the year. Up for consideration were : A '60's American ragtop A Frogeye Sprite or MG Any other suggestions or recommendations ? Kevin...
• New Corolla 8 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Had a tour around the new Toyota Corolla the other day. Very impressed! Beautiful fit & finish, especially in the cabin, whith nice plastics and a very 'German' ambience. I've owned two Corollas before (a s/hand F reg 1.6 exec hatch - nice, and a K reg saloon - bland and boring, but both totally
• Car Reviews and advertising 5 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  An interesting article in today?s Telegraph when ?Motormouth?(Mike Rutherford) resisted the advances of high powered Ford PR men and wrote a pretty damning article on the new Fiesta. Admittedly a subjective view, but there seems to be a correlation between the amount of advertising manufacturers
• Who needs it? 10 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  In an unrelated thread last week, a comment about manufacturers adding new bits just to make us change to a new model caught my eye. Yes, yes. So, let's hear it........... Which new modification(s) in recent years have been wholly superfluous ... or worse, just a darned nuisance? I'll
• Wat else will diesel engines fun off? 31 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  My cousin runs his early 70's {no road tax} land rover diesel on used engine oil collected by his mate at the local waste disposal site. Uses proper diesel too sometimes. Bad for the environment, but good for his pocket? It tends to run on a bit though, and a little messy filtering the old oil
• Vauxhall Omega idle speed 16 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  . The Vauxhall dealer has had three attempts to rectifiy this problem and it;s still there. I am aware of another (manual) Omege with the same problem.
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  Does rapid charging damage electric vehicles? 30 Nov 2020 (Ask HJ)
  Does the rapid charging of electric cars have any significant detrimental effects, i.e. shortening the battery's life?
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  Should I buy a lead acid or calcium battery? 25 Sep 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1999 Morgan +4. Should I buy a lead acid or a calcium battery? My last battery was a Halfords lead acid and lasted seven years.
• Corsa 1.2 16V 2010 - Corsa 2010 Sub Frame Corrosion 20 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  :- with Advisory notice item(s) : Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (2.4.G.1)   February 6th 2018 :- Fail :- Reason(s) for failure : Nearside Front Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened at lower arm fixing (2.4.G.1)   ie 6
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  Does my car need to be dealer serviced to maintain full service history and warranty? 24 Sep 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2016 Audi A3 sportback S-line. Very pleased with it, but it's now due its first service. Do I need to go through Audi? I have an excellent local...
• Mini Cooper D (59 plate PSA Engine) - Mini Cooper D - DPF issues.. s 17 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  to finish cleaning it, Finally a forced regen and the thing was as good as new..  Worked a treat..MPG back up to the mid 60's 6. one month later the dpf light is back..and came on during a motorway drive My Weekly driving
• BerlingoBerlingo - Citroen steering knock 1 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  to be my steering rack and over many months the n/s/f tracking would go out and pull to the left, so had the tracking reset a couple of times. In February 2014 had a new rack fitted by my mechanic with a reconditioned one from Camberley Auto Factors plus the near and o/side front lower ball joints and n/s
• MINI Coupe Cooper S - Rattles, Thumps, Squeaks and Bumps. 25 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  We purchased a MINI Coupe Cooper S in June 2012. What a mistake. They purport to be a premium brand but our experience contradicts this. After two days of battery died. Not a flat battery but a faulty battery which left us stranded. After a week the hatch was failing to close properly
• Cheap (and smallish) family car for London (Rover Freelander S, Citroen Xsara Picasso, VW Golf) 29 May 2013 (Forum)
  . VW Golf might  be another option, but not sure about the boot space as need to see one. Land Rover Freelander s was recommended by a friend as you can pick these up