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  • Dashcams, Bless them! - Car Accident 10 Aug 2019 (Forum)
    So, silly season continues with little ones to amuse me. Parked in supermarket car park  front to back parking spaces no separation. I drove in facing forwards, stopped, handbrake on. decide to listen to end of song on radio so didn't switch off.  Car reversed
  • Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 99 2.5 parked up overnight and wont start now 3 Jul 2009 (Forum)
    I have a vauxhall vectra 2.5 v6 SRI. On driving home yesterday i noticed the EM light come on the dashboard. It stayed on for approximately 60 seconds during which the car felt lumpy and unresponsive. This cleared up, the light went off and the car drove home just fine . I then parked it up
  • Witness to neighbours car being hit whilst parked 8 Jun 2010 (Forum)
    Back in Feb, I was witness to my neighbours car being hit whilst parked in the private car park for our flats. At the time of the incident the female driver, got out of the car and inspected the damage along with her male passenger and gave me her details on request. At no point
  • SORN & poss £5000 fine. 17 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    Hi all, My tax and MOT expired at the end of Dec, so as I do not need the car, I applied for a SORN and parked it off road. I will not need my {2nd} car for a month or two. The SORN came back with a warning of a £5000 fine if I use the car on the public highway. Yet, in my local paper each week
  • Clause 56 Protection of Freedoms Bill 27 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
    Clause 56 of the Protection of Freedoms Bill states: "Recovery of unpaid parking charges Schedule 4 (which makes provision for the recovery of unpaid parking...
  • 2019 Ford Fiesta MK8 - Electrical Fault 1 Mar 2022 (Forum)
    to reset the ignition, started it up again - it worked fine again.  Then on the way back to Manchester after being left in a car park for 5 hours, the SYNC 3 system switched off completely and stopped charging my phone. After about 10 seconds, it came back on and was fine
  • Ford Fiesta - First car claim need some help 5 Feb 2020 (Forum)
     Hi guys  new member her  I am just after some opinions of what you think my Insurance company is probably going to do to my car. The backstory:  I parked my car at work which is tesco and they have signs which say the don't accept liability which
  • Honda Accord Tourer - Weird boot problem 7 Sep 2011 (Forum)
    I have a weird problem with my Accord Tourer. I parked my car this morning and it was fine, however when I drove it home I noted the boot open light was on. I stopped, opened and closed the boot but the light was still on. I opened it again and used the powered closing mechanism (which
  • Renault Clio 1.6 "HELP" 5 Jan 2005 (Forum)
    Just bought a 1.6RXE Clio and everything seemed fine. It had been in some ones garage for a month and had had head gasket work done on it etc - £600+ worth. Went to see it a few times and it seemed fine. Drove it home today (longest run its had in months as the guy towed it to get the engine job
  • Renault Scenic (2003 - 2009) - 04 'Check Parking Brake' warning after pad change 9 Dec 2008 (Forum)
    service light (the word "SERVICE") and an orange triangle with an orange "P" in its centre. Have I wrecked something? Is it possible to remove the warning? The brakes work fine, and the parking brake works as it should... I don't really want to take it to a Renault dealer. Any help much appreciated
  • 2011 toyota auris hybrid, with NAV - Fitting CARPLAY, to a mk1 toyota auris 10 Nov 2021 (Forum)
    Is this a big job, the unit is a double din touchscreen, with NAV, and reverse cam, but the standard radio sucks, no DAB, and the maps are slow and outdated, CARPLAY would be much better.   I can pull the old unit out, just fine, many connectors to the rear, i can't see the 'upload
  • Astra J 2013 SRi A16XER - No Central Display, Radio and Centre Buttons Inop 3 Apr 2021 (Forum)
    Hi as always, just out of 2nd hand warranty, my daughters Astra has this morning shown the above problem. The central display has flickering lines, no radio function, apart from the steering wheel controls and the buttons above (parking sensor ec) have also ceased to function
  • How to avoid getting your car towed away 21 Oct 2019 (Forum)
    http://tinyurl.com/ypjjzr Apparently Glasgow City Council's removal lorries can only lift "normal" cars and this businessman, so far, has got round the ruling albeit he is paying parking tickets. Wonder why they don't introduce clamping for such vehicles? OK the fine won't put him off
  • airport pickups 24 Sep 2016 (Forum)
    Stansted previously so I am a novice and don't want to be either ripped off for parking or fined via a camera for transgressing some spurious marked zone. Does anyone on the forum have the lowdown on how to pick up safely and sensibly from Stansted? Your comments would be appreciated
  • No front number plate 6 Apr 2011 (Forum)
    A relative who works in the BBC buildings (not for the BBC) often admires a stunning new Ferrari 599 GTO parked in isolation near the goods despatch area. It belongs to a well known tv and radio presenter, who owns several classic Ferraris (you probably know who this is). It was only
  • Volvo S60 (2000 - 2009) - 02 2.0 Autobox gearstick illumination not working 10 Oct 2009 (Forum)
    the light display on my auto gearbox shift has stopped working,its the one next to the gear stick, that displays the gear the cars in ,reverse,drive ,park etc,also a warning light is displayed on the instrument panel,it says reduced gearbox function, the car still shows the gear its
  • Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.6 Hissing noise from front wheel 19 Aug 2009 (Forum)
    I have a 2002 manual ford focus 1.6L. Recently noticed a hissing noise coming under the front drivers side wheel arch after driving the car, which stops about 15 seconds after parking the car. Sounds like its coming from the wheel/brake on that side. Tyre pressures are fine and no obvious problems
  • Jeep Grand Cherokee (1994 - 1999) - 95 4.0 Unable to start 15 Aug 2009 (Forum)
    My jeep was parked one morning and in the afternoon it would not start, checked for spark and there isn't one. The commonest problem I've seen with these is the crank sensor although this did seem a bit all of a sudden as there was now warning or other problems leading up to it. fuel pump primes
  • FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 96 1.0 Handbrake light coming on when driving. 20 Apr 2009 (Forum)
    Fiat Punto - the dashboard handbrake warning light is coming on when driving at certain quite low speeds but goes off when you stop. The light work fine when you put the handbrake on to park. Seems something is loose or reacting to the forward movement of the car to make a contact somewhere
  • Speed limiter and cruise control 22 Feb 2008 (Forum)
    both speed limiter and cruise control. Plus it has an auto parking brake with hill start assist. Do they work well? I managed without them just fine all these years. Sounds v expensive if things go pear shaped? Ta
 

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