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• Land Rover Freelander 2 (2006 - ) - Anyone with experience of an automatic ? 13 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  . Quick for a hulk as well, very grunty . A little juciy but apart from that it has a good towing capacity which hopefully means the box is strong. Has anyone actually experienced any problems yet. I have spoken to a couple of dealers independent of a sales inquirey & they say they are the best vehicle
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - 94 1.7td non starter 12 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  hi,i have recently aquired the cv off a friend.i put jump leads to it with a new battery too,still wont start.so i towed iyt and she fired up and purred like a kitten.shes been stood for a year. the only thing ive noticed now is that i have to put a jump lead to the engine just to get
• Fabia V Focus 4 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Uncle looking to change his car and its between two cars. 03 Fabia 1.9 diesel 70k trim level he can't recall £4,300 with £1,500 trade in on a car worth £1,000 tops so say £3,800 for cash. Or 02 Focus 1.8 diesel 70k trim again he can't remember. Same money. The Focus has a tow bar which always
• A tale of hope in the motor trade. 11 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Some foreign tourists in the area last week lost their keys, this rendered them totally immobile. Local indie was the nearest garage to them, he turned up in his truck and towed the vehicle away. Whilst they sat down to that uniquely British experience of bacon butty and tea in the statutory
• Flood damaged engines 10 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  We had a VW LT35 recovered today - flood damage. The driver said that the van just stopped, and that the water was at headlamp (air intake) level. Apparently he was able to move the van from the flood water by using the starter motor whilst in gear. Someone offered him a tow start, and eventually
• Towbar question 28 May 2007 (Forum)
  A question for anyone who tows, or for the clever people amongst us! A towbar sticks out the back of the car, and a towball is bolted on to it. On a Honda CRV the boot mounted spare wheel prevents the use of the towball mounted cycle carrier that I currently have. I am thinking of the possibility
• VW Golf - water in the oil tank 6 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  To cut a a long story short, my wife has just managed to pour 2 litres of water into the oil filler, thinking it was the radiator filler. Fortunately she realised her error before starting up the engine (well, a passing bloke pointed it out to her....). The car is currently being towed home
• diesel particulate filter - Audi A4 (06) 10 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Hi. I have an Audi A4 cabrio. '06 model 4 cylinder2.0 Tdi. Since purchase , filter has been a nightmare. Clogs up on short and repetitive town journeys.Broken down 3 times to be towed away. Had new ECU, new filter, new sensors. Light is still coming on. Been in over 15 times to Audi. they say car
• m reg rover 414 sli rear shocks 21 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  has done the bounce test and they return after one bounce. personally i think that it is due to the tow bar,as i think it is a little low but is fitted correctly. has he got something to worry about or is he just imagining this? also it is happening with just him in the car with no load, so would
• Brake fluid and bad luck 29 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  to cross it in red and stop on the other side. We were towed home and found out that the brakes pump has gone. The next week I got a camera notification for going on red light which was on for 66 seconds. Great! I will pay it and get 3 points on my provo license but how can I complain to the police
• Test Drive Technique...? 23 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  asked but in Honest Johns Car by Car breakdown he suggests to be aware that the autobox might be worn. Is there anything in particular I can do while on the test drive that will give me some pointers? I know to check the ATF and the service history for fluid changes, and one of the cars has a tow bar
• Transportation of broken down car 14 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  . How best (cheapest) to recover this: 1. RAC can organise private recovery but obviously expect me to foot the bill; 2. Ring round private recovery firms for quotes; 3. Tow it myself. Option 3 is excluded for reasons of safety. The route's round the s/w corner of the M25 and along the M4. I
• Sailing Dingies 18 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  that it is towing a sailing dingy with mast horizontal and pointing my way. There was a rag tied to the tip, and it was heading for ME. Those brakes were good, provided you put sufficient boot behind them, and I did. The Cortina stopped ?on a dime?, with a great noise. It must have shaken the people in front
• AX Throttle Fault 5 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Anyone got any ideas where to start with this one? A friend has an AX 1.0 'K' plate. It broke down and had to be towed-the fault is this (this info is second hand from the AA man to her to me so apologies for the vagueness). The car will idle but apparently when the throttle is pressed the engine
• gift horse or money pit? 17 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  , and it was no more than the sender wire having been knocked off, after checking the dip stick, and finding the level correct, i continued driving until the van ground to a halt, a short tow back to the garage, and removal of the oil filter indicated that the oil pump wasnt working. one new oil pump and £250 further
• Galant engine failure 6 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Hello all, A guy at work has a 98 Mitsubishi Galant 2000 auto estate with 40000 miles, at the weekend the oil light on the dash came on, he stopped, checked oil level and after finding levels correct got the car towed to the main dealer for investigation. The car has always been serviced
• meter maids... 25 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  this the solution is to tow the vehicle away (as I wrote, was parked on a ped. crossing) and only release it when the fines were paid... or is that just too logical?
• Sierra auto box leak 13 May 2001 (Forum)
  this was replaced too. A new fan thermo switch was fitted just in case. Last week almost two years on at 89000 miles, after a 120 mile trip the front seal blew again. I have not removed the box yet so internal damage is as yet unknown. The car has never towed in its life. How can this happen!!! An experts
• I am a recovery service, I am 12 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  falling off. I throw some tools, jack, axle-stands, coat hangers, gaffer tape and tow rope in the car and stick the amber beacon on the roof. There's the Citroen AX, hazards blinking, just north of the services, so I light up the beacon and my hazards and pull in behind him. Son is looking extremely
• Lexus RX 450h - Lexus Dealership 1 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  of vehicles, of which I test drove, with the following criteria/ tick boxes, in order of importance. 1. My comfort. 2. Tracy being a lot shorter than me, could drive the car, my partner, who has little legs lol. 3. Would tow our caravan. 4. Can be converted to mobility controls, of which at the time