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• '98 Astra rear shock absorber 5 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  On way home from the weekly shop yesterday, passed through some speed humps, and noticed a knock at the rear of the car. Thinking "Oh damn my exhaust hanger has come off again" I carried on for home trying to ignore it! Hubby had a look when I got home and to our shock (excuse the pun!) the rear
• BMW X5 used off road - shock! 14 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I was travelling for a meeting with a local company this morning. Had to take a kind of 'bypass' dual carriageway with traffic travelling 70-80mph, plus slower trucks. It was raining and very windy, even though the road runs in a cutting. A BMW X5 came past me at about 80-85mph and pulled
• Motorised roller skates 18 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  , and impossible to see when it was behind you as its lights were no more than six inches above ground level. It also seemed very unstable due to its four inch diameter wheels and high c of g. Given all this plus the fact that its top speed seemed to be about walking pace and that it wasn't taxed or licensed
• Car for young driver 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  to be about £1100 on a typical group 2 or 3 car. He has his Pass Plus also which will help to reduce his premium slightly. Anyway, does this seem a suitable car for a young driver? I have seen some decent looking P reg ones with about 50K miles on for less than 3K and they seem well specified. Any young
• Jeep Grand Cherokee, VW Touareg - another "which car" thread... sorry 1 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  hi and yes, this is one of THOSE threads. My father recently passed away and once the house is sold i am doing the adult thing of clearing loans and putting something aside, but i would also like to change my car. i currently have a 2005 honda cr-v 2.2 i-cdti which is the first
• Citroen Picasso - Nightmare with repair costs/engine 15 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Car only done 40,000 miles and always been totally reliable. Passed MOT flying colours other than recommended new disc pads/brakes. Booked in for that the next week - prior to this the car flashed up "Engine Fault" and petered out. Top loaded into garage (have used before and it is the main
• Ford zetec S - Car juddering creak noise will it ruin car/transmi 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  of times since my brother passed his test and he parks quite squint plus on the other side to avoid pavement kerb so I can't do anything but to perform low speed manoeuvre.    I am concerned if this can damage the clutch/transmission or car mechanical components. I'm sorry
• Musa - Lancia 25 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Having just returned from a holiday in Italy I thought I would pass comment on the hire car I had. With Lancia's return to the UK I was interested to be given a Lancia Musa for two weeks. It appears that this is basically a Fiat Idea with Lancia's corporate nose and badges. It was fitted
• Nissan Qashqai (2007 - ) - good choice-opinions/alternives please 19 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  against me. My husband is a new driver (30 this year, passed test 4 yrs ago, with pass plus if that counts). We've been paying just under £800 a year for the insurance, I'd not really like to go over that Fuel: I have no idea what to go for here. At all. Its all going to kill the world and cost
• Mazda 2 - Tree falling on car 24 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  . Car needs a new windscreen but also a new radiator and some repairs to the engine and minor bodywork - cost probably £1,500 plus hire car. Insurance is a big problem as it my son's second accident within 2 years.  He is covered on his mother's policy and   a) they have
• New driver - car handling 10 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  that the car would drive like a pig with that load. Fortunately no one injured but a close call. I got it on the road as his dad turned up then acted as taxi. Does anyone mention this sort of handling during tuition, even pass plus, or is it left up to parents? We know kids are going to pile into cars when
• Hatch wiring problems, Savanna 14 May 2005 (Forum)
  I?ve got a Renault Savanna. On the boot hatch there are 11 cables plus the hose for the rear window washer, which pass from the harness inside the car body into the boot hatch door. All this is housed in a rubber ?boot? adjacent to the left hand hatch hinge. These cables flex as the door is opened
• 3 year old Micra or Ka? 21 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  suppose I still need a low insurance group. 3. I want to sell the car privately within a year (assuming she passes) for the same amount I paid for it. 4. I want something fairly quiet and smooth riding, so it doesn't drive me insane on the motorway. 5. I want mid-40s plus economy, and reasonable torque
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Focus Zetec 1.6 --- Views on this please 17 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  always phone me for advice - which he often did. The car he bought has done 88k & my advice to him was it was too high and to pass it by. However, I agreed it was his final decision. He bought it at what seems to be a long established trader who had sourced the car from a nearby main dealer and came
• Volkswagen Passat Estate - '04 VW Passat Highline 1.9 TDi Auto Buying advice 26 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  on it like recently had the cam belt done plus a load of other work that he's got proof for and says it's running really well. Bodywork looks good from the pictures. The boot looks a bit messy as it's been used to transport building materials. The rest of the interior looks in good condition though
• Ford Mondeo Ghia X 24V Mk2 1997 - Emissions MOT Failure 1 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  My Mk2 97 Mondeo Ghia X 24V just failed its MOT on emissions (fast idle, Lambda and CO).  I've also noticed that it's idling badly, can sometimes stall when warm.  Ford are saying its the Cats, apparently there are three on the vehicle, 2 precats plus one main cat. I have found
• Extortionate recovery charges 1 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Well, it had to happen. Youngest future DiL (18) passed her test 13 months ago and just had her first accident. She rear ended a car, and in the process wrote her car off...fortunately low speed and no injuries. The attending police told her that her car could not be left at the side of the road
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - RE: Gendan code reader thread. 9 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I tried to find the original thread regarding: http://www.gendan.co.uk/ and their products. Just wanted tp pass on a big 'THANK YOU' to the person that kindly took the time to put this companies details on line for the rest of us to see. You (and Gendan) saved me a lot of time, fiddling about
• Mondeo ST TDCi - fuel system emergency! 3 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  called to say that water contamination in the diesel has caused the fuel pump to break down and pass metal filings into the fuel system. The implication is that the diesel she filled up with 200 miles ago, contained water (no mention of a larger problem caused by the monsoon-like weather here last week
• Vauxhall Monterey Tyre Wear 21 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Folks, My 3.1 Monterey (rebadged Trooper) has just passed the MOT (aahhh...!), but with an advisory on the front tyre. It's down to 1.5mm on the inner edge of the O/S/F, but has 10+ across the rest. Enough to trap a small mammal, in fact. The outer edge of the N/S/F has some significant