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• Romanian registered former UK cars 24 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  and then bring them back, rather than just leaving them as UK registered cars, except that now the cars would be impervious to speed cameras and parking fines. A lot of the cars seemed to be poorly maintained. You would also wonder if you had an accident with one of these Romanian registered cars
• substance on roof paintwork 28 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  During this self isolation period and this nice weather we have I decided to wash our vehicles today. All fine. I use a proprietary brand of car wash/wax which always does the job well. When drying off I noticed a small blob of material on the roof. It has gone quite hard though not solid
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal. Constant feeling of being pulled back
• Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 Design 2008 - Rough Idle, burning smell, loss of power 3 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Car starts fine, stopped at junctions or parked after driving very shaky idle. Burning smell after driving. Loss of power when driving and also when pulling away, can be driving along at 40mph then speed suddenly drops to 20mph without taking foot off pedal. Constant feeling of being pulled back
• R reg Peugeot 106 1.1 petrol - Not Starting 30 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  been having problems starting it since the overheating and this morning it just wouldnt start and I'm worried that if it does It won't on the way back from work.  I have been starting it by turning the starter motor (which is fine along with the battery) over and having to pump petrol
• Focus 2002 TDCI - Starting Problems 27 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  of a battery that won't hold enough charge. For instance I parked up last night after a 40 mile journey. This morning it turned over ok but didn't catch. I tried again and there wasn't enough charge left to crank it sufficiently. I took it to Halfords last week and the lad put his battery tester
• Rover 45 - Problems with car battery and starting the car 15 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  for a while and then if i stop somewhere and then restart the engine even a couple of hours later it will start fine again.  It seems to be only when i leave it for overnight or longer.   Just some extra info that may be irrelevan but when i use the electric windows they seem to be going a little
• 98 Rover 216 CVT box problems 23 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, My mothers Rover has developed a problem. The gearbox is constantly noisy when in park, and the car has started to stall intermittently when you open the throttle to pull away. The reason for posting is that we have been advised to scrap the car because it is uneconomical to repair. This goes
• Bird Poo Again! 24 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Well I have just spent the best part of 5 hours trying to tidy up the roof of my Sorrento. Its been a case of out of sight out of mind. Regularly gets parked outside my house under some low trees. Having washed and scrubbed off the deposits I have been left with small spots of an amber resin
• 306 hdi electrics 16 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  problem i.e. dodgey wires or does it sound like i should go through each one? the rain sensative wiper works well but doesnt seat the wipers well when parking. theres a jump with a click from the relay. does this sound like the relay and finally there is a whining sound from the front passenger side
• New car - close shave! 8 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  , they decided (for reasons they can't even explain) to take another test drive and bring the car home with them. Everything was fine until just prior to returning the car the lady of the household decided to try to park it on her drive only to discover that due to the sloping ground level their drive's odd
• lane discipline 25 May 2004 (Forum)
  of it is heavy goods. Alot of the system is two lane as well. In Holland on a Wednesday afternoon it was like the M25 at 5.30 pm on a Friday, yet amazingly there was no trouble overtaking. The fast lane is used for what it is supposed to be for - not a car park - and the speed limit is 75 and hardly anyone
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  Council attacks 27 Jun 2009 (Ask HJ)
  You may not remember but last year I wrote to you concerning a PCN from Lambeth Parking concerning an alleged Moving Traffic Offence in Lambeth of Driving...
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  Running in and service regime on a new Skoda Superb? 7 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I am soon to take delivery of a New Skoda Superb 1.4 TSI (125ps). I hope to keep the car for as long as possible (doing about 16k annual mileage), and...
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  Dual mass flywheel problem 18 Apr 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My car which is a 2003 1.9 TDI Passat manual. It was hit on the passenger front wheel and wing. My car was stationary at the time(parked) waiting for...
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  Oil warning light - what does it mean? 16 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  The "Oil" warning light (mot the oil can icon) has come on in my Seat Ibiza. I was driving to the airport to catch a flight when this happened and is stick...
• Peugeot 205 (1983 - 1997) - 91 1.6 Warning Lamps? 11 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  on, placed into PARK... lights on... placed into R, 4, 3,2,1 - 1,2,3,4 R(No letter D on my auto lol) and lights went off? So basically I discovered that when Im moving or the engine was under load (I think the experts call it this, lol) everything was fine, when in PARK or stationary with my foot on break
• Vauxhall corsa S Ecoflex - Car turning just not starting 28 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  . Obviously it being a 1 litre there's literally no power etc but at the weekend I was parked on a slight hill facing downwards and I had it reverse once parked. When I started the car I didn't put my foot on the cluch and it stalled. When I started the engine I instantly knew something was wrong
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  If a car is not being driven for several months can it be SORNd? 8 Jun 2019 (Ask HJ)
  A relative has had an illness recently and hasn't driven for about three months. His car is parked up on his drive. He's not likely to be able to drive...
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  Can I change the wheel size on my Skoda Superb for better tyre wear? 21 Dec 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI CR140 SE plus with 225/45 R17 Michelin Sport 3 tyres. I am really disappointed with the poor mileage I get, with the front...