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• Driving experience days 23 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  . Rally school type course. Sounds like driving a souped up astra round a gravel course. Anyone done anything similar? Which would you go for? James S
• Help me Mondeo Issue 28 May 2003 (Forum)
  understand what happened. The car that was parked in front of mine didn\'t hit mine. I know this because it\'s my friend\'s car.
• What`s happened to Two Stroke Developmen 4 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Perhaps some of you petrol heads could tell me why there are no serious developments with 2 strokes. I know the barrier in the past was possibly horrendous...
• Tyre advice please. 20 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Following on from the earlier tyre topic. I gather that Protyre and Micheldever are part of the same group and rang my local Protyre. I asked for prices for 4 tyres balanced, fitted with VAT and valves. They suggest ,for my old Maestro, either Firestone 590's £130(£120 at a push), or for £110
• Road Rage 11 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  because the damn things invariably slow to 40 mph and below as it's quite steep and when they evntually give up or get past the effect resembles a dose of Exlax as the traffic is released! Rant over. Rob S
• Bird s**t and paint 5 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  The birds around here seem to have been breeding with an alien. I can to remove some bird droppings off my car only to find the paint had blistered slightly...
• MINI Cooper S - New Mini Cooper SD (2014) 20 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  both the new Cooper S and Cooper SD in that order, the Cooper S was fun and made all the nice popping noises however, I disliked how you had to drive it at high revs to enjoy the car, when I test drove the SD I regretted losing the sound of the exhaust but the performace absolutely made me fall
• For gordon bennett 13 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  http://www.petrolicious.com/what-s-your-favorite-classic-4x4
• BMW 1 Series 2019 - Why doesn't my subwoofer have much woof?!! 6 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  .   Is there something about the way I have wired it that is reducing performance, or do I need to buy a better one?   Any thoughts welcome. Thanks https://thumbsnap.com/s/YTegs9xw.jpg[ https://thumbsnap.com/s/f6vnx6GF.jpg https://thumbsnap.com/s/K3BhREJS.jpg https
• Ego Integrity V Despair - car styling 1 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  can`t feel the pull yet? So that`s fine - you only have to stick it out for a few more decades and you might find yourself surrounded by motors of light and air - with wispy looks - like Sophia Loren and not a Nile catfish with that ugly gaping mouth and tiny portals of eyes AKA the rear windows
• Jaguar S-Type 2.7D (04/54) or MB S320CDI (Y/51/02) 22 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  the following two cars 1) Y/51/02-reg Mercedes S320 CDI 2) 04/54-reg Jaguar S-Type 2.7D SE auto E320 CDI I believe is still upward of £12,000 even for a 52-reg car. Also, I heard that these early E-Class have fairly troublesome electronics. I am aiming to spend around £10,000 and admit both will have over
• MINI Cooper S R53 (2002 - 2007) - Convertable - I am just about to buy one... 7 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Can anyone help me work out the best way to pay for a new Mini Cooper S convertible and how new compares to buying second hand? Dealers PCP? Personal Loan? Leasing? I'm trying to figure out the bottom line cost so I can make a valued decision. A car is going to cost me money so I have been
• Worthing A24 Roundabout Madman in 1980's 9 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  This is a serious post by the way ... I was out cycling the yesterday near Worthing and it brought about a childhood memory. In the late 70's /early 80's my grandparents would take us to the coast for the day or weekend in their campervan (An old Bedford Dormobile) Does anyone remember a strange
• Mystery smoke - 1992 rover 827 v6 8 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  I?ve got a 1992 rover 827 v6 and it?s giving out white smoke (well steam really) at start up. This clears up and disappears completely after a few minutes. The classic explanation is that it?s the head gasket or a crack in the head and it?s time to rip the engine to pieces. However
• Vocabulary 24 May 2004 (Forum)
  ?Ok, no more numberplates of a *suggestive* nature please. DD. BR Moderator.? I?m mindful of the ?official? post on swearing, which I happen to support. It?s good to see that the BR mods uphold some high standards of decency, and I for one wouldn?t want to visit, let alone contribute to, a site
• Flawed idea? 17 May 2004 (Forum)
  It?s this great new form of transport. You create a vehicle with three or, more likely four or more wheels, and power it with a motor of some sort that, if it?s powerful enough, could make the vehicle travel really quite fast ? perhaps a mile a minute or more. The vehicle would have a passenger
• Kwik Fit Oil Change/Costs/Oil Choice 13 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  ,Refilling the oil sump with new Mobil Super Multigrade Oil" However when you look further into the "special offers" page, it states "Kwik-Lube" at £18.00 (great quality multigrade oil providing great value for money), and offers "Mobil Super S" at £26.00 (A premium quality engine oil delivering improved
• *Golk MK4 Vibration URGENT HELP required 17 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  ) or when the car went over a dip in the road and bottomed out the car would vibrate. It feels like it?s coming from the passenger side and gets worse when you speed up round right hand bends. I then changed the drive flange, didn?t work. Then put the standard suspension back on, the vibration wasn?t
• nottingam sacks all traffic cops 22 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  from motorcycle news They say there?s never a copper around when you need one but that could soon be dangerously true in Nottinghamshire. The force is scrapping its traffic division to rely on speed cameras as its sole road safety enforcement. It?s also binning Operation Brake, a scheme which
• Mondeo Faults 9 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  Recently bought a 4 year old Mondeo (2.0 Ghia, Manual) in good nick at the auctions. All was fine for 48 hours, until the alarm sounded continuously for a whole afternoon (I was out, but the neighbour?s felt the need to inform me!). I check the doors, bonnet etc and couldn?t find any obvious