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  BCA Warns Against Pimping Your Ride 30 May 2012 (News)
  audience. Morte likely to devalue the car. Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems Adding a stainless steel exhaust system is a way of increasing brake horsepower without modding the engine, but has little effect on value in the used market.  Could add £50/£100
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  New Michelin Supercar Tyre Shaves 5 Seconds Off a 2.7 Kilometre Lap 20 Nov 2010 (News)
  .     To improve the tire’s road-holding and braking ability and thereby its overall safety performance, even in the most extreme conditions, while also providing excellent mileage, Michelin has uniquely combined three technologies, including two developed for tyres used at the 24 hours of Le Mans
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  Clouseau Boss's Jaguar Among Top Sellers 11 Jul 2008 (News)
  is strikingly finished in black and has been the subject of extensive refurbishment in the care of the current owner. The automatic transmission has been reconditioned and the brakes fully overhauled, whilst the radiator has been replaced. The car has both hard and soft tops and is exceptionally well
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  RMI Car Buying Advice 27 Dec 2000 (News)
  you test drive, check: Is the seating position comfortable? Is there enough head room? Can you adjust the seat or steering wheel? Check vision, especially the A-pillar, and mirrors How is the road-handling and do the brakes feel safe? Seat belts working
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  Volkswagen Golf Mk 1 To Be VED Free 28 Mar 2014 (News)
  . Golf Mk II:  As of August 1983, passengers no longer sat quite so close to each other, as use of space have been improved once more.  It was then on the Golf that the regulated catalytic converter was introduced (1984), anti-lock braking system (ABS, 1986) and power-steering
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  Skoda Greenline II Range of Models Put to the Test 15 Feb 2011 (News)
  level. Nice, friendly and above all obedient stop-start that, unlike automatics and semi automatics, leaves the engine off when you put the parking brake on and only restarts when you press the clutch. Impressive to drive. Does not feel underpowered. Nicer ride quality on the 205/55 R16s than on bigger
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  New 'Added Value' Special Edition Mazda3 Tamura 18 Jan 2010 (News)
  when the ABS sensors detect emergency braking.   A choice of four body colours for the Mazda3 Tamura
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  VAT RELIEF FOR THE DISABLED 21 Jul 2001 (News)
  ; ·adaptations which enable a wheelchair user to drive the vehicle, such as a push/pull brake and accelerator, hand controls or other aids that operate the primary driving controls; ·infra-red control unit that operates the secondary controls. This is not an exhaustive list
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  Geneva Motor Show 2015: A-Z of Cars 5 Mar 2015 (News)
  .  CLA Shooting Brake - Stylish estate version of CLA-Class saloon.  Mitsubishi
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  West Country Festival of Speed: 25th/26th August 27 Jul 2012 (News)
  to brake hard on entry before hanging their back wheels out in the corner and smoking their tyres as they accelerate away. Cherry Pie benefits from the wonderful Grandstand that will over look it. It is a very tricky corner that will undoubtedly mean that some cars will take to the air! Some seats
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  Captain America movie cars and trucks hugely exceed auction estimates 3 Mar 2011 (News)
  automatic transmissions. The stunt double pair of 1937 Chevrolet 'Yellow' cabs also had special hydraulic brakes to throw them into drifts, while, though four 1939 Buick 8 Model 40s looked outwardly identical, one had a V8 under trhe bonnet instead of the original straight eight. But, most
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  Auction Report Double Bill – eBay 8th May 2005 11 May 2005 (News)
  A unwarranted mileage (with 176k miles displayed) 89F Daihatsu Fourtrak 1.6 made £900 with 8m ticket and a years tax. Yet another 3 series with tacky modifications made £800, this time a 91J 320SE with 145k miles and an aftermarket spoiler and a brake warning light that wouldn’t go off
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  Chelsea Legends, 5th September, to feature 'Le Mans' 24 Aug 2010 (News)
  a gear. I got back to Indianapolis going the wrong way round the track and the car just ignited. I put on the brakes, flicked all the latches to open the door, undid the seat belts and jumped out, but it all took what seemed like hours and my face really got singed on the left side
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  Ford Fiesta Launches in USA 2 Dec 2009 (News)
  and fuel efficiency.   An additional feature – unique in the segment – is Hill Start Assist functionality.  This sensor-based system will “hold” the brakes for an instant to prevent rollback when stopping or starting from rest on an incline.  Employing
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  Rover Facelifts 75 for 2004 20 Jan 2004 (News)
  cloth seat trim Disc brakes all round, ABS and EBD Driver and passenger airbags, three rear inertia reel lap and diagonal seat belts Plip controlled central door superlocking Configurable drive-away or single-entry point locking Classic
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  Renault Avantime Here 16th May, from £24,050 3 May 2002 (News)
  of 218g/km and average fuel economy of 30.7mpg in the mixed cycle. Standard equipment on Avantime Dynamique includes: Power-assisted steering, ABS with Brake Assist, ESP and traction control, front and lateral driver and passenger airbags plus front and rear curtain airbags, load
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  Volkswagen Reliability Shock in Australia 8 Jun 2013 (News)
  feels partly responsible for not warning more loudly or more often about the hidden heartache in owning a Volkswagen."  In my time as HJ I've had issues over VW clutch cable tensioners, brake discs, heater matrix failures, alternator failures, fuel pump failures, fuel tank lifter pump
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  Barons Classic Car Auction, Sandown Park, November 1st 13 Oct 2011 (News)
  in better than new condition, the result of a comprehensive, nut and bolt restoration that included a bare metal re-spray, renewed or restored suspension components, complete new fuel system, brakes and clutch, and re-bored engine. £10,000-£12,000. And if you have a slightly smaller budget, the 1963
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  Classic Sales 7th and 21st October 6 Oct 2008 (News)
  . Featuring uprated suspension, steering and brake callipers, and the factory fitted Fiorano handling kit, it carries an estimate of £40,000-£45,000. Historic British sporting machines are represented by an immaculate 1953 Austin Healey 100/4 which is believed to have been restored
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 13-6-2015 13 Jun 2015 (News)
  it? Many thanks  EH, via email The price of £7,995 is ridiculous for any 11-year old Rover, even a 75. £1,995 would make sense. Did you miskey?    Giving owners a brake I have a June 2008 Volvo S40 saloon, mileage 33k. I