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• Mercedes Benz E-Class W210 (1995 - 2002) - 1997 2.0 gearbox trouble 25 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  My 1997 Merc E200's gearbox (four speed) is doing some funny stuff! In the mornings if I drive off from home she will hold 1st gear and thump into 2nd and sometimes from 2nd to 3rd too. So, I usually idle in D1 for 10-15 mins and shift to D and drive off and 99% of the time she will shift smoothly
• Citroen XM (1990 - 2000) - 97 2.5 Door Card Pop Fastners That Don't 8 May 2008 (Forum)
  ? anyway, I guess. Does anyone have any tips on these? On my 405, I drilled a hole and bunged in an unobtrusive self-tapper out of sheer frustration... I?ve tried PTFE tape, insulation tape, etc. Can the white bits be bought new separately? It?s been one of those ?one step forward, three back? jobs
• Airport Parking Company - Liability for damage? 5 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  the N/S rear wheel arch on the plastic mouldings and a scuff around the reversing light/fog surround. They took photos at the time, and have now produced photos of the car at the time it was left at the said company. The quality of the produced photos is extremely poor, making it very hard to see any
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - '03, 1.9 PD TDi - low mpg 19 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  and the mpg figures usually increase following the service (usually the same with performance). My usual figures were from high 40's up to a max of 55mpg. Most of my journey each day takes me along the motorway and I tend to drive the car pretty enthusiastically. The figures have since dropped to high 30s
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1998 1.4S - intermittant ECU light 3 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Can anyone help with my problem please (Peugeot 306 Meridian 1.4 S reg petrol) The ECU light on my my peugeot 306 intermittantly comes on and the engine jutters, but only after travelling on a motorway for about half an hour. The light goes off again but the engine continues to "jutter
• Local Police parked on double yellow lines tonight 2 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Officers were out in the street booking parents parked 'illegally?. Talk about double standards? Could I have issued the police van with a 'Citizen?s Parking Ticket' ? Should I have taken a photo on my camera phone, {like traffic wardens now do,} sought witnesses and then sent my 'evidence' to the Chief
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - yr 2000 320d- Turbo Problems! 21 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  other thing i could find which would widen my search on the ebay home page?! am sorry that my first ever post, was not of an introduction but more as a HELP... PLEASE, but my name is OLI (OLIVER) and would appreciate anything given right now!! many thanks olij2003 s
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 52 reg TDCi - Warning Light Problem! 2 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  of this but cos I've just got a new company car (Focus Ghia 2.0 petrol - now I know why everyone goes on about the "handling" - nice but it doesn't half take time to accelerate - certainly missing my TDCi on slip roads!!! - sorry, I digress) s
• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - Is this too good to be true (i.e. a scam?) 27 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Chap selling a 2006 AUDI A4 AVANT S LINE QUATTRO 3.0TDI AUTOMATIC for less than £13k. I answered ("email the seller") his AutoTrader ad and he has replied that he's in Austria (business went bust) and can't get any price for a r-h drive car from local dealers. He suggests we use eBay's purchase
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 55reg tdi130 - smokin' 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  business, I should. So it bothers me that my car does this. s
• Volkswagen Golf II (1983 - 1992) - 1.6 Fast idle with Weber 32/34 5 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  thinking - idel jets in carb dirty? vac leak? air pipes in wrong place? please let me have your thoughts s thanks
• Driving in Ireland 3 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  of 4x4's have blanked out rear side windows coloured as the vehicle's paintwork. I don't know if this loophole still applies. Also boy racers like to blank out the rear side windows of their cars too, in body colour. Perhaps there is a company that sells transfer panels to cover your windows! We
• What makes you love a car? 1 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  concerned) ? that?s 19 cars in total. They were: Beetle 1303 ? my first car; I thought it was wonderful and was genuinely sad to see it go. Mk II Golf GTI 16V ? bought soon after they were introduced (1987). Absolutely superb build quality and, with 137 bhp (in a relatively light car) I could be pretty
• secret squirrel police cars? 1 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  I currently work in Oxford /live in london that means my commute regularly sees me 'observing the speed limit' down the M4 / M3 what did I see heading westwards on the M3 thursday 3 ugly brown audi's (looked like A2's) all new, all with some type of strobe mini light stack on their roof's, all
• Unsure what to do now.. 11 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  after picking it up and it drove really well, not sure why i was suprised for an S reg, any way did the valet, looked nice cleaned the recaro's up lovely then proceeded to take it the petrol station when half way there at 40mph realised i had not shut the bonnett, so it flew up demoloshing
• Farewell faithful VW 13 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  to my shop where it was used as a 'mobile warehouse' and I changed the oil every 6k miles, but it was as reliable as my old Westie. It has now gone to a good home and I am left with my recently acquired 12 year old Defender 90. With a spare set of wheels and Vredestein M & S tyres we had some real
• 97 1.6 Primera veering left 12 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  ) and the car veers left. Should the tracking have been done so that the steering wheel is dead centre when going in a straight line or would that require the steering wheel to be removed? The car was previously fine on it's firestones. Is it possible that the new tyre(s) could be causing this? The tyre co
• The good service thread - Vol 1 17 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  than £100 - they had an offer of one year?s free AA roadside assistance. I had made a mental note to cancel my current breakdown cover (which is through my insurer) when the AA paperwork came through. Eight months later I remember this and realised that the AA paperwork had never materialised, I
• In the market for new car - please help 2 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi everyone. First time post here so be gentle. Also bear in mind I am not too "up" on cars - that said, I still prefer to have a decent driving experience and not just any old banger. I passed my test two years ago and my first car which I still have now is a 3 door 1.4 Corsa B (1998, S Reg) I
• Knackerd steering due to humps 26 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  In my family we have a total of 5 cars and 1 pickup truck, 4 cars are in the UK a SAAB 900 belonging to my Dad a Fiat Punto belonging to my mother and my brother and his wife have 2 Kia,s. In Thailand I have a Nissan Maxima?Cefiro and an Isuzu Pickup. What we have noticed with the cars