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• Car for heavy towing 17 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  . The choice seems to be a Subaru or Audi Allroad (too expensive). BUT - these cars don't have the low gearing I need. The following are the reduction ratios for two 'heavy' 4*4's and the Subaru, multiplied together to the 'TOTAL' number. This is the number of engine revolutions required to make the rear axle
• Removing a bump 9 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  entrances, trolley bays, vetting adjacent cars for baby seats, any sign of of a careless driver(says me) and definately not parking next to 4x4's and MPV's). I got a quote of £300 + vat to re-paint the back bumper, take out the dent and re-spray the whole the rear wing (Leon Cupra in Yellow). Do people
• Pug 309D Geyser Impressions! 11 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Hi Guys, Yes, a different fault from my earlier post on a different PUG 309D. Just picked up an H plate Pug 309D for £15! It has a tank that?s ¾ full, plus 6 weeks tax left on it, so that alone has to be worth the money. Not surprisingly, it has been neglected and to describe it as ?tatty
• I have a question Volume 28 7 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  in her arts course. She was born in Bahrain, has travelled the world over, lived in the Gulf, Hong Kong, the Philippines, attended an independent school in Kent for her \"A\'s\" and for some unearthly reason has ended up in Tunbridge Wells, which is about as stimulating a lifestyle for a young person
• Banger, £3k or 3 year old? 25 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  - with 1 year warranty a requirement 3.A 1.6 Escort, S reg 75000miles with a few toys 4.Some dirt cheap old banger with standard 3 months warranty 5.Or push the boat out and somehow afford a 3 yearold something Considerations: 20 year-old male, so Pug group 5 insurance looks good over Escort group 7
• Mondeo unless you know better. 18 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  posted on this site plus it?s a poor second to the Mondeo in driver satisfaction. I?ve been to Blackbushe and watched countless cars go through at prices quite a bit less than anything in Autotrader. So, 2 questions please? Mondeo or something else and secondly auction or trader? All feedback really
• Criteria for a Motorway Patrol Car 20 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  is the justification for running a 4X4 as a motorway patrol car over say a Vx 3.0 Omega estate or a Volvo T5 V70 for example? I would imagine both the latter would be much better high speed pursuit vehicles and be able to carry pretty much the same equipment/load as most of the above mentioned 4X4's and be equally
• Airbag fault. Who is responsible? 8 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  My brother had another car run into the back of his car in July, his car being an ?X? reg Nissan Primera. There was no damage to the other party?s car although there was damage to the boot, bumper and under floor on the Primera. It was repaired three weeks later, and when he picked it up from
• rover 420 GSI (high Emissions) 6 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Can anyone help. I have a 1995 Rover 420 GSI, using the mems engine management system. The has just failed it\'s mot due to emission being well over the top like a base idle CO 2 being 9.9% Now I found a useful site on the web giving sensor values, for this system. Check Coolant Temp sens, OK
• messing about with engine air intake 21 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  when the engine itself is hot. If the air is warm the engine is very nice, quiet and much more smooth. However when the air is cold, it sounds like a tractor engine, and is as smooth as an elephant?s backside. This lead me to think whether if I `heated? the air, or at least part of it, going
• Renault Safrane 2.2 What to do? 11 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Renault Safrane 2.2 What to do? I have a poorly Renault Safrane 2.2 on an M plate.It?s got all the toys and leather interior. 3 months ago it had a new head gasket fitted by a Renault Dealer. Shortly after that the cam shaft broke, because of distortion. (In the cylinder or the cylinder head I
• PLEASE HELP Second hand gearbox problem 26 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  and this might explain why the car was revving so highly. Could anyone here suggest what the problem with the car might be then perhaps I can go back to the mechanic with a bit more knowledge and challenge him. At the moment I don?t really know what?s wrong Thanks in advance for your help people
• Traffic Census 8 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  annoyed me was the reduction from two lanes to one in order facilitate the census. This caused a traffic jam to back up to, and snarl up, a roundabout which connects three main roads and a High Street. Just what everyone needs at rush hour on their way to work! I guess I have to follow the policeman?s
• Squeaky noise 30 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  , very much like the noise I remember from when people\'s fan-belts were about to fail. Have been trying to establish exactly when and why this happens, at first it seemed to be at low speed and when I changed gear or applied brakes. Now it seem to be happening a lot more, but I can\'t really
• Galant UnGalant behaviour 28 May 2002 (Forum)
  is £900 on a new ECU. Has anyone experienced the same fault(s)? Can anyone suggest a cure? Should I keep going until it stops completely making diagnosis easier? Richard
• Buying 4x4 for export to Sri Lanka 23 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  budget Japanese 4x4, as originally intended. After careful thought, he instead chose to spend more cash, and purchase a Mercedes 180 automatic, 'S' reg, 16,000 miles, clean HPI, and a genereral air of being an honest motor (John!) His reasons? The price was right. A relatively simple car, though
• This is getting serious: £28K serious 13 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  to boring boxes - she'll just have to lump it. Leasing is apparently the choice. Pithy and deadly serious questions she should ask before committing please. That way dad will get street cred too vicariously. And, as usual, I will be very grateful for any comments. Cheers Colin S
• Polo diesel poor starting 31 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  plugs were u/s, so they fitted a new set and all was OK, until this winter. Starting from cold is a bit slow and noisy (more than normal for a diesel) and runs a bit rough when it starts. This seems to be helped if I turn the key off when the glow-plug light goes off, then back on again and put some
• Running diesels on Gas (Update) 14 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Following on from previous questions about using LPG in diesel engines I saw the following today in 'Professional Engineering'. Referes to natural gas,...
• To LPG or not to LPG... 2 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  wanted a good motorway cruiser). Having moved North, I now have a 1 hour each way commute over about 25 miles to work every day. Although pretty efficient, the car uses a lot of £'s worth of petrol now and so my question is should I: a) Keep the Cavalier and get it converted to LPG, bearing in mind