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• Thoughts on Next Car Choice 30 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  ! Heart decision is to buy a late '80's Porsche 911 3.2 (G50 gearbox), either Targa or Carrera. Very different, but I don't need to take the family (I can take all but one of the family for short journeys in a 911) and in my head, the extra maintenance costs of a 911 will be 'sort of' a trade off against
• Auction Manchester - Parts One & Two 18 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  SH, good condition - £7100 52 plate Nissan Primera 1.8 S, 20k warranted, Silver, part SH, exc condition - £6150 03 plate VW Beetle 1.8 T, 18k warranted, Red, part SH, Leather, exc condition - £8975 51 plate Honda Accord 2.0 Vtec SE Exec, 53k warranted, Silver, part SH, good condition - £5900 T plate
• Saab 93 Conv Bulkhead 22 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  posted 21-06-2004 15:28 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- My wife?s Saab 93 was in for service last week. It is a ?98 example with 56,000 miles on the clock. 2.3l non turbo variant covered by the approved Saab used car
• Labour rates top £150 per hour 19 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  is obtained using both franchised and independent garages. Eleven manufacturers had peak charges of more than £100 an hour ? a Ford dealership in London asked for £106 an hour compared with the company?s national average of £50. In all, Warranty Direct says the number of garages around the country charging
• New Fiesta 2003 startup failure! 23 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Hello, I just bought a Fiesta 1.4 with Tiptronic Transmission. Car is second hand but it\'s mileage is only at 2300km round the clock. My problem is about the ignition. Usually after half an hour break between driving, it happens. The engine cranks but not fire and fails to start. It may take 2
• Cloning! Caught the PFD 3 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  for having number plates that differed from the number on the Uno\'s windshield disc. The licence number on the disc is CA 400 617, while the number plate reads CA 155 360. \"I bought this car from another guy about a year ago and did not know I had to change the number plate or check if the disk matched
• Police RTA response time - 40 Minutes ! 29 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  and death in some cases. Perhaps polices forces should be investing in more control staff and traffic cars not s************ vans ? The police have also informed me tonight the car which started the accident has no insurance. Advice anyone ?
• MX5 or MR2? 30 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Hello all: I/we are are seriously considering buying either a new MX5 1.8S or MR2 and I am fishing for opinions, facts, thoughts, advice etc. We test-drive both cars on Saturday, virtually back-to-back, which will be interesting and we have both driven a couple of MX5’s before and liked
• Tyre fitting nightmare 23 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Needed to replace my two front tyres for my Ford Focus the other day. Rang around for best price to supply Pirelli P6000s (already on the car). Visited...
• Ford diesel experts - advice needed 25 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  come in: How many Diesel variants have their been in the NEW mondeo since it's introduction? Was the 1st 2.0 "TD" New mondeo a bored out version of the old Mk2's 1.8TD? Are the 115TDCi and 130TDCi the same engine with slight tuning differences. What about the new TDCi due from ford/PSA
• Cheap motoring 19 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  now. What can I say? About £75 per year not including petrol insurance etc. If anyone can beat that and then sell it to a happy buyer please let us know. The replacement car is a B reg Polo Coupe S (27000 miles) that used to belong to my MIL, she gave it to us as she now has a new Polo 1.4. Just
• Happy Christmas from me too. 25 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Guys, Have a great Christmas all. It's been an interesting year. Thanks for your company, humour and advice. At the start of 2001 I didn't expect to... *Have top advice on Land Rover piston skirt rings from John S. *Receive excellent stress counselling from Darcy. *Get the best Rover 400 buying
• lights out all over the place 24 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  There have been a few threads about lights recently, but nothing about checking the little s*ds to see if they work, and foglight boys, it's no use switching them on to create an impression if only one works. These few tips may be well known, but if they are not, here goes. I'm personally
• Smooth driving style 9 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  a couple of car lengths of the stop/start disciple in front. My heart was filled with joy when l looked in my mirrors to see that the traffic behind was moving in a similar fashion. I felt like l was doing a service to 100's of clutches and left legs everywhere. And then what happened...? The truck
• Classics for everday use 23 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  of resources than a Mondeo or similar which is a heap of junk after 3-4 years. As for emissions, my mechanic says it's no worse than a 1980's car. On my planned return to UK I have a reliable low cost fun car waiting for me. Why bother with anything else on a mileage of say 10,000 a year? If anyone else out
• Rover VVC camshaft sprockets 16 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  "Bristol Street Rover" in Poole, who progressed my claim and provided me with a courtesy vehicle for the 3 weeks it took to get my car back, even though my car was out of warranty. > I would suggest that any VVC owners check that they have had the recall done as mine and P.H.'s example prove this can
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  Audi A1 Heated Wing mirror Issues 14 Dec 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Hi, my wife bought a high specification A1 s-line back in June 2011 from Bolton Audi. We viewed the showroom model and had test drives in the demonstrator...
• 2006 Mercedes CLK 200 Kompressor Cabrio - High days and holidays car, a report 5 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  in 1987!) What is very surprising about the car is just how quiet it is for a rag-top, it's a lovely cruiser and swmbo reckons it's the quietest car we've ever owned. The top itself raises and lowers very quickly and with non of the problems we encountered with the Volvo. Top down, it;'s a nice
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  Why is there noise coming from the front wheels of my Toyota Auris? 27 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 2016 Toyota Auris 1.6-litre diesel that's done 18,200 miles. The car was purchased brand new in February and it had its first service in July....
• Skoda Yeti - Skoda Yeti - my thoughts on 10K miles / 1 year 1 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  . I then had the Bolero (radio) flashed by the main dealer in order to address the "slow SD card read" issue - this made a huge difference. The overall average mpg was in the low 30's (70% Urban / 30% Mway). The best MPG was just over 40 mpg and the worst well into the 20's