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• Do we need more 4x4 commercial vehicles? 15 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Would it be a sensible idea for companies who operate fleets vans and light trucks to include a few with 4-wheel drive. Vans seem to have been having particular trouble in these slippery conditions - whether they be rear-wheel drive or front-wheel drive. 4-wheel-drive versions of some vans
• Driving after major surgery with confusion issues 11 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  My dad came home today having just had a heart bypass and valve replacement. He cant drive for 8 weeks anyway but he is also suffering from confusion and short-term memory loss ( known as POCD apparently covering a wode range of odd behavior post OP ). Has anyone here had this problem as we
• KIA Rio (2005 - ) - Rio 1.5l diesel realistic mpg figures 10 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  I was wondering what average mpg people are getting on their 1.5l Diesel Rio's No matter how I drive the car I only seem to get between 46mpg and 48 mpg (but I have to drive like a saint to achieve 2mpg more). I get around 420 to 450 miles for a full tank. The tyre pressures are checked and kept
• PCV licence requirements 16 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  My employer gave me an old 12-seat minibus to use today as a van. Something niggled, so I checked the DVLA site to see if I was legal. 'If you had entitlement to drive cars prior to 1 January 1997 you can drive a minibus provided you are 21 or over and the minibus has a maximum of 17 seats
• Audi A4 (1995 - 2000) - 98 2.5 white smoke while driving fine on start-up 20 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Hi All, Hope you can give some advise on my recent purchase (Monday). Audi A4 2.5 Tdi that is pumping out white smoke while driving, nothing on start up (and no problems starting), some smoke idling and normal driving, but excessive smoke if you floor it, only noticed it after a run up to 80mph
• An outdated stereotype 5 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I was sitting on the tube this morning and noticed an advert for the London Motorshow Music Festival. The line up includes ancient rockers like Status Quo, Deep Purple, Chicago, Meat Loaf - who'll no doubt bang out tracks from those rubbish 'driving anthems' CDs. When will this depressing
• Dangerous driving - in reverse ? 27 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  The following from the BBC ( and on London TV ) seems a very unusual situation. "A suspicion of dangerous driving" when reversing . Driver of crashed coach arrested The coach was involved in a collision with a car. The driver of a coach that crashed into a three-storey block of flats in north
• Family Saloons 12 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I was, in another topic, asking for advice re buying cars from the head or the heart. This was buying from the head, the Hyundai i30, with the heart supplying the Renault Megane Sports Saloon. The feed back was even handed regarding the Renault (I currently drive an R reg Megane Classic 1.6, which
• Driving to Italian Lakes. Advice/tips/route? 1 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I am busy planning our honeymoon in July and have just booked 10 nights in Lake Garda at a couple of different hotels. We are planning to drive down and I have booked the ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam (cant think of the port it uses). Ferry arrives in Amsterdam on the 20th July at 9.30am
• Crazy driving abroad 12 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I am in the Baltics at the moment and I just saw a crazy bit of driving this morning. Whilst on a medium sized roundabout in town a taxi driver stopped, and reversed 10 meters back to take the exit he had just passed. I have no idea why he didn't simply carry on round! There was nothing in front
• Photocard driving licence. 11 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I have just received my first Photocard driving licence (I'm almost 70 years old) to replace the old style one I have had since the early '1970s. I knew that the new, so called 'improved' one was in two parts i.e. the card and its paper counterpart but there is no way I can carry that fairly
• My driving is getting worse 24 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I went to London over the weekend, and whilst I normally pride myself on being aware of the road and traffic conditions, found that I would get caught out. Specifically, if I try to drive in a relaxed manner by sticking to between 65 - 75mph, I have to be in lane 1, with occasional forays
• Weekend driving 3 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Eeeeh when I were a lad - I used to hear people constantly going on about Sunday drivers I'm not sure if the phenomena still exists anymore or if it does maybe it's in a different guise Where I live - London suburb - I notice a major increase in aggressive driving at the weekend - esp Sunday
• Good car drivers need cams fitted to car 29 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  when they showed footage from cabs and cars which had cams installed to cut down insurance costs and settle cases quickly! The hard drive cams run as you drive saving a certain amount and then delte and restart unless saved. The hard drive cams can have footage saved by a press of a button if a driver
• Driving Instructors 13 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Are there any currently qualified driving instructors viewing this excellent site? If so do you attempt to instruct your pupils in the art of signalling to inform other road users of their intentions? I ask because I am increasingly coming across drivers who appear to think that they are the sole
• Test drives 21 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Does anyone know if 2-3 ay test drives are available, and if so where from. I am looking at buying a 7 seater, preferaly with luggage space, with reasonable towing capacity (trailer with cars upto Mondeo size). It would be diesel, - something like the following: Galaxy/Alhambra /Sharran Pug 807
• Performance driving courses 18 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  days. I am really looking for a targeted session in road legal cars covering high speed driving and associated risks such as aquaplaning. Were is Paul Ripley these days? I seem to remember a TV show he appeared on a few years ago, He was at an impressive facility with a long water trough where he
• Spaniards and their driving 7 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Just come back from two weeks in (very) sunny Spain. All I can say is that the Spanish method of driving is barmy. It seems to consist of driving as close to the vehicle in front as possible until they get out of the way. The parking was hilarious. Any free space (pedestrian crossing, junction
• Pug 406 109tdi 98 strange noise 5 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Not really a 'new' topic. Flap valve control motor as referred to by LeePower 22Aug04. Thanks Lee, for that info. Located and removed same. Will try 'scrappies' next week - meanwhile a Q or 2. When refitting, is there a specific position for the external drive (the semi-circular toothed drive
• 200,000 miles - what can go wrong 2 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  {As this thread has become more of a discussion on general high mileages, It's time to move over to Discussion. DD} When I drive down my road tomorrow I will click over 200000 miles. The car is a 1999 Rover 75 Diesel. I am currently racking up about 600 miles a week, so around