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• Alfa GT 3.2 V6 - Problems with new(to me) car dealer won't fix! 12 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  . It was pointed out to me that the front bumper had been resprayed and I am fine with that, however a few days after buying I checked the coolant level and it was down so I topped it up and things seemed ok (I work from home and don't actually use it much). I'll make this shorter by saying that I found it leaked
• MINI Cooper S R53 (2002 - 2007) - Rejecting cherished MINI Cooper S 13 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  of ownership of a ?cherished MINI?. When I booked the car in for this I also asked your Service team (dealership 1) to check the steering rack as it was ?creaking / clunking? when moving the car at low speeds, e.g. parking. I was told that there was nothing wrong with the steering and that it was fine
• What Are My Rights if I Buy a Duff Car? 9 May 2007 (Forum)
  Hi Apologies in advance for long winded post. Hope someone out there can offer some help and advice. Some five weeks ago I purchased, on credit, a 6 year old peougeot 206. I drove the car home and parked up for the night. I got into the car the following day and it failed to start up
• What would you like to do? 19 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  On Saturday afternoon I decided it was time to wash both our cars. They are parked on the road alongside my house with my wife's car in front of mine. I washed and then dried my car with a chamois. I then washed my wife's car. When I came out of my side gate with the bucket with a chamois in it I
• '93 Polo. Coolant leak? 17 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  location of the dampness. The rest of the car was fine (but the side that steamed up was the lower side, with the driver side being parked on a path) Checking the coolant, it had dropped again (but nowhere near as much) BUT.....thinking back to Wednesday, I took the folks to the cinema. The weather
• BMW 3-Series E90 (2005 - ) - 325D Final installment 24 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  gear, in which case it lurches backwards, twisting the lawnmower. Press the brake and it stops. Rather abruptly in fact. A driver's car then. Intermittently I forget why I bought it after conducting a love/hate relationship with driving for years. Reverse parking at work has become something
• Letter from the Colonies Vol.9 11 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  "Kung Hei Fat Choy" to all BR-ers! And may the Year of The Rooster bring all of us a golden egg : or at least freedom from snapped timing belts, excessive licence points, over-zealous jobs-worths in parking warden uniforms, supermarket shopping trolleys and aggressive soccer mums in SUV's -- feel
• Ford Fiesta Zetec 2007 - Ford Fiesta off centre steering 6 May 2017 (Forum)
  and lubricated. Cleaned up the callipers a little bit too, because why not. She's my pride and joy.  I'm not sure if it was straight after the work that this occurred, however It was close. I may have also bashed the wheel in an underground car park in London. Anyway I thought, I shall get
• none - The case against electric vehicles. 3 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  , it is claimed that all the electric car does not emit fine particles.  But as reports
• Vauxhall Vectra C - Vauxhall Vectra ECU nightmare. 23 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I'm not sure whether this is a question or simply a humble warning to others. Recently I bagan having trouble with my car's windscreen wipers not operating correctly. The wiper motor seemed to be working fine but the wipers would occasionally fail to park properly. Thinking
• Renault - hope you can give me some advice.. gutted 19 May 2012 (Forum)
  in a field in someones back yard! overlooked it as had office etc, started the car no noises all looked mechanically sound, was what i thought was worrying noise coming from handbrake being released, he told me it was normal car had been parked up for a while (being a woman i thought ok fair enough) guy had
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W211 (2002 - 2009) - E320CDI - Running Report 1 May 2009 (Forum)
  the car it gets slightly better Not sporty. But that's not what I wanted. I wanted a large comfortable estate. For that it fit's the bill perfectly. If I wanted harsh suspension I would have looked elsewhere. Toys. It has leather, Parktronic parking sensors, Comand sat-nav/phone/CD changer, an iPod
• Seat Leon FR TDi 170: 5,500mile report 3 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  ?) Looks Annoyances: Lack of torque below 1500 rpm Ride is firm as many have said: great when pressing on and inspiring confidence, less good on poorly surfaced dual carriageway/motorway. Fine for me on well surfaced fast roads. Mine is on the standard 17? rims with Pirelli P-Zeros. Some interior trim
• Legal Advice Sought 22 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  that the car would not be worth repairing in that case. The "manager" said that he knew someone who could dispose of it and he would get in touch. I wanted to do everything properly with regards to the V5 documentation. I heard nothing for a week. 10 days ago I saw my car parked in a residential street
• Magistrate gave false info-license revoked?! Help! 24 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Hi all, hope somebody out there can help or at least share in my pain! Sometime in late 2011, my partner used the car registered to me and did not realise but bumped the car next to ours while parking. My parter did not realise this and just stayed parked and went to the cinema. Well
• My Ford Fiesta Review 8 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  think, the view directly out of the rear window is fine and the rear pillars certainly dont obstruct the view anymore than in a Mondeo. There is a small issue with checking the blindspot before pulling out as you turn your head and dont see much but on the flip side the wing mirrors are very good
• BMW 320d - Worrying bill from no win no fee guys! 20 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all. I've been a keen honest John fan for many years, but now it's my turn to ask for some advice ad I'm actually fuming. Here’s the story…..   The Last summer just before  lockdown I had a motorist reverse into my parked car and also hit me as I
• Low mileage Xantia - am I sane to reject 6 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  the mileage. Paintwork was the usual Citroen late 1990s shade- dull and uninspiring. Apart from a scratch over the passenger side rear wheel arch (very common ? presumably reversing) and minor scuffs on either end of the front bumper (turning to park- again very common) the paint was perfect. No external
• Volvo V60 - The first 10,000 miles 25 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  testers saying how small the load area is, and how it isn't a proper Volvo estate - but if they actually tried using it they'd find it's perfectly adequate for most normal needs (and there are bigger Volvos available if not).   The length with the rear seats down is fine, and the V60 can do two
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - Diesel Pump Gone - How To Get It Fixed Cheaper 26 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  out off the car until it dies...with me try 100 miles. It all started last week when the car started to cut out after starting from cold, two or three minutes into my journey once the car was warm everything was fine. One week later and im not able to start car, so much for 10k miles. My next step