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• What happened here then? 28 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  head gasket, a common problem on these Polos (poor mating surfaces) and I?m quite surprised it lasted as long, since they seemed to blow quite early. But the next one: DATE: 26/08/98 MILES: 57785 JOB INSTRUCTIONS: Attend breakdown tow in - Strip bottom end of engine - Replace bearings + oil pickup
• Off Road Antics 5 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  , no-one was hurt. Before the impact, the trailer being towed by the Discovery overturned in the road outside. Using the number plate on the trailer, the police traced the driver. When apprehended by the police, who to their credit acted very quickly, the driver of the Discovery was found to be 3 times
• BP Ultimate fueling Error 2 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I finally succumbed to the marketing blurb and pulled my A6 TDI 2.5 Quattro alongside the BP Ultimate fuel pumps, 14 litres into the transaction I smelt petrol! The first time in 19 years of driving had I made the mistake of mixing fuels. A tow, £200 later and two days later I was refueled
• New moderator alert! Smokie 27 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  to towing a caravan occasionally (not such a good thing) and as far as I recall has never needed to be moderated by any of us before - which is most unusual. Although new to moderating here, he's already familiar with the role elsewhere, so it shouldn't take him long to put his new buttons (yes, he gets
• A64 accident brings life to a halt. 23 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  for (at the last count 3 hours) because of a fatal accident. Clearing the road would have taken all of 5 minutes once a tow truck arrived...but no...the plod have to 'investigate' and while they do the road ceases to be our right of way while they slowly, carefully make sure that someone is to blame
• What Pickup? 13 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  (the business will be a partnership). 2 What is the most car like pick up (Nissan Navara, Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi L200, Ford Ranger, etc). The nature of the business means that traditional issues such as towing capacity and load handling are less important than road refinement and handling. We
• Mondeo 1.8TD oil pressure problem 8 May 2004 (Forum)
  My parents have a 1997 (R reg) 1.8TD Mondeo, 60,000 miles which is serviced regularly. After its service last year, they noticed that the oil pressure light came on (flickering) when the car was sitting in traffic (especially when towing a small caravan). They took it back to the garage who added
• is this true????parking tickets 6 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  friend of mine from school,whom i met after 10 years ,kept getting parking tickets from a certain tory local gov ,i said to him ,you better pay them otherwise youll get your car towed,he sat down wrote out chq,s for bout 10 tickets all were for 80 pounds,he wrote the chq at 80 pounds and one pence
• 4 x 4 Brakes 5 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  of a total (estimated) thickness of 10mm per single disk side. They are original after 131K. Is there a rule of thumb for maximum loss of thickness? As this truck regularly tows 2000K up and down motorways, I am erring on the side of caution by replacing, but would welcome listmembers comments to make me
• Seized Clio Water Pump 24 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  the car had come to a sudden stop. I towed it to a garage mechanic friend's place who today told us the extent of the damage. The water pump had seized which had made the timing belt snap and broken the camshaft sprocket and the camshaft itself. The belt had done 55,000 miles against a recommendation
• Top tip 21 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  toolbox on the accelerator (as you need to give it a half throttle to start it when it is hot). I then wound an old length of seatbelt-type webbing I had as a tow strap round the circumference of the tyre and pulled it like a lawnmower, being VERY careful not to pull the whole car off the jack. (Images
• Games people play (warning laddish post) 23 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  For reasons best not discussed a few colleagues and I had a long continental journey by road recently. To pass the time we invented a new game. It got me wondering what other games people play with and without the family in tow. In the absence of pub signs we had to invent our own version
• Stalling Ford Galaxy TDi 115 PD 30 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  and would then not restart and needed to be towed away by the RAC. Our local Ford dealer was baffled and insisted it was because there was less than 1/4 tank of diesel. After much begging and pleading, they finally contacted a Ford Engineer by mobile phone, who suggested that the fault was due
• Mazda 2 - Insurance claim: what would you do? 15 Dec 2024 (Forum)
  garage to check it over. I deemed this a better option than organising a tow myself etc so let them take it in. The car was deemed a total loss (uneconomical to repair) a few days later and there was talk of a new steering column, new trim on the door and dash, new ignition barrel etc. I
• Vauxhall vectra cdti 2008 - Vectra cam sensor 20 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  a long story so please bear with me. I was driving along the motorway and my car overheated. I pulled off at the next exit and called the recovery. They came out and diagnosed the water pump, towed me back to my local garage. They said they could do this and the timing belt fine
• fabia mpi - Rear-ended another car, it's totaled...now scared 17 May 2012 (Forum)
  being deployed but the workers called an ambulance and while I was getting checked out, they were speaking to the police and then drove off. Obviously, I have now been cautioned and both cars were towed away. Her air bags didn't deploy and the rear bumper and light cluster is in bad shape......mine
• Ford Mondeo - 2001 Mondeo 2.0tddi - various/related problems? 6 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  waited for the recovery vehicle.  That arrived to tow us, but then the car started.  Drove it home (not on m'way), to begin with ran really badly, wouldn't go over 2000rpm but a few miles down the road the problem suddenly  cleared and was running perfectly.  We took the car out
• Open to ideas 21 Aug 2024 (Forum)
  Having passed my driving test 590 years ago and always buying diesel cars since I was 26 due to towing various caravans, I now realise that I need a completely new education about newer cars.  My last car purchase was early 2016 which was a Honda civic, as this is the car
• Car Suggestions 15 Feb 2024 (Forum)
  be imperfect is pointless.  So, new parameters: £10k-£15k Auto Can tow a small trailer  Can seat three in comfort Reasonable (circa 400l+) boot Must be reliable Must be reasonably economical (circa 40mpg
• 4 diif makes - Electric car range 4 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  .   However, if you did go on holiday and decided to use the proper fossil fuel car because you wanted to do more then 325 miles per day ( 2 people driving 1 car ), and decided to leave your electric car at home, which might develop a problem and go flat.   You might have to get it towed