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• Jaguar S Type - Jaguar Crank Problem 29 May 2010 (Forum)
  I have a S type Jaguar reg 54. On a long trip the car suddenly stopped. Called the AA who thought the timing chain had broken, got towed to the local Birmingham Jag dealers where it was discovered the crank was broken. The car has done 62,000 miles. The service guy asked if it had ever run low
• Economical family car c£2k 3 proper back seats 13 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  of them, and there's only one adult so we don't need one. Most of the time it's only me and one young child. I love being higher up on the road, and ugly cars don't bother me. A tow bar would be helpful for the odd occasion we need storage. I don't want to drive a big car for the odd time we
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - 05 2.0 Black smoke/knocking noise 2 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  out a load of black smoke. Managed to get it to work by this time it had stopped so only lasted about 2mins. Started it at work and did the same. AA man towed it back home and since then it has been idle until approx a week ago (was convinced id blown the engine) A family friend/mechanic had
• Wasting money again 25 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  grass verge ( shortly to become narrower ) sinking into the ground and having to pay to be towed off......brilliant idea, and all for the sake of leaving one gate open. Going away on the Honda tomorrow...I'll be going the long way round to get to the M56 ! Gripe over. Ted
• A lot of petrol into a diesel...should I laugh.... 9 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  . It's getting towed tomorrow to get the tank drained but I think he's as good as signed the death warrant for it. I hope I'm wrong...please tell me I am. Adam P.S. If it was me that had done this to his car, I'd now be dead.
• Citroen Despatch (2007 - ) - 04 1.9 diesel poor running 5 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I posted a previous question about non starting and had to resort to getting an auto electrician firm out to fix the problem after spending 2 hours outside my house on tuesday in the rain they decided to tow it to there garage where they claimed to have worked on it all day wednesday cutting some
• I think I am a cursed car killer! 24 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  For some reason this past few weeks have been one car disaster after another. Not content with the sunroof leaking and ditching water over me said car decides to break down last Friday afternoon. It coughed, then died completely until cooled down so it went off to the garage on a tow truck
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 03 Worn brake discs & drums - service limitations? 21 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  deep scours on each disc and the drums are 40% worn but no scouring. They have told me if they had of tested vehicle it would have failed on and only these faults. How much life is left in the discs and drums? I don't drive on the brakes or heavy and the vehicle never tows anything. I am looking
• Street parking - right of access? 29 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  and pushchair. The final threat included having our car clamped/towed it we didn't move it. Obviously we'll follow up with the council to help confirm the situation, but any general thoughts from the Backroomers? Is that area in front of the shed considered 'public highway' (it's certainly not part
• Very costly phone call. 11 May 2007 (Forum)
  phone while driving not only received three penalty points and a £60 fine, but had to endure watching his £60,000 Mercedes sports car being towed off to a storage compound. Checks carried out by officers who pulled over the driver on Queen's Road in Clifton revealed that the driver only had
• Focus Filters 5 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  was something wrong. No they are all like this I was told, the fuel will come through eventually. They ended up tow starting it, after about half a mile it started, the amber heat light came on then went off. They let me take it home. I looked in my Haynes manual which said that you should fill the new filter
• Taiwan top for radar trapping? 17 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  upset anyone and, yes, there are BMWs. Other motoring things noticed: either side overtaking traffic light cameras many motorway cameras mostly around junctions tow trucks in big cities wide scooter lanes in most towns and often in the country signposting mostly English as well as Chinese
• £35 Tracker (Security) 3 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  on a bracket and wire a car charger directly to a permenant 12v (unused towing electrics feed). This will mean if my car gets stolen, it can be traced by me on the computer. The outlay is £19 (free if you have an old phone in a drawer) and £10-15 to register on the site (depending what options you choose
• Italian attitudes 7 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  . That includes have a passenger on mopeds, smoking, no helmet or not fastened, one handed riding, one wheel on the ground while being towed by a car ?? Thousands were seized and auctioned off. There has been a tremendous public outcry, including fights between police and motorcyclists, imagine! It?s not fair
• Cycle Carriers 11 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  to lift 4 bikes over my head onto the roof of my car without causing damage to me or the car. 2. Tow bar mounted Pros - I feel these are a lot stronger and you can also get ones that swivel out of the way to allow access to the hatch. However, at this moment in time, I do not have a towbar though am
• Spot The Twonk 23 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  ; overtaking within 100 yards of exiting the motorway ; top-class slipstreaming so close to the car in front it looks like it's towing you ; specila bonuses of 5 for completey unannounced lane-changing , especially if that is as the traffic is queuing for an obstruction HOURS OF FUN
• I need a Ford Escort ... 13 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  down on the ferry, and couldn't be driven off on arrival. Apparently, it couldn't even be pushed off because it had locked the driver out, and nobody seemed to know how to tow it. This woman was not very pleased. So she was returning on the ferry, with her car stuck where she had parked it on the car
• End of the road for Guiness Label in windscreen?? 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  More than 30 vehicles have been towed away from Sandwell streets in a major crackdown on car tax dodgers. The move is the latest in a series of swoops by the council's highways department, the DVLA and police. The motorists were caught in kerbside checks and visits to their homes after tip-offs
• Citroen Xantia HDI fault. 7 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  and with or without the caravan on tow . Citroen Customer Service are not very helpful , their attitude being if the machine shows no fault then there isn't one , also Citroen technical don't seem to have any answers . This recurring problem is spoiling what I think is a very nice car ........ Some thoughts
• European Holidays 3 May 2001 (Forum)
  car you could be stopped from driving,if your car has been modified and you do not have the appropiate paper work ie tow bars, wide wheels, different exhaust, if you were to be involved in a caravan accident all these would be checked,There are many rules and regulations that differ from country