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  • Peugeot 106 Noisy reverse 29 Sep 2003 (Forum)
    Hi, I have purchased a Peugeot 106 1.1L March 98 Look 2 67K for my daughter. Nice clean car drives well and stops well. However I notice that the reverse gear is quite noisy paticularly if I reverse up the drive. It\'s not a grinding noise just a cyclic straight cut gear type noise. Is this normal
  • Waiting Lists 19 Aug 2003 (Forum)
    SL350 MERC CLK320 CONVERTIBLE MERC E55 AMG PORSCHE CARRERA GT PORSCHE CAYENNE S PORSCHE CAYENNE TURBO Thanks!
  • Omega Battery light on, loss of Power St 5 Aug 2003 (Forum)
    is an absolute s**, any takers on fire bombing this heap of crap please?
  • How hard can it be? 29 Jul 2003 (Forum)
    Alf, at least on two separate occasions I\'ve asked you to watch your language when posting. it\'s also been pointed out to you that there is no point trying to defeat the swear filter by swapping characters in the swear words. I simply cannot be bothered editing you post with several \"pink
  • Wing Mirrors 2 Jul 2003 (Forum)
    A few weeks ago there was a thread about Real Wing Mirors. Well I have just come out of the Toyota Car Show rooms in Tokyo Bay Centre and the was a Toyota Century V12 limo and yes Real Wing Mirrors. Mind you many of the Taxi@s in Tokyo have these old things stuck on the wing. I will try
  • Car Speed Limited by GPS 3 Jun 2003 (Forum)
    Did anyone else just hear the article on Radio 1's Newsbeat (12:55)? Was about a car that uses GPS positioning with a database of speed limits, to limit the speed of a car. The reporter was in a 30 zone in Leeds and put his foot to the floor and the car wouldn't go above 30! He said that you can
  • Your first 'love' 10 May 2003 (Forum)
    When I was a spotty youth in the mid 70's, I fell seriously, seriously in love with a particular type of car and still admire its looks and styling all these years later. The car ? A Vauxhall Royale Coupe - sleek looking yet pratical (just like my wife!). MY question to the BackRoom - What car
  • MOT self pre check 23 Apr 2003 (Forum)
    \'s garages now use, i.e. emissions control, brake alignment, front light alignment? thanks
  • Iveco Daily 35-12 lwb 23 Apr 2003 (Forum)
    Yes, I know it's not a car! It's a motorhome & some of you guys may have tinkered with 'em..... 1997, rear disc brakes, & I am assuming "drum in hat" for the handbrake? What is the correct way to strip it all down? The n/s handbrake does not work, & it's not the cable-for once. OR, dare I ask
  • Vauxhall Omega Help, im desperate please 1 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    Hi, i filled up my car (Vauxhall Omega 2.5 V6 CDX Estate, manual gearbox) with about £50 worth of fuel, haven`t done that much mototrway driving, a lot of driving through the town (and YES i know thats bad !) my fuel comsumption display says it`s doing 17.3mpg, that can`t be right surely ? cheers
  • Mazda RX-8 14 Feb 2003 (Forum)
    I read that this is expected in the UK in June. Must say it looks very interesting at a time when too many cars look alike. I've never really been...
  • Daewoo Matiz 30 Nov 2002 (Forum)
    A mate at work is selling his wife's Matiz (800 SE). It's S reg, done less than 30k and is in good condition. They've only be offered £1500 part ex against a Seat Leon and he says I can have it if I give him a bit more than that (£1600 maybe?). Is it a good buy? I have read that it requires a belt
  • Fog light use 4 Nov 2002 (Forum)
    Following the recent thread on the Fog Light Brigade - I've done my own little survey over the past couple of weeks. Not scientific but I have a daily...
  • Focus Quirks? 22 Oct 2002 (Forum)
    Does anyone else have the following problems/features on their Focus? 1. Windscreen washer reservoir will start overflowing down rear of wheel arch when filled over a certain point? (Or is mine leaking?) 2. Fan speed decreases when heated screen(s) and/or headlights turned on? (Do I have
  • Balancing Act 1 Oct 2002 (Forum)
    Pressure in N/S/R tyre has been going down 3-4lbs per week. Independent tyre depot identified poor seating of tyre on rim as the cause and offered to clean the rim, re-fit and re-balance. I had to stop one mile from depot and to my surprise noticed that there was no 'balance weight' on the rim
  • Driving and phones ... 14 Aug 2002 (Forum)
    Had a call today in my office, and the bloke was driving along while chatting, burbling along 19-to-the-dozen... I was getting pretty bored with the conversation, and trying to think of an excuse to get him off the line, when I heard the "woowooo" of a police siren over the line. "Oh S***, I've got
  • Citroen C5 Automatic Gearbox. 6 Jul 2002 (Forum)
    . Car is four months old. What do I do next? Peter S
  • spark plugs 23 Feb 2002 (Forum)
    About 3 weeks ago one of the Denso Spark Plugs fitted in my Toyota Carina 2 3 S-FE engine exploded. The centre porcelain core and centre electrode parted company from the screwed part of the plug which remained in place in the cylinder head. I have e-mailed Denso Europe and Japan but have not had
  • Rover 400, appetite for light bulbs 19 Dec 2001 (Forum)
    I have changed many, many bulbs front and rear during the 1 year of ownership of my P Reg Rover 400. A colleague with the same model (S Reg) has changed bulbs about 6 times. I see these cars running around in twilight with very often, one of the brake lights or side lights not working
  • Thoughts on value please 18 Dec 2001 (Forum)
    A colleague in my office wants to sell his car privately and has asked me for a value on it. I've been out of sales for 7 years, and the market's moved on a bit. Can anyone help please? Hyundai Accent 3dr spirit, 1300 Dec 98 'S' 50,000 miles 1 owner, history. Honest enough and straight. It books
 

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