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• I Have A Question - Volume 168 25 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  the inside? Tricky to be hugely specific about the make/model of the gate, it gets pulled open by a telescopic bar at waist height on the inside when you waft a tag near a sensor oa pad outside, that´s about all I can remember. Any advice in the next half hour much appreciated. Cheers, Barchettaman
• Heated Massage Car Seat 16 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
• 2001 VW Passat TDi cambelt kit and tool 12 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Ladies and Gents, Can you please recommend me where I can purchase a timing belt kit ( VW Part No. 038198119) for my diesel Passat ( local VW Dealer...
• Road Tax Dodgers 20 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  According to today?s Telegraph there are 1.55 million untaxed cars on the road, of which 3 out 4 are thought to be involved in other criminal activities. 1.3 million late payment notices were issued but these only resulted in 465,000 people paying up. 216,000 people were taken to court
• honda accord 03 wiring lambda sensor 13 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  recently bought a honda accord type s on a 52 plate (new shape) at auction, it had the malfunction light indicator on. after honda diagnosed the front lambda sensor and quoted me £350 to replace plus the £62.50 paid for the diagnoses, i got it replaced by my local guy. the light was still on. i
• Pug 306 brake lights not working.. 3 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Hello, My step-sisters 98 R Pug 306's brake lights have stopped working. We have chacked all fuses, rear light clusters and wiring around the boot area. It is the rear brake lights and high vis that are not working. Rear head lights, reversing, indicators and foglights all work. Also the fuse
• 1999 Astra G - no ECU code! Help.... 23 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  The garage plugged in a diagnostic tool to my Astra today to see what was going on with the alarm system. It´s a ´99 1.8 CDX Astra Estate. As far as I could understand the nice German mechanic, his machine required the ECU code unique to the car before he could ´get in´ to the system and start
• Golf couple's fuel efficiency record 6 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Golf used just 24 tanks of fuel (287 gallons), averaging 62.7mpg. They had originally been expected to use at least 50 tankfuls. No details of which engine was involved is given in the Daily Mail story. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
• Corsa Single CD Radio (CAR 2005?) 26 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Son's Corsa ran its battery down a few weeks ago (away at university) He came back yesterday and the radio display is showing "Safe" Have tried the process in the book for putting code in (ignition on, radio off, press and hold A/S button) but nothing happens. Have tried disconnecting and re
• BMW for Honda 14 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  to put it up for £8750. Sound reasonable? The Accord is a 2000X 2.0 S model, red, with 64k. Friend's father is getting a new company car, gets to offlod this one. It's up for £3k. Good deal? Ta in advance, Alex. -- Dr Alex Mears MG BGT 1971 If you are in a hole stop digging...unless you are a miner.
• MINI One or MINI Cooper? 16 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  SWMBO continues to fancy a MINI (car, not skirt....). Has anyone any experience of comparing a MINI One with a Cooper? I don't think that we need or can afford the S. Journeys are mainly her driving 5 miles to and from work, plus me borrowing it for some long business trips to keep the mileage
• VW Golf MkIV - Exhaust Emission Warning 14 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I have recently bought a MkIV VW Golf S (51 reg)thats done 50k miles. About 5 minutes after leaving home today the Exhaust Emission warning light started blinking, then after a couple minutes of blinking it stayed lit up and it hasnt gone away. Does anyone have any idea of why this would happen
• Wheels slipping 19 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  (currenty 15's).
• Rev an engine before switching off? 12 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Not sure that I entirely agree with HJ?s comment in the DT today, in response to a letter from DS HJ says that one should not rev an engine before switching off because it will leave the cylinders flooded with fuel. However with regard to a modern fuel injected normally aspirated petrol engine
• Bargains at the car auctions today! 2 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Was snooping around the Manheim car auctions today(Colchester) with lots of Mercedes C and S class cars,so much so that towards the end there were absolutely fantastic cars with only 3 or 4 people present as the audience + the auctioneers and staff .ie total less than 10 present. Pity I didnt
• Does oil in the coolant always mean HGF? 12 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Does oil in the coolant always mean headgasket failure? I've noticed light brown gunge floating in the coolant of my Rover 100, it's also in the filler...
• whiplash injury 4 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  i was on the m40 s/b on friday morning just past banbury. sorry to any one reading this who was in the 9 mile tailback. anyway it was a two car rtc and the other party admited to the police that i was to blame. i sufferd minor whiplash injury and i went to a&e after a few hrs as my neck was stiff
• Predecessors & successors 8 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Wheels come and wheels go... The race is on since forever and the industry is pushing hard, trying to convince everyone that the new model is way better than its predecessor. But is it always a rule of a thumb ? Let?s take a Merc E-class W124, as an example. Nice car... then in ?96 came the W210
• Michelin @ Indy - Volume 2 2 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  {This follows on from Volume 1, which can be found here:} http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=32780 DD =================================================================== To add to F1's woes in America, Bernie made a spectacular gaffe live on US TV during the weekend
• Computer Related Questions - Volume 55 2 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  My daughter has just finished university and is now emailing job applications etc. She has emailed her cv to various places and was amazed to find that one company not only had the cv she had sent but had managed to read the saved(unedited/corrected) version(s)of it. We run windows xp pro