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• McLaren T25 City car - Revolutionary - or roll over? 12 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  Just what we need for crowded roads, perhaps. But a couple of lads returning from a night out drinking would seem to be able to roll this on it`s side. I can beat 74 mpg in the Punto van too - despite it being twice the weight. Will it catch on though? And perhaps even more
• 1.8 nissan almera auto 2002 - new exhaust now engine management light on 6 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  .  No luck. Going to take it back to KwikFit - they caused the problem after all. What should I be asking them to do?  Is this a new sensor(s) issue?  Different CAT?  Really inconvenient for me so need to get it sorted & not just re-set again. Thanks for any advice. JM
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  Would an independent garage repairing a Teves Mk 60 ABS Pump count as a modification? 5 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Hi, do you think if this replacement or modification is fitted, would any insurance company consider this a modification and increase the insurance costs?...
• Toyota hilux pick-up - Fast and slow tick over on a diesel engine 14 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, I`m new to this forum and have joined in the hope someone can help me with a couple of n*****ly problems with my pick-up. It`s a 1997, 145,000 miles of trouble free motering.  Recently the tickover varies from fast to normal.  I`ve oiled the linkages and tey sem fine
• Distinctive motoring `sniffs` 10 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Well you do sniff at some motoring things, don`t you? ;-) Duckhams Q20/50 stood out as really different to other motor oils at the time I had a Mini van in 68. Not just in it`s green colour but it also smelt great. Wonder why? - I certainly don`t notice anything attractive about the smell
• Vauxhall Astra G Diesel - Astra radio code entry DRIVING ME CRAZY !!! CDR500 31 Mar 2010 (Forum)
   _ _ _ _ HOWEVER, as soon as I release the AS key to input the code, the _ _ _ _'s disappear and the word PANEL comes up in the display. Aghhhhhhhhh This is a factory installed system, been working for ages, no panel swaps etc. Please, before I go crazy (well, crazier), can anyone help
• Renault Megane (1999 - 2002) - 01 1.4 Lumpy Tickover 21 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  ''. Starting the engine at home from cold the engine misses slightly on the quarter mile steep incline. Once warm the engine runs reasonably well but at idle it deviates by around 200rpm. The stepper motor and map sensor have both been replaced with s/h but working units. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
• Volkswagen Polo IV (2005 - 2009) - Variable Servicing or not? 10 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  servicing it may not have had its first service yet. (it has done 11k) Is there are easy way to tell if it?s on standard servicing or variable. I used to have an Audi A4 and on that you pushed a ?spanner? button on the dash and it told you when the next service was due. Does the Polo have a similar set
• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 01 1.9 31mpg from a tdi 130 wots wrong with it 8 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  i used to get around mid 40's to the gallon now im lucky to get over 32mpg. iv had it on diagnostics today and the mass afm is slightly down but not by much. what could it be, i gave it a full service when i bought it 5k miles ago. also driving steady or driving fast it dosent seem to make
• Peugeot 307 (2001 - 2007) - 02 2.0 second handturbo 6 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  bhp model (dw10 Ated rhz) or (dw10 td rhy) the reason i ask this because i'm going to the breakers to -morrow to pick upa s/hand one any feed back greatly appreciated Best Regards Mickey bo
• Any takers for written assignments? 5 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  and not missing the meaning of the question. As at college topic titles though, that you have to think about to answer. Say, 250 words (in effect just a summary, as it`s for a forum) I seem to remember for me 250 words was a sheet of A4 - in the long hand of those pre typing days. How about a list
• Filth beyond belief - descending gaga to cylinders 16 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Straight down the throats of those once pristine inlet tracts - and into the cylinders as gritty grinding paste for the bores and rings. That`s the EGR. Or rather `the facilitator of filth` I`ve just blanked off the EGR on the 1.9D (as in tech) But woa.. what wet oily filth has been descending
• KIA Sorento SUV (2003 - 2009) - 04 3.5 Engine management mil light 25 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  I have a strange problem with the MIL light.The light is on all the time and the power is down,my scanner says there is no fault codes stored and the system...
• Baked on bugs > best remedy 10 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I?m sure this will have been covered before, so apologies for any previous. Having travelled on a long hot trip about a week ago when it was hot, I?m still left with some of the baked-on remains of bugs. ( even after lots of rain. ) It?s a black car so they seem to show. I?ve tried hot water
• Road caves in half an hour after driving on it 1 May 2009 (Forum)
  I am quite shocked by this, I drive downt his stretch of road about 2-3 times a week and is only 2.5 miles from where I live. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1112627_hole_halts_traffic I drove down this just half an hour before, I remember being stuck in traffic behind a police van
• Thoughts on DRLs (Day Running Lights) 3 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  quite nicely, though there fitment to my car was purely incidental. I noticed Fiat 500's, and many Volvo's & BMW's, and of course all those Audi led ones. Mind a lot of the Beemers seem to drive with lights on in daytime. I think they just like to pose with those "angel eyes" lights.
• Warranty Direct -no pairs exclusion 31 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Had recent f/n/s coil spring failure; no problem said W/D, get it done. My Vx garage and Vx themselves, strongly recommend doing both sides [the springs from Vx are only supplied in pairs, perhaps to reinforce this message]. The broken spring had also ruined a 620-mile-old tyre. W/D said ' we
• Sad number plate fiddling. 19 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Why? Why bother to put that yellow/white/black bolt just *there* so that your number plate has your initials, or something that? Why bother to hack the "4" about, so that it's distorted and looks like an A? Change "5" into "S"? This after dropping the boy off at school this morning, & looking
• Honda - Galvanic Corrosion - Fireblade owners beware 24 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  #bm513198 http://www.honda-forums.com/index.php?t=msg&th=16976&prevloaded=1&S=c6f5caf410647a4e34699e7a7b700788&start=0
• Vauxhall Frontera (1991 - 2001) - 99-Re-fitting Alarm Connector To Window 7 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  on in the factory but when i poked it the thing fell off completely. Does anyone have any advice on how I can re-attach this? I have a soldering iron and hot air gun but i'm concerned about smashing the window with the excessive heat. s