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• Calling all engineers and web whizzos? 14 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  Hi All, Having read some high quality technical input on this forum, I?d like to pick everyone?s brains on an issue that is vexing me but one you probably haven?t come across before: that of running modern car engines on LEADED fuel. Background Here in Jordan almost all the second-hand cars
• NA - Cigarette Lighter Tyre Inflator Repair 7 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  https://i.imgur.com/0okrzFC.jpg https://i.imgur.com/clICIky.jpg https://i.imgur.com/9pIofLZ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/49TIaDU.jpg https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ywsAAOSwoX5kI99k/s-l1600.jpg First photo shows where the brass piece goes and how it converts
• Renault Austral - First Impressions 12 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  full name is a Renault Austral E-Tech Iconic Esprit Alpine. So far, it’s quiet and comfortable, has 200ps and is doing c50mpg with a mixture of motorway and extra urban driving. It’s continuing Renault’s adoption of Android Automotive, so you just treat the centre screen as s tablet and give
• Any - How it should work 28 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  Just had a car emerge from a side street and collide with the o/s rear door of the car this morning, and I’m massively pleasantly surprised how effectively everything was handled. Collision happened just after 8, swapped details, drove home. Rang the insurance company, bit of a hold to get
• How important is the image of a company vehicle? 30 Nov 2021 (Forum)
  Parked just along the road from my house was a quite young but very, very dirty van. This van also had an enormous dent which stretched along the N/S from the passenger door, right along the sliding door to the rear wheel arch.  Now you are probably thinking, well what is noteworthy
• Genesis 25 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  Apologies for the rum induced nostalgia moment, but what was the car which instigated your lifelong interest in cars? For me, after a childhood of dozing in the back of a series of Volvo 340’s my dad suddenly went a bit mad and turned up one night in a 1985 C plate (2 years old at the time) Saab
• Decisions decisions - what motorbike? 24 May 2021 (Forum)
  it was reliable. I love two-strokes and was wondering if I got a VFR400 would I be dissapointed. I know four-strokes are generally more reliable but are they less fun? I have also noticed that VFR400's are quite pricey (even G and H reg ones) and for the same money I could buy a 600. Any suggestions? Mike
• Buying advice please - used, large family 8k 6 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Hi, I need some buying advice please.  I'm looking for largish, used family car for around the 8k mark. Up to 6/7 years old.  Preferably petrol as making lots of short trips. Mileage up to 60k. Usual prerequisites, frugal, reliable, and safe as will have 2 under 10's
• First EV servive station 13 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  they are selling electric to the grid and then buying back electric for its service station(s). I expect  the company and its customers are laughing at the moment with the price of electric with no fuel duty or VAT  How long can this be sustainable and what disadvantages to the tax payer and ICE
• Suzuki Vitara - Does a ‘15 Vitara roll more than an ‘03 Fabia? 19 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  was pretty sold on it after watching the Carwow review on YouTube. Then I realised that he’s driving the S version with stiffer suspension which is probably out of my budget. I’m also interested in the Ignis but with no steering reach adjust I doubt I’d be as comfortable as in the Vitara. The Kadjar
• Classic Car - Classic Car Insurance cancelled because of new job 9 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  and Private cars & seperate ins policy for taxi as reqd by the local Council. My car is a Pontiac Fiero LHD - how the ?*&^ would anyone think that could be used a s wheelchair accessable taxi???? This apparently now applies to EVERYONE who drives for a living! So how many car/tractor
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  Why does my car's steering feel heavy sometimes? 29 Jun 2020 (Ask HJ)
  My Fiat 500's steering suddenly feels heavy when going in a straight line but feels normal when I turn the wheel. What's the issue?
• Kia Sportage 2020 1.6 GDi - The Drive Home, First impressions 3 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  super, NO B/S... went through paperwork, no attempt to sell unwanted add ons, just the guff to sign declined, boxes already ticked... Paid, had a brief chat and left. 50 ish mile home, Ebbsfleet to Dartford crossing on the old A road, then M25 and A12 home. Fuel consumption showed
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  Do I have to inform my insurer if I have a tow bar fitted? 26 Feb 2020 (Ask HJ)
  Do I have to inform my insurer if I have a tow bar fitted? It will be only for a small two-wheeled trailer.
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  Best car for under-£2000? 3 Jan 2020 (Ask HJ)
  What five-door car would you recommend under £2000?
• 1 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  for such owners in ombudsman hearings https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/land-rover-dpf-issues-oil-dilution-philip-harmer-mciarb/ https://www.dropbox.com/s/d0bcrd7sve4l598/D8_Dilution_Explained.pdf?dl=1
• Unknown Part Name 13 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, I know nothing about cars but the other day had to put in a new battery into my S Type Jaguar after googling how to do it. However there was a tube connected to a plastic part that went into the old battery that I now know was needed to release gasses. I still have the tube
• Nissan X-Trail - x-Trail models 22 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  I have been looking for an ideal 4x4, by that I mean it has to have the right seat height for a disabled person to get in & out. These have proven to be the ideal height after comparing other 4x4's, but there is a problem and thats which model and how do you work out the difference between
• Honda Jazz 1.4 CVT - acceleration noise 12 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  going through a radiator at home, a sort of tinkling shhing sound. It does not make this sound in N, only D and I can't hear it in S, possibly as the engine is noisier? This is with all aircon / fans etc off, and it doesn't go away once the engine warms up.  It sounds as though it's coming
• Mazda 3 - Poor (dangerous?) dealer advice 27 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  When servicing and Mot'ing his Mazda 3 in September the main dealer reported a crack in the clutch cylinder. They tooped up the reservoir and said it would be OK for s few months. There were no Mot advisories. Last night the dash brake light came on and the reservoir needed topped up. The fault