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• am i insane? 5 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I currently run a Seat Leon Cupra, and very nice it is too (recommend one to anyone). I have an 80 mile round trip, 4 days per week, plus social stuff, to give context. Recently, I have been finding myself increasingly lusting after Porsche 911's, particularly a silver 964-shape Carrera 2 (be about
• Lumpy, rusting Micra 22 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Recently bought a '97 Micra 1.0 manual which my parents have had since new, UK supplied. Surprised by very poor rust protection underneath - I've ended...
• Golf Mk4 - Rear Washer Problem 28 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Looking for some help on my wife\'s car. Have a \'99 Golf MK4 which recently developed problems with the boot lock - namely wouldn\'t open either with the key or central locking. Shortly afterwards the rear washer stopped working. After looking around this website I\'m inclined to think
• No new Mid-Sized Rover next year ! 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  to be ordered (that is, by late December 2003), and following the abandonment of the idea of using some of the Rover 75's facility (subframe "stuff-ups", for example), it would seem that a hefty investment remains to be made." "Accepted wisdom is that MGR now need to tie-up with its as-yet unnamed Chinese
• Do the old Skoda jokes still apply? 2 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  two dogs in the family. In the first year the sun roof and the front screen leaked then the gearbox packed up at 19.000m then the top n/s front suspension had to have repairs done, and to top it all a piston decided to go sideways instead of up/down at just under 24.000m and apart from fixing
• Low annual mileage cambelt changes 17 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  and 36,000 miles before changing? Car is garaged at night, so no frost damage or excessive condensation to worry about. What is/are the time-related factor(s) to consider? Any thoughts?
• Filling with oil 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  indicator removed". By 'oil level indicator' they mean dipstick. This warning in repeated in the owners manual. I have been working on cars, both personally and 'professionally' since the early 1970's and have never come across this before. Why shouldn't the oil be filled with the dipstck removed
• New car? 6 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  there are other, less flashy alternatives, but i\'m led to beleive that the beemer is the \"driver\'s car\" choice, which is what i\'m after as opposed to out-and-out luxury. So gentlemen (and ladies), your thoughts please? Particularly: 1) performance/handling 2) running costs 3) reliability (remembering
• FAO Fitz & Bighammerman - VIRUS WARNING 26 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  by email, but all I get is "The user(s) account is temporarily over quota." from your service provider, NTL. Not only is this an inconvenience, as the files you keep sending me are over 350kb in size; but more importantly you are posing a risk to my pc by also infecting mine. If you haven't got any virus
• Stupidity 24 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  a small child lying in a pool of blood by the side of the road it\'s something that you will never want to see again. I just can\'t believe the stupidity of the person driving. We are constantly bombarded with messages about using seat belts, using them in the back and as parents about the use of proper
• Alfa 156 AirCon! 1 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  a Citroen Xsara and both cool the air much quicker compared to mine. I did telephone the dealer and they hinted that all the 156's were like that. Its a company car and I wondered if other 156 drivers have been pleased with the aircon or have experenced the same as me? My car is black which does not help
• Minis everywhere 19 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Just a short note, I happen to live in West Oxfordshire and over the past few weeks signs have been appearing for the 'mini in the Park' day, well last sunday was the day and lo and behold there were Minis everywhere. From a Austin Cooper S to the latest offering from BMW, rally prepped versions
• Clocking 11 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  otherwise: but the MOT\'s showed a low mileage. I have now traced a point, prior to the first MOT when there was a very high mileage noted, but VMC will not disclose where this info comes from. They use Data Protection as a reason not to disclose to anyone other than the Motor Trade. (Data Protection only
• \'Tar\' on paintwork 11 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Just been giving my white Xantia a bath and on the whole, it\'s come up quite well. the nearside wing and some of the door panels are a bit dull, so I was going to use T Cut on those, However, I hve noticed small specs of what looks to be tar on the painwork below the outside rubber trim. I assume
• Good old-fashioned cassettes 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Williams' Swing When You're Winning and a 70;s compilation. Christ - I'm only 29!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Cheers Rob "Lord of Lard"
• LPG Conversion on a Volvo 22 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  converstions work well with turbo cars?, A lot of discussitions I have seen are on V8 or V6's. Is there any reasons why a high pressure turbo sould not be converted? Also I belive that there is a new generation III, were performance and fuel economy is not lost? I have also spoken to my insurance company
• I need references to DVLA problems 18 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  at Swansea DVLC, as it was then known in the mid 80's. DVLA steadfastly refute this, though I know I read it in the papers at the time it was a kinda 'Buried' story). I passed my test, I was issued a licence, I was summoned for failing to produce and charged TWICE with'Driving without A Full Licence'. I
• 306 airbag light 20 May 2003 (Forum)
  There has been the occasionl mention of the 306's airbag warning light staying on because of a break in the wiring to the seat belt pre-tensioner under the drivers seat. This seems to be true because moving the seat can cure/cause the problem, so I removed the seat and stripped out the wiring
• Rip off UK 20 May 2003 (Forum)
  , and the cars are well speced here due to strong competition all cars come with a/c elec mirrors/windows/pas/c-locking/ abs etc etc. Local Mercedes dealer is selling 1.8 classic c lass with leather and auto at 108,000 dhs which is 18.4k uk sterling plus 1 years free insurance. New shape Toyota Camry\'s start
• 205 Knocking from Front 20 May 2003 (Forum)
  took it to the garage this morning, and they have replaced the N/S front Roll bar Drop link and the OF Front Strut top mount. They also gave me an advisory that the front engine mount is worn, but not badly enough to warrant replacement. After the repair, the knocking is better on left turns, but now