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• Am I Victor Meldrew? 2 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  on someone else?s drive. Am I a git? Jon
• vw with idle and decelerating problems 20 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I have just purchased an approved used vw bora 1.6 S (registered in 2000). It seems to have a regular miss when idling (that is noticable inside the car) and also I it is impossible to get the car to decelerate smoothly. When the car is in neutral if I increase the revs to 2200 and then try
• First time buyer-how can i make a best 3 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I've just passed driving test at the third attempt( oh my god!) and thinking of buying my first car. The car I have in mind is new Nissan Micra S 1.2L 5dr automatic ( list price is £9395) The standard options are: PAS, ABS, front e/w, immobiliser, remote locking, radio/cd player. As I have
• Nissan QX don't go 3 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  up. RAC guy says this is a common fault with Nissans if it’s a bit cold and you start the car for a short time the management system falls when you come to start it again. He had been to a guy with a Rover 25 earlier that day with the same problem as all Rover 25’s are prone to the same
• Talking of Torque...... 18 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  of Toyota, Nissan etc. still keep putting huge diesels with relatively low power/torque in their larger 4X4's when, in theory at least they could fit a much smaller unit with the same output? Chad.R
• BCA: Moving cars with forklifts ! ? 13 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  /auctions using forklifts (totally understandable) but why use this method for driveable cars ? It must damage exhausts and other pipe work underneath the car.On one car in particular the side skirting was flexing so much it must have been close to snapping (it may explain why i often see 156's
• Why are Japanese cars more reliable? 3 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  component design? ........what? Or, on the other hand is this just a "modern myth", perpetuated since the 70's, when you could argue that all of the above factors, were in indeed true? Now, I know that there are going to be backroomers with very reliable non-jap cars (myself included), also very
• Passat 20VT 1 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  favourable. Does anyone have any experiences of them? I currently have a TT so I know all about the engine, which is a cracker once you get used to the lag. There seems to be SE, Sport and S versions, anyone know the differences? and which would you recommend. How many miles do you think the 20VT
• Pet names for cars 18 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Come on, own up. What affectionate or hurtful name(s) do you call your car and the reason? Me, well here goes. Shed. Austin Allegro. Reason:- it was one. Goldie. Mk1 Astra EXP. Reason:- Colour 2 tone black & gold. Wolf. Mk2 Cavalier. Reason:- Wolf in sheeps clothing. Looked bog standard
• getting finer injection spray 12 May 2002 (Forum)
  I might be doing myself out of a potential patent application here, but what do you think of this idea. Vibration is used to speed up certain processes, in fact it has it`s own name of sonochemistry. Now ever higher injection pressures are used to obtain better combustion more power and lower
• Alas, no Requiem for Ronald 4 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  of what step-d calls teething problems with Ronald for you good guys to solve. Thanks again for all your help. Colin S
• 'Over drive 'v' 5 or 6 speed boxes 27 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  to the largely ubiquitous 5 speed boxes. So what was 'overdrive' and why do we not see it anymore? Ta Some cars now have 6 speed manuals. At what point does the number of gears cause more problems, do cars really need 6 speed boxes ? I know that HGVs have 8 or 16 speeds, but that?s for the heavy loads
• Early Rover 214 injection 22 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  ?) and secondly of any good tune up agent or garage near S Bucks which would be able to help. Many Thanks.
• Focus for Accord 21 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Well I'm still in the process of finding the right used Accord to trade in my Focus for, and managed to find a suitable candidate at a Honda dealer:- '98-S Accord 2.0ES Auto black 38k 1-owner £9995 Got a part-ex valuation from said dealer for my current steed:- '99-V Focus 2.0 Ghia 5-dr black
• Golf Mk 3 keys 4 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  VW Germany. FAx comes back with the order code for the key. The dealer then orders the key. Once it has arrived they require the car for another 1/2 day to "progamme" the key(s). So, 2 visits (mon to fri only of course) and a bill of £40 for the key plus 1/2 hr labour for programming. The service
• pug 206 woes 27 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  A girly friend of mine has a Met blue 98 S Pug 206 LX 3dr with air. She over-expended herself to buy the thing and can't really afford to run it. So now it is playing up bad (out of warranty in July) and she can't afford to fix it. A mechanic friend has looked at it and he says it is only running
• Installing stereo system from scratch 22 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  /connectors I need to do this. I am ready to buy a CD tuner head unit, two 4" cones, and two 6x9's (to be put in a box in the boot), I can understand the basic principals in doing all of this but I just want to find out if there is anything in particular I really need to watch for or do. I KNOW that this can
• Type R...? 12 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  in March. They even said to shop around for a discount and they'd match it, so discounts can be had!! I test drove the Scooby WRX (with ppp) and there's sod all in it performance wise. Just 8k in my pocket....... :-) There's no other alternative is there? Cooper S maybe... Never bought a new car before so
• Toyota Picnic value 15 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Anyone got access to a "Trade Bible" Glass's guide? I am looking to buy my Picnic from Leaseplan but I get the feeling they over value the cars compared to what a dealer would charge for one, or what it would fetch at auction. It is a Jan 98 S plate GLS Auto with CD 2.0 petrol, Met paint, 60K
• Aftermarket Turbo Bits 21 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  a Fiesta bonnet, then it will fit the kit. Will it achieve the same surge as my XUDT after the surgery, or be several 100's down the pan? I have seen adverts for such modifications but am sceptical to their effect. Anyone any comments? Simon