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• Best car you've had 6 May 2005 (Forum)
  A follow on from Schoolboy's'worst car',what is the best car(s) you have had?Could be the most reliable/economical or just one that gave you a good time or brings back fond memories. I'll start with an Anglia,it was the 1200,such power,I was a teenager,it was my first car.I thrashed it without
• New model A4 ergonomic problem 15 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Picked up my new model A4 2.0 TDi S-line 2,500 miles ago. Already have problems with the gearbox (obstructive and crunching into 2nd gear, sometimes can't get first at all!) and suspension like a bouncy castle (I think the front dampers are faulty) so much so that I bounce out of the driver's seat
• Bye Bye Micra - trade to dealer? 1 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  It will soon be all change in the S household. It's time to move on my wife's 99T Micra and I was wondering what price I could expect if sold it privately and what attitude/price I could expect from a dealer if traded for a newer machine - possibly a Pug 406 coupe from main dealer. The Micra
• I Have a Question Volume 64 4 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  humming (don't recognise the tune), but SWMBO says she hears it all the time and its driving her, and she me, crazy. Hope someone can give me some new ideas to identify problem(s).
• Another Renault Clio starting problem 2 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  I have been reading the earlier articles about Coolant Temperature Sensors getting corroded and causing faulty readings. But I'm not totally sure whether this is the same problem. When cold my clio (which is a 1998 S-reg 1.6 RXE) starts fine, but, if I drive somewhere then leave it for half an hour
• UK drivers paying too much for parts 1 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  frequency then, I know, the disparity would be a lot less. Higher volume parts, such as filters and brake parts are where all the sales revenue is so that?s where all the pricing effort goes in matching the competition. Meaningful parts price research is based upon these basics: Selection of high volume
• Peugeot 106 ticking noises 30 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  a bit of extra noise as apparently the TU series engines weren't the quietest of things when first made anyway. Also, any pointers of what else to watch out for on 106's in general? Thanks in advance Ben
• Fitting Intercooler to Pug 306 HDi 90 27 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  I've just handed back a '03 plate Volvo V40 diesel with the 115bhp lump when I left the company. I am now running about in a Pug 306 HDi 90 that used...
• Tarrant & Bentley - London ITV 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  apparently) Man fined for driving at 9mph exceeding the then 4mph (2mph in towns) speed limit. Ending up in Basingstoke where they decried the 1960's destruction of a quaint market town for the concrete hell that is modern Booringstoke. Next week its London to Oxford.
• Jazz - CVT or manual 4 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Dear Honest John & readers, Does anyone have any experience of the Jazz fitted with the CVT gearbox? I am interested to know your opinions of it in general...
• Honda-wobbly brake calliper 23 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  The rear n/s brake calliper can move up and down by about 3mm or so. It rummbles quite a lot over poor road surfaces.Ie. practically all B class roads in this country! It is a single piston type. The play seems to be where the two sliding pins enter their respective sockets on the caliper bracket
• 5 Series BMW No Start 22 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  My S reg. 5 Series BMW Touring has an intermittent - could be 2/3 times a week - no start problem. I switch on the ignition and all the panel lights up as normal. Turn the key to the start position and absolutely nothing happens - no clicks, no whirring noises, no dimming of lights. I sometimes
• Hit & Run Nightmare 4 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, Last night, returning from the cinema we took the usual short cut along a fairly narrow twisty stretch of road, from Scunthorpe towards the...
• Beware of the Hun in the Sun 9 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  You may recall this advice on fighter tactics proffered in the film "Battle of Britain". Now we are once again in the season of mists, mellow fruitfulness and low sun it has echoes for today?s motorists. My trip to work involves emerging from a very minor road onto a less minor road at the top
• Ferrarri; 2nd-hand 2+ 2 for retirement 27 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Ferrarri servicing doesn't look tooooooo horrendous, either. I'd be very grateful for your views on anything relevant to this. For example,are they priced lower because the market doesn't like oldish ( 1970's - 1980') 2+2s Ferraris ?
• Chipped 156 JTD 8 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  been had, especially when the twonk in a fiesta van in the inside lane tried to pull out into the side of me earlier this evening. The Bora up my backside made braking a poor option and the o/s was the usual camel train so I just booted it (75 in 5th). In the time it took for the twonk to complete
• Windscreen scratches - 2002 Polo 22 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  How much fine scratching is normal on a car windscreen? We have noticed that our windscreen has thousands of fine scratches where the wiper blades go. We\'d never noticed that on our previous car, although on the new car it\'s only noticeable with oblique lighting (street lights at night or low
• MINI Adventure. Tyre press.warning light 7 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Friend of mine has a 51 Reg MINI Cooper. Went back to BMW due to a grinding noise on front wheels at low speed. Having looked in HJ\'s C-by-C breakdown I find it should have been re-called for front suspension. Mechanic claims to know nowt. Looks it up on computer and sure enough it should have
• Have A Brake Problem! Please Help 4 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  I have a shadow 1 (1972) with a brake problem that I am unable to solve. Can anybody give me any advice please? I replaced the two n/s/r flexi brake pipes closest to the calliper. Unfortunately there was a fluid leak o/night which emptied both reservoirs. On bleeding the system fluid was drained
• Adverts on here 7 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  SHOUTING as no one seems to listen, no matter how many times it\'s been mentioned. Any further comments on pop ups, will simply be deleted. I can\'t be bothered moving any more comments to the thread that was already started. Whinge away in that thread if you like, but please refrain from starting new