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• Some budget tyres can take extra 14m to stop 23 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  on budget tyres took a lot longer to stop particularly in the wet, eg 14 metres more at 70mph. Apparently tyres need not pass a wet stopping distance test in the UK! (Of all the H & S we incorporated where you can't make a cup of tea in an office without seeing warning labels on the kettle
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  Can I drive through Spain on runflat tyres with no spare wheel? 5 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am travelling to Spain by car and I understand that it is obligatory to carry a spare wheel. I have runflat tyres and also carry a tyre inflator. Are...
• 16 year old dies in collision with 4X4 [Read Only] 2 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  to this tragic and very sad loss. I live in a rural area and have witnessed these 'off road' vehicles complete with bull bars driving at speed down narrow country lanes whilst secure in their large 4X4's. Just to provide a balanced view, here is a comment the same page from the poor lad's mother "I know
• Input on my next car please!!!!! 27 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Ok, it?s another one of those ?What car shall I get now?? times. Company car, to keep for 4 years. I have two small children, one is a babe in arms, the other a toddler. I do about 20k per annum. Space, practicality is important but I do like the way a 3 series drives which is why I have left
• Nissan Note (2006 - ) - Is it normal to wait so long for a new car? 9 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  spec - is this normal or a result of cautious building in the recent climate? - apparently the Quashquai N-TEC is up to mid-January! Anyway, I'm sure this is not so, but just to confirm I do NOT have to take servicing at the local dealer to maintain the warranty do I? so long as the work s done
• Hyundai Coupe (2002 - 2008) - Harleyman's suggestion ! 10 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  , is it hard to do? (I do quite a lot of work on my 944 myself, but it's a bit of a beast to work on) What sort of fuel consumption do you get? Anyway, good suggestion, thanks. (Also went from the Coupe to looking at Toyota Celicas, but that's another story :s) Many thanks, Giles Drop down menus
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - 02 1.8 Fluid leaking from beneath the engine 28 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  on the various warning lights etc, then had a closer look. I?m no technician and I can?t see where this leak originates from, but looking at the car from beneath (as well as I can) it?s running off behind the engine from three points; the exhaust, a small silver shield and a threaded boss. Although I assume
• Peugeot 307 SW (2002 - 2008) - 02 2.0 Washer system 26 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  , electrical fault, kinked/blocked pipe. I can check the pipe to see if there is a blockage or it?s kinked but even if there was no water in the reservoir I would have expected to hear the washer pump trying to work, but ther is nothing to indiacate that it is trying Before considering the circuit or switch
• Volkswagen Passat (1997 - 2000) - 2000 1.9TDi 90 Seatbelt/Airbag light stays on 19 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, I just bought a 2000 Volkswagen Passat 1.9 S TDI 90. The only problem, I think, is that the seatbelt/airbag light on the dash stays on. Now from the manual I know this light should flash for a few seconds when the key is inserted but it stays on all the time. Now the guy i bought it from
• State control, emission regs, limp-mode, safety 16 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  . Hard to believe that `safe mode` has to be so severe, from an engine preservation perspective. I suppose though, if any more power were available in safe mode, some drivers would not get it fixed and just continue to drive it under reduced power. It just seems to be accepted that it`s `normal` to have
• Mitsubishi Colt CZC Cabrio (2006 - ) - Owners' experiences thread Vol 6. [Read only] 31 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I called into the dealer in Darton, Barnsley, S Yorks yesterday to be told 12 Colt CZCs had been shipped into Bristol and silver amongst them. He didnt know where they were bound for though so I doubt if mine will be there as I don't expect my CZC3 to be delivered to the Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W124 (1985 - 2000) - 92 2.3 W124 odd bulb failure 18 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  . It?s as if any load on the circuit brings it down. Bulb-failure warning is lit up the whole time. The earths there are sound, I tested it with a new earth lead to a test bulb; the cabling is sound too. Problem is not the bulb, I have swapped in known-good bulbs I need to trace things back
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 2000 (x reg) HDi - Door mirror hanging off 18 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Car is 306 HDi X-reg. {needs to be put in the subject header, see 2 separate sticky posts for info} A few days ago, while I was parked, some unspeakable person detached my n/s door mirror so it was hanging by its electrical cable when I returned to the vehicle. I can see the way the mirror
• More VED talk 7 May 2008 (Forum)
  or twice a year. Appreciate this subject has been discussed at length already but the paying for same only touched on. An arrangement to pay VED monthly would be useful, but expensive to put in place one assumes. My Xsara Picasso 1.8 perhaps is a s typical family car as one will find but i believe it's
• A return to art Deco car style or more road slugs? 19 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  and you have to do the limbo to get in under it. There`s that long pedestrian friendly snout, out front, just aching for two antennae and eyeballs. Its no wonder people buy four wheel drives to get into a reasonable cabin with a more vertical windscreen and decent windows not reminiscent of the arrow
• Clutch Swaps - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly! 6 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  OK Guys (and girls) This could be an interesting thread. Some clutch changes are so easy - I remember Vauxhalls from the mid 80's, where you removed a cover, slid back the input shaft from the end of the gearbox, and changed your clutch. Engine didn't need to come out. I counted that 'Good
• Driving in Amsterdam 28 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Police and enforcement are still a priority in Holland (unlike the UK) That?s a hell of a fine! That will take plenty of working off. Dan
• Audi A4 (1995 - 2000) - (1998) - Alarm Fault? 28 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Hello all, hopefully some one can help me out on here about this?... After a good old clean of my cars interior, I discovered a button on the side of my car hidden away by the drivers seat. I know it?s the PIR sensor button, but I pressed it, ever since my alarm has been going off at random
• Car park dents (again ??) 14 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  that is in a complete mess - I'm not knocking the owner they clearly see a car as a white goods and that is down to them. They are a couple I would say in their 50's and love walking cos that is what they go out and do all day everyday. My car is parked beside theirs and has not moved for 2 days. I go to the car
• Road Works- duty to minimise delays ? 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  . This resulted in a horrendous tailback. I eventually gave up as there was no way I was going to make it. This type of thing seems to be getting worse as if the delay is irrelevant as we are only motorists! s