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• Fiesta 1.6s like hens teeth? 16 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, Can anyone tell me why there arn't so many late shape Fiesta 1.6's about? Been going through the main dealer sites & forecourts, they have many 1.25s & 1.4s in stock but not 1.6s under the Zetec or Ghia trim etc.. only the Zetec S which in my opinion is best for the race track due to it's
• Insurance costs/groups 11 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Do insurance groups really bear any relation to the true risk of the vehicles? For a 25-year-old newly qualified driver, the quote for a Volvo S40 1.6 S is £1000. For a Volvo S80 2.5 T S, it is £1,950 (other details identical). Insurance groups are 7 vs. 15. I can't see there is that much
• Fiat Panda: There?s a hole in my locker 25 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Model: 2005 Eleganza, recently bought thus secondhand Centrally placed in the "ceiling" of the glove compartment there is a lengthways (in the direction...
• Citroen C3 1.4HDI 16v 13 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hello all. Just wondering if anyone else out there has any information or is having the same problem as myself. Basically on Monday while driving along my car began to accelerate on its own. After regaining control the engine continued to rev at 3 thousand revs. It?s now in the hands of the dealer
• Mondeo Clutch! 6 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Can someone advise to the dreaded mondeo clutch problem please!! I have 2x mondeos, one with a seriously slipping clutch, the other I?m toying with selling before it gets one!! Both are Mk3?s. The one with the slipping clutch is a 2001 1.8 zetec with 150k miles (I got it ex-fleet with 129k
• RF Junior - First car 21 May 2007 (Forum)
  Ok well RF Junior is looking for his first car. Insurance (for a 17 year old) is the prime mover here, Basically it means 1.1 106, 1.1 saxo, possibly polo. He has £800 pounds to spend (1200 saved for insurance!) so we are looking at 96,97,98 Saxo 1.1's and 96, 97, 98 106 1.1's three favours
• Just bought an S-Type diesel. 21 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Well picked it up today, a 44K mile 54 Reg 2.7DSE in Zircon with Cashmere. I'm in love, I'd intended buying something a fair bit older but the seductive...
• Which Tyre? 20 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  . So far I have narrowed it down to GOODYEAR - NCT5, Pirelli P6000's again or firestone tz200's the tyre size is 205 65 15H and budget is about £60 tops (each, fitted), I want to stay with a well known brand as this car carries lots of kids and does a fair amount of motorway work now. Any advice
• Insurance for over 80's 4 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  My parents are finding, that due to their ages, insurance is more difficult to get a quote. My Father is 84 and my Mother is 80 and they drive a new Civic....
• S Reg 406 Coupe Cambelt 25 May 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all My brother has had the above car for around 12 to 14 months. He bought it from a friend with 80 odd thousand miles on it. I recommended that he...
• I might be buying a 1998 'S' 1.0 VW Polo 10 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I might be buying this car; I have an appointment to go and see it tomorrow. But...I have been told by the owner that there are some bumper scratches...
• Space Cadets 12 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  ): The bus looked to me to be a LHD Bedford and ex RAF - put a yellow stripe down the side and a roundal, and it's the school bus i used to catch in Liege to go to the British school in the early 80's. Obviously the logo's have been removed. By chance if there's anyone on here who was serving in Europe
• Bearing Buddy`s 10 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Good afternoon folks! i`ve just put some of these bearing buddies on our boat trailer, as they say they keep water and grit out of the hubs when the wheels...
• 405 N/S Steering boot replacement 1 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, Has anyone had to replace this part on a 405 with power steering. Checking the Haynes manual, they don't cover it they just say that it should be...
• CLK 230 or 320 ? 15 May 2005 (Forum)
  and Avantgarde spec apart from the harder ride of the latter. Also is the 320 really a must ? there are loads of 230's out there but the 320's seem scarce. Lastly (Gasp) can anyone tell me the differences between the phase one (97-00) and the phase two (00-02) model apart from the slight body changes. Thanks
• Replacing bulb Peugeot 307 21 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I have just been through the delightful experience of replacing a headlight bulb on my 307. If I typpe badddly it\'s because my fingers feel shredded, aching, filthy, and raw ! Talk about squeezing a quart into a pint pot (old fashioned expression for our younger metric viewers...) The bulb has
• head gasket - would you risk it? Pug 306 7 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Just done a weekly fluids check on my vehicle (\'95 306 1.9 D turbo) and it looks like a small head gasket failure. There\'s a bit of oil in the water but the oil looks fine (no signs of moisture under the filler cap). Thing is I need to catch a flight from Stansted airport at 630 am tomorrow
• On the cadge-maps 19 May 2004 (Forum)
  equivalent of a London A to Z or any other type of street maps particularly of South East and the East End of London, Anything that covers from the mid 1800's to the mid-1900's would be wonderful. I can then track the families' various residences. Someone out there just might have said street map curling
• Out of Round Tyres ? 27 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  makes my foot numb!. I changed the rear wheel bearings and had the tyre\'s balanced and the alignment re-done.This made no difference to the noise or vibration. My local VW garage have suggested that the rear tyre\'s are \"out of round\".I have never heard of this and £110 for two new tyres is not what
• Rain is leaking on my mgf ignition coil 15 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  to be a guard to prevent it from doing this and I would appreciate anyone\'s comments. Thanks - Chris {please refrain from posting using solely UPPER CASE letters. Contributing to an online discussion group with the caps lock on is thought to be bad manners (it\'s a way of expressing bad temper because