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  • Why is my Peugeot 307's fuel gauge not working? 31 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I've just recently bought a 52-plate Peugeot 307 SW 2.0 petrol and found that the petrol gauge isn't working. Also, the anti-pollution light is on. Any...
  • Toyota Yaris - Toyota Coolant - Which one? 5 Jul 2010 (Forum)
    years or 40000 miles (whichever is sooner), thereafter every 2 years or 20000 miles Super Long Life Coolant (S-LLC) - every 10 years or 100000 miles (whichever is sooner) The car has done 36000 miles. If the coolant is S-LLC then obviously I don't have to worry, but can these 2 coolants
  • Salt and the road surface reservoir 30 Mar 2010 (Forum)
    You just think it`s all gone - but you notice that ever so slight - lighter colour of the Motorway road surface. A trick of the light, perhaps? Days and sometimes two or three weeks pass - birds lay eggs and there is the dawn chorus of Spring. Thoughts turn to Summer and lolling about
  • Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.4 Water in rear light clusters 9 Feb 2010 (Forum)
    Hi all My daughter has a 98 306 hatch and her rear light clusters fill with water (o/s worse than n/s) then the water seems to drip from the back of the unit into the boot well (wet carpets etc) There are no obvious signs of cracks and i have reasealed the unit seal to the body but the water still
  • Driving Fatigued 2 Nov 2009 (Forum)
    Firstly let me introduce myself, my name is James Partridge and I?m currently a fourth year student studying Automotive Design at Coventry University. For my major project I plan to examine how a driver?s disposition impacts on their driving experiences. This will help me to arrive at a final
  • Volvo S80 (1998 - 2006) - Volvo S80 2.5TDI advice & opinions 7 Jun 2009 (Forum)
    S80's upto about year 2000. having done some research these engines are audi sourced from the old shape audi 100/a6 and also came in the VW transporter van. Are the S80's good solid cars. Engine wise any known problems? Are they durable like the volvo's of yesteryear? Any current / past owners
  • Frankfurt - Limoges, route advice? 18 Apr 2009 (Forum)
    Hello all, first post for a while. Here´s a good one for any of you into cross-European routes and routing. We´re heading out from Frankfurt across France to Argenton-sur-Creuse, just north of Limoges. I´m keen to stay on the German autobahn network as it´s free, and to avoid Paris which
  • Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.9 TD Wandering to left 8 Feb 2009 (Forum)
    My 306 has a tendency to slowly wander to left when I take my hands off the wheel. It's not violent but means I have to keep some pressure on wheel to stop it. It's had a new O/S ball joint and a new O/S droplink. It also klunks a bit when turning at low speeds - parking etc. Any ideas what
  • Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1997 2.8 Heavy steering after PAS pipe change 16 Jan 2009 (Forum)
    I sprung a leak in one of my power steering pipes. I purchased some replacements from a breakers and got a local garage to fit them. (I assume the pipes were correct as breakers said they were, and garage who fitted them didn't mention anything) The garage said the s/hand pipes were in good
  • Volkswagen Golf VI (2009 - ) - An expensive successor..... 24 Oct 2008 (Forum)
    To the 'old' MK V, it seems. I have been pricing up a new 1.4TSI 5dr hatchback to replace my nearly 4 year's old MKV 1.6FSI 'SE'. There are only 3 models on offer i.e. 'S' 'SE' and 'GT'. My biggest gripe so far is that a sunroof in no longer an optional extra on the 'S' or 'SE' only on the tarty
  • Fog Lights Are For Fog!! 12 Jul 2008 (Forum)
    Wednesday 9th was a pretty grotty day for driving especially down south what with the rain & spray ,but a lot of drivers who passed me on the M40 s/bound around 7am ish were using fog lights, dazzling me, causing me to take my eyes `off the road` momentarily. This is not safe because if you focus
  • Motoring getting cheaper? 10 Jun 2008 (Forum)
    of a century. I remember my parents house being worth around £25000 in the mid 80's , it's now worth 10 times that, so if cars had gone the way of houses your Metro would be costing £65000 these days. Blimey! I also remember the Astra GTE costing around £17000 in the early 90's, the modern day VXR costs around
  • New car for a trendy aunt 7 Mar 2008 (Forum)
    more eco friendly (and cheaper to tax). Remember I don?t mean fast when I say sporty ? I mean posey. Her current car is a Merc CLK convertible - I think that´s the 4 seater one, not the 2 seater hardtop jobby - I think it´s the 230 Kompressor. Any ideas? I was thinking Panda Sporting.
  • Volkswagen Polo IV (2002-2005) - (02-05) 1.4 oil changes. 15 Feb 2008 (Forum)
    my wifes 1.4 polo engine type BBY last had it,s oil changed a year ago by a vw main agent. (she,s owned the car for 6 months) they used fully synthetic oil, the car has since done 3000 miles. would i be wasting money changig the oil now or should i wait for the longlife service interval(3 years
  • Private plate transferring 17 Jan 2008 (Forum)
    After the fiasco with the last S Type purchase, I have finally found the S type at the right price. Only issue is that the car has a private plate on it which is coming off and the car is going back onto its original plate. I am collecting the car this Saturday, but I am unsure of how the transfer
  • Rover 25 (1999 - 2005) - 2005 - Electrical fault 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
    Briefly, when I got back to the car yesterday, I noticed that the O/S sidelights (back and front) were on, as was the light over the rear number plate. Same happened when I got home but after switching on and off a few times, they finally went out (as did the alarm light.....). Today, the N/S
  • 1970's car technology today 31 Oct 2007 (Forum)
    If automotive technology had been frozen during the seventies and no new devlopment had been allowed since then, which "ordinary" car from that era would...
  • Quick tyre question 10 Oct 2007 (Forum)
    Wife's car goes in for MOT tomorrow and I know it needs two front tyres - tracking was out and outer edge is worn so was going to get two more Toyo Proxies Tr1's (195/50/15)- only problem is I don't trust garage to track it if it needs it again with new tyres and garage I trust is a good run so I
  • Porsche Boxster 986 + Boxster S (1996 - 2004) - Water in front boot 21 Jul 2007 (Forum)
    PLEASE can nobody say 'told you so' etc as I feel stupid (and panicked) already! Opened the front boot to my horror found about a pint of water in the...
  • Fabric roofs and chamois 11 Apr 2007 (Forum)
    the chamois on the roof, btw!) Happy Easter to all Lee -- He\'s a cheeky wind-up scamster and he\'s on the radio....
 

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