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  • I have an electrical fault on my Citroen Xantia - what could it be? 20 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
    My Citroen Xantia lost all but the battery lights on the dash. I managed to get it going by getting a power cable straight from the battery to the glow...
  • How can I clean brake dust from my Volvo V70's wheels? 3 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
    What is the best method for cleaning the wheels on my new Volvo V70? I guess it's residue from the brake pads. My high pressure cleaner that will punch...
  • Enduring bodges - the oilcan 2 Jun 2010 (Forum)
    the handle off. I`d only bought it a few weeks back - so found a bit of malleable sc*** and twisted it around the two parts of the handle with a mole wrench. Yeah, I remember - hot as it is today and the heat on your back and gratitude that you could still use the oilcan although it`s handle was now
  • Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 95 1.8 High exhaust emissions at high idle. 12 Feb 2010 (Forum)
    on the car. If anybody has any other suggestions / ideas please fire away. Thanks, S
  • Suzuki Baleno (1995 - 2002 ) - 01 1.6 not working after service/new battery-Cam S 3 Dec 2009 (Forum)
    I have a Suzuki Baleno that had never been very happy in cold/damp weather. I had a couple of days where it took a lot of willpower and persuasion to...
  • Do the VED bands mean the end of the petrol V6? 11 Nov 2009 (Forum)
    Both the cars in my household have V6 petrol engines with automatic transmission. One is a 2000 Jag S type with 3 litre engine and the other is a 1999 MB W202 with 2.4 litre engine. At the moment I'm still paying the old-style VED because both cars are pre-2001. But both are well over 100,000
  • Secondhand parts posted/received - returns? 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
    . They sent another component when I told them. This was the correct one, but unserviceable. Not I have two parts, one incorrect but OK, one correct but U/S. I have now decided to buy a new component, rather than wait about for more wrong/US ones to be sent. I want to return the one(s) they have already
  • Mazda - Mazda Website- Test participants wanted. 22 Apr 2009 (Forum)
    My name is Peter van Lanschot and I am a user experience designer. I work for a company called Syzygy, where we build Mazda's websites. We?re testing a new web site we?re currently working on at the moment for Mazda so we can see what it?s like for actual people to use it. I need a total of 6 test
  • Best kept motoring or car based `secrets` 26 May 2008 (Forum)
    Back in the early 1980`s I was working with young TWOC-ers and was once in a `place`being shown a ledger book with page after page of registration numbers, all of the same make and model. Unbelievable really, but it was reckoned that just about every car of that type in the town and surrounding
  • Fuel consumption figures 16 Mar 2008 (Forum)
    miles\" or some other such inter-galactic distance. Yeah, right. Underlying the official figures lists is a fun, intra-industry game in which one firm\'s boffins try to outsmart another\'s by ECU tweaks and other arcane manoeuvres. Intellectually satisfying to them, results in league-table positioning
  • Dual Mass Flywheel Problems - RAV 4 25 Jun 2007 (Forum)
    I would appreciate if someone could tell me if DMF`s were introduced specifically to cope with the increased torque outputs of modern diesel engines, or are they also now fitted to petrol units. I ask because I am considering buying a 2005/2006 (old model) 2.0 litre petrol RAV 4, and have been
  • What car for 10-12k? 2 Feb 2007 (Forum)
    diesel sounds like an ideal choice, this is in budget - other end of the scale, Lotus Elises seem to be going for around this price, as do some Honda S2000's - also seems like some BMWs - 330, 325 - fall into budget, shape before the current one, older M3's look nice Any advice greatfully received
  • new alfa to take on mini 12 Sep 2006 (Forum)
    http://www.just-auto.com/article.aspx?ID=88905&lk=dm ITALY: Alfa plans Junior to take on Mini Cooper S 4 September 2006| Source: just-auto.com editorial team Alfa Romeo plans to build an entry-level premium car to compete with the Mini Cooper S according to a report in Automotive News
  • Private buyers buying s/hand cars 8 Jul 2006 (Forum)
    A week and half ago had my car up on Autotrader, a Polo 1.9CL 97/R 73K full history for £1895. Had a few calls and and the third person that looked at...
  • Bumpers 18 Oct 2005 (Forum)
    attached to 50's and 60's barges. Triumph tried rubber bumpers on the Herald but they didn't catch on with other makers. Renault came up with the sculpted shock resistant plastic front and rear apron sections on the original Renault 5. Gardually other makers adopted the idea. Soon these bumpers became
  • Impact with kerb (Honda Jazz) 27 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    I recently had the misfortune of hitting a kerb at an angle of about forty-five degrees at 20-25mph. This caused a minor deformity to the near-side-front wheel trim and may now give the impression that I have got a buckled wheel, which one occasionally sees on other cars but can never see on one?s
  • Some pre-MOT questions please! 18 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    MOT stated 2 'Advices', namely: M (or N?)/S/F C/V Boot; and O/S/R outer sill. I'd be really appreciative to hear what these are, if they are big jobs, what money I'm looking at, and anything else that might be helpful. I'm booking it in tomorrow, and I'd really like to go a little more
  • How can I sell my car? 13 May 2005 (Forum)
    privately. Mores to the point I simply don't have a clue what it's worth either :-( Would any garage take it off my hands do you reckon? Oh - you'll be wanting to know what it is, well (now don't laugh) it's a: Mk IV Golf, 1.4 S, S Reg - Jan 99. 2 Registered owners inc me. Full Service History
  • stop-start driving from cold? advise? 27 Aug 2004 (Forum)
    This morning, in my usual manner, I left to go to work. Mistake. The road outside my house, which is normally a \'rat run\' was busy, but i thought no more of it. Next thing I discover why - there\'s been an accident 800m or so up the road (YES! It involved a minibus taxi!) and traffic
  • Crash who should pay? 10 Jun 2004 (Forum)
    in the bodywork near the fog light, the repair bill is in the £400 to £500?s region, I asked the father of the bike rider to pay for the repair, and he has refused, saying it?s a knock for knock situation, I don?t see it that way, am I being unreasonable? The rider who was knock down did suffer bangs and bruises
 

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