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Uneven tyrewear - Laguna or Firestone ?

My 99 Laguna 1.9dti has done 12k since I got it last December. Although the tyres weren't new , they seem to have worn...
12 comments posted 22yrs
posted by had.enuf-of
12 comments posted 22yrs posted by had.enuf-of

1996 Escort 1.6 'surging'?

Hi, Anyone have any ideas on what could be causing my Escort to 'surge' intermittently? It's been in and out of two gar...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nn
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by nn

Reeeesult!

MOT due on the E34 next week but needs 2 new tyres, windscreen replacement, front caliper seals replacing/pistons clean...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jmbyrneNILSPAM
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by jmbyrneNILSPAM

polo internal mirror MOT

Just wonder if a car can pass MOT without an internal mirror? - it does have n/s o/s door mirrors bill
22 comments posted 22yrs
posted by Billspamtrapped
22 comments posted 22yrs posted by Billspamtrapped

1998 1.8ls vectra rad leak

The radiator is leaking from the top plastic inlet pipe, is there an effective way of repairing this or is it a new rad?...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by ivor.brookes
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by ivor.brookes

New cam belt - rattles when cold

Just had a new cam belt fitted. Upon starting the car when I picked it up there was a rattling/ticking noise - put it d...
13 comments posted 22yrs
posted by n
13 comments posted 22yrs posted by n

Fault codes not stored ...

My hitherto untypically reliable Omega (2.5 V6 on an 'R' plate, 62K miles) has caught the dreaded "stalling at the traf...
15 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mouse-potato
15 comments posted 22yrs posted by mouse-potato

Electrical fault

My Seat Cordoba has developed an annoying fault as follows. The centre consol features a display for the heating and ra...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by leotf7
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by leotf7

Crypton Motorscope 335 engine analyser

Looking for any information (and especially documentation) regarding a Crypton Motorscope 335 engine analyser that I've...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by andrew
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by andrew

Car tax disc display?

Do you need to display the new car tax disc when the car is parked in a car park? It would e.g. be less tempting for thi...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by johs
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by johs

Miles per gallon for short journeys?

A few days ago I had to run my friend to the station which was a round trip of about 3 miles. This made me wonder how m...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nomail
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by nomail

Passed MOT, first time, woohooo!

Before I got up this morning, the van ('98 Master) had no MOT (run out about 4 days ago, naughty me) and only one day's...
24 comments posted 22yrs
posted by FuckOff
24 comments posted 22yrs posted by FuckOff

OT:sat navagation

sorry about the off topic,but im asking on behalf of a m8 who's just brought and fitted a sat nav system it's a dayton...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by booboo1
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by booboo1