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Mondeo 3 yr service 33k miles

Hi, My diesel 60 plate Mondeo is due its three year service shortly. I'm wondering what to do about this. This is the f...
9 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fred
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by fred

Stitched up?

Would welcome thoughts on this... I took my Nissan Note in to a local garage (where I'm a regular customer) for replace...
12 comments posted 13yrs
posted by davidlobsterpot601
12 comments posted 13yrs posted by davidlobsterpot601

MK4 golf 1.6 eratic idling

1.6 8v 99 auto petrol aeh engine. Basically the car hunts in idle when in park and neutral but never in drive. I can tu...
21 comments posted 13yrs
posted by none
21 comments posted 13yrs posted by none

Transit instrument cluster

Works truck speedo broke so I took one from an identical 2004 2.4 duratorq scrapper we had, trouble is the rev counter,...
1 comments posted 13yrs
posted by news
1 comments posted 13yrs posted by news

OT - Insurance ?

Why does simply adding a spouse to your insurance reduce the premium? i.e. If I add my missus, who doesn't want to driv...
24 comments posted 13yrs
posted by zmjvkiwi
24 comments posted 13yrs posted by zmjvkiwi

Annoying noise from 2003 Zetec Fiesta

Doesn't sound like anything serious, but you never know. There a sort of whirring, whistling noise (sorry to be so vagu...
36 comments posted 13yrs
posted by dis
36 comments posted 13yrs posted by dis

Vauxhall VectraC EOBD interface?

Well No.1 son bought his first car today. He got a surprisingly honest 03 plate Vectra 2.2SXi with full history for 900...
9 comments posted 13yrs
posted by jb
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by jb

BioFuel and diesel cars

I live in the country so use oil fired heating. Noticing a strange smell from the boiler I looked and found 1/2 inch of...
15 comments posted 13yrs
posted by 13013dodds
15 comments posted 13yrs posted by 13013dodds

E28 MOT failure.

My brother's '87 BMW E28 520 failed its MOT. He's owned it for some 20 years - it was mine before that. It's covered so...
5 comments posted 13yrs
posted by dave
5 comments posted 13yrs posted by dave

I despair at some garages "competence".....

I lift share with a colleague who has a Suzuki Alto Swift Y reg. I went on holiday. He took it for an MoT. It failed du...
27 comments posted 13yrs
posted by i.love.spam
27 comments posted 13yrs posted by i.love.spam

Bird Strike

A pheasant hit my car today, smashed the passenger side headlight, and killed: the plastic outer lens, the xenon bulb i...
3 comments posted 13yrs
posted by davey
3 comments posted 13yrs posted by davey

engine braking

Hi, What is the group's opinion on engine braking? When I learnt to drive I was not taught about engine braking. I reme...
125 comments posted 13yrs
posted by fred
125 comments posted 13yrs posted by fred

Which PAS fluid for Fiesta?

Haynes manual says WSA-M2C 57-A, but I can't find this anywhere. I expect it's been replaced with a newer spec. Can I j...
2 comments posted 13yrs
posted by georg
2 comments posted 13yrs posted by georg

Gearbox problem after MoT

Hi all, The car is a Nissan Primera P11-144, petrol 5 speed on an 02 plate with only a genuine 70K miles and always dri...
9 comments posted 13yrs
posted by primera
9 comments posted 13yrs posted by primera