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CO2 levels

Sorry but I'm being thick today. Co2 in the atmosphere is 2% but you are only allowed something like 0.2% to come out o...
27 comments posted 14yrs
posted by r.pont
27 comments posted 14yrs posted by r.pont

vehicle tracker

Can anyone recommend a gps/gsm/gprs vehicle tracker that I can install on my car, so if its ever pinched I will be able...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by nospam
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by nospam

Battery charging

I drive so little these days that I mostly have to use my external starter device. I would like to leave the car, in th...
17 comments posted 14yrs
posted by hugh
17 comments posted 14yrs posted by hugh

Vauxhall servicing!

Put my Vectra in for its last warranty service at the local vauxhall dealer After a discusion here last year with Mr Ch...
47 comments posted 14yrs
posted by 13013dodds
47 comments posted 14yrs posted by 13013dodds

Olde Micra buzzing relay

Its about a '93 Micra K11. When I turn the light switch on (just to sidelights) I can hear a buzzing relay somewhere be...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by dave
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by dave

04 1.6 8V Mariva aircon issue?

Hi All, Dad passed away a month ago and last week I used his (/their) 44K Mariva to take some stuff to the dump for Mum...
15 comments posted 14yrs
posted by news
15 comments posted 14yrs posted by news

Vauxhall Astra timing trouble

Hello, The other half's Astra broke down today. It is a 56 plate, 1.4 petrol. She says she was driving along when it su...
28 comments posted 14yrs
posted by invalid
28 comments posted 14yrs posted by invalid

Extra load tyres. Pressure?

Hi, My car (SAAB Aero 9-5) uses 235x45x17 tyres and they are meant to be inflated to 35 PSI for for normal speeds and 3...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by somewhere
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by somewhere

Mini - loose pipe

Does anyone happen to know whether the pipe attached to the bolt (nut?) within the red rectangle is supposed to be loos...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by replyng
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by replyng

Euro Car Parts FFS

For fucks sake, they couldnt hit a pigs arse with a banjo. This month, they have got the wrong Allroad radiator, brake...
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ni
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by ni

M.O.T fail & advisory

Hi all, Got a car that failed it's M.O.T last year and was retested at the same garage two days later where it passed....
7 comments posted 14yrs
posted by barkingmad
7 comments posted 14yrs posted by barkingmad

Indicator warning beeper

My wife has a Suzuki Carry van, which has a towbar fitted. In the past couple of days, a bleeper is sounding when she i...
6 comments posted 14yrs
posted by newshound
6 comments posted 14yrs posted by newshound

4x4 - what makes a good off-roader?

I watched a motoring programme, 5th Gear I think, and they were testing a cheapish (14k) Japanese 4x4 up a ski slope. I...
12 comments posted 14yrs
posted by replyng
12 comments posted 14yrs posted by replyng

Best 250UKP banger (OT?)

(Hopefully not too OT) My Son and a pal are thinking of doing the Barcelona Bangers event this year: http://www.barcelo...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by cawhelan
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by cawhelan