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MPH accuracy?

My satnav says 46MPH and the cars speedo' says 50MPH. Which is more likely to be correct?
37 comments posted 12yrs
posted by dem
37 comments posted 12yrs posted by dem

Slight Coolant Drop

The car is a Nissan Almera 2006. Since I have had it the coolant in the vented expansion bottle drops occasionally ever...
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posted by damian.tomlinson
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by damian.tomlinson

Citroen C4 dash vents not working

May be a stupid question but I'm getting strong (fan) air from the foot vents, the windscreen vents and the side vents...
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posted by mentalguy2k8
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by mentalguy2k8

Oh, there's a thing of joy...

The Shogun's just stripped the thread holding the main bottom pulley onto the crank. The thread is, of course, internal...
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posted by toomany2cvs
14 comments posted 12yrs posted by toomany2cvs

New car

I'm on the look out for a new car as my old Mazda 3, which I've had for nin e years is now an expensive rusting lump of...
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posted by rab.gee1
34 comments posted 12yrs posted by rab.gee1

Replacing headlamp washer thingie

1996 BMW 328i SE. The washer jet nozzle fitted below the passenger side headlamp has gone AWOL. Either dropped off or p...
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posted by terrypin
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by terrypin

Tax disc without a V5

I've just bought a bike but have no V5 yet as it's being changed over at DVLA. There is no tax disc on it. Can I tax it...
2 comments posted 12yrs
posted by dem
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by dem

Coolant type?

What coolant type sould I use for an M reg (1995) Saab? I understand that the crucial choice is between red and blue typ...
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posted by johs
6 comments posted 12yrs posted by johs

Help, my head fell off!

At least, the hide head of my Thor rawhide and copper hammer did. I went into the garage today and the head was lying o...
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posted by shazzbat
4 comments posted 12yrs posted by shazzbat

Numberplate transfers

We've just bought a motorhome from a dealer but can't collect as the V5 is with the DVLA to transfer a personalised num...
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posted by timdownie2003
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by timdownie2003

New automotive site - contest

Hello Visit my new web site www.carspits.com Send us your's car picture for "Car of the month" section. ( snipped-for-pr...
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posted by lepori
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by lepori

ST220 stalling

Hi, Further to my previous thread about the cam position sensor changing that has fixed the code & intermittent MIL but...
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posted by peter
2 comments posted 12yrs posted by peter

Zafira code ??????

Plz can som1 help me to get my radio code its a vdo siemens cdr 500(e) serial no GM50031975855 it also says 7 code
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posted by Marky
0 comments posted 12yrs posted by Marky