Buying a used car with confidence
Did you know UK consumers buy 3.6m used cars from dealers every year? 73% of those people are scared of buying a duff car with pre-existing problems. Perhaps your faithful banger is coming to the end...
View ArticleAnother I-Don't-Understand-NHS-Workings Thread
One of my nieces gave birth to a baby boy a couple of weeks ago in the District General Hospital in Eastbourne. Wednesday 5 Feb, it was decided the baby needed to be put in an incubator. The DGH didn't...
View Articlebrakes spongy after changing discs and pads?
as above done this yesterday to my astra h.now the brake pedal goes all the way to the bottom before the the car stops? very spongy but they do work but not very well,anyway a change them just like the...
View Article2005 Vauxhall Zafira 1.8 running badly
Hi I have a 2005 Vauxhall Zafira 1.8 petrol automatic. It has been running badly, revs low and going up and down, engine management light keeps coming on. Also whilst idling the revs go up and down,...
View Articlequality gas struts for Peugeot 206 Hatchback
Hi, i have a Peugeot 206 Hatchback, and im looking for the best place to buy good quality tailgate gas struts from. i have tried some of these cheap chinese ones and they arnt good, so im looking for...
View ArticleRAC515f (Non Functional?)
Hi, my girlfriend and i purchased the RAC515f a few weeks ago, for a while it was working perfectly, then as of last night it seems to have Auto updated? Or something, the UI is completely different...
View Articlecambelt snapped after three weeks - bought from car dealer
Hi, Briefly, I bought a car for my son three weeks ago (Peaugot 206 54 plate, 86000 mileage) from a local garage in Sunderland for £1200. 18 days later the cambelt snapped while he was driving on a...
View ArticleCavity wall insulation
Several times we have had a cold call trying to get us to have insulation injected into our cavity walls. The main reason that I have refused is because the house, being built in 1969, does not have...
View ArticleParking ticket
A motorist in Bradford was issued with a penalty ticket after being photographed by a mobile enforcement vehicle whilst he was in a queue at a red traffic light. Threatening to take the council to...
View ArticleTaking hands off steering wheel
My partner has a habit of taking both hands off the steering wheel. Typically, this happens on long, straight piece of road. Such as motorway or dual carriage way. And at 60-70 mph. She will take both...
View ArticleRenault Twingo 1.2 clutch pedal link rod failures
It seems that Renault Twingo 1.2, are starting to have failures on their clutch pedal link rods, where the rod socket is wearing and becoming detached from the connecting ball link. Seems to be...
View Articlesubaru awd turbo idle issue?
as stated above my friend owns this car and has had this fault the last few weeks...idling rough hesitating and so on...sometimes cutting out at junctions...the car is a 2000 reg subaru awd turbo,with...
View ArticleUnnecessary Problems With Cars
There is a new thread on here about Twingo clutch mechanisms. There are numerous threads about brakes and handbrakes. I am aware of other threads on other Forums about steering columns, suspension...
View ArticleRover 25 1999 fuse issue
I have a Rover and the single radio fuse keeps blowing. It's a 10amp but if it blows the electric windows don't work and the clock light goes off. If I use the blow fuse in the radio/interior light...
View ArticleRubbish service
i have now been a member of the RAC for nearly a year now, and have only had to call them out 3 times but the service i have recieved is absolute rubbish, on the first occasion i called a patrol out...
View Article2005 Audi A3 1.9 TDI - Throttle Body
Good morning all, I'm looking for some advice on an error code I have. The vehicle in question is a 54 plate, 2005 Audi 8p A3 1.9 TDI. I had been using the car all day, left it parked for a while and...
View ArticleTesco Car parks - Excess charges
Why do Tesco antagonise their customers by being so aggressive about excess parking charges? What are the advantages in just ignoring excess parking "fines" from their car park management company,...
View ArticleMini Cooper 1.6 2003 clutch issue?
I have had my lovely little Mini for about 3 weeks now, all has been fine until it seemed as though my clutch had burnt out on Saturday. I was driving up a long, steep, curling ramp into a carpark and...
View ArticleAccident advice
Hi all, Any advise is greatly appreciated. My wife was driving down a single road following the car in front a couple of days ago. They came to a truck that was blocking the road (no hazards or driver...
View Article16 local authorities dim street lights to save money - what do you think?
Is the latest money saving exercise by 16 local authorities set to endanger road users? Councils in the North of England are dimming or switching off at least 137,000 street lights, encouraged by the...
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