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This was a good value S/H car - so what do we get when they are all tatty! Will a 5 series depreciate enough to be purchasable?
Xbase++
12-23-2003 08:20 AM
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I am thinking of swapping my 1.2 Clio for a Clio cup and was wondering if anyone could recommend it. I have a test drive booked but having...
Mr Bean
12-22-2003 06:53 PM
Will Go to last post
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I've just had another fuelling issue with my modified tin foil car. Basically it will idle, but when the throttle is slightly depressed, the engine...
FEo2 Welder
12-22-2003 05:07 PM
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HAYNES MANUAL - THE REAL MEANINGS For those of us that have ever used a Haynes Manual in attempting home maintenance of a car. For those who have...
Freddy
12-22-2003 05:03 PM
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Hi, I know this seems like a strange combination of groups to be croos-posting to but please bear with me! I distinctly remember a music video from...
Del The Obscure
12-22-2003 04:53 PM
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Vaux Astra 1400, inj 8 valve "N reg" stalls at 1st junction from cold every morning Has had full service still problem persists any...
Ticker
12-22-2003 04:25 PM
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To the Tune of "Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah" There's a bloke we can't stand any longer Always on the bleedin' moan. Every time we mend his bloody...
Beemer Song
12-22-2003 03:27 PM
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I will give that a go, thanks John "Fishman19" <fishman nineteen at bigfoot dot com> wrote
John C
12-22-2003 02:53 PM
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THIS IS A LONG, AND POSSIBLY BORING POST. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED :-) Just had a call from my mum. She's decided she wants to change her car. She's...
Mike P
12-21-2003 05:44 PM
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Hi, I have recently posted an article about my Fiat Punto on the maintenace newsgroup. I am also looking to get a car for my wife since her 14 year...
David
12-21-2003 01:19 PM
Doki Go to last post
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Hi there, I have lost my car key and I did not have another copy of the key. The car in question is a 1996 Fiat Cinquecento with a central...
Gaizka
12-21-2003 12:21 PM
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Compared to other large cars of the late '80s does the old bmw 7 series handle well. What "like" size cars does it compare to (or even...
FEo2 Welder
12-21-2003 03:42 AM
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Haynes have informed me that they have no plans to publish one of thier manuals for this car, is there any other way of getting service...
David
12-21-2003 03:03 AM
David Go to last post
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Anyone got towbar and twin electrics on the above. I would like to know what sort of towbar you fitted, normal twin bolt bolt ball, swan neck or...
David
12-20-2003 03:08 AM
David Go to last post
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What do you do if you have a turbo timer fitted to your highly-strung motor (e.g. Twin Turbo Jap supercar thing) but you go into a Petrol station...
Carl Farrington
12-19-2003 08:03 PM
Mike G Go to last post
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Hi, Tested a late 2001 C-Class C270CDi Auto. Driving felt fine, but had to keep my foot on the brake on inclines to stop it rolling backwards (in...
Monkeys
12-19-2003 12:53 PM
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Oops? (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 4 5 ... Last Page)
In article <cCUlhtvFIYkV-pn2-UtoJyFOBKhxd@localhost>, ian.usenet (AT) talk21 (DOT) com says... -- Conor A whack off a day keeps the Viagra at bay.
Terry Maxwell FIA
12-19-2003 12:51 PM
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On my extensive travels recently I have noticed a number of cameras being installed that are similar to the trafficmaster types but are painted...
pgiblin
12-17-2003 08:34 PM
Doki Go to last post
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I have two problems. Firstly my car has just got back to me from the garage having had the brake compensator valve replaced as it had packed in. Its...
Simon
12-17-2003 06:13 PM
Dark Star Go to last post
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Hi guys 'n' gals, Friend of mine has a V plate, (Nov 99), VW Sharan. It's done 60K odd miles. Recently, he discovered some rust spots on one of the...
Rod Carrol
12-17-2003 04:38 PM
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Hi, Can someone please advise? I was looking after my elderly father's old red Honda Civic S hatchback (1981) and my partner went into a post at...
David Longley
12-17-2003 03:19 PM
Doki Go to last post
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PJ wrote: Do you mean the Billing junction itself, or the A43/Riverside slip? Don't assume that everyone else has reported what they saw -...
cupra
12-17-2003 01:25 PM
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Hi, does anyone know what the correct wiring is the the new blue ones? the red ones had purple and black, but the new blue ones have blue and...
JP
12-17-2003 11:30 AM
JP Go to last post
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Actually remembered to record it... missed the last minute or so... did the Nitrous make the MG do a good lap?
Tim S Kemp
12-17-2003 10:21 AM
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The top ten Ferrari's, as voted by... about 200 people by the looks of it: 10) Dino 9) P4 8) 250 GT California Spider 7) 250 GTO 6) 360...
Cuzman
12-17-2003 06:00 AM
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"Nick the pipe" <nospam (AT) dial (DOT) pipex.com> wrote
dojj
12-16-2003 01:08 PM
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Hi, Recently, a drunk motorist rear ended my friend's car. They promptly swopped numbers and agreeded to make a claim on the drunk motorist...
26ReD
12-16-2003 08:33 AM
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Anyone have any ideas - we are getting loads of delivery notification failures with sender email address being my real email address. The real email...
Martin Imber
12-16-2003 03:50 AM
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A friend of mine is in the market for a new car, however she is looking in an area that I have no idea about ;) £10000 max new or nearly...
Trooper
12-16-2003 03:43 AM
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I need a bog standard family hatchback ...something similar in size to a Ford Focus. Most of the time it's just going to be a car to runaround the...
rob s.
12-15-2003 06:04 PM
Doki Go to last post
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Neil Barker barfed Old Chelmsfordian... onto my boots: So being hit at 5mph is no worse than being hit at 70mph? -- Phil K.
Phil Kyle
12-15-2003 03:50 PM
Phil Kyle Go to last post
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'lo, I'm looking for a replacement car in the next few months. I am going to do about 25000 miles per year in it. In rough order of importance, I...
George Hills
12-15-2003 03:45 PM
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"DervMan" dervman (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote in message news:brkrc8$4epfa$1 (AT) ID-136275 (DOT) news.uni-berlin.de IIRC, climate was standard on...
Grant Mason
12-15-2003 12:26 PM
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As car insurance Companies try their level best to weedle out. I think that the way car insurance works should change. Currently we have TPF&T or...
CapStick
12-15-2003 12:16 PM
Doug Go to last post
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Hi, I purchased a 95/N Ford Fiesta Quartz from a friend a few months ago, which had been recently (june) MOT'd and after having some bits fixed...
Dominic Hopton
12-15-2003 10:59 AM
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I'm looking for a cheap copy of the above - either secondhand from someone here or new via a discount store .... any ideas ??
Anthony
12-13-2003 05:11 PM
Anthony Go to last post
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what was it like and did they deliver
Vitesse Turbo
12-13-2003 01:37 PM
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I have jsut returned from America, and spent 2 weeks driving an automatic car with a steering column mounted selector. I found it very convenient,...
Paul
12-13-2003 01:02 PM
Dave Plowman Go to last post
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Hi, I wonder if some one has bought a car at Southampton Motorway Auction at the Bonded Port warehouse please? I went this Tuesday and many Traders...
Ch. Rajinder Nijjhar Jatt
12-13-2003 10:10 AM
26ReD Go to last post
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I have a Rover 620ti with the usual T-series oil leak. I'm unfazed by this leak, as I read all about it before I got the car, and we're talking tiny...
Tyler D
12-12-2003 03:56 PM
Lordy Go to last post
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Worried. (Multi-page thread 1 2)
Every day I have drive to work and back with the nearside wheels in the gutter. I know I'm in the gutter, I can feel the drain covers. I know one...
Peter Hill
12-12-2003 01:59 PM
Peter Hill Go to last post
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Did anyone else find it difficult to believe that in a 30mph crash the deceleration forces were 30g. I calculated that this would require...
a
12-12-2003 01:09 PM
Adrian Go to last post
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There have been lots of comments about iced up cars lately. I fitted a plug on my shed, near to where I park, connected to a time clock. I plug the...
Sla#s
12-12-2003 11:28 AM
DervMan Go to last post
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A few questions/points about the new M6 toll-road thing: 1. Given it's a privately owned road (or is it?), are they allowed to set their own speed...
Andy Turner
12-12-2003 07:27 AM
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I'm thinking of buying a secondhand Lancia that has been imported to the UK. Well, I say imported, but it is still on foreign plates. I've had a look...
Sparadrap
12-11-2003 03:14 PM
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The Birmingham bypass has opened up. Great, but why pay a private toll when the Government pockets a) our "Road Fund" licence fee, b) 3/4 of VAT...
icedog
12-11-2003 10:24 AM
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Does anyone have a copy of this Top Gear show regarding Toyota Pick Up? http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/prog25/toyota.shtml I missed it... unless...
Tony Sutton
12-11-2003 09:11 AM
James Go to last post
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Hi All I am having a few problems with my car when I get onto the motorway and hit about 60mph. The car does not seem to want to go in a straight...
KP
12-11-2003 03:28 AM
KP Go to last post
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Just to let you know of a new shop thats just opened in Leeds called Active Workwear at 56 Bradford Road, Stanningley, Pudsey they can supply all...
mike
12-10-2003 05:38 PM
mike Go to last post
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Top Gear (Multi-page thread 1 2)
Missed the end of tonights episode. Did he manage to start the Toyota? Gareth
Gareth Slee
12-10-2003 01:38 PM
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