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Pause for breath or beginning of a fall from grace? Overall UK bike
sales and visitors to the Bike Show in Birmingham were down a marginal

I have a Rover 214 SEi (N-reg 1995). When I am pulling away in first gear
and I get the biting point, the gearbox/clutch squeaks. Sometimes does it in
second gear, but not always, and never in third or fourth.
Any ideas/suggestions?

Fiat Ulysse with a 2 ltr 8 v peugeot engine multipoint fuel injection .
Revs started dropping on low speeds cornering etc and the engine dies.On
restart will rev uip to 4000 no problem but sounds like very slight popping
in the exhaust.The prblem sometimes clears and the car is ...

Had my Nissan almera in at a main dealer for some body work repair. When the
car was returned to me I immediately noticed a problem with the car stalling
when at low revs (at lights etc.). When back to the dealer and was told that
there was a problem with the IAC valve /motor and I ...

I'm sure people are really interested :-], but I changed the HT leads
on my Astra and it made a world of difference. [Note to self: back to
basics to begin with before you go on a 'guessing spree']. The guy I
bought it from said he'd changed the HT leads, and to be fair they

1994, 2.0L Nissan Primera, 130k miles
Just blew a 30AMP blade fuse on the wire from my Battery to the
4x104Watt RMS amp... though I only have essentially 200 Watt RMS around
the car in speakers with about 240 Watt peak in the front and roughly

I have a K reg 1.3 fiesta 40k miles ,manual choke which gives me no problems
starting in wet,damp weather but as soon as  it is frosty I have always
problems starting first thing in the morning.Once started it seems to be ok
for rest of day.It stays outside at night,and have even ...

After the aggro of one headlamp not earthing correctly , I now have a
frigging stonechip in the other.
Can the lens be changed on these or do I need a whole new unit

I've got a lovely little Rover metro SLI 114, that has a strange setup.
All the other Metros I've seen have the water pipes coming from the radiator
going into the engine in the opposite position. I.e. the position is
reversed, as the pipe from the top of the radiator goes in the ...

One of the bulbs in my 98 Rover 600 is out. I have had a quick look at the
back of the unit , but there is no room betwween it and the battery.(well an
inch tops)
Is this a battery out job. O am I missing something simpler. If i take the

I need an impact driver for removing seats in trucks (some have
slightly rusted bolts).  Has anyone used the Ridgid right angle impact
driver?  If so, I would like your opinion as to whether it could be a
replacement for an air ratchet wrench?  Is it the only right angle

OK - I've now changed the ICV, changed the TPS, reset the ECU several times
and the problem is just as bad as ever.  I drove from Oxford to London the
M40 last night and was actually shouting at the car by the time I got to
London.  It's not funny rolling along at 5mph in a heavy ...

In this cold weather, should you allow an engine to warm up for a
while before pulling away. (Ignore the fact that the windows are
frosted up as that's a side issue)
Friend seems to think it's better to pull away almost instantly on a

Is there any way of tracing previous owners of a vehicle? I just want to ask
them whether they ever had the cambelt changed, maybe save me the time and
the expense.

I have a 2005 Almera, official figures quote 35 mpg rural.
Using round Town with short journeys and perhaps an odd 50 miles round trip
I am getting about 29mpg
Is this average or should I be getting a better return ( I drive normally