Just wasted two days of my life cutting out 20 years worth of sh.t 
wiring in the Capri just so I can install a stereo. Lad I bought the
car off left the stereo in. He only used to play CDs on it. That
should've rung alarm bells. Might've had something to do with the

I've had my car from new and it's done 31k miles and still has original pads
and discs. Do you think they'll be nearing the end of their life now? The
still seem to work fine. I do a variety of driving, mostly town but a bit of
motorway as well.

The quest to find one car that does it all for me and long enough to
counteract my reputation that I change my cars more often than my shirt
my have hit the buffers somewhat...
So I'm also looking at "fun" cars to alleviate the boredom of the Jetta

2004 French Wheelie Bin.... start it up....fishy smell comes from air
outlets. Any ideas? (Apart from dead fish/Frenchmen).
It has Auto Climate Control (aircon with more buttons!), just in case its
relevant.

Reasonably new Nissan Almera 1.5 SE . Found that on occasions when running
and more so when turning off the engine I am getting a horrible smell, a bit
like you know what or drains.
It is not me (or the wife) nor have I found a dead animal in the engine

Some young gobshite shunted my Laguna this morning on the M62. The Renault
dealer definately says its a write off., although it still drives
...problem is it was a mint car but with 169000 miles. I had just got it
through its MOT & it was valid until 31/01/2007. It recently had ...

Wonder if you can help - I bought a 1.6 '99 Rover 200 on a T plate last
month and the coolant level drops quite rapidly (full to empty in one
week). I plan to take this back to the dealer under warranty but want
to have an idea of what the common causes could be. I haven't checked

Hi group,
After my original post of a transit overheating it then started using
water
so I assume I have a head gasket problem as I see no leak. Using 1 cup

I have new shape Honda Civic;  The windows and scrren have always
misted up pretty quickly and I have to have the fan on the clear them.
Recently the inside of the front windscreen has started frosting up;
its a pain in the arse to have to scrap the inside of the Window screen

Hi all, I have had problems with my Sierra a 2.0 Ltr Pinto starting over the
hols to the point where it would not start at all, me and a friend tracked
it down to the NGK plugs which were only replaced 8 months previous and
about 10,000 miles, when testing the spark at the plugs it ...

I have some 'Wynns' at the moment which I'm going to run through my
1.8 Escort engine. But for future reference which make is the best and
what how long between doing it ?
Thanks

I need 4 new tyres so going to have to be fairly cheap, cant afford
Michelin! Anyway the tyres are 175/65 R14
I've read that Vredestein are quite good in wet conditions, anyone know what
their wear rate is like?

These days car engines are very similar with respect to noise; water
cooled, CAT and high noise reduction. All you get is brrrrrrrr. So it
has become more difficult to distinguish characteristic noises of cars.
I think that Renaults sounds different, or is it just in my mind?

have a 94 Peugeot 405 (uk car)  heater matrix leaks!! can anyone tell
me if I
can do the job without remving the dash? The car has air con.

Steering went on my car tonight then battery went flat breakdown folk came
and the drive belt has snapped any ideas how much this is likely to cost?
Rover 416