but full beam and side lights do. Have checked dipped beam fuses and are OK,
besides which its unlikely they would both have failed at once. Is there
another single fuse that could cause this, or failing that what other single
failure would cause dipped lights only to fail?

Any record costs of a typical oil change worth of engine oil - we do get
conned into using the main dealers in order to retain warranty conditions.
My mate reckons around £60 for his BMW.

I'm having problems with the inside of my windscreen freezing up.
Depending on the weather it sometimes is either very very wet with
condensation which is hard to dry clear without smearing, or if it is
icy cold outside, the inside of the windscreen is as badly frozen on

Hi group,
I am not car literate in any way, but I am wondering if any of you could
give me some clues regarding the problem I am having with my 1999 Astra
Club's alternator.

While doing some work on my bike (not exactly the right newsgroup I know
but hopefully acceptable) I have decided to replace the 8.8 plated
capscrews with A4-80 stainless steel..
The reason for the A4-80 stainless that it has the same tensile strength

Anyone recommend any? I'll shortly have my mits on a half decent compressor,
and I've got a spare Golf shell in the shed, complete with dents for
practicing on. Courses would need to be of the evening type and near to
Sheffield. Books preferably made of some sort of paper.

just bought a escort van to repace my old one
new van came with only one key (black red insert)
i need second key
so i can either go to ford, splash out a lot for a replacment red key then

I have just bought a ex post office escort van which is red.
I take it that the post office will have got their vans painted their red
and not a ford red.
any idea where I can get some paint for touching up purpose which is post

A colleague of mine has just bought a year-old Toyota Verso.
In-between telling everyone how wonderful it is, he mentioned that, on
the last couple of mornings, the remote hasn't worked. At all other
times, it's been fine. The only common factor we can think of is that

I just noticed that the digital trip odometer (total+trip mileage
display) on my Vauxhall Astra 1997 is not displaying. Everything else
works, speedometer, rev counter, etc. Has anyone seen this before? I
guess it's not a blown fuse, because everything else works. It's a

Since I got my rear bushes replaced my tyres are wearing rear fast on
the inside edges.
Also the front right tyre is wearing on the left hand edge.
I can't find play anywhere.

On a Renault Kangoo, I have intermittent starting problems, I found after
reading the manual, that it won't start when the immoboliser panel
indication light flashes after switching on the ignition key, using the
"plip" key.

Escort Fuel gauge question
Had the dash out and now the fuel gauge seems to be stuck on 2/3 full.
Can it be fixed. Someone told me there borked if turned upside down
but I can't see that but you never know.

I know this is very vague but whats the most reliable car for a poor
student ???
I am on a limited budget of approx 500/600 squid.
I am not worried about age or looks, but I need something reliable,

I'm thinking of buying a 1994 Ford Fiesta 1.1 LX for around £250. It
has no rust and has done 75,000 miles.
Is this car a good buy and what should I look out for?
How many miles to the gallon should it do?