Returning after a long break away. Hopefully you can help.
I have an L reg 1.1 Fiesta, with electronic ignition.
It's having problems running on a few occasions. Usually "cutting
out/struggling to run/dropping revs" at tickover. Usually when it's

Advice on buying a Vauxhall Corsa P reg please
What do I need look for specifically, not just exhaust and tyres.

The rover v8 in my tr7 is refusing to start. I'm getting sparks to all
cylenders, and there's a faint wiff of fuel from the exhaust so /some/
is getting through.
The first manifestation of this was a flat battery, but having charged

My trusty never-let-me-down Escort has let me down :-(
The car has been starting and running fine. Then the other day, I went to
start, turned the key, it fired for a fraction of a second then died.
Turned the key again, starter turning fine, but not a hint of firing.

Wots Jock like all day for a headlamp on a merc (with wiper blades) and that
engine fire caused by sucking up a lit fag end up the air intake !

A friend of my wife's has just phoned, having put £20's worth of LRP into a
car designed for unleaded (VW Golf). Prior to this, the tank was about a
quarter full.
Will this cause damage to the cat or anything else if she carries on driving

Okay..... Golf CL 1.8 Mk 3 1994, petrol.
I've recently noticed a noise that didn't used to be there.
I start up from cold, and usually in between changing from 1st to 2nd
there's something between a squeak and a rattle.

I am getting a 4 year old car which will have 12 months RAC guarantee
which can be upgraded to a gold version. Are these guarantees worth
the paper they are printed on and is it worth upgrading it to gold?
pete

Ok - back to slagging the dealer off again...
SWMBO has ordered a new key as we've lost one and just having one between
the two of us heightens the chance I'll go off abroad with it in my pocket
etc - so she phones the dealer.

Hopefully someone here shoul be able to help!
What is the name of the thing that some smaller garages have to let them
know a vehicle has come on to the forecourt. Usually there is a black pipe
snaking over the forecourt, and when something drives over it, then a bell

I have a deep scratch about 8 inches long on the side of my car.
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8 metallic paint. Would appreciate some simple steps
to repair and spray it. I am not keep to have a whole door panel
re-sprayed but I have been told that air brushing might be a possibility

I have a 15 yr old car and the car headlights arent very good even
with the high powered bulbs I put in. People have said often the
wiring deteriorates so the voltage drops to the headlights.
How do I test this, I have a digital multi meter.The headlight bulbs

My BMW has just come out of Warranty and needs a service.  Any
recommendations for indipendent garages around Canterbury, Kent would be
appreciated
Thanks

I have a 1999 Astra and a few months ago it starting making a loud creaking
noise when I drove over  road humps (almost like it was groaning).  The
shock absorbers were changed as they were knackered but the springs were ok
so they weren't. The creaking noise stopped for a few days ...

My sons 1997 Fiesta recently had a replacement engine fitted.  The
replacement engine has done 29K miles.  I had a new CAM belt fitted and
have no reason to doubt the quality of the work.  However, the guys
that fitted the engine (on the cheap) called to say that the