My son has bought a 2 ltr turbo Astra 2001reg (nice car) However he was
concerned about the brakes making a grinding noise when braking hard, so we
change the brake pads (discs look fine) as the old one were low (about 6mm
left) although we could not see any obvious metal to ...

I have stupidly lost a set of car keys possibly right outside my front
door. I am worried someone may steal the car using the keys. If I
replace the immobiliser and two keys it would be expensive, so instead
I am planning to cut one of the wires from the ignition and run it

Just bought myself a little Fiat Punto from the auctions.  Nice little tidy
car, only 20k miles from new.  Has not come with a owners manual or service
history book, would like to get both of these.  Is a Fiat dealership the
only place to get them?

I couldn't find the fault with the Corsa I mentioned a while back (but
not had much chance to look at it either)... What would be a ballpark
figure for how much a decent auto electrician would charge to sort out a
niggly earth fault? I realise it's like "how long is a piece of

A person who posts to these groups, namely Paul Cummins, is currently
issuing rogue, third-party message cancellations over in the
uk.radio.amateur newsgroup.
Mr Cummins isn't issuing these cancels against spam, he's issuing them

Just had my renewal from the RAC, and at £81 it's too high!
Loooking at Moneysupermarket, companies like Europ Assist and Fisrt Call
seem to offer good prices.
Any recommendations?

Someone on the Alfa 75 list has a very late 75 V6, registered Dec. 1992.
Unfortunately, this means it's one of a small handful left that were
registered post-catalyst emissions tests.
They currently are urgently in need of a new cat., but Alfa can't supply

On an 02 plate polo, 1.9 SDI, there is an issue with the glowplug light.  It
flashed on the last minute of the drive to work today, and on checking the
handbook it states that there is an issue with the engine computer, take it
to a dealer.  On returning to the car that evening ...

Anyone know whether the unions are metric or imperial?
thanks

Just paying a quick visit to this newsgroup, prior to taking the car
to the garage.
It's a renault megane, about 5 years old, and when turning on the
electrics (ie before even turning on the engine) there's a

This evening I pulled up next to an ageing small hatch - every single
panel was dented quite badly. Roof, doors, wings, bonnet, with mud
everywhere.
I lightheartedly asked the young driver 'did you roll it?' to which he

how do i remove the service light/ spanner reminder without going to a
main dealer and getting them to do it for me ?

My 1.6 Golf has been suffering from erratic idle for some time and this has
persisted  despite two visits to garage. I have heard that these symptoms
can be caused by a "Power Steering Switch Fault". Can anyone comment and if
true where is this switch and how do I check?.

I have an old Rover Vitesse, 2.0L DOHC  petrol turbo.
About 9 months ago, always after driving 10 miles, the car would suddenly
start to almost stall ie loss of power, however if I switched the ignition
off it would the be ok for about another 5 miles before it would start

Can any body help me to give the brake pad life genarally get on SUVs.