I just totalled my Fiat Stilo TDi, and I need a replacement.
Recommendations or comments would be appreciated -
Need 4drs, prefer hatch, must be tdi with good power & economy.  Budget
£2-5k.   Not status conscious, so happy to buy tidy but unappreciated models

I'm told that there if I take my car abroad for a few months there is a need
to let the government of the country I'm visiting that that my car is not
intending to stay there permanently and by so doing I will not have to pay
any duty on it.

can anyone advise me how much of a difficult job is it to put new pads
on an Astra 2001 diesel and do i need any special sort of tools thanks
in advance

Completely useless garage (see previous post). Went there via
blackcircles to have some tyres fitted and got them to do the tracking
on Wednesday.
Drove the car about 250 miles yesterday and something wasnt quite

Once and for all...
How does each one manifest itself in terms of tyre wear / fuel
consumption?
What are the characteristics that may be noticed when driving (e.g.

Here.  http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_820.htm
Nothing in here says that the windscreen wipers need to srlf park.  My
Brava's wiper motor has lost the self park function and it's MOT is due so
it looks like it will still pass.  What does the panel think?

In the old days, before the new computerised MOT system was introduced
you could get a 13 month MOT certificate, providing of course your
vehicle passed and you still had one month MOT left before it expired.
Does this option still apply?

My son's girlfriend has a 97 Punto 1.2
Yesterday she had a problem where the key wouldn't turn in the ignition.
A nearby garage had a quick look (free of charge bless them) and said
that the part of the barrel which disengages the steering lock is

A bigger bunch of idiots you will not meet...
bought my tyres through Blackcircles.com and had them fitted here.
Completely clueless. Poor serice, very slow, rude, and incompetent.
Stupidly I asked them to do the tracking which they managed to screw

i am wondering if my car charger is no longer efficiently charging.it
has a 6v and 12v setting. a test with the multimeter on the 6v shows
7.3v. on the 12v setting it shows 12.0 volts.
now i read a car battery varies from 12.39 discharged to 12.6 fully

Am in the Medway for a couple of weeks and need an MoT (Ford) done. Can
anyone recommend a competent and trustworthy garage?
Thanks,
Vino

Rover 214 SEi, N-reg (old shape).
Accelerated in 4th yesyerday, engine revs increased, but no increase in
speed.
Today in 3rd and 4th, same thing happened, but not every time I drive in 3rd

I bought a VW Polo 2005 reg. Last week. The dealer told me it had had a full
2 year service.
On getting home I checked the oil and it was black so in my mind the oil had
not been

Can anyone scan the page from the owners manual detailing the various
warning lights? There's a very unusual one occasionally coming on, and I've
not got a clue what it means...

My 02 Focus rear wiper motor seems to have packed in - it moves the
wiper blade about 1 inch then stops.  I can hear the relay in the
glove box clicking, and if I go round the back I can 'move' the wiper
blade in time with what should be the wiping action.  The motor itself