Went to look at a car the other day, as the garage/dealer have had it over 2
months
and I guessed it'd been mostly driven short trips (test drives & between the
forecourt and the lockup at the back of their building) I'd have expected to

Any potential problems (other than rust, im handy with a welder!) that i
need to look at when looking for a MOT/Taxless £100 bargain? Need a
throw-away runaround for 12 months.

My daughter, who very recently passed her test, is now the fairly proud
owner of a 1989 1.0l Starlet.
It's accelerates like a slug, which I half expected because of its age, but
it does proudly proclaim that it has 12 valves and I hoped it might be a

I'm no mechanic so that is why I've come to you guys. My Escort is now hard
to drive. It has absolutely no grunt at all. Its done 84000 miles but I
actually think it may have done 184000 just a gut feeling but could be
wrong. Anyway in first, there is no decent acceleration and ...

I was going to replace my '94 Golf 1.8 CL (petrol) headlight lamp today,
having picked up a replacement for a shade under 8 quid yesterday. Unlike
the Mk IV its supposed to be straightforward with no need for bumper
removal.

I often cycle instead of driving, and always worry about breathing in fumes
from cars as I'm cycling at the side of the road. I mean, I'm literally
behind every car that goes past, and they're all pushing out hefty amount of
fumes...

I'm looking for new tyres for my Daihatsu van. The tyres show 155 R 12
Why is there only 2 numbers on the tyre?
Two numbers won't work with the online sellers which ask for width, profile
and tyre size.

Wife is planning on changing her car soon.
S reg Tigra 1.6. Up till now with FVSH. - is it worth paying for a
last dealer service? - 100K, or is that just £120 ( diffence between
them and me doing it ) wasted on a car this age / mileage.

My T Reg 1999, Vauxhall Vectra 2.0 diesel LS, drivers door lock has
jammed shut and will not open. I've managed to remove the door card
enough to get my hand in to feel the levers etc, they seem to be free.
However the door appears to be dead locked. Does anyone know how I can

Please Any ideas: my Vauxhall Astra 1.7 DTI W reg drags slowly on take off
for about 10-15m, even as the gas pedal hits the floor.
It picks up from the 2nd and then races on when its on a flat road and the
motorway.

Can anyone explain why  (apparently) the C-max gets much more of a
slagging off in the Reliability Indexes / Customer feedback than the
Focus
I've gone through all the drivers feedback on Whatcar.com and the C-max

My wife's L-reg 1.1 HCS Fiesta is experiencing a re-occurence of an
intermittent problem which has not happened for about 2 years (which
is also about the same amount of time since I last serviced it).
I think that what is happening is that when I change the air filter,

Just in case your broker hasn't put your vehicle on the DB you can check
here:
http://www.fleetnews.co.uk/external_link/?sl=http://www.askmid.com/
Could also be useful for checking if that car that hit you is insured and

Sorry if this appears again so soon, it has not shown up on my newsreader
I'm no mechanic so that is why I've come to you guys. My Escort is now hard
to drive. It has absolutely no grunt at all. Its done 84000 miles but I
actually think it may have done 184000 just a gut feeling but ...

Recently bought an 04 mondeo TDCi which has a sony 6cd changer radio fitted
(standard). It has no model number on it and did'nt come with a manual.
Problem I have is the CD doesn't seem to be working. Every time I put a CD
in it displays the error 'check CD' and spits the disc out ...