My sister has a 2000 model Ford Fiesta, its metalic black in colour, does
anyone know the exact colour as per Fords description? ive heard it may be
"panther black" can anyone confirm this is the only metalic black Ford do?
Ide ask her myself but im planning on buying her a rear ...

What purpose do spoilers serve?
Are they supposed to *do* anything (one thing that springs to mind is some
form of streamlining???)
Or are they just purely there for "decoration"

Just wondering if anyone else here has an opinion on these cars? Hired
one on holiday (a 20K miles example) a few things really pissed me off
(and the other drivers in my group).
Firstly, there is the handbrake- a lever on the dash not dissimilar to a

Just changed the front pads on my 94 Omega.
The warning message to tell me the pads are low is still present.
Is there some kind of reset procedure to get rid of the message?
Thanks

Dealer reckons he needs me to fix up some insurance before he will
register my new car next week.  I thought dealers could do that sort
of thing without insurance.

I will be handing my clio back to the renault finance next month under
my right to terminate.  The car is 2.5 years old and has 25k on the
clock.  They have said that I need to write to them and tell them the
date I have done with it and they will instruct the auction house to

I've finally got around to putting the Seat Inca on eBay - giving the old
"sensible start price, still quite realistic buy it now price" method a
whirl instead of the ?1 no reserve which always leaves me hoping someone
else is going to put in a last minute bid :-)

Hi all, sorry if this post seems a little off topic but this group seems
 to have a lot of knowledge and experience... <grovel mode off>
I've just become the nearly proud owner of a '91 escort cabriolet but
not the owner of the owners guide/handbook that uncle Henry would have

Actually works very well! I'll be visiting them again in a couple of months.
www.confused.com
Si

I've got a 2002 52-reg Corsa.  It's developed a squealing sound while
driving which only happens intermittently.
My first thought was that it was a braking problem - it's similar to the
sort of noise you might hear while applying the footbrake where there are

Hi, i am looking for a 2nd car for up to 1000 pounds. I got to be reliable
and economical.i will do 10,000 miles on it. What car would you guys
recommend? Any ideas would be appreciated...

Hi noticed my crome is going like coloured i use WD40  anyone know of the
best way to clean crome

Can anybody tell me what the magazine is where they give top gear ratios for
cars tested?

I'm looking to buy a day to day car instead of racking up the miles on
my Puma. No more than 1000 quid.
I'm looking for something that has a reliable engine, is cheapish to
run, and prone to rust (I commute to the steelworks in Scunthorpe which

I am not sure if I recal this accurately, it was in an article from the
weekend Telegraph motoring section, talking about the Volvo XC90 I
believe.
If memory serves me correctly, the author of the piece said that a