OK, I haven't checked this with the Highway Code but..
If I want to change lanes on the motorway I check my mirrors and I
look over my shoulder etc.. If there's no gap or perhaps I can see a
gap further back I keep driving until the last of the cars goes by

Hello Eveyone,
I need advice. I've just passed my test and want urgently buy a car!
There are 2 which are under my consideration now:
It's

Does anyone have any views on the reliability of the current VW Golf -
diesel in particular - as well as build quality?
Thanks,
John.

On J10 to 15? of M25 and on M42 there are variable speed limits and
"active traffic" management.
I'm guessing that the main thinking behind this is that the motoway holds
a greater volume of traffic at lower speeds?

help needed  cant start my car after stopping it last night could the
problem be the starter motor are something else first time this has
happened since i had the car got all electrics and the battery is fine
but when you turn the ignition its completely dead could the problem be

We've got new parking restrictions as of Monday.
Resident permits needed between 10am and 11am, M-F.
But we haven't received our permits yet...
Watch This Space. <growls>

My car (P 1996 Astra Est TD)was broken into and had a new (scrapyard)
ignition barrel, key and chip.
I have lost the key, whats the cheapest way of getting it sorted?
The streering lock is goosed so I am happy enough to pull the plug off the

Prompted by various people saying 'ooh, don't want a turbo with lots of
miles' type things, and a general lack of 'my turbo broke' stories on here
and .maintenance, I started wondering : how often do turbos fail?
Diesel or petrol, abused or not. (yes, I know about letting them ...

I have just found myself in the great position of needing a very cheap car
in every aspect and have purchased a pug 205 1.8 diesel, H reg. The mileage
is 275k to my amazement the engine is very strong and the car is sound with
no rust and drives perfectly, Put it this way I drove ...

Hi,  instead of changing the oil i thought i would just top up with a new
oil, since it seems nearly a quarter empty.  My corolla has done 80 K  miles
and when in Asda Supermarket yesterday I saw 5L of 10w-40 castrol gtx for
£13.99 and 5L of 15w-40 castrol gtx for £14.88, which said ...

My wife is generally a very good driver to a point that I've never seen her
do anything illegal or dangerous while on the road.
Yesterday she came off the M5 at J3 and upon reaching the lights by the
island they changed to amber. Now (and this is totally out of character)

I was just surfing and looking for MX-5's having just missed out (by 5
minutes) on getting a MINT condition MX-5 2000 model with only 9000
miles and hardtop for £5500... bummer  bummer bummer and another
story) and I cam across this HILARIOUS ebay auction.

Had to go and rescue brother-in-law at 5.30pm yesterday. He'd broken down on
the busiest roundabout in Thanet - on the main road to/from
Canterbury/Dover.
I discovered his clutch cable had broken so I offered to tow him or give him

<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/4796264.stm>
There's obviously some detail I'm missing in this story. It's about a
BMW 318, the accelerator jammed and he burned his brakes out trying to
slow down. The headline says he drove for 60 miles in this state.

If I buy a car which has been used (say) by the AA, and has an
amber light on, that can be set flashing, are there legalities
that I should consider? Can I use the flashing light?