My friend is taking his clio diesel into a main renault dealer tomorrow
for a service.  He has been told that it is now standard practice for
people to have to arrange their own insurance for the loan car.  I told
him to ring back and tell them that's nonsense but they said it is ...

I've seen places on the net that say they will remap a 61hp Smart car to
85hp or better for about 300 quid.          
Apart from the insurance issues, are there any other downsides to having
a Smart car remapped?  Or, to put it another way, if the car can do 85hp

try
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Driving at Night without getting tired and without being blinded by other
cars' headlights.

Recently my father who has owned his Volvo 850 from new, has mentioned
that the car is occasionally kicking down to a lower gear than usual or
not kicking down when it normally would do, does this sound like a
change of transmission fluid needed or something more sinister like the

Does anyone have any experience of  used car garages in Addlestone,
Chertsey.
I bought a car from here recently and it was unfit to drive, I asked
the garage to repair the vehicle (which was a small cost) and they

It's Correct

Will Find out and get back to you.

Sorry chaps, had to start a new thread because google wouldn't let me
reply in the old thread.
Anyway
Adrian wrote:-

Will 14inch stock wheels from an R Reg renault Clio fit on a 52 Reg?

Just got a v low quote from these guys, anyone got any experience of them?

When I press the Brake pedal on my Renault Megane, there is a certain amount
of "hissing" - like a pffft sound - in the first inch or so that the brake
pedal travels downwards - whilst brake efficiency doesn't seem affected, my
local garage have taken a look - they say that the ...

thanks for a quick reply not very mechanically minded as regards to my
first post as the nickname hokeydokeys@hotmail.com but how wud the head
gasket cause these problems any replies wud be much appreciated

I'm buying a car privately for £22,800. However, the car in on finance
(through Lombard finance) is has about £24,000 owing on it. The seller
is recommending that he will pay the balance and I should pay the
finance company directly to conclude the sale. I called Lombard with

Two company car drivers I know bought their cars without trying them first.
They figured it was too much hassle and showrooms are a pain the arse.
Cars in the same class are much of muchness nowadays: 2 litre Mazda-6 or
2-litre Mondeo - what is the big difference if the car is ...

would it be better if instead of cameras we had Police cars checking on bad
driving?
It is an accepted fact that usually (around 95% of cases where an extra law
is broken)  "bad drivers" usually have no insurance,MOT, more likely to be

I would like some advice on what my sister should do after someone hit
her.  This is probably a bit long, but better that than missing out
details;
What happened - She was driving in the slow lane of a 50 mph section of