I have a 2004 Volvo S60 in which my typical weeks see me driving the same
types of roads with little variation in route and miles.
Owned for 18 months and for first 12 months the MPG was averaging 27.5 with
me as the only driver. However in the last 6 months the average is down to ...

I dont post here much these days but i still scan through the threads
and read anything interesting from time to time .
Anybody want to comment on a pothole script i wrote ? .
Its still being worked on but it works fine and while it is really

Can anyone help me trace the origin of number plate 11FGC?
So far I know it is a London reg between Dec 1962 and Jul 1963. The
bad news is the records for these years have been destroyed. I would
like to know the Make and Model of the first car this plate was

Can anyone offer me any advice?
My dad owns a DRK 3 wheeler Morgan replica built in 1991. The orginial reg
number was transferred across from a Trojan bubble car that the builder
owned. Somehow, the car has been incorrectly registered as a "DRK Trojan",

Hi, I seem to recall that cars with Irish plates (registered in
Ireland) can have black and silver plates uptill 2000 or 2001 instead
of the 1973 rules for British regs. I remember seeing the rules for
this somewhere, but whilst serching all I can find is the rules for

Now showing. 7.30-8.00
Young drivers tested.
Mike.

I think the tyres on my car are reasonably unusual, so I'm looking for
an online site which I can type in the tyre details and it'll list
which tyres are available in that size, and the cost.
Anyone happen to know a site that'll do that for me?

..expecting cars to have some service history.
I'm looking for a small/medium car privately, and am finding it very
difficult to find cars with service history.
Looking at Clios (98 on), Astra 16v (98 on), Corsa 1.2 (00 on), 306 , Rov

Bonnet release on my Golf is jammed and will not open.
Anyone recommend an action?
Thanks
Andrew j

What car? publishes all sorts of useful stuff about fuel consumption, 0-60
acceleration, tax band etc for current models.
However I'm looking to buy second hand maybe up to 5 years old (probably a
VW Golf)

Doing some paperwork thumbing, I've noticed (although they didn't point it
out to me) that a VT32 "Advisory Notice" was issued along with my recent
MOT - advising "004 Rear under wheel arch metal brake pipes corroded".
Is this something I should worry about?

I have a 3 year old, 20,000 miles 1.0 litre 3 cylinder Vauxhall Corsa.
It runs fine, but at idle it sounds like a diesel - quite a loud
tappet-like clatter.  You can't really hear it inside the car but
outside it's very distinctive.  You would say the camshaft or whatever

Could someone recommend some resources on old Soviet cars collections,
museums, shops etc..?
I am looking for individual or company that would consider buying a
new item for their collection. I own 1976 Izh-412 Moskvitch in pretty

Anybody had these fail? Priced some new ones up. Cheapest £85
Anyway existing ones can be fixed?
Any other type fit?
I know about the old piece of 2X2 trick to support the boot which would work

Evening all,
I'm about to move to a vehicle which is all but forcing me to abandon my
much loved 4 year old always been perect JVC MP3 CD player/radio head
unit. The Ford 4500 unit looks, and by all accounts i've found is not