Whilst completing a major service on my 2.2 Ghia X, I decided that I
wanted to check and possibly top up the manual transmission fluid.
Trouble is, despite extensive inspection, I couldn't find any type of
filler hole at all!

6 months ago I taxed my car online and it worked ok .That was the
first time and I had to get the Ref number from the registration Cert
.
This time I again want to do it but despite what the website says the

Has anyone else had trouble finding the '16 digit' reference number on the
Car Tax Renewal letter?  Either I've gone nuts or it does not exist! It
certainly don't exist where they claim it exists on their diagram online!!

I need 4 new tyres for my focus estate 1.8 tdi lx.
It currently has Goodyear Eagle NCT5 195/60R15 88V.
As I know nothing about Tyres or cars can you advise me what would be
a sensible mid-range tyre. I've been to that National place and they

Previously posted under 'Mileage checking'
Had my 1.2 Dynamique nearly a week, and well, see the Subject.
I needed a car to replace my trusty Pug 206 1.4 which some bleeder wrote
off for me in Nov.

I'm hunting for a faster econonmical car with a budget of 2 thousand. Just
wondering what kind of market I would looking in ?
Its purely for pleasure.

car was running before replacing imobbiliser fob battery.now no spark
getting to plugs!!!

...are these mostly of portable TomToms etc, or are the factory-fitted
DVD-based units being ripped out of dashboards (with all the damage that
entails)?

I've noticed recently people selling V5's for cars on Ebay that are
tax exempt, saying they are worth money? (just the V5 without the car)
and I've seen a few tax exempt Land Rovers on there too with people
saying the V5 is worth money on it's own. Is this somekind of scam?

no spark to plugs on turning engine over

I own a JBA Falcon kit car which uses a 2.0l Ford Pinto engine (1991
factory refurb, <40k miles) and has a replacement Weber twin-choke carb
fitted. (Ie, not the factory fitted weber with the auto-choke, the after
market kit with manual choke)

"Manual, Green.mot 26th oct 07,tax is(OPT)full service history with old
mots,risger on18/12/1998,pas,abs,air conditionar in working,radio and casset
plyar,brand new tyre,e/sun roof,e/windows,e/ mirors,very neat and clean in
and out side,matalick colour,drives excelant,air bags ...

I have only ever drove older cars, with 3rd party fire and theft insurance,
however going through the process of getting a new car, i have encountered
whats called 'gap insurance'.
It sounds like the biggest con since extended warranties on goods that

Just a get you home / emergency jump start job, needs to be reliable and
turn up sharpish for birds stuck on their own. And cheap, obviously.

just in the process of buying a new car, deposit down, no plates yet. A
question, can the dealer play the system to get you a vanity style plate
using the present naming system??
eg, instead of AB 07 ABC, can he get PR 07 ATT?