I have newly acquired 2nd hand car. It's not as fuel efficient as my old
1.2L Clio round town as it's got a bigger engine. I'm interested in
maximising the efficiency, now in the Owner's Manual it gives suggested
speeds for gear changes on the basis of performance and fuel ...

Hello, if you drive a car from Lapland to the UK in the middle of the
winter, using metal-studded winter tyres, are you allowed to enter the
UK with it?
I know such tyres aren't needed on UK roads, but is it legal to use

I've spent the day at an SMMT event comparing older cars with new
equivalents - obviously, with the aim of making the new 'uns look good to
the journos attending so they can help sell lots of nice shiny new cars...
As a part of this, several manufacturers put their older model in ...

If I complete the registration and tick the RHD box when it's a LHD vehicle,
what's the likely ramifications?

I have a 1999 Mercedes 300TD, I am currently paying £180 per year. The V5
(log book thing) does not show any emmisions figures, however the goverment
web site gives the CO2 output at a massive 228g. If I sell this vehicle and
the documents go back to swansea will the V5 be updated ...

Hi all,
My mate (not me :) ) took a chance and bought a non-starting Vectra for
2100 off ebay.
He then took it straight to Vauxhall rather than a normal mechanic

I was looking at a thread in UK.legal about using veggie oil in
diesels and paying tax on the stuff and wondered if the posters on
here had any comments on it.
I don't remember any announcement on the news about a new law and the

I plan to keep my 1994 320i for a while yet (176K on the clock)
Once I get all the various niggles sorted , I just read about an ECU
upgrade working.
http://www.reviewcentre.com/review251211.html

car broke down last night ,had to get towed etc
by AA .
Abandoned at my garage , now need to sort it out in the
next few days .

There is a clack-clack-clack from the drivers side rear wheel area when
cornering left.
What is the most likely cause of this?
Cheers,

I want to do a could of little things on my brothers "spare" car when
I go to visit him over christmas.  I tried to find the haynes manual,
but www.haynes.co.uk does not list it and there are none on ebay.  Is
anyone aware of a haynes or similar manual for the Mercedes 420 SEL

The mother in law phoned her car insurance co to check if she would be
covered for our car, and apparently she isn't, not even on a 3rd party
basis.
I can't remember the last time I didn't have cover on my insurance to drive

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7035612.stm
"Rail crash inquest focuses on car
An inquest into the Ufton Nervet rail crash has heard that the car which
was hit by a high-speed train was prone to stalling unexpectedly.

Would the ABS not working be likely to invalidate an insurance policy?
Car needs ABS sensor, I need car by 2pm,  garage may not be able to get it
done but have said I can take the car and go back to have it fixed later.
TIA.

.. have that black stuff stuck to the wings and things, like in this
picture:
http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=6329624
and many, many others?