I've noticed a Peugeot 206 (2004) that looks good value. I know there have been problems with these cutting out. Does anyone know what years this affects? Any 206 owners out there like them?! Thanks, Ed.

0.15% CO, 74ppm HC. Not bad for a 140k mile 1100cc Pug on a carb, eh?

Son has to drive 20 miles every day to college. He's 21 but has only held his licence one year (and has 3 points already!) Any suggestions for something reasonably safe, reliable, and fairly cheap to insure? To put this in context, it would cost him at least £5k a year to stay in the halls of residence, so living at home and having a car is looking like the cheaper option. --

On 22/08/2010 23:18, vulgarandmischevious wrote: wrote: On 22/08/2010 18:26, vulgarandmischevious wrote: People like me? What, holders of C+E licences? That's all you are, a holder.. Or, ex-drivers?

Hi, can I ask the group for some advice? My sons girlfriend -insured fully comp- has just reversed into a car on a car park. The other car owner is going to make an insurance claim but the girlfriend in not considering going through insurance to get her own car repaired. The question my son has asked is 'will his girlfriend have to pay her policy excess or is an excess only payable if she...

I'm fairly certain the answer is no, but it's best to be on the safe side... There's nothing I need to do to "register" a trailer I've just bought, is there? What's the score on insurance - when on the road, the towing car will usually cover, won't it? I doubt the house insurance will cover it for nickage, but tbh I'm not that bothered. It wasn't exactly expensive.

On 15/08/2010 21:28, Chris Whelan wrote: I was just interested if there was an actual requirement in law, based on the claimed 6 weeks/10,000km suggested here. Google failed to find any reference to such a requirement, which is why I asked. It appears that there's not. Google is bereft of any real information pertaining to lorries in the UK. It makes finding the bull****ters quite...

On 15/08/2010 18:18, Chris Whelan wrote: But not an actual law of the land that requires maintenance and inspection at prescribed intervals? It is a requirement of the O licence. You have to maintain full maintenance records down to a bulb. You have to have the vehicle serviced at a named garage and the records available for inspection. The maintenance records follow the lorry so if its...

"loopy livernose" wrote in message news:mwd9o.7238$GW1.1817@hurricane... "T_Raymond" wrote in message ... On 13 Aug, 14:59, "Knight of the Road" wrote: "T_Raymond" wrote in message ...

Anyone watching it? According to the presenter and mechanics sorting the problem of a 2 year old Mitsubishi Jeep engine with shot big-end shells due to running out of oil, (not checked or topped up since new apperently) shells are used to protect the crankshaft in the case of an oil starvation problem?? Mike.

Is it just coincidence that they use a Rover 75 as the car in their advert for extended warranties, warning you that "cars that are now out of warranty could cost you a fortune if they break down?". -- Mike P

If these are fitted 500mm or less from the road surface, do they become "fog lights" under the Construction & Use regulations and Vehicle Lighting regulations, and therefore should only be used in "seriously reduced visibility", less than 100m, fog & falling snow, etc.? If these are fitted between 500mm and 1200mm from the road surface, do they become "head lights" under the Construction & Use...

Is it possible to add timed interval wiping to a Zafira B if it doesn't already have it? It's an option, and mine (second hand, 1.9 SRi) doesn't seem to have it. If so, is it mechanical or a software mod? Probably the latter. The manual says to push the stalk down, wait until the desired interval is reached, then move the stalk back to the timed interval wipe position (- -). There's no...

Passat 2004 130 TDi: quite a racket coming from what sounds like the fuel tank area. I'll have to get under it at the weekend and investigate, but it sounds like the rear o/s area. If I boot it, it goes away for a second or two and comes back. Car runs and drives fine, no fuel issues. Could this be the lift pump about to die?

I have noticed that the plastic spare plastic fuel cans are now only available in silver, with a panel on the label, where you tick a box to indicate what fuel is inside. They used to be colour-coded, red for leaded petrol, green for unleaded petrol and black for diesel oil. I appreciate the manufacturers' reasons for the change (times are hard, economies of scale, etc.) but could this lead to...

I just wondered if anyone else had noticed that diesel cars seem to be producing more smoke than they used to? When they reduced the sulphur content and produced the 'city diesel' mixes years ago there was a big reduction in smoke but of late it seems to be getting worse. Gio

Looking at replacing our Multipla with either of the above. The Berlingo and the partner are very similar but the Citroen is a bit more like a car inside, though I believe Peugeot build a better vehicle? As for the Doblo, I am sick of spending £100s on suspension for our Multipla, are they better in this respect? Also has anyone any experience of the 1.3 multijet diesel? Ta,

Just looked at a car and it was almost mint apart from a scuff on a black plastic bumper. It wasn't mega deep, maybe 1-2mm but over quite an area. Has anyone had such repaired? If so what were the results like and how much did it cost? Rick

On Jun 22, 9:04*pm, "Stephen" wrote: Hi Chaps, I'm trying miserably to change the speakers in my daughter orrible Clio but the speakers are rivets on to the inner door skin. How do you get the rivets off without breaking the plastic speaker surround? Wouldn't you be better off asking on a car forum? oreeble'.clio.fr or some such? There may be someone with the required...

http://fwd.five.tv/fifth-gear/blog/vauxhall-ampera Basically an electric car with a small low powered petrol engine to keep the battery charged if you exceed the 40 mile range. This sounds like a far more sensible drive train than the sort you find in a pious - the engine can be tuned to be run continually at it's most efficient speed, smoothing out the energy demands over your...