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Hi all, I was just reading a thread about a guy who had an engine light wire cut. It made me think (not a regular occurrence). I was looking through the manual for my car and there's a page that talks about the main display (speedo etc). Supposedly when I turn the ignition on I...

Hi all, not been on the forum lately due to work etc. but because of all the overtime I've done I'm going to treat myself to a new manifold for the car. Problem is I don't have a great knowledge on thses things. I currently have a Miltek exhaust system. Thats about as far as my knowledge...

Hi guys n gals, I've posted this on the for sale page but thought I would post it here as a fine example of someone who's looked after their car and has taken pride in preserving it. Just wanted to post a link to my friend eBay auction were he's selling his 1989 Vauxhall astra gte 16v...

Hi guys n gals, I've posted this on the for sale page but thought I would post it as a fine example of someone who's looked after their car and has taken pride in preserving it. Just wanted to post a link to my friend eBay auction were he's selling his 1989 Vauxhall astra gte 16v. Have a...

Hi guys n gals, Just wanted to post a link to my friend eBay auction were he's selling his 1989 Vauxhall astra gte 16v. Have a read thru his description and see what u think. I can confirm this car is in great condition, a lot of time and effort has been spent on keeping that way...

Hi, Just a post to moan… On Monday this week I put my car into Farmers (a local chain owned by the previous Kwik fit owner) to have a track rod replaced and my wheels aligned. I dropped the car off, got some breakfast and went back to collect it. When I got the car back and started to...

Hi guys n gals, Hoping y’all can give me some advice. The other day after a long day at work I was in my street about to park when a car came along the road. It's a narrow road so I decide to roll the car back and let the on coming driver through. On doing so I rolled onto a neighbours...

Hi guys, Looking for a little help on choosing tyres. My m.o.t is just up and it's looking like I need to 2 new front tyres (not from burn-outs ;P). The tyres I have at the moment are Toyo Proxies T1-R's. I'm fairly new to driving and don't have a great deal of knowledge on tires etc...

I have a small query... If you have your car converted to run on LPG do u not have to pay road tax? Apologies if this is a very stupid question. I could probably find the answer on the net some were but this forum is far better. p.s Does anyone run their car on LPG and if so what...

I was surfing the net looking at different cars, mod's etc and seen a few with Euro style plates. There were a few UK cars with the Euro style plates and I was wondering if it's legal over here not to have standard UK plates? Or are they just for show? I think they look pretty kool and...

Hi, When I bought my car the engine was immaculately clean and I want to keep it that way. Does anyone have some tips on cleaning the outside of the engine and the surrounding parts? I don't want to go round wiping it down to find out I’m cleaning off grease/lube that shouldn't be...

Hey all. Newbie to cars but very keen to learn more about cars. I also have lots of annoying questions so I'm sure I'll get to know u all soon :) cya

Hi all, After spending the day polishing my VW VR6 mk3 and joking with my mate that it will end up in the garage with my luck, guess what? When I started her up that night I got a whistling noise from under the bonnet. I am a complete novice when it comes to anything other that checking oil...