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Pug diesel is a top motor, rest of the car... basically electrical issues like most french motors (my sis had a laguna brand new for her work car and it was totally screwed up, wouldn't touch one) and i know a number of 206 owners that have had problems. 306 seems to be the best of the bunch but you should be fine with a saab, should have all the toys too. m.

Hmm you'll probably page more for an A4 or a Passat than a Skoda or even a Seat and they are the same car. Only other option at that sort of level is Nissan Primera of Ford Mondeo, or an old BMW/Merc. Everything else will be french and therefore fall apart on you. Did find a Terrano though http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NISSAN-TERRANO-II-SLX-TURBO-DIESEL_W0QQitemZ320049445511QQihZ011QQcategoryZ18238QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem m.

Smaller car then - bothered about looks at all? Toyota Avensis Skoda Octavia Taxi drivers choice sir. Super reliable. Plus you can keep hold of all toyota badges and shirts etc if you get an Avensis. m.

2k? owch. can't believe how much i paid for mine with prices like this. great pics too and it even looks red. m.

Toyota Hilux Pick Up a-la top gear. 1000's of gun toting insurgents can't be wrong. If you need a back seat then Nissan Terrano/Ford Maverick are the same car so there are btis for those. The Shogun has been around donkey's years now too so plenty in pieces for cannabilisation if it goes wrong. m.

£399 for a TT? That's cheap, what are you 90?

There was a version in The Simpson too. I remember seeing a comedian, might have been Jimmy Carr saying a similar thing about traffic and pedestrians crossing the road "it only takes the slow or the stupid" m.

Always thought it would be good to be in the middle of the act with cheetara when Lion-O did the whole call to arms bit. Nothing better than making a lass' eyes light up what just me? i'll get me coat. m.

MacKay used to be the same, very mucky cars and they used to ask a lot for them although they are good at fixing issues if they arise (they just didn't used to sort potential problems before they started). For a MacKay car you seem to have got a great deal there so no wonder they weren't moving on price. WTTC and i hope you've found the scotland events forum already so we can see the beast in the flesh as it were. m.

Admit it you are just perving at Cheetara aren't you? m.

Issue with PayPal is they have no competition. eBay owns PayPal so they don't allow other electronic transfers like Google Pay etc to operate on the site. eBay charges you to list and takes another cut when you try to retrieve your money. Total scam and something the monopoly people should look at. i reckon 90% of PayPal's business comes through eBay. m.

Its not a bad portrayal, although a bit of license took, i think she was with the other lass for 4 years so the killing took place over quite a time frame where the film makes it look like a few weeks. She was also not quite a saintly as made out having numerous alias's and having actually been married to a rich bloke once but couldn't calm down and he annulled it after amonth. Many metal issues but it does say based on a true story not an actual true story. The weird bit was afterwards she actually petitioned the state of Florida to put her to death. Managed to get rid of all legal council and told the court she hated everyone, loved killing and would they please just get on with it. Sad horrible life really. m.

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I get 340 if i'm lucky and on a run. Stop start traffic to work and back 310 on £50 or 60 litres (that's when the light comes on) m.

cheers chaps. skidz is only round the corner so i'll have a chat with them. paint is bubbling though so thought i might have them sorted before they look too much of a mess but will probably hang on until after winter now. m.

Anyone know of anywhere central belt that will either refurb split rims or fit tyres to them properly without damaging them? I know a lot of places won't touch them and my usual garage didn't want to risk damaging the wheels with their machine. m.

Brilliantly we'll also have paid twice for this court case. THe crown is defending it so we're payign for that, we're paying for some muppet judge to rule on it and you can bet that the prisoners in question are doing all this on legal aid so we're paying for that too. The lawyers that brought this to court must be really happy with themselves. I hope one of their smack head former clients breaks into their house and steals all the christmas presents. m.

pervs i was going to say something about a lack of punctuation in the first post being the cause of all this but i have the feeling that will only make things worse... m.

bums thanks Ian. m.

tiptronic? anyway as said quite normal. Your mates car might be the one that is cream crackered with a worn torque convertor. you can replicate this in amnual, if you pull the clutch up and don't touch the accelerator the car will creep forward. Most electronic fuel and ECU systems will adjust the idle for the load on the engine, this means that at very low revs the car won't stall (don't stick it in second and pull clutch up it will stop but very slowly in 1st...) as the clutch is engaged (same as putting car into 'D') and revs are being applied the car will move forward. m.

Ah. i have nothing in that pod at all. Looks like a dash out check then. anything else important in that pod i am currently not being warned about? thanks guys. m.

Had the car serviced at the weekend and she was quite low on oil. Since no light came on and it doesn't seem to have an oil light when you turn the ignition on (just battery, door, exhaust) where is it located so i can check to see if the bulb has gone? cheers, m.

The gunk in the tank is an old wives tale. Think about it, does the fuel line run from the top of the tank or the bottom? Because the line is at the bottom of the tank (to allow it to empty) it is already sucking juice from the bottom of the tank so trying to keep at least half a tank in to prevent he fuel coming from the nether regions of your tank doesn't work, any bits will already be working their way to your injectors. m.

This should give you all the info you need http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showpost.php?p=1101770&postcount=27 m.