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I rarely use my cruise control - but found both it and the speed limiter simply failed to work whilst on the motorway at the weekend. What should I be looking into first? The switch appears to work on the dash - and the light goes from green to orange, depending upon which function I pick. I...

So, I have a couple Torx-40 bit and a ratchet, but this little t**t is refusing to budge. I've sprayed some WD on it, though I'm really wary that the T-40 bits will just start to chew up the metal. Is an impact gun the best option? I'll bob by a garage and see if they can zap it loose - unless...

Hi all, I've heard on a few occasions when I've switched the car off, the whine of the system spooling down. I've definitely not manually switched the air-con on and the A/C light isn't enabled. I never use the Auto function either - so I'm a little puzzled as to when it dictates as and when...

Has anyone removed their wiper linkage and revamped it - including repainting it? After 18 years, mine's looking decidedly sun-bleached grey and with a little dribble of rust from under the central linkage. Ideally, I'd refurb it to all black - but is it a ballache does anyone know? Thanks, D.

Spotted it yesterday across the way from a rather nice looking i20N.

I don't mean the childish comments in game directed at one another. But the simple concept of what a mic does when adorned to the head of a significant proportion of the world's population of knuckle-dragging wombats. Have these gimps never heard of a mute button? They aren't even talking in...

Spotted on Sunday - 30th April. I was on the other side of the road in a Golf, or else I would have let on. ;)

As many of us use Windows based PCs on a daily basis, just thought it might be useful to create a thread on some usage tips that people might not know about. - One for multiple screen users when you want to just screenshot one screen. (I use this a LOT having three monitors at work) Click...

Hi all, Was checking on the fluids yesterday and spotted the clip highlighted, was broken. I could simply glue it, but I doubt that would last long. Does anyone have the P/N and know whether or not if they are still available? Cheers.

I should have taken a picture of it before creating this thread - but is the rocker cover gasket easy enough to replace on a 182? I did the natural thing first - just nipped up the bolts to make sure none were loose without over-tightening them, not that any of them seemed slack to begin with...

Parked up on Burnley Road East on my way home from work just now. Nice to see an RS nearby.

@Gally @Daniel Chaps - just wondering what the going rate for a replacement VIN sticker is these days? I was quoted £48 - and while I'm not exactly a tight arse - I thought was a bit much for a B-pillar bit of identification. If this is a typical price - I'll pay it. Just wanted to check I...

So, after a while of procrastination, I bit the bullet and decided to get the offside rear panel sorted. As most will be aware, the crap design of the fuel filler area and the lottery of the cill protection means that rust can be on a sliding scale of pretty much zero to a clump of brown metal...

Hi all, Could anyone confirm what the OEM knock sensor replacement is please? I got a cheap one from eBay and I still have the occasional pinking when picking up drive - especially on the initial uptake. Cheers, D.

Hi all, Just asking for thoughts/suggestions as to what an annoying, repetitive noise might be? It comes from the OSF wheel area - more lower down I'd say. I did have both top mounts and damper covers replaced with OEM items - but the noise occurred before they were fitted, so clearly that...

Not too far at all from the 1-series I posted last year that was caked in s**t and all greened-up. The pairing might just only be an old Focus and a Jag, but the itch to just dive in and power wash the damn things is strong. 😉 Just give me an hour….

Probably preaching to the converted here, but this is just a heads up of the limits of tyre integrity after damage. My wife caught an object in the road yesterday and it slashed the outer wall of the tyre as seen below. She managed to pullover into a little layby and after calling me, I drove...

Hi all, Just trying to understand the best way to proceed as Paypal support appears to be non-existent. Basically, we have a website at work that accepts payments through Paypal. We have three additional websites that we also want to offer Paypal as a payment method. From what I gather, the...

Just wondering if they are worth the purchase price and fitting over OEM top mounts? Pretty sure that one of mine is squeaking now (driver's side) and would want to get it sorted, but I'm loathe to drill into to the turret tops for the KTR ones to be fitted. Anyone do it and highly recommended...

Hi all, With the imminent fitment of an external tap and power socket to our house - I was after suggestions of a general purpose jet washer please? It would be used 90% of the time for washing the cars, but also the occasional path/driveway sweep-over. Is it just Karcher all-day every day...

Anybody play this? Not exactly new, in fact I believe it's five years old now - but just intrigued if anyone is active on it. Having owned and played each of the series up to this date - it's great that No.6 is easily the best of the bunch. So much depth, yet very easy to pickup and play. The...

Yep, perhaps one of the most inappropriate game titles that I can think of in recent years. Took a punt on it, even with it retaining its fairly high price tag and not really having a clue as to what to expect. It’s an open world sandbox game that has a shedload of user content and plenty of...

.....and there goes a few hundred hours of my life to this, no doubt. Absolutely, superb news! https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/company-of-heroes-3-is-coming-next-year-but-you-can-play-a-demo-right-now/ Will be interesting how the Italian looking backdrop will pan out. I'd previously hoped that if...

As above really. When we move, we're looking into getting a new TV and was wondering about audio setup for it. I don't want to be a cnut of a neighbour and have an IMAX-spec setup that does nothing than piss the neighbour off. But I'd like something pretty-decent - a smart TV around 55"-60"...

Assuming moving house doesn't financially cripple me (!) - I think I'll have to address the rear arches this year - along with the usual petrol filler cap area. Pretty much convinced myself that the filler cap side will most likely require the panel to be cut out and replaced and for the work...

Chaps, We've purchased a new house just yesterday and it comes with a garage that has mains electricity running to it. I was wondering about the options for a light use air-compressor - one mainly for blowing air through a nozzle for de-dusting and general crap-clearout. I take it that if you...

There’s always a race to get hold of the newest and latest game coming out. But have you got some established gems that you still play? Occasionally I’ll have a dabble at some much older titles - probably my record last year was trying out a game from 1990. But for games to actually spend time...

Hi all, Followed the wife in my car this morning and noticed that the spoiler brake light didn't come on at all. What's the best process of checking what's failed or needing to be looked at? Cheers, D.

Hi all - I'm a bit out of my comfort zone here (usually gaming systems) and would appreciate any feedback regarding the two main packages mentioned above for a new PC system? I'm trying to help a work colleague make a decision. Does anyone have day-to-day usage of either ACC and/or Blender and...

This is an oddball one. I've had the game for quite a while, along with Euro Truck Simulator and left both titles lingering in the library for the most part. A few months back, I tried ATS when I had the Logitech G920 wheel all setup, working in conjunction with the Fanatec shifter. The...