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Hello my friends (said in an overly friendly and cheesy way).:p I went to get some new tyres today, but the garage couldnt get two of the locking wheel nuts off. Ive spent the day going around garages, but to no avail. The problems are: 1. The nuts/key are anonymous and old...

The hunt for a new small car for the family ended last week when Renault were able to give a totally unbeatable price on a new Dynamique 1.2 (with climate, air con and sunroof pack). Today was colour choosing! I had spotted what I thought was a new pearlescent blue, but my mum was keener on...

It all started innocently enough when I took off my airbox to clean the filter element... I just couldnt resist a quick blast around the block without the airbox in place to see how what an induction kit would sound like. On idle it was still quiet, but as I took off on 1st the familiar hiss...

My mum and I spent the afternoon looking at new cars for her. We were both quite impressed by the 206 after a test drive, but the salesman wouldnt name us a price until "we showed committment" (not sure what that meant as we have cash, no PX and want a car ASAP!). This, obviously was a bit of...

When Im driving slowly, I find that if I even feather the accelerator that the car jerks forward. The gearlever also moves when I do this, so I guess the engine is rocking back. I initially thought that this might be due to a sticky throttle cable, but its not that. My "dog-bone" mount is...

I today managed to sell my mums Volvo S40 and got a not entirely unreasonable £3,600 for it, which is a lot of car for the buyer considering its a 2.0 with leather, A/C, 6 CD, alloys etc. Anyway, thats important as it sets the scene for the hunt for a new small car. It has to be new, cheap...

Been out this afternoon on a spree to the dealers with my mum. My parents are downsizing their 2nd car (Volvo S40 decked out with leather etc) as they dont need a large 2nd car any more and they need to insure my 18 year old brother on a car! (they dont want him to have his own older car like...

Just come back from a 1,000 mile epic around Ireland with the lady (who hates cars and only begrudgingly acknowledges anything good about my gold-wheeled toy!). For those of you who arent familar with the south and west of Ireland, Id say its like the roads of the UK 40 years ago - much less...

Whats the new-shape 1.2 16V like? In Dynamique trim preferably. My parents are looking to down-size their specd-up Volvo S40. This is important as I drive the S40 a lot because my dad works abroad and so my mum uses his car! Since my dad hardly needs a luxo-barge any more, that goes to my...

How do I do it?:oops: Its a standard head unit from a Mk1 Clio. I turn the unit on and it just says "Code", then four lines appear. I try entering the code with the numbers and nothing happens! Cheers

Could be tosh, but I heard somewhere that they were thinking of it!

Sounds like my disc rear brake callipers are binding. Last time this happened on my Valver, I needed two new ones at a high £££ cost! Is there any way of repairing them? Cheers

Ive got a kind of whining coming from the nearside front of the car, which goes when I dip the clutch (into neutral). Its not a wheel bearing - I need a new one of those anyway and that makes another noise! It comes from about 30mph on, but it doesnt matter which gear Im in (so unlikely to be...

Im going to be getting a full set of tyres soon and am pretty keen on getting good quality ones to replace the 185/55/15 Michelin Pilot HX tyres I have all round at the moment. They dont look very exciting, but these Pilots seem to be the best set of tyres Ive had (Yoko, Goodyear etc in the...

Hello all Im just starting to get some of the inevitable problems on my Williams that I experienced during my Valver ownership, e.g. needs a new dog-bone engine mount and N/S/F wheel bearing. The car has 57k on the clock and Id love some advice on: 1. Recently my brakes have been sounding...

Ive just taken off the stainless back box that came on my Williams when I bought it - and replaced it with a totally standard one. To be totally honest, there seems to be no drop in performance whatsoever and the noise is about the same as when the stainless back box was on (still quite...

Just been sorting through my room and piles of stuff left over from when I was a teenager. I always remember loving the Valver and Willy back in the day, but to my surprise I just found a whole box full of 16V and Williams brouchures, adverts, articles and pictures cut from magazines! Am dead...

Just spotted this on the Evo forum - made me chuckle (and never want to take my Williams near Renault!). Ive lifted the quote totally from the forum, but I think thats fair as other threads link over to here and to some of my posts! "The first batch of williams came out when I was working...

Im about to complete my Williams by fitting an original exhaust back box instead of the stainless one thats on there at the mo. I know they arent the best, but I just want my Willy to be as the Renault God intended. My only concession is going to be a silenced de-cat pipe (dont want to wear...

Ive got the newly refurbished wheels on my Willy now and Im almost ready to unveil her to the waiting public! The one thing I want to do is get a standard back box on the car as its got a tacky Prima Racing gold coloured one at the moment. Its meant to be "stainless", but the gold has worn to...

Just wondering what the original spec was on the original batch of 400 RHD cars? The 1993 brochure states that they came with tape deck and four speakers. My car has a Sony head unit/CD changer and six speakers - and Im thinking of getting an original system back in there. I reckon the...

My Willy has a set of antique Michelins on at the moment and they look like theyve come to the end of their lives. Since Im having my wheels refurbished over the next few days, now seems like a good time to get some new tyres! Im going to ditch the 185/55/15 size and go for some 195/50/15s...

The colour of the brake callipers on my 16V and now my Williams seemed to be a kind of silvery-gold colour. I cant get them clean enough on my Williams, so Im going to have to paint them. But I dont want to paint them silver as that would clash with the gold wheels and not be original. I...

10/10! (with reservations!) Well, its been a few weeks since Ive had my Williams and Ive had the opportunity to get used to it now. Its bit strange looking at a Williams plaque for No. 0123 as I drive as it otherwise seems like my old 16V. Probably the most striking thing is how it doesnt...

How much is a standard one? This is the only part of my car that isnt standard and its going to get binned soon! (got to keep a Williams totally standard!)

I rarely venture into these forums as Im a bit of an ICE novice, but can someone help me please! My "new" Willy has a Sony Mini-Disc head unit that controls a 10-disc CD autochanger. The unit is about two years old and is an MDX-C5970R, rated at 35wx4 (so not exactly a beast!). Sorry I...

I cant find anything about this in my Haynes manual! (just something about the gauges) Can I do it myself and how much is the part? Or should I just get my garage to do it when I get it serviced soon? Cheers

Im pretty sure theres some truth in the old adage that a car has a personality. I know that people call their cars "she" and so on, but I really do give my car a pat on the dashboard and say "come on boy, lets go out" to it. Im pretty sure that all my cars have had tantrums on me, but also...

Does anyone know where I can get a decent set for a Williams (maybe in blue)? Ive got a set of 1994 dealer mats, but theyre in grey and Id prefer some blue ones. Would blue mats look OK? Cheers

The only thing that slightly bothers me about my new Willy is that the oil pressure gauge goes straight to 0 bar once the engine gets to 60degC. I wouldnt expect that even at 160degC!! Since the car is only on 54k, I doubt its the oil seals - so maybe its the sensor unit? The oil pressure...