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I've removed mine and was relying on my AA cover if I ever had a puncture. I'm on the family cover and dad pays something f**king ridiculous like £200 a year because he's been with them since 1989 or something stupid and never shopped around. I didn't know about the ten mile rule. However, from...

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?602028-i-feel-sick-%28-cambelt-snapped..

Possibly you've been speaking to a salesman who's not clued up on the details? But IF you've been speaking to the actual mechanic, run a mile.

You may not be paying for the work, but it's your car and if it's not done properly you'll be the one regretting it! The cambelt change procedure for these cars is different to most and they do need someone who's worked with them before and knows them to do the work. If he thinks the engine...

But you can spend top money, £4k on a car and find out it needs work also. There were a few £3,000ish 172's being sold on here when I was on the market, and when I checked the sellers history I discovered recently talk of dephaser noise, bad handling etc etc, enough to put me right off the car...

I think he said he grows money trees...

The PH1's have the 90's look about them, they just look old and dated now, whereas the PH2's look much more modern and I love that front grill... Look like a boy racer in an old banger = PH1 Look like a normal person in a sleek car = PH2

As long as you don't damage the paint on the side of the switch when you prise it off! I actually started off the way you did, but noticed the paint is easily scratched, and if you scratch that paint then the red light shines through it and you really notice! Check out the picture second from...

Ok Get a small flat bladed screwdriver and a bit of cloth or a rag. Put the cloth or rag over the tip of the screwdriver to avoid marking the trim Insert the screwdriver into the top of the panel and then prise it out like so (using the fingers of your other hand to help): Now pull the...

I thought I'd have a go at fixing... This is what it looks like inside It's fiddly and I wouldn't know where to start going about fixing it! Doubt it's worth trying when a new one's a tenner. I've just bought a new one for £10.40 from "all4cars" on eBay... I could put a guide up on how to...

Yes. Any car with OBD2 or EOBD (that's basically all modern cars and many older ones)

It's not ending well if it's the former or the latter Letting your girlfriend/mum pay for you is sad Letting her be the policyholder when you're the main driver is illegal

MaxiScan MS509. Most of the ones of eBay are fakes but they're good fakes (cloned chips). Well worth the money. I saw a thread on kelseyforums.co.uk and the mechanics were buying them left right and center giving good feedback so knew it was the one to buy. Does everything I'm ever likely to need.

On the plus side RS's being broken means an abundance of sparesk, and fewer whole cars for sale means (slightly) higher prices. So it's not all bad.

Umm, isn't the dephaser part alone over £100 to the trade? He's probably taken your £100 to the dogs and done nothing...

I paid £1400 for my PH2 and think it was damn good value, but that's what happens when you buy older cars - you do tend to get a lot of car for your money. They're around a decade old now... not many cars manage to hold much value after that time. They've not depreciated that much compared to...

Maybe I'm missing something but isn't a traffic cone 1) reflective (he probably would've spotted them with it) and 2) light enough to make that amount of damage from a traffic cone "surprising"...

I don't think I'd do anything special to a car unless it had been standing for 6 months or more. I'd just get in and drive it. Cars get left in airport car parks for a month at a time, all the time. A couple in a garage is no problem IMO.

Good thread, I'll do it also when I come to service my car, if it's worth doing

£8k for that, it's akin to seeing someone on a bridge threatening to jump imo, I feel like grabbing you and stopping you ;) But it's your money, your choice of course... not surprised your gf wasn't happy though!

I don't understand your logic at all. If you're saving up and it'll be between 1 and 2 years before you can get the car you want, what's the point spending hundreds on mods (for no worthwhile gain) and hundreds again on insurance hikes after declaring the mods (you are going to declare them...

I never get people shouting at me to slow down when I'm going under the speed limit, or over it for that matter. I wonder why it happens so often to you that you have developed a usual procedure to deal with it?

You looked in the rear view and saw him stumbling... probably because he'd just broken his foot judging by that damage! He was probably steel toecapped to do that kind of damage though. I still hope he's damaged his foot.

I've seen it once when I was overtaking a couple of cars and I left it in gear too long. To me it's a "You've messed up and now your about to get your fuel cut by the limiter" warning light.

Rather than you guessing what the OP meant I'd rather hear it from the OP himself So far all he said was it's been ragged around (haven't they all), that he's a farmer (???) and then later he said "it hasn't been looked after" but how does OP know that? Does he have access to the service...

I took a risk and bought a 172 without ever driving one, not something I'd normally do, but yes I do love it, the seats are awkward to get in to and out of, and there's rattles and other little niggles but these were expected and it's lived up to my expectations. I should be sticking with it for...

Isn't that a bit strange that both went at once? Could it be they've both been like that for a while and it's started making noise because dirt's got into the bearing? :S Jubilee clip them and see if the noise goes away I guess!

While your there video the whole process from start to finish and charge £20 per download... seriously, I'd pay it. I don't think the video would make many more people choose to do it themselves rather than take it to you, it would just help those who have already decided they're going to do it...

I think you need to read post #21 again. It's illegal to let insurance lapse without declaring SORN, but that's a fine for the registered keeper after a warning letter. It's not illegal for someone to come along with Drive Other Car cover and DRIVE that car if it has no insurance of its own, as...

Oh, and I've had a TPF&F policy which included Drive Other Car cover too, it's not just comprehensive policies.