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The local big taxi firm has Octavias with DSG's as their depot cars. Of the ones I've been in, most were good, but a few were jerky as hell on the change. I know the Citygo has an autobox that is just a computer controlled clutch and manual box, those are never a good job in any make of...

Haven't a clue, although those old Pros episodes are so fanciful he'd probably be able to rebuild Concorde with gaffa tape and paperclips.:lol Who else could leave a 3 litre Capri unlocked in London in the late 70's and it's still there when he gets back? ;)...

I've seen a Vitara lowered right down, it belonged to a local girl (hairdresser!) who was about 4'10 and was fully blinged up. I saw it a couple of years fter she flogged it and it was lifted back up and sporting a snorkel and M/Ts so it went to a good home eventually. What's really odd is...

There's a roundabout in Belfast that is notoriously slippery, the Terrano is great round it, but the first time I drove a 2.8i round it and gave it a prod, I ended up facing the way I came. Apparently since ITV4 started showing The Professionals again, Capri prices are heading up!:p

First PC I owned was an IBM Aptiva running windows 95, I think it was 133Mhz, can't remember the size of the memory but 256mb springs to mind, it had the first CD rom drive I had ever seen, it had a floppy drive and it didn't even have a modem! IIRC it was something like £1100 back in 1997! I...

Local firm say they can get the old girl to 157bhp and the economy will increase too, I'm not looking massive power but a bit more grunt for towing would be nice, I'm funny with electronic stuff and it all seems a bit too good to be true.

The noise will be thrust bearing wear, if it squeals as opposed to whirring, you'll need it changed ASAP or it will seize and take out the pressure plate, a low pedal usually means the straps on the preuure plate are losing the tension that moves the face away from the plate when the diaphragm...

Uncles X-Trail back at the mechanics, had to drive from Donegal to Belfast in limp mode, either that or just won't make power. He is not a happy bunny.:doh A mate has given up on his Shogun and bought an Audi A4, the Shogun is on it's third engine at 160k, he doesn't trust it any more, he...

I had two 820's, one was an SE so it was single point injection 120bhp one. It dropped a valve, was repaired then the suspension collapsed and put it into the wall. Second one was an 820i supposedly 20 bhp more, that one blew up in a big way, as in bits everywhere. A friend had a 218SD, 1.8 XUD...

The best Rovers were the ones with Honda input, sadly disasters like the 800, the 100 and the K-Series (although it's a very good engine if you look after it) meant they were doomed, especially when you looked at what other people were selling. I don't know why Renault engines are going bad...

My experiences with Chinese motorcycles has been overwhelmingly negative, you would think it wouldn't be hard to make a copy of a 35 year old single cylinder 125 that stayed together, but still they manage to do it badly, the only good bikes to come out of there are sold under the banner of...

Still not convinced by Chinese vehicles, and a 2.0 would have to work hard to haul something that size about.

Another thing about Freelanders, have a good look underneath, if the viscous coupling dies, it's megabucks to replace, so many people have dumped it and the propshafts giving a nice 2wd.

The "official" reason for the DMF, is that it cuts down on torsional vibration (whatever the hell that is) my own personal take on it is that it's a money making scheme, I sell them and certain cars go through them at a hell of a rate, CDTI Vauxhalls jump to mind. Conversions don't always make...

Uncles is an X-trail, can't remember what year it is, but it really has broken his heart, don't know it it's just a friday afternoon car, but he swears blind that when it finally dies completely, he'll not be buying another Nissan.:doh

Uncle has one, no end of bother with it, brakes, electrics, cooling, you name it, it's been back at the dealer for it. It's only a 2.2 but uses more fuel than my T2. You really don't want a Freelander.

I've owned mine since last October, but I've driven it for about 6 years, I bought it off my boss and in the whole time he owned it, there were zero mechanical issues, only preventative maintenance, the gearbox was stripped and rebuilt because he was a it paranoid with a noise, and a new clutch...

Four Hippies all share a pad in the 60's, then stuff starts going missing, one day the chief hippy discovers his entire stash of magic mushrooms has vanished. He asks the first room mate, has he seen his mushrooms? "No maaan, that's bad juju" He asks the second, "That's really heavy dude, no...

When the 1300's started getting their undeserved bad rep for headshaking, 1100's took a leap in value, certain parts, like good swingarms, alternators, rear wheels with good splines, abs modules, all make good money second hand because they're either unavailable from Honda or are in cuckoo land...

What he said, the other thing to remember that punch power and being like a brick outhouse don't always go together, so don't be fazed by being in with someone who looks like a greek god, listen to your trainers, keep your hands up (nothing makes me want to scream more than a boxer with his...