mumof4

300???..whats it about?

Ahhh...but just think of all the clunking as they go round and round in the machine...and the mrs not sooo happy and you neither once it breaks and you have to buy her a brand spanking new machine. :lol:

Have you tried search?as im sure this cropped up a few months ago.....sorry but cant remember who posted about it.

Did you get it sorted Dickie?

see post 6 Nik...slipping dear boy.. slipping!! :lol:

seriously though.2 miles is not long enough to get an accurate reading i believe.and you use more fuel on shorter journeys than you do longer ones.i reckon that you need to get her on the open road for a bit..say at least half an hour and do a steady speed.sometimes when i do short journeys then the mpg is quite low, there again the other day when i was doing on average.*cough*90mph i was on the second setting averaging 39.8 mpg but on the first setting i was doing 40.5 mpg. yes i know i was speeding, but at that speed i was on the inside lane and everyone else was still whizzing past me.there does seem to be a dip in mpg around 70mph but then it increases again once you get to another speed. but you are doing quite low mpg possibly because of your short journeys and useing extra fuel because of it.it takes more fuel on start up than it does running.and the shorter the journey..the more start ups hence low mpg. take her for a run then see how she does.its all i can think of to do...then see what the mpg does.id go on a motorway or dual carraigeway or just a long drive down some roads but not town as then it will be stop and go at the mo with the easter hols. I recently got 546 miles to 3 quarters of a tank.once i red lined i put in 30 quid and got another 200 odd miles out of it before i refilled to the top. putting in 63.4 litres. take her for a blast....as she probably needs it anyway as everynow and then they like to stretch their wheels so to speak.

you can actually see the jacking points on the car whitty, if you look at the sills front and rear you will see that the sill is not just straight along.there are indentations at the front and rear .Easiest way is to run your hands along it.

:lol: :16: :16: Nice one wolfie of the undead!.lmao

Crumbs..you don't want to drive my car then!!..i get a lovely rattle when i hit speed, which is the passenger wiper arm...then my whole car shakes when i hit..ermm..well...a much higher speed. :lol: ..found that out on tuesday. I did find, that depending on the road surface depends on how much road noise you get when travelling.

yes...but there is a lever on the side seats that does the same thing.as i always have kids climb in thru the boot and in the doors, i never use it.the only time i tilt the seats forwards lifting them up out of the thingies, is when im cleaning the car and then i use the red straps. i believe mike is on about the lever that lifts the seat out of the rearfixing and lifts them forward not just fold them forward

ahhhhhhhhh...i know which one you mean now..took me a few mins as i always use the red straps under the seats.

is the same low or high milaege..some of the peeps on here have their own views etcc...me...i do high miles anyway as im always getting lost.I covered 1023 miles on tues/weds this week...sometimes i dont do very many miles at all.i cant remember all the arguments, but id go for a diesel no matter how many miles you do.

If you get in there and he is willing to drop the price..then id go for the diesel.

Hmmm...toughy....automatic will cost more in petrol in comparison to the diesel.If you are going to be doing loadsa miles in it, then i would go dor the diesel.But as you say money is tight...then really the final choice is yours.I cant comment on an auto, only a diesel as i have never driven an auto., could always see if he is willing to haggle on the price?say accept 3500??..

There is a lot of info on tyres and brands etc on the forum...general concencus(sp?) is that dunlops are crap.road noise is awful and they are too soft and dont last very long.Have a search on the forum and see what pops up.

Dunlops??..tut tut...Awful tyres.reinforced i hope?

As if we'd hurt you ronnie...... now walk away slooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwlllllllllyyyyyyyyyy But sooooo very true.

Umm..daft question but does the screen have lots of little dots on it?..think they dots...or is it lines?..hmmm..too early.If it doesnt have these dots/lines then it isnt a heated screen and if it has been replaced at some point, then its with the wrong screen or maybe they just wanted a normal one.

What message are you getting when you use the search facilities?

Happy birthday nik, Hope you have a great day. maz.

wasnt me.....the voices made me do it....i kept telling them it was wrong..but nooooooo they dont listen to me. :unsure: :D

well...........I saw it on another site and i thought you lads might like to have a gander at it as it caused such a debate on the other site. :unsure: (Damn my secrets out!!)

Could always ask if someone on here might be able to do it for you?May involve a bit of travel but cheaper than getting fords etc to reset it.

Oooo...i looked at the Titanium...verrrrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyyy nice!!..(and very expensive.) Hope you post sum piccies of your new Zetec!!!

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