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Might as well replace the clutch at the same time as it won't be any more labour. If your near Andover or Whitchurch, Hampshire I could work out a quote for you tomorrow.

I think by 'older' you actually mean 'unsafe' or at least 'less safe'.

We don't know what happened to cause that damage, but at least the car did its job and, hopefully, the driver walked away from the accident. Shame to loose such a nice car.

Did you buy it privately or from a dealer? If you bought it from a dealer take it back and see what they can do to fix it under warranty, unless you bought it as a 'trade deal' without warranty.

Well done!!! Should be all done very easily. Shame we had to buy the rest of the car to go with it to solve ours! We kept some bits: wheels, parcel shelf, seats and some other bits off it and scrapped the rest. If anyone wants to buy any of the bits let me know and perhaps we can work...

P.S. I've just been told that there are two types of front panel - a digital readout and one with dials. The one which caused us problems has digital readout.

We had an Ibiza which had a problem that the radio did not work. We bought a second hand radio - no luck then we bought a front panel and replaced that - no luck. Then we found there are a number of different front panels and a number of different radios. You need to ensure you get a...

How many miles on it? Could be tappy if it has sticky tappets - oil change might help or it could be a worn camshaft - new camshaft will fix that. Heating is going to be a bit of a challenge I'm afraid. You're probably right that putting the after market stereo in has wrecked the heating...

Is the coolant chocolate milkshake like as the inside of the rad has corroded, hence you are getting rust in the water? or similarly if the engine has had rainwater in it instead of proper coolant, with rust preventers (sure there is a better way of describing it), the inside of the block where...

Possibly an airlock?

Silly question: Have you checked there is nothing in the boot which could be bouncing around causing the noise? Is it standard suspension or lowered? My guess would be bushes or springs, but you say they are not obviously perished/ snapped. I trust it's not the exhaust loosse (although that...

MOT advisories are things the MOT tester notices in the course of the test. They are put down so you are aware that they may be issues which need addressing before the next MOT test. If a tester saw for example the brakes were wearing badly, but not worn enough to fail the test is it not...

Belts perish over time - an old one often shows cracks and splitting regardless of mileage. Risk it lasting longer than the recommended interval if you like, just remember to put the money you save somewhere safe in case the belt snaps and you need a new engine.

Dim Q: are all the other bulbs in the car working correctly? Headlights, sides etc...

These do work - they make money for the people manufacturing them and retailing them. They have zero effect on fuel consumption though. There plenty of posts on various forums saying this.

In or out of gear?

Hmmm so it was probably very hot when it cut out. Did it have any oil left?

Have you tried checking the fuel filter?

At least some petrol stations sell E10 as normal unleaded. I know Pace was going to start distributing it to their customers instead of the 'old' unleaded a couple of months ago - I can't remember if this was to keep in line with EEC directive or something. We had to check our tanks were free...

Do you always get your fuel from the same place? I'm thinking if the fuel station you get your fuel from has some water in their tanks with the new E10 fuel which contains ethanol, the water will be dissolved into the fuel. That said it's surprising if it has condensed in the exhaust. Are you...