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GentleFellow

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  1. Nero, Sorry about the delay in getting back to you. Appreciate the offer old boy; however, I couldn't get your link to open. Garage has advised me to convert from auto to manual as in theory it could be half the cost. Undecided until I have some cash to do it. The plot thickens!
  2. The Surgeon, Wayne, Thank you for your advice, you absolute sweeties. Garage are going to try and fix it again, if it doesn't work I am going to drive it over a cliff.
  3. To Whomever Can Assist, Could you provide me with some advice, as to what I should do with my car? After a trip to my thoroughly reliable garage, chaps told me that despite being able to fix a 'secondary pan gasket' - it looked, in all likelihood, that I would need a new gearbox at some stage. The car drives marginally better after the replacement of this gasket, but I fear a slow decline back into poor health. I was given the details of a specialist who said that it would cost ~£1,200 to rebuild. I cannot feed my family this month. Could I ask your advice? 1) Once I've raised this money by
  4. Whether the biofuel content goes up by 10% or not, the cost of petrol will make my car undrivable very soon.
  5. An unremarkable VR6 from an unremarkable chap, Enjoy the weekend, Al.
  6. Drew, Stephen, You are absolute sweeties. Thank you so much. Al.
  7. And I've always been fond of the 16, too.
  8. Chaps, Anyone have a VR6 Highline? I've noticed that everytime I pull away, the car jolts. It is as if I were driving a manual and I had released the clutch too quickly. The problem is most exaggerated when the car is driven from cold, but if I am in it for half an hour it can still happen. A second problem, is the sense that the car is ever so slightly 'in handbrake'. I notice a slight creaking in the rear axle, asif the car momentarily resists being moved, when I reverse into car parking spaces. The handbrake light is not on, and the handbrake itself is fully depressed. Is it an issue with t
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