Recent content by dtr

I am on grant income... as opposed to the regular students that pay for their taught course. There is another similar question, and the answer to that is simply 'in full time education' so the combination of both seems reasonable, doesn't it?

Grrrr £760 is my current cheapest. Would you say that it is reasonable to say that I am 'Research Scientist' as this is all I do everyday despite the 'student' label which does seem to have extremely negative effect on my premiums? At the end of the day I am working at the faculty of science...

So it's this time of year again, with about a month to go. I'm currently with Tesco, and their renewal was £870. I got it down to £804 just by phoning and complaining a little. Obviously this is still too high. About me and the car: - will be 28 by then, 2 NCB, no fault claims (one...

Just bought those Bridgestones. The car is already handling much better even on the icy roads. The only question now is whether they would survive a "summer" in Bristol without excessive wear. This year I can only remember rain. There was some sunshine back in April though...

I've just upgraded to a set of new winter-all season bridgestones and will probably use them all year round The following are therefore for sale: 2x Pirelli P7 - £60 5mm+ on both, fitted on the front, made in 2011. 91V and 91W Continental PremiumContact - £100 mk1 and mk2 6mm+ on...

It's all drivers' fault. The first one to crash was guilty of the initial crash - all the others didn't keep safe distance and crash too. All of them are to blame. Why can't people just keep the distance?

Might do, but to be honest P7's don't get the best reviews for that exact problem, and they are really no good for the winter anyway.

I am probably going to swap my tyres soon. Currently it's got 2x Pirelli P7 on the front and Continental Premium Contact I/II on the rear, with mixed speed ratings (W and V) - all seem to have 6-7mm left. The problem is there is too much front wheelspin on wet surface (traction control doesn't...

Well... I now bough myself a SEAT Toledo 1.9 TDi in silver. Hopefully this will bring trouble free motoring.

Excellent. Downloading now. It will be much easier than lugging a laptop to all these cars. What's the difference between ebay and other adaptors?

I have found many reports of 2.0 TDI going wrong in different ways. Injector and turbo failures seem to be quite common. Skoda's seem to have slightly better version of it though - Passats 2.0 also fail with oil pump issues, destroying the whole engine. So I am going to avoid that engine even if...

Good news, I have waived goodbye to the A-Class. Time to shop around, except, I have to rely on public transport now Would you say YES or NO to a stop gap cheap runaround car {old petrol Accord / Corolla / S40 or golf / passat tdi}? At the end of the day a big nice diesel Skoda is what I want...

The car is now sold, incl wheels and everything

you could always give SY motors in Birmingham a ring - they seem cheaper and do the job well. I take it you haven't checked g'box oil for a while... This seems to be a common problem everywhere you turn.

I am selling my A-class fitted genuine original 17" AMG wheels, but as the market is very tough at the moment, I may need to consider swapping the wheels to reduce the price a little bit :( Hopefully someone is looking to pimp their car a bit. I suspect these may fit C or E class, but please...