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Your car is only as good as the tyres fitted to it. Please dont buy economy tyres they do not offer anything like the levels of grip, especially in the wet, and they get shredded. Ijust paid £200 for four BF Goodrich tyres, in 195/50-15 size, and they were on special offer. I ve been living on redu...

Everything, woork, social trips, and just driving for pleasurre when i can afford to pay for the petrol. I cover about 18 - 20,000 miles a year. Its a hard life for her but she gets lovingly serviced and maintained and fed the best petrol in the area. Shell optimax -try it it does make a difference ...

I have lowered my ES 40mm on standard shocks. Car does not pitch or roll when driven hard and has less tendency to slide- i've tried <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :evil --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/devil.gif ALT=":evil"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> and only understeers...

In my 1991 1.7ES i got up to 118mph in fifth at 5,000 rpm. Wouldnt rev any faster, i thought it was electronically limited to prevent the engine going bang? By the looks of your speeds i might need to check something out. Dont remember what the wind was doing though. How much difference can this mak...

When I had my 440, the idle valve was £145, from an independent Volvo specialists. Cured the problem, but if it hadn@t you cant return it once its been on a car as it has electric components. Could try a scrappy, but make sure that ones not knackered too. good luck<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START ;) --><i...

My info centre had similar problems, especially when driving over bumps. I found the solution to be to:<br>remove the instrument panel from the dash. Be careful you dont miss any screws, it will break easily.<br>Dismantle the instrument panel and remove the screen. <br>Clean all the contacts on the ...

Ha! You should try being 21. I pay £750 Third party fire and theft <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START >: --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/images/emoticons/mad.gif ALT=">:"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> , with a £200 excess. I do about 18000 miles a year in my 1.7 ES. This is with Norwich Union...

You will need to remove the rear seats cusions to get to the bolts that hold the buckles in place, as the mounting bolts for these also hold the rear console. <p></p><i></i>