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Good luck with the car. Should be easy enough to get any manuals/advice from Nissan forums (which I assume exist?). Failing that, a Haynes manual (try Halfords or other motor factors) will help.

Quote: Originally Posted by shopwise could you tow it with a car that is taxed and insured , i think that will cover you Has to be trailered to be legal. Do a Goldenpages search and you'll find someone to transport for you.

Quote: Originally Posted by Caveat Maybe because there are so many of them on the road the frequency of potential problems appear to be magnified? That certainly would make it appear to be a bigger problem than it is. My in-laws have one and have had no problems with the gearbox. It could just be that if they are driven too hard or abused that they fail. If driven properly they may last as long as any other car.

Quote: Originally Posted by lightswitch I personally would wait until around March of next year to buy a car if you are worried about garages vanishing. What happened with EP Mooney today is unfortunately unlikely to be the last such case. Mr. P. Mooney, owner of EP Mooney has already confirmed that no customer will lose their deposit. Deposits will be returned or the orders will be delivered via a different dealer. This company had a very...

Quote: Originally Posted by peteb ... technically speaking if its sitting on the driveway it still needs tax and insurance... If the driveway is private property no road tax is required. However, if it's on private property uninsured and goes on fire, you will be at a total loss of the car plus the fire-brigade costs - house insurance won't cover it. Similarly if someone is unfortunate enough to fall against the car and injure...

A mate has a leaon cupra 150 bhp tdi 1.9 Road rocket lovely car to drive. Did feel as solid as the equivelabt VW but great car none the less.

My mother drove into a fairly deep flood a few days ago in her one year old diesel engine VW. The engine cut out, and a couple of hours later, the car was towed away to a garage. The engine was flooded, the car itself was not flooded though, as the shell is waterproof The engine wont start since, there may be quite a bit of damage to the engine, we're not sure how much damage though A loss assessor is coming soon. We dont know a lot about...

Cars are becoming increasingly complicated, it would appear that there is a grey area in diagnostics, It is becoming a specialised area and I doubt the ability of a lot of mechanics who are doing other mechanical work and not at diagnostics all of the time. Some of the modern cars will be a nightmare when they are older. However in the Cork, Little Island area, there is a guy who seems to know what he is talking about,...

Yes, but that's a semi-automatic box, which is run off the same torque converter as the automatic box.

Thanks for the advice Caveat and TS. The estate is private so the management company may be the route to go down. I don't know if I'd feel like I was being a bit sneaky/underhanded by directly approching the management company with a view to getting it towed before giving the neighbour a chance to move it. Maybe I should call them and ask them to have a word with the neighbour in question? By the way I'm not the only neighbour...