ok guys, i have been completely lazy and haven't checked any of the things you told me too
but moving on from my laziness
recently while driving the car it has been struggling to change for 2nd to 3rd gear (auto- and this is at least what i think is going on because it seems like the car goes from 2nd then to 3rd then back to 2nd etc causing the car to shake fairly violently, at first if i put my foot down a bit it would choose a gear.... and then wouldnt happen for a while, but its starting to happen more often. Today i put my foot down and it did nothing, i was going about 60-70 and the car just started to shake. Could it have something to do with the gears or could it be related to my first problem which was the car stuttering at idle (see above). I spoke to a mate who knows a little about cars (yet not much) and he thought could be one of the leads my arcing or something :S
does this sound like a common problem throughout any cars at all?
i really need to pull my finger out and check what you guys said early, but thought id check on here again in case someone who knows a bit about cars says 'definately your leads' or etc etc
Thanks guys
ps sorry if theres typos etc too lazy to proof read