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I own a VOLVO 340GL Automatic (CVT) and after around ten minutes driving, the idling speed becomes too high when the car is put in neutral causing the gears to crunch. Restarting the engine cures the problem...

Changing the timing belt

My Renault Kangoo 1598 cc, 2007 automatic van, has done over 80K miles. Is it time to change the timing belt? How much should it cost and do you know any garages in the north east London area?

LPG conversion

I'm thinking to LPG convert my 1598cc, 2007 Renault Kangoo Automatic Van. Can you recommend a good reliable garage in the North East London area. Also, would it be congestion charge exempt once the conversion...

Juddernought

I am not often given justification to offer thanks for the standard of service in today's profit driven society however I wanted to record my thanks to both Honda UK and to my local dealer Cloverleaf Honda...

No vagging doubts

Anyone in the West Midlands/ Wolverhampton area with a VW, Skoda, Audi or SEAT needing reasonably priced, friendly and helpful service should try VW Rescue at Wombourne. A family company that is always...

MacBentley

I thought I would mention a garage in Dalkeith, just outside Edinburgh. Mulsanne Motors Ltd (www.mulsannemotors.com), as the name implies, are Bentley and Rolls Royce specialists, but they also service...

Thanks to JMA Cars of Colwyn Bay for repairing my Rover 75.

Owners of Rover 75 and MG ZT equivalents, who may be tiring of their service garages unable to diagnose or misdiagnosing problems, should be made aware of JMA Cars of Colwyn Bay North Wales who provide...

Just bought a BMW in SW London - anywhere you recommend for servicing or fitting new tyres?

I live in New Malden (SW London/North Surrey) and have just bought a BMW 530d M Sport (2008/08). A few years ago when I bought an Audi you recommended Wheelbase garage in Hersham to me and they were brilliant...

£4 batteries, no charge

I am pleased to say that not all Ford dealers are quite as 'sharp' as one recently described in your column. I needed new batteries for the two remotes for my Ford and my local dealer Sprys of Launceston...

Let us pay?

I recently took my Octavia 1.9TDI into my local Skoda dealership (Progress of Letchworth) for a service prior to its first MoT and asked for a couple of areas on one alloy wheel to be repainted/re-lacquered,...