Questions from October 2011
Regarding the recent email from SF of Ledsham, Mercedes-Benz Finance has been operating this scam for at least 5 years and it is time they were prosecuted under Section 2 of the Fraud Act 2006. In February...
I bought a Subaru Forester 2007/07 in June 2010 from a Subaru Franchise. Within a few weeks it was back with an intermittent engine problem, which the franchise are unable to fix, despite help from Subaru...
I recently purchased a set of black steel wheels with winter tyres from mytyres.com for my SEAT Exeo. The car came with silver-headed wheel bolts, presumably to match the alloy wheels, although they are...
My Volvo XC70 SE D5 AWD is 30 months old and has done 26,500 miles. I've just received two recall notices. One for a software upgrade because the oil level is rising above the max mark that could cause...
I recall you recommending a used car selling website. Could you please remind me of the details? I have for sale a 2003/53 Volvo S60 SE/D5 with 68,000 miles in decent condition with full service history....
Further to the email regarding undertaking on the motorway, I personally have no problem with it. I do have a problem with the suicidal form of it I witnessed this week. I'm referring to motorcyclists...
I am thinking of approaching my local Honda dealer to find out if they would be interested in exchanging a set of normal profile tyres and wheels, from the second hand stock in their group for the 225/45...
I have recently bought a Skoda Yeti 140CR 4x4. I am extremely pleased with it in every way with the reservation that the ride is fairly hard and makes my wife queasy. It has 17-inch alloys (which came...
I bought a 4-year-old VW Golf from a main dealer last May. It is a 1.4GT TSI with 170bhp. I paid a good price. It had 18 inch Charleston Alloys with 225/40 Conti contact tyres. I put two new tyres on soon...
I have the excellent new style late 2007 2.0 litre diesel Mondeo with the 6-speed Durashift automatic box, 55,000 miles, fully maintained. I am thinking of keeping this for another year or two. Are there...
I am writing on behalf of my daughter who lives in Liverpool. On Thursday, 25th February 2010 she was involved in an horrific accident in Manchester. A Tuffnell HGV ploughed into the rear of her Peugeot...
I insured my car through One-call and unfortunately did not notice that to change my home address (amongst quite a long list of occurrences) they charge £55. The paperwork I downloaded did say ‘any change...
Our daughter had a very lucky escape from injury last Saturday when the bonnet on her Renault Clio flew open at 60 miles per hour. She was joining the M5 motorway at a very busy M4/M5 intersection in Bristol....
I am thinking about buying a Ferrari 360 Spider (2004) to drive about 3,000 miles per annum. The car has done 12,000 miles from new and in very good condition. Are there any pitfalls with this model that...
I own a 6-year old Honda Accord estate. It's due for a service and has done 44,000 miles. The dealer says it needs the cam belt changing although this is not due until 75,000 miles. Does it need doing?...
Regarding the email from DR, my wife had a recent accident when moving from middle to inside lane and brushed a car underpassing. She was caught out in the blind spot. My Insurers (in India) said it was...
I understand from very reliable sources (ex traffic police) that very few traffic police operate in the evening and especially weekends, with the number of convictions being very low. They have about three...
I dropped you the info about my VW cam-belt change on Friday FYI in respect of correspondence in various quarters about the sudden change to 4yrs/60,000 due to service failure of the plastic jockey wheel,...
We are looking for a small 4-wheel-drive vehicle, 4/5 doors, low emissions, good mpg, new or second hand in price range £18,000 - £20,000. Your advice would be welcomed, please.
We have a growing family with 4 children (3-14) and a while back felt that we had outgrown our Mk2 Galaxy, so, with limited options when it came to space, went for a Ssangyong Rodius. It'll never win on...
I returned from a 2-week holiday to find the driver's footwell on my 55 reg Citroen C4 sopping wet. I wondered if you have any ideas as to the cause.
You frequently recommend buying a set of 4 steel wheels fitted with winter tyres for use from October to March in the UK. What should be done about the spare wheel? I know it's dangerous to mix normal...
I'm thinking of buying an almost new Fiesta 1.4 Zetec and on browsing the geek forums the one recurring problem seems to be alloy wheels buckling on our undesirable road surfaces. There doesn't seem to...
Whilst I can see that electric vehicles may have a role to play in displacing pollution from cities like London to places like Didcot and Ferrybridge, I think we need to question whether or not these vehicles...
Not all thieves are stupid. A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked in an area specially allotted...
You may have seen that an analysis of 50,000 crashes uncovered a 48% rise in "lane changing manoeuvres" between 2009 and 2011 as the cause. In the majority of cases, collisions occurred when drivers pulled...
I have just been for a diagnostic at the local VW dealer. The VW said I require a new ABS Unit repair kit. I was wondering how I go about getting them to pay 100% parts + 100% labour seeing there are loads...
I have always hankered after a Range Rover, but will never be able to afford a new one. I can possibly pay £20,000 - £25,000. What age of vehicle could I get for that money, what model should I chose and...
I have a 2005 Nissan X-trail SVE 2.2 which I use for towing a caravan. I've always towed within the 1,500kg that is about the kerbside weight of this model (caravan MTPLM is approx 1,350kg). I'm looking...
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