Maintance

My 2003 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Ghia has covered 65,000 miles and is due for a service. Would you recommend changing the timing belt at this stage? Furthermore where can I get a set of winter tyres and steel...

Big service on Volkswagen Golf

I was wondering if anyone could give me a ball park figure for what this massive service should cost on my 2003 VW Golf? I'm bracing myself for the worst as I believe its time for the cambelt to be changed. If...

Why don't you compare the costs of repairs of older cars against depreciation and the value of a replacement car?

I don't quite agree with your suggestion that we should compare the cost of repairs to the value of the car. We should instead, compare the cost of repairs with depreciation and the costs/value of buying...

My Volkswagen Golf broke down because the servicing dealer did not change the DSG fluid - is he responsible for repairing it?

I have a Volkswagen Golf Hatch 2.0 TDI GT (Automatic). The car does approximately 500 miles a week and has been serviced every 10,000 miles by the supplying Volkswagen dealer. At two and a half years old,...

My Citroen C5 estate's DPF system needed replacing after 92,000 miles - I'm quite satisfied with that.

I thought that you might find my experience to be a vaguely interesting contribution to the DPF discussion. I agree that, on the whole, they are probably an expensive invention of the Devil but sometimes...

Sebring service intervals

I drive a Chrysler Sebring and cover 15-19000 miles ayear mostly on rural roads or motorway. The draw back with this car is the 9000 miles service interval, although it is a nice comfortable car to drive...

Should service have picked up on worn tyres?

I bought a second-hand Peugeot 308 16000 miles. Front tyres are worn on outside. Had two services, should this have been noticed?

Why does my Volvo dealer suggest that my car's timing belt doesn't need changing until 10 years or 100,000 miles?

I was interested in your comment to NB of Fleet that the Volvo engine in his 2.5T Mondeo could suffer timing belt problems. I have a 5-year-old Volvo with the 2.4i 5-cylinder engine and recently expressed...

Win sum, lose sum

We have a 3-year-old BMW coupe 53k miles and are about to re-warrant it for just one year with Warranty Direct. Choosing to use an independent garage for any work is obviously cheaper. At the end of 12...

Need for cambelt change?

After a recent service I was advised that the official agent recommended a cambelt change at either four years or 40,000 miles - a charge of £324. The current mileage is 18.6k miles. The belt has not been...