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Recently on the motorway I had to accelerate hard. All was fine until about 3,000rpm then there was a noticeable drop in power and the glow plug warning light appeared. I stayed on til I had time to...
My garage tells me that a catalytic converter and sensor for my Daihatsu Extol can be purchased ONLY from the main Daihatsu wholesaler at the exhorbitant price of around £800 for the two items. Is this...
I have a RX400h, 2007 with 94,000 miles. Owned the car from new, full dealer history. I had a fault coming up on the dash saying 'hybrid system failure' and a VSC code. Car now in the Lexus dealers,...
Is it safe and practical to downsize the tyres on my XK8 from Pirelli 245/50/17 to Falken 235/50/17's?
I want to buy a set of steel rims and winter tyres for my 10-plate Mercedes-Benz B180 CDI auto. I would like to fit a smaller rim with a narrower tyre of higher profile. There seems to be a problem with...
I bought a 58-plate Mondeo 1.8TDCI with 8,000 miles from a Ford Direct dealer with an unlimited mileage warranty for 2yrs. The car has been serviced at the specified intervals at a Ford dealer and is...
I purhased a 2002 Peugeot 307 HDI last October. I bought it in Coventry and it ran well to my home town in South Wales. The car has been left standing for sometime and now I have started using it, but...
I'm driving a 56-plate 2.0-litre TDi SEAT Leon with 33k miles on the clock. I bought it in Feb 08 from a SEAT dealer and it was initially registered by SEAT UK and used for promotional events. I initially...
I bought a BMW 320 last year from Alexanders Prestige and was offered a warranty on the vehicle that was renewable for as long as I owned the vehicle. The warranty was with Motorcare but was sold to...
The lovely guys at ATS who check my tyre pressures are recommending that I have my tyres filled with nitrogen. According to them tyre pressures will then only need to be checked twice a year. Is this a...