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On Friday evening my daughter and I were sitting watching TV, my car was parked outside on the drive alongside the lounge. There was a really loud bang and we ran outside to investigate. The front offside...
I have a FIAT 500, which I bought new last September. About one and a half months ago I took it into the garage as it was making a high pitched noise and had a lot of general running noise when I drove....
You recently stated that "The EGR system recirculates unburned hydrocarbon fumes from the crankcase so they are combusted rather than emitted." Not so. You have described the purpose of a crankcase breather...
I have a Mk V Golf which has done 45k and it has developed a dullish whining noise. It sounds like I'm driving an old Land Rover. Is there a history of transmission or wheel bearing problems with this...
I’m writing on behalf of my girlfriend. She purchased a car 10 days ago from a garage in Leicestershire. It’s a 2004 SEAT Ibiza with 56,000 miles. It was listed with climate control (air-conditioning),...
Five years ago I purchased a new BMW 530Diesel automatic. At 74 yrs old I only do 6,000 miles per year, but take great care to make a reasonable run once per week to keep the engine in reasonable order....
Recently I received a tax disc renewal reminder for my Mercedes 2.5TD from DVLA stating £185 for one year. Because DVLA is encouraging online renewal I opened the web site where I was asked to pay £190...
I recently bought a 2006 BMW 525d Touring with sport seats. Am I alone in finding these seats fairly uncomfortable? The backrest is totally without shoulder support, and longer journeys become a strain...
I purchased a Ford Mondeo Titanium X TDCI 140 5 door hatchback on May 02 2008 and to date am very pleased with it. I took it into my local Ford main agent Polar Ford Wilmslow for a 12-month service with...
After your comments early last year I bought a 3-year-old VW Phaeton V10 LWB with 40K miles on it. It has been a good car so far having done 15K miles with me and economy better than expected of 25 to...
 

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