Hi again guys, I seem to be completely wrong, I took the car to a garage yesterday, and booked an appointment, the mechanic told me they will nedd to perform a diagnostic as it could be different things causing samer problems, for the stalling part when refuelling and sometimes when just turing the car on, he said it wont be the fuel filter as you just had it serviced, its eaither the fuel pump or i dont know something else he said.

If the car is wasting largew amounts of petrol, is due to a sensor fault which I dont know, reason why i think its this is becuase i dont think the car is controlling the amount of fuel it burns at all, not long ago I could easly cover 65 to 70 miles for £10 of petrol, now i can hardly get close to 50 I would be lucky. full tank only lasts me a week, and I dont travel that much, 35 to 40 miles per day max.

I think its best if do all the repairs and sell it as I cant really afford it anymore and buy a smaller engine car, but I would like to fixeverything before I sell it. Peace of mind.

I will let you know the diagnostic results after I get them.

Thanks

Regards West

Thanks for all your help :-)

I actually bought this car from one of the manufacturer's garages!! You'd think it couldn't get any better then that... obviously not.

I wasn't allowed to test drive the car, even around the compound. They told me it had no MOT. But looking at the receipts now it did have 7 days left, and as this is a fancy showroom, surely they should have had temporary trade tax/insurance too so i could have driven it around the forecourt?

Even though they knew i was coming, they sandwiched the car between 3 others, so i wasn't even allowed the space to feel the biting point. If i could have tested this it would have given the car's faults away.

Because i couldn't test drive the car, i had to put my trust in what the salesman said. I asked whether it had any problems with it, and he said 'to be honest, i think it only needs servicing, which you could do at home'.

If he had told me he was unsure of any faults, or that it had a bad clutch, i wouldn't have bought the car, or at least negotiated a discount for clutch replacement.

I bought the car at the full asking price of £994, trusting in the salesman that it 'only needed a service'. And of course this is an established SEAT dealer.

The day i picked up the car, the salesman couldn't start it up at first. I asked him whether there were any problems with the car and he said 'no it just needs warming up'. Once he got it going he was trying to move it and kept revving it loads and i was getting worried and asked again if there were any problems and he said 'no, it just needs warming up'.

And he looked a bit worried and then he said 'this is not like the other cars i've driven'.

Well what can you say to that?

He then left the car facing outside the showroom. This backs onto a very busy shopping centre jam packed with cars and kids running everywhere, and said 'drive safely'.

The car lunges forward unpredictably so needs more space to move around. It makes me really upset to think that this guy, knowing that the car wasn't right and that i am an inexperienced driver, let me drive this car in this busy place where i could have ran someone over. I was a nervous wreck.

If i would have known the clutch was faulty, i would have left it at the garage to be fixed before driving it.

He told me later he didn't think there were any problems with the clutch but i don't believe him one bit, he drove the car around and there were mechanics on site driving them around and they would have sensed this problem fairly quickly.

It upsets me to think that they are more bothered about red tape and closing a deal rather then being honest about a problem and preventing an accident.

Also, the mileage in the advert was incorrect, it was stated as 23,000 miles rather then 84,000 miles, only noticed once i looked at the milometer, but they did confirm the mileage mistake before i bought it.

Hi,

In short - Yes, you do need to fill out and use a tachograph disc, or insert a digital tachograph card if the truck is fitted with a digital tachograph (56 plate or newer). If it's a digitach it is illegal to drive the truck without a card inserted.

The only circumstances where it would be acceptable not to use a tacho disc would be if you were driving the truck carrying your own personal goods, in no way connected with work (for example moving house).

If you or your employer don't have any discs you could ask the hire company, they will be able to find you a couple of spare ones I'm sure. If you don't have a digi card, they cost £38 from the DVLA...

Your employer should make sure the truck and its contents are adequately covered by insurance and if you intend to keep the truck overnight your employer will need an operator's licence for their premises (if they have other trucks then it's reasonable to assume they will have an O licence) and a designated place to park it.

You will also need to follow the EC Drivers' Hours rules, which in your case basically mean you need to take a break of at least 45 minutes after strictly no more than 4 and a half hours' driving. You will also need to keep the paper disc with you when driving for the following 4 weeks, then hand it to your employer who must retain it until it is 12 months old.

If you need any more advice, just ask. (7.5t driver!)

If you only have a comparatively short distance to drive to the garage, it doesn't make any difference.

I once asked a Michelin tyre specialist about tyre pressures and how accurate they needed to be and his response was that, providing the balance between the front and the rear tyre pressures was maintained (i.e. if one or the other was higher or lower), a slight deviation from the correct pressures was acceptable.

In fact I keep my tyre pressures about 3psi higher than the stated figure to cover driving on motorways or at higher than usual speeds; it also aids fuel consumption to a degree.

Yes MOT on ANPR. Yabba Dabba Dooooooooooo!