November 2009
Good morning
Why is it that new car manufacturers like Hyundai offer a 5 year warranty, Honda 3yr & 90K, Merc only 3 yr but unlimited mileage. Why the varaince between car co's if Hyundai can offer 5 years why not MB, BMW and Audi?
Rgds,
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The trusty Mondeo has climate control, brilliant, set the temp and it reaches it quickly and holds it. The principal is that it maintains the temp of the air in the car.
The FocuST has aircon, the principal is to maintain the temp of the air coming into the car which if you want a steady stream of warm air on your feet makes sense.
Also it is easier to reach and turn a knob to turn the fan speed or temp up and down than to hold your finger on a button however the push button distribution of the climate system offers more combinations of active/inactive vents.
Not sure I would pay much extra for climate control should it be an option in the future though.
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Lots of interesting comments, yes the Mondeo climate does work a treat, you can set it and forget it though perhaps I am a control freak, I like fiddling with the FocuST's knobs.
hi guys, about a fortnight ago my bmw stopped, it was diagognosed as a fuel pump problem. i had the injectors and pump refurbished at the factory. ive rebuild it and starts on the button. but at idle it is very erratic. slight touch of throttle and it evens out about 1000rpm. ive checked all the usual suspects but obviously im missing something. it sounds like it might be pulling in some air somewere. anybody any suggestions? thanks Read more
hi dynamic dave, the year is 2001
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A bit different, this one.
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Ould cynic that I am
that should be an Olympic sport
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way ahead of beach vollyball
my son is having problems selectecting gears on his fiesta 1.25 zetec t reg it sometimes goes into gears 1 and 2 but very difficult to select anything else , have tried it with car running but no better we had a new clutch and slave cylinder fitted about 1 month ago was fine but just started playing up today any ideas ??
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the linkage to gearbox might have moved
1 minute fix on a ramp
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"The Dutch government approved a bill on Friday that will implement a new per-kilometer-tax on drivers. Beginning in 2012 the law will abolish current road taxes and sales taxes for automobiles, cutting the cost of a new car by 25 percent, in favor of the pro-rated distance tax.
Drivers will be charged 0.03 euros per kilometer (7 cents US per mile) in an attempt to reduce traffic jams fatal accidents and carbon emissions.
The tax will increase every year until 2018, when it will cost 6.7 cents per kilometer to drive in Holland."
www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4893141,00.html
Scary stuff if you ask me. Lets hope it never makes it over here. Completely pointless and we already have a perfect tax in place - fuel duty. Read more
attempt to reduce traffic jams fatal accidents and carbon emissions.
As soon as I see that carbon emissions phrase I know my wallet is about to get hit! Maybe its only Holland at the minute but our greedy government must be looking closely at this scheme.
Over the years I have always kept a check on fuel consumption of my car based on trip mileage and brim to brim fuel usage. I continue to do that now with a 16 month old Jazz which I have just bought with about 6,000 miles on the clock. When I filled up today I worked out the fuel consumption as 44.2 compared to the computer read out of 51.1.
Can anyone comment on the accuracy of the fuel meter reading in a Jazz. Is this just par for the course? Read more
Trading Standards raided our village garage the other week - there have been some suspiciously cheap deals to pull the punters in on non-fuel lines as well.
Hi
Can anyone tell me if its easy to change a radiator on a 206 diesel with air con?
Do I have to take the bumper off to get at it?
Thank you for any help.
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I found it very, very annoyingly difficult. Everything seemed to be in the way of everything else. And I dented the new radiator putting it in. I probably did it wrong too.
I recently bought a second hand 2009 Ford Focus. It has got keyless entry (i.e. the doors unlock when you approach the vehicle without needing to use the remote or the physical key. It does not have keyless ignition). It worked perfectly. Then one day I was using the spare key and because I didn't put it into the ignition in time the alarm went off. I cancelled the alarm using the spare key. Ever since this incident the keyless entry no longer works. I have tried the reset/program new key mechanisms as described in the user hand book (which is one of the worst written documents I've ever experienced). I can still use the remote function of the key, and its got great range, so I know that the battery in my key is good.
Does anybody have any idea how I can get the keyless entry working again? I'm sure it just needs resetting somehow but I've tried everything over the last couple of weeks and I'm at my wits end :-(
Thanks in advance
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hi all i have a Vauxhall Vectra B facelift 2.0tdi diesel i went to work and car was fine i left work and started my car up and it was rough on idle speed and when i reved it up it sound like a bag of nails and wanted to stall i got it home in limp mode any ideas what it could be Read more
mass air flow meter the new one was faulty and its in the garage having a new one fitted
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It's all to do with marketing, pricing and faith in your product.
It is not that long ago that 12 months or 12,000 miles was the standard.
Japanese upped the warranties mostly to 3 years - European cos still offer less - Peugeot, Ford etc were 2 years + 12 months free insurance based cover (less comprehensive).
Even then you have to look deeper some parts such as AC/CC/ICE/Battery are less than the rest of the car.