August 2010
What's your opinion on this question?
I do 25k/year and on average keep a car for 4 years. I've tended to look for cars with low mileages for their age (my last purchase was 20 months old with 7k on the clock.) This is done on the basis that depreciation kicks in regardless of mileage and I'll rack the miles up anyway. I suppose this shows that I view the working life of a car in terms of total mileage.... Read more
I need a diesel for £3-4k and I have my eye on a number of 2.0L Mondeo TDCis at the moment: all 2002-2005 and between 70 and 100k mileage.
What routine servicing should have been carried out at, say, 70k/5 years? Am I right in thinking this car is timing chain equipped, but that the tensioners need replacing at certain intervals? Anything else to look out for/check?... Read more
Click on reviews above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ some comments by the man himself on the mundano
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Does anybody have any comments on diesel additives are they worth it or not? What are the benefits and which are the best? Read more
I agree absolutely with Brum and with several others who have E-mailed us.
Diesel additives are hardly a subject where insults need to be traded. Thread locked.
I want to buy a small 2nd car. I have upto 7K to spend and want something that will be reliable and cheap to run as well as safe. My plan at this stage is to run the car for the next 8 to 10 years. i am predicting an annula mileage of approx 5K/annum.
Any suggestions. I am currently looking at a Fox as I know of VW reliability. A little bit scared of buying a Citroen or Fiat due to past experience and reliability reports/surveys.... Read more
Can't comment on current reliability but we bought an '97 R-Reg 1.4 VW Polo new and sold it 3 years ago, in all that time it never gave us a moments bother, never broke down, always started, never needed anything other than servicing/tyres/brakes/exhaust apart from once it needed a new windscreen wiper selector switch off the steering column which was a cheap part.
It was a fantastic little car and I was sorry to see it go, but new babies meant we needed something bigger....
Hi all,
I am thinking of buying a car for my wife. Here is the context:... Read more
Yes I was going to say something similar! Change the oil and filter regularly and most Daihatsus will run on and on. They don't rust like they used to either which helps!
Hi. What is the law on 3.5t and 7.5t gross box vehicles,in relation to motorway third lane use.
, for example :
The right-hand lane of a motorway with three or more lanes MUST NOT be used (except in prescribed circumstances) if you are driving
* a goods vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes, which is required to be fitted with a speed limiter
* a goods vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes
Does this mean that a fully laden 3.5t box vehicle,weighing exactly 3.5t or under ,can use the third lane.
And that a fully laden 7.5t box vehicle weighing exactly 7.5t or under can use the third lane,if they are not speed limted. Read more
Thanks dvd.
Warren...
Hello,
Can anyone offer an informed opinion here on if this is reasonable or not please.... Read more
Hi i work in garage (work on trucks though). Im affraid this is common place in a garage so i would stand your ground and argue with them insisting its their liability and misdiagnosis which has caused this problem. Ask to see the old "clutch driven plate" and ask why its been changed as they visually have wear marks on them. And the garage should have realised that it wasnt the clutch when it was removed, hence why did they fit a new one. The fact that it would not select a single gear and not all of them should insinuate that the problem lies internaly. If the clutch was at fault All of the gears would fail to select. To resolve the problem i sugest that you source one from a sc*** yard and strike up a deal for them to fit the box cheaply, so they can rectify there error. Hope that helps.
I have agreed to buy a car off a dealer which is a Category C write-off but has been repaired and has had a VIC check. The car only appears to have had a minor rear end shunt which broke the bumper and looks fine. I've shook on the deal but when I told the insurance company it is a Cat C they first said they only needed an MOT faxing to them (which I did, despite directing them to the MOT website where they could have checked it for themselves) but now they say I will need an independent engineer's report. I've looked this up and reckon it wil cost about £180, which is not economical for a £600 car. I know lots of people who own Cat C and Cat D damaged cars and they have never complained about getting insurance. Is it because they don't declare it to the insurers? If I go to another insurer and don't declare it will they pay up if there is a claim? I see nothing in the declaration which has asked me if the car is a write-off and if I hadn't performed a vehicle text check I would probably not have known. Plus, the car has a valid MOT and I can't possibly see how the damage has made it not roadworthy. Anyone with experience of this? Read more
Some insurance companies just dont like Cat Cs, probably due to the fact its difficult to place an accurate value on them and you cant really blame them for wanting an independant assurance the repairs are sound, MOTs are not an indication of a vehicles overall condition and the MOT system itself is far from foolproof!!
At the end of the day you have to except their terms and conditions but if you are not happy the answer seems simple enough to me. Excersise your right to vote with your feet and find someone who is more comfortable about the situation and give them your business. ...
I hear Vauxhall are offering the first ever "lifetime" warranty on new cars (actually limited to 100,000 miles).
Too good to be true? Read more
Vauxhall may request details of this service history at any time during the warranty period.
Depending on which way you read this you could expect a knock on the door at 3.00am in the morning.
How do you change the engine oil filter on this engine....? thanks. Read more
Don't be put off, it's a very easy engine to do an oil change on.
You don't even need to get under it if you have an oil suction device to put down the dip stick tube....
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To be honest I dont like old and really low mileage cars. I've had a bit of experience of them and you tend to end up paying a premium for the ultra low mileage only to get other problems that are induced due to the 'stagnation' of the vehicle.
Cars degrade with age almost as much as they do with mileage a lot of the time.