Vehicle has only done 45,000 miles and is justover 4 years old. About a year ago, it started playing up; the warning light (the one looking like a coil) would flash, the warning chime sounded and the car went into (I suppose) limp home mode. This happened from time to time and was temporarily solved by pulling over, turning the engine off and restatrting which seemed to reset whatever was wrong. It got worse (more frequent) a month or so ago, and my local engineer fitted a new turbo. All seemed OK until it happened again three time last Saturday morning. The fault says something like "boost pressure outside range" I guess that the turbo being brand new, the problem must lie somewhere else. Does anybody have an bright ideas or good advice? Read more

My wife has recently been convicted a second time (SP30) for speeding. the latest offence was in November 2010. This has considerably increased her insurance premium. I have heard from friends that by completing a speed awareness course it can prevent the 3 penalty points. At the time of the latest conviction she was not offered the course but can she apply to take one now to reduce the points on her licence or does it have to be completed at the time of the offence? and is it by invite only? Read more

I bought my Ford Focus 06 diesel 1 year ago - 49K on clock. In October - alternator needing replacing.

In november sudden loss of power and amber engine warning light. Started up fine after losing power, with no warning lights but kept doing this recurrently. Garage thought was EGR valve problem - recommended cleaning it. This seemed to solve the problem.... Read more

Hi there.

Long time reader, first time poster and all that:

I was in a bit of a bump at a supermarket carpark today.

I was on the 'road' between the spaces, the other car was in a space.
I reversed back to let another car get round a corner and the car I hit chose this moment to pull out behind me.

The end result - a nice big dent in the other cars wing (an audi A6 I think) and some mindor damage to fixings on my bumper (I'll probably live with these).

Anyway, we've agreed to sort it out between ourselves and He's gone off to get a quote. I'm not going to bother getting mine fixed, I should be able to snap it back into place.

The question is, how much do you reckon is a reasonable quote for a new wing and spray? He seemed to think the dent is repairable, though I'm not so sure.

Many thanks
Tomlad Read more

HI,when i first start the car and put it in drive noyhing happens til i rev a lttle and it then jumps into first gear.she goes through the gears ok,but if i slow to a stop it happens again.this goes on for about 5 mins and then she,s fine and it does,nt happen again.just wondering if anyone can possibly explain this and what i need to do? many thanks for any help. Read more