May 2011
On the way into work this morning, a funeral cortege was going the other way.
Something about the shape of the hea*** and the following cars made me do a double-take. They were latest-generation Skoda Superbs: the hea*** had been coachworked (and looked rather striking, I must say).... Read more
John Aley died at his home in Bridport, UK, yesterday 12 January 2021. RIP Read more
Can anyone tell me whether this long-established outfit for Peugeot spares has ceased trading? I'm getting no answer to calls or Emails. There was someone there a year or so back, but not now it seems ... Read more
What happens to oustanding motoring-related fines when someone dies? Do they get written off?
Someone I know died recently after several weeks of illness and during that time it appears they incurred one or more fines for no MOT and/or no insurance and/or no road tax.... Read more
Strictly, it's a debt on the estate. The car is also now owned by the estate so unless the law has been written to seize the driver or their estate's property - the latter of which I very much doubt, it can't be seized.
Hopefully the executors are the sort of folk who'll ring up and explain. I'm guessing there is a good chance at some of the debts being written off as payment from estates can be slow.
my indicator relay makes a buzzing noise before blowing the fuse when turning left and same when hazards are on Read more
my audi indicators have started to play up if i turn left the relay makes a buzzing noise then blows the fuse same happens if i put the indicators on Read more
I am getting oil sludge in the water header tank on my Peugeot 106 Diesel, I am not getting water in the oil. I assumed this would be a blown head gasket but there is no loss of power and there is no white condensation in exhaust. Is there any other way oil can get in the water apart from a blown head gasket, I do not have an oil cooler.
Val Read more
Hi Peter, Many thanks for that , sounds like a good possibility.
Val...
We bought an Alfa in December last year for £2000 and within a few hours it started to make a knocking sound. The dealer agreed to replace the variator. Within 2 weeks the gearbox started crunching into gear and a diagnosis from a specialist told us it was the synchromesh, £700 to repair (but not essential) which we couldn't afford and the dealer refused to help (which we accepted).
Since getting the car we have had the anti roll bars repaired, the wishbones & brushes and replaced all the brakes so a fair bit of money spent...... Read more
Variators are very common but so is big end failure. If these engines are allowed to run below the minimum mark on the dip stick just once the big ends can fail at any time. usually the big end fail within 20-30 miles of an oil and filter change if they have covered more than 78000 miles.
Big end failure is sudden on these and cannot be predicted other than knowledge of the bottom end being so weak...
Just had a quick look at HJs appraisal of Renault's ECO2 diesel and this horror leapt out:
It does this through a variety of technologies.... Read more
A business partner of mine, a very experienced marketing consultant, always maintains that if your business sells spades and they cost ten pounds, then somewhere on the front of your website you need to say: "We sell spades, they are ten pounds".
Unfortunately, this rather pragmatic approach to marketing is not a view shared in marketing departments the world over, where the laws of nature simply do not apply!
Hello Craig, sorry to contradict your post title but I consider it must be the biggest market in the world equal only to births - we will all end up there sometime! Ha Ha
I must include codicil to my will to take that final journey in a ..... - now theres a dilemma!...