July 2011
I am planning on taking out a years warranty for my new mini cooper S.I am tied between warranty direct and warranty wise, both have offered me deals.Warranty Direct offered me £235 per year and with the extra care cover and warranty wise have offered me £295 for their gold cover, I'll pay the extra if its worth it.But don't knwo if it is? Anyone with experience of the two would you please post your replies. Would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Read more
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That sounds like the combined effects of rolling resistance and aereodynamic drag.
Rolling resistance has a linear relationship and so as it's relative significance changes, the overall resistance changes with a linear, square, cube relationship....
I recently -although laset Dec, bought c4 grand picasso @Carworld, Then my turbo charger broke down and took it to a certified citroen repairer. by the way its still under warranty-09 registration. However the Citroen wont honor the warranty as when carworld did the 20k service before it was delivered to me, apparently they havee usedd a diffferent oil which has caused the breakdown of the turbocharger. Im still trying to contact Carworld to let them know the problem. im worried that I would end up paying the bill as im sure they will dispute nor deny the service that cause the breakdown of the said parts. I would love to hear any advice or any recent experience that happen similar to my situation.. Read more
Chickenwire - welcome to the forum.
Sorry I've had to edit your post, but we have to be careful about 'naming and shaming' dealers. It's OK to state facts, as in the comments about Carworld above, and these usually tell the story well enough. But we ask posters not to make subjective comments, particularly about people's behaviour or attitude, which I know all too often falls short of acceptable.
Hi there
Recently the engine my 1997 Peugeot 406 2.1 LX DT has been racing at low revs when sat at lights or in traffic and then the diagnostic light would come on and the engine stop. It would of course restart straight away but then the engine would starting cutting out if coasting in gear when it dropped below 2000 revs. It wouldnt do it all of the time, just some of the time but bit of an annoyance when you discover the lack of power steering and silence when the car is in motion!! Anyway I got it checked out on Tuesday and found out today that the Fuel pump is on its way out and it wouldnt be worth repairing it even with a reconditioned or second hand pump and was told to 'Ditch the car'. Anyway was quoted £800 which I assume is for the parts/labour too but looking at legit websites, Fuel pumps for my type of car average around £100. Is this about right for a replacement pump? Or am I being fobbed off by my mate who has always done loads of work on my car in the past.... Read more
If you get a Bosch pump you will also need the injector pipes as the Lucas pump has the outputs in different positions, although they can be made to fit the engine won't run - guess how I know! I think that the existing throttle cable will fit the pump other than that I think it should be self explanatory.
Renewal time again, and I was just looking at the cost of the Legal Cover. At £27 for the year, this sounds quite expensive and I expect there's a company out there selling stand alone cover for considerably less....I just can't find it !
Ideally, there would be a combined product that would cover all 3 cars in our household. Read more
Back in the day, when there was a young damsel by the name of 'Lucy BC' affiliated with this here website, she would often say "that there legal cover is rubbish..." or something similar!
In all seriousness, those in the proper motoring legal business don't tend to reckon it's much cop. Allegedly they buy the policies in bulk for a pittance each, then sell them on via people's policies for about 30 quid or so. Not a bad profit margin!...
I would appreciate your views on the Handbrake system on the new BMW X3 as it is button operated instead of traditional handbrake lever.thanks Read more
Fair comment.
BTW-that economy is stunning....
NEW RAD RENEWED THE 2 FAN SWITCHES.THE 2 FANS COME ON AT 90 DEGREES.STAYS ROUGHLY AT THAT TEMPETURE .FANS DO NOT SWITCH OFF .ANYONE HAD THIS PROB.THANKS. Read more
hi air con not on ,someone suggested short in wiring.thanks
Anyone else notice the '5 years complimentary servicing' offer on the Alfa Mito? I wonder how that works. Perhaps something like this:
Dealer: "Madam, may I point out how becoming you appear in that red dress?"... Read more
Perhaps Alfa should do away with the flirty servicing and just dispense a free pair of shoes with every Mito?? In a matching colour scheme of course :-) I'd imagine anybody driving a Mito is likely to be deeply enticed by a pair of sexy shoes ;-)
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Hi everyone
I hope I'm posting this in the righ area.... Read more
Friends of our have just come back from cycling through the country from top to bottom. They found everyone friendly and welcoming and the scenery absolutely beautiful.
Hi John
My 1998 Rav4 ... Read more
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They are in the sence that the likelyhood of a specific part failing are much less than in years gone by. However the modern car has so many more parts than in years gone by that the likelihood of a failure are exactly the same as in years gone by...