December 2011
I have some green mould starting to make an appearance on the fabric roof and would welcome some suggestions on getting rid of it. apparently its quite commen in the damp uk. Read more
I looking to change cars in the next 18 months Ive never had a Mazda before, but the 175bhp engine in the upcoming CX-5 looks really good on paper.The only issue i see is the car may be too light to tow my 1556kg caravan.What do readers think to Mazda reliability and dealers in the S.Yorkshire area. I currently am on my second Xtrail, a 171bhp version, but find the 2L version not great on low end torque, as my previous 2.2 diesel was.So the Mazda 2.2 twin turbo promises good torque from low revs upto a high 5.5K revs.But with class leading emission's, and economy. Read more
I have a petrol Mazda 6. I've never pulled a caravan with it though. I've had it about 18 months and I couldn't be more happy with it. It's rolled past 98k on the clock recently (it's 6 years old) and it handles very nicely indeed. Reasonable tax, insurance and fuel economy. Cheap servicing and parts (not that I've had anything beyond a headlight bulb).
There are many stories about DPF failure on the Mazda 6 diesels, but if you're going for a very new one I find it hard to believe they aren't sorting that out. Having said that., I run my petrol one very large distances and probably should have a diesel for fuel economy but I've got what I've got.
Why when someone has a problem in Technical can't they just give more information of the problem to hand rather than "car cuts out" etc?
Make, model , year, fuel type needs to be in the information better still before it can be posted up.... Read more
Yes. Low emissivity (0.05 at most) and high reflectivity to e-m radiation.
Hi i have emissions light on permanently ,its been on for about a week now . The car runs fine and ticks over fine . I have been driving like a grandad i have to admit trying to save money .Since the light came on i have been driving the car hard to try and clear the light only up to about 4000rpm . My question is what could the problem be , do i have to plug in to diagnostics machine to clear . As i said earlier at the moment it runs fine . Should i worry about it ? . Regards. Read more
Yeah, me again. Lord give me patience.
As the alert reader may remember, I bought a Jeep Grand Cherokee from a well-known national chain in late August. I later found the driver's door was sagging and the seal was ripped. The dealer, after a bit of a huff, ("lost" emails and so on) fixed both without charge. Tribute must be paid to HJ who personally reassured me that I was 100% within my rights.... Read more
Any update on this? What was the clicking noise in the steering column?
I have worn my Victor Meldrew hat here before to moan about car parking charges. Over the holiday my girlfriend’s mother was rushed into hospital. Despite there being no outpatients clinics and as many patients being discharged over the holiday as possible I had to pay £4-00 minimum to use a half empty car park! It makes the chief executive look meaner than scrooge! Read more
Horrendously poor analogy. If people said owning a car should be free if they use it to go to hospital or you should get free petrol for hospital visits then your analogy would fit but they didn't so it doesn't.
You pay for the bus to get there just as you do with the car, but only with a car are you made to pay twice. You don't pay for the bus fare then pay NCP a 'parking at bus stop fee' do you?
My car starts first turn of the key but when you drive it there is no power at all when you accelarate it knocks and smokes anyone any ideas. Read more
A contaminated Mass Airflow Sensor (MAF) is notorious for causing lack of power, poor running & poor fuel economy on a Mondeo TDCi, also Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system sooted/gunked up.
Clean the EGR and if the MAF hasn't been changed for yonks then it's well worth changing.
I have a peugeot 1.9 td this will not start by key does not fire just turns over but if you bump start its fine has anyone any ideas on why this happens. Read more
Curious?just how fast does the engine turn over on crank?anything less than 180rpm and I'd be checking the starting system.
My daughters Fiesta has water sloshing about in the passenger door. I've had a good look to see how its getting in and cannot find anything obvious.
The Fiesta is 2006 model - has anyone else had this and if sohow did you cure it Read more
No worries Peter, 2 brains are better than 1.
Just brimmed the tank with another tank of Shell 'fuel save' and calculated, to my horror, that I'd averaged only 38.5mpg-below my last tank of Asda Swill at 39.9mpg and below my long term, average of 41.5mpg. Outrageous! Something should be done about it. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with it!
OTOH, the weather in the Northwest has been very wet over the last couple of weeks. Moreover, I've been running late for work quite a lot recently-and my driving style has change accordingly. Add a couple of Chritmas traffic jams and the difference is easily explained.... Read more
Methinks some posters expressing experience/expertise they dont have.
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Thanks for the info gents, will get on it.