November 2012
Hi all. I currently sell cars in an area called Ely and I love the job (in a partnership)
At the moment things are quite slow because of christmas :/... Read more
I was surprised to learn that my new Kia only does 35mpg. Even more surprised to see Honest Johns Real MPG guide. Confirming that I will never get over 40MPG as claimed by KIA. Why do we in the UK accept these inflated MPG figures when buying our cars. Surely if the figures the manufacturers claim cannot be acheived , isnt this misrepresentation of the fact. I see on google KIA is being sued by the Canadian Government by inflating its MPG figures on its cars. Any info on this? Read more
For and ECO 1.6 for me it has been a folly to have bought this model and have already started to look for a replacement.
Thanks for all your comments, I never dreamed the figures in the spec would be 20% inaccurate....
Unique Saabs that have never befire been offered for sale are up for auction. Just a few Saab 9-5 Sport Combis.
Happy Bidding. No bids to be acccepted from the pilot or accelerator man. ;)... Read more
how can I stop mice getting into the car in the garage.
I seem to recall HJ's tip is to park the car on chicken wire.
Still no spare wheel? Read more
5 door = LWB
3 door = SWB (models b4 2007)
Once driverless cars are released commercially and the safety figures roll in, owning a driverless car won't be a matter of choice, it will be enforced by law. Read more
We'll see. I doubt that automated driving will go anywhere fast. Whilst in theory automated driving might be superior, in practice there are too many ambiguous driving scenarios for algorithm strategies to be viable.
Hi
I was talking to a taxi driver the other day and I asked him how his Lancer was reliability wise, and he said great - he then showed me the odometer reading - 450,000 miles!! Is it possible that these Mitsubishi (Lancers,Carisma's - of which I own) of covering that sort of mileage without any major work to the engines??... Read more
Unfortunately in this clean clinical world the output from the exhaust pipe by today's standards was not acceptable by a long way.
At one time they made the blocks for the Peugeot,Volvo and Ford plus the pistons in Bradford the only difference was the colour the blocks were sprayed.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20532873
Over £50k for a parking space! Read more
Don´t you belive it.
The Mercedes-Benz I bought earlier this year turned out to be a real dog--beautiful, but enough to make you cry with its problems. Now it's sitting dead with a blown engine--the timing chain broke. Enough of imports, I've had two bad ones in a row. Now I'm looking for something along the lines of a Ford Crown Vic, Lincoln Town Car, Mercury Grand Marquis...but: can all y'all think of something similar that I might be overlooking? I'm leaning towards a Town Car but I'm willing to hear other suggestions in that barge/land yacht area...I keep thinking I'm forgettting something. Thank you all! Read more
The XJ has to be the favourite car 'to be driven in' though, you may have noticed our senior politicians have had them as Ministerial Cars for years.
Because they are concieved as British.Very nice cars all the same....
hi, my boyfriend have just had a new clutch, and rear wheel bearing done, passed mot today but its still black smoking and sometimes white smoke, and when accelerating there a whooshing comming out of the air vents ??? recentley had intercooler pipe changed also .... any1 know whats wrong ???? thanx in advance Read more
Presumably the smoke was there before the clutch and bearing were done, if you have a whooshing noise coming from the engine compartment I would suggest you look at the intercooler pipes, sounds as though one is disconnected, that would account for black smoke too.
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Sadly no ,although its expensive autotrader is the only effective media ,
Depending on how many cars you have ,it may be worth your while to advertise them individually .£42 for three weeks .per car .
At least then you don't have the expense of a website over Christmas when nobodies buying .