February 2013
This week I purchased 2 Good Year tyres via Asda Tyres and booked a fitting at a local F1Autocentre in Oxford. They were for the front.
I took the car in and after about 40 minutes one of the mechanics came in to the waiting room and said we have been unable to remove the offside front tyre as the locking wheel nut was too tight. The nearside one had been done.... Read more
I've had good results fitting tyres myself using a hole in the wall at about 2 foot high, a good long lever of 4x2 and another length about a foot long, to break the bead.
Right now I've got four 225/50 x 16 to fit and I don't think I can do this myself as I suspect they may be just too wide and inflexible without a machine.... Read more
Well done that man, never found a tyre yet that couldn't be removed refitted by hand given decent levers and plenty of lube, incl lorry tractor earthmover etc.
At one time i had the knack of fitting standard car tyres by rubber mallet alone and quicker than machines of the day could.
would you recomend this gadget from asda ?
would you recomend this gadget from asda
Surely that means an Auto Only license, no? Read more
The exploration into and the contrivance of electric autos has carried a mess of profits to drivers and humankind as a rule.
Hi all.
an interesting article in our local paper .
A local motorist was stopped by police because her car insurance didn't appear on the police national computer .
The police had her car towed to a secure compound ,but gave her a lift home because she had her young daughter with her . The woman then showed police the cover note for her car which she had reinsured with her usual broker two days previously .
The police confirmed she was insured ,but refused to reimburse the tow in charge of £150 , saying that if your car didn't show on the PNC .They were entitled to seize it and charge for towing away .It seems that her insurer had not entered her details on the MID .
It seems wrong to me that the towing fee was still payable even though the driver was insured .
Anybody else come across this Read more
More a delay in updating the MID database that a mistake really, it can't be instantaneous. A bit like time to clear a cheque!
I would disagree with that comment AS. It used to take three days to make a BACS payment, it now takes about 2 minutes (or less)....
Good evening I am hoping you can help with a choice on my next commuter?
Basically it is time to stop spending money on my VW Golf 115 tdi. I normally buy a car and run it untill the doors fall off so to speak!... Read more
I love my A4! One of my friends owns a Volvo and having driven his car I can honestly say that both cars are lovely to drive. I think it all boils down to personal preference. His car has now covered 265,000 miles! He has had no major problems with the car. Just usual maintance. I am hoping my Audi lasts as well as his Volvo!
Now that rbs have been fined £390 million for their part of the libor fixing scam, will we, as majority shareholders be paying the fine? Where does it go to? Do we get it back in the other hand?
All reasonable comments in support of our bankers welcome:). Read more
Moved to General.
I am in the process of taking a small independent dealer to small claims. I bought a 12 year old mpv that had done 130,000 miles for £3125. Researching the price I paid now I think I overpaid but the dealer stressed that it was a very reliable make - Toyota Previa. We specifically bought it for an imminent family trip to south of france & made this clear to the dealer. He said this was the car to get us there and back! At the time of sale he kept telling me not to use the overdrive button (automatic tranmission) as it would damage the gearbox but having since spoken to Toyota they have said this is rubbish & the only reason they can think anyone would say this is if he knew the transmission was not in a good state. Anyway 2 months later the car broke down with broken transmission whilst in france. We had done 2500 miles. I got in touch with the dealer a number of times when the car was repatriated to UK but they absolutely refused to have any more involvement - I was told if I drove it home then they had no responsibility for repair. (needs reconditioning of gear box c£2000) I am just about to fill out forms for small claims court but am unsure what I can present as evidence that would help my claim. The dealer is going to claim that 2500 miles was "satisfactory quality" for a car that age - even though we paid over £3k for it. Has anyone successfully got a refund from a dealer in a similar situation for a car this old? Read more
The fact that you did not give the seller the chance to repair it after it was recovered to this country will not be in your favour.
The dealer refused, see the original post....
Reading Animac's topic about buying a VW Beetle prompted this topic. It would appear that some particular engines are prone to head gasket failure. What are the design features which cause this? Read more
Thanks very much for the replies.
csgmart hasn't had one yet to his question about wet liners, but it seems to be answered here:...
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I thought that the whole purpose of doing the things up with a torque wrench is to set them to the correct torque so they can be removed when necessary, rather than blasting them up to a point where leaping on the standard wheel brace isn't going to shift them....