August 2014
Had a number of problems happen to my van started with speedo failure, then temp gauge and coolant fan giving up. I replaced the fan, temp sensor and then Ecu anti start system and barrel, also the speedo sensor.
Temp gauge now working and fan cutting in as should. But speedo still not only getting the Flickr from the needle I had before, ( tried dash in a mates hid and it works fine)... Read more
Hello
My Golf headleight glass' have become quite opaque, does anybody know how I can resolve this, I am worried that it may fail it's next M.O.T.... Read more
Thank you to all of you who replied re the opaque headlights on my VW Golf,I Tried a combination of Solvo and t cut... lots of graft but now really good and clear...... Thanks again for bothering to help.....................Terry Lewis
Hi all,
My dear stepson decided to do a little high speed parking and rolling of my wife's focus through a local hedge thus rendering it an effective write off!... Read more
I'd avoid Peugeots. I'll seond Avant with a Corolla www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/toyota/corolla-verso.../ However, the earlier version www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/toyota/corolla-2002/ Otherwise I'd go for a C-Max.
1. If you have the chance to park at the end of a row, do you make sure you are right at the end? It is amazing how many people just park, without thinking about the 1m/2m at the end they haven't taken, perhaps totally oblivious this is having a concertina effect on the rest of the line.
2. If you can only just fit in the only space available, would you go in it? By only just fit, I mean a space that is only about 2 feet/0.6m longer than your own car. This of course has an impact on the cars either side of you to leave their spaces. Read more
If it is the only and I mean only last space then I will take it. I try to park as considerately as possible as I don't want other people to damage my car with there very poor driving. . And to answer the forst question I will park at the end to maximise the space for other users.
Where do you get your real world figures?0.4 mpg better for the diesel? Find that difficult to believe. Read more
Also consider the real cost of diesel...there is value in saving fuel and a more durable engine. I have a Golf TDI which I hope to keep for 300K+ miles.
I thought all VW Ups were all fitted with a three cylinder engine and not a conventional four cylinder.... Read more
"Our figures show an annual saving of £112", i.e., when compared to all the other costs of car ownership, not really a factor Read more
Nice to see a standard wheel size across the range, none of the usual nonsense about a trade-off between a comfortable ride and creature comforts. Hopefully the pictured ones are the 16" from the sport pack as they're worryingly thin if they're the standard 15" Read more
They drop it for a few days, letting people in thinking it's cheaper to attract customers into their store, then no doubt put it back up again and slowly over time prices have increased by god knows what percentage. Rubbish! Read more
Such calculations can only be done using 'real-world' figures, where the diesel would likely get closer to the manufacturer figure than the petrol does. It might only take 200,000 miles to break even, ahahaha! Read more
Doctorchyk,
Honest John calculations are unfair as it uses 'real mpg' figures for one car and manufacturer 'claimed mpg' for the other car in the comparison.
To get an accurate comparison you should used a level playing ground- Either use 'claimed mpg' or real mpg for both comparison! Fullstop
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Hi, and thanks for your in put, I am pleased to report the issues with my van have been sorted and the old girls back earning her keep,
This is what happened,...