January 2016
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Is this a good car for weekly runs round the city, plus a few long distance (5 hour) trips a year?
Is it fairly easy to drive for a newly qualified (but middle-aged) driver?... Read more
Test drove a Dacia Logan MCV which is essentially a estate Sandero, was impressed.
1.2 petrol which I expected to be sluggish was ok.
Plz help i had a leaky no.2 injector so thought id be clever and sort it myseld so went to halfords and brought some plastic lock tight stuff and sealed it where pipe meet injector ?? Thought job was done has stopped the leak drive fine ??? But next morning (still no leak) went for drive about 3 miles into my drive the car pulled bk and made a read bad clangy noise and filled road with thick white smoke so pulled over scratching my head started it up again and clanging was still there and loads of smoke still ??? I then disconected the electrical feed to injector and clangy noise wasnt there but smoke was still bad but not has bad any 1 that can help me would very much appreciate it has its my girl frends car shes not impressed plz plz hlp. Thank you Read more
Modern common rail fuel pressure can be as high as 30,000psi. DIY repairs are a definite no, and if you have a fuel leak at any high pressure joint the components must be replaced. There is a safety issue here. Get the car taken to a diesel specialist, not Joe Bloggs auto repairs.
NB, Joe Bloggs auto repairs is fictional and nothing in the above statement is intended to depict or detriment any business trading under such name.
Long time lurker but first time poster,
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That F-Pace got some cracking reviews in the weekend papers.
Spotted one in Leamington the other month. Huge great thing. Just perfect for double-parking outside the school gates then!
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Struggling with replacing the rear wiper arm on my 09 reg xsara Picasso.... Read more
Thanks, that did the trick!
Just for completness to help anyone else who may have the same problem and come across this thread -...
Hi bought a 2011 Astra J Sports Tourer 12 months ago from Car Select.
Been pretty pleased with the car, mechanically it has been flawless and I have been happy with the car in general, obviously it's not a new car so the odd scatch and knock here and there is to be expected.... Read more
You can't possibly have a legal case against Vauxhall. Your purchase contract was with the dealer.
You've now had the car a long time (at least in terms of a car's life). If the faults were not there when you bought the car, it's hard to see how you could build a case against the dealer....
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Thanks.
Seems that this engine had loads of problems and then dropped. Problems were well known, as an extract from e-mail exchange with Chris Craft (UK Director of VW Cars) and administrator of Scirocconet – May 2011 ...
Hi, I am looking for a car to do around 500 motorway miles per week (for the university term so approximately 25 weeks of the year). I'm looking for a comfortable car with decent MPG (43+). However, due to being an 18 year old who has had a crash I'd need something in a relatively low insurance group. At the moment I'm driving an 07 Fiat Grande punto.
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A Kia Rio would be a good choice, as Oldroverboy says, as would a Fiesta. You don't even need a 1.4 for motorway journeys, the 1.25 is surprisngly spritely and has no trouble cruising at illegal speeds. Fiestas are comfortable too.
I would avoid the smaller city cars that Bazza suggests, too small and uncomfortable for 100 miles per day, and as they's be working harder, no gains in economy.
Found this car 2.2 CRDI at a cracking price but its racked up 140k on a 10 plate. Now it has FSH main dealer all bang on with service intervals with 1 former owner. Checked all previous MOT`s and nothing scary has appeared.
Condition of exterior and interior is great, so i was ready to buy but after talking to my mate he has given it the thumbs down based on the mileage saying it`s to high. So is their anything that i`m missing ? ive taken into account resale value and know that we be doing fairly small mileage of around 8k per year. Read more
That amount of miles could work for you - I suspect many of the miles will be easy long journey or motorway miles so less wear on suspension, steering, brakes, gearbox, clutch. My 2011 Santa Fe has 61k on it but at 2 years old it had 45k on it and it still has 40% to 50% of brake pads left. The suspension is set up firm and mine has plenty of creaks and a few rattles but it had most of them from new. RT is right, parts are very expensive if you need them.
I purchased a new Zafira in 2013 - it came with a lifetime warranty. In 2014 I booked the 1st service with a local Vauxhall Service Centre - they cancelled the appt three times because they didn't have a courtesy car available - in the end I had to sit and wait more than five hours for the service to be carried out "while-you-wait." The service record shows that they reactivated the lifetime warranty - the service record book also reflects this. At the time a faulty switch was found and I was asked to return about 10 days later to have this rectified - it was done under the terms of the warranty.
I thought no more about the bad experience I had with the centre until my service was due this year. I booked in with a different Vauxhall service centre and asked for the lifetime warranty to be reactivated. I was surprised to be told that the warranty on the car had been cancelled.... Read more
And was a very limited warranty and just proves another good reason not to buy a GM product.
From one of the other posts here anyone for a 1.4t engine that appears to be as bad as a rover K series.....
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Did you ever think of getting it scanned?
Or are you just going to throw cash at it?...