I came from Honda to VW a number of years ago and on the whole my Golf Nazi Staff Car has been dull but reliable if nothing else!
Although not effected by the emissions myself i won't be buying another German car and will be going back to a Honda Civic.
Reason for this is that VW are not wanting to pay compensation to British VW buyers and are dragging their feet over sorting this whole issue, and i have come to the conclusion, they consider Britain weak and a big enough pushover to not have too.
I hope the wider world think again about buying ALL German cars as they seem very fragile these days!. Built to last 6 years and not much more as Honest John has quite often said. That equates to a lot of hard earned money for just 6 years before it starts failing and costing serious money to keep roadworthy................Steve. Read more

I have a problem at the moment with my Caddy as there appears to be a lack of connection between the accelerator pedal and the engine. This has just started and is accompanied by the pre heater warning light flashing. If I leave it a short while it appears to be working for a matter of minutes and then goes again. I'm no mechanic and I'm guessing something electrical due to the speed it came on, the fact it comes back momentarily on restarting and because the engine continues idling along oblivious to the fact that I am pressing down on the pedal. Help Read more

I try and be as understanding as possible with HGV drivers due to their busy schedule and deadlines on the U.K.'s chaotic road network but I have noticed a more dangerous habit developing that I find unacceptable. This is on particularly large islands (I noticed it on the A50 & A38 island at Burnaston a couple of times recently among others) where when you are approaching their entry to the island at very close proximity they just pull out knowing that if you do not slow to a stop you will end up in the side of their trailer. This is obviously dangerous and probably another sign of our times where drivers don't give a damn about each other or is it just me ? Read more

Would you buy a used car that had an MOT advisory item in 2010 (25k miles ago) of "oil leak"?

Current owner, a dealer, knows nothing about this.... Read more

Hello
I have received a Parking Fine for a car I was using via Circle Leasing car hire. It's a parking charge notice issued by Parking Eye. (camera operated system at the local hospital). The T & C of the car hire company say they will pass on an admin fee of £30 for any parking fines, including those on private land.
The fine is for not paying any parking at a local hospital and driving out the car park without paying. However I have a disabled blue badge and correctly registered the car's number plate that day with my blue badge onto the hospital system via their reception staff -that's the rule at the hospital. That's what you to do and then you get free unlimited parking for blue badge holders. I also parked in a blue badge space with my blue badge displayed properly on the dashboard.
The hospital have acknowledged they are at fault and have agreed to cancel the fine.
However, Circle Leasing have already charged me £30 admin fee onto my debit card for passing on the parking fine to me. How do I go about getting this cancelled please? In my opinion it's an admin fee for an invalid parking fine that has been straight away cancelled by the issuer as soon as I wrote to them today.
But I would appreciate knowing what to write in the email in order to get the car hire company to cancel this admin fee and refund me.
Many thanks
Nic Read more