July 2017
I do like the fact that their website says :
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Hi there! I'm not sure if it's the right place for such question, but don't really have any one to help me. What can be done about the driver that doesn't respect road lines, uses more than one lane on roundabout and cuts corner few inches in front of you, forcing you to break? It's kinda frustrating. IF one day I decide not to brake, will dash cam recording be enough to proof him/her guilty? And, can such behaviour be reported directly to police?
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no it isn't BMW's which i find these days to be driven rather well in the main despite whatever reputation they might have once had.
Still have in my neck of the woods, closely followed by Mercs then VW cars, smart cars are the gocarts of the road, mostly(not all) driven by idiots
We have just replaced out small petrol car used mainly by my wife but also by me for short trips to the shop and stuff like that. I drove a variety of small capacity non turbo cars and found they all have one feature in common, they are all pretty gutless at low revs pulling away from standstill. Higher revs and more clutch slipping needed than I remember in the past, fine when under way. Remember the story of the Fiat 500 that no one could get up a hill from a standing start, well I find a lot of others are like that now. We ended up getting a pre reg Yaris as it was one of the better ones and it ticked the other boxes as well. Anyone else noticed this or is it just me. Read more
One of the other issues associated with cars changing from full petrol/diesel to hybrids and full electric was examined on that recent BBC2 'future predictions' programme (Horizon?), as the worldwide amount of Lithium is small and very dificult to cheaply recover from old batteries as well as get out of the ground (most comes from somewhere in South America if I recall correctly), and so we could run out in a few decades if we can't find a suitable alternative to replace and likely add to dwlindling supplies if more batteries are needed - mobile phones and computers included.
I agree about the charging problems, especially in more rural areas, never mind poorer urban areas where electricity firms wouldn't see any incentive to spend £Bns to lay yet more cables in the road and provide suitable fast charging facilities for every home, government facility and private business - richer areas, yes, poorer/rural ones (just like broadband [never mind fibre] and 3G/4G mobile coverage), no....
Looking at one of these today. It's 2113 registered with full S/H at 4600 miles. Small independent dealer has it up for £1795. What else can you buy that's better at that price?
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LG's diesel vapour will be due to unused diesel which has been heated by the pumps being returned to the tank. Read more
I have driven several examples of the F-Pace. This review gets the main things right. The 2-litre diesel makes for a sluggish car. The ride is a lot worse than one gets on the Jaguar saloons. As with most cars that have an aluminium structure, there is noise and harshness.
However, I have also been driven in an F-Pace on a rough rally course on loose-surfaced roads through forests by a professional driver who was not a Jaguar employee. In that situation the car is astonishing: it is as fast as a World Rally Championship car from a decade ago. As usual Jaguar's chassis engineers have done a remarkable job - but this time it is not one that 99% of buyers will ever encounter. They are getting a depth of rally-like ability they can never use, while not getting the decent engine and ride they could do with every day.... Read more
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I have just passed my test deep into my thirties and am keen to crack on wih buying our first car. We've been doing a lot of research and have a budget of no more than £8k, and we'll be buying used.... Read more
"Could the answer be to convince my other half to go with a manual? It wouldn't bother me and from what I can see we'd get a much better car within budget. The one litre ecoboost fiestas seem to be very well reviewed...."
Yes, switching to a manual would vastly increase your options, you'd get you a better driving, more economical car and as supermini autos tend to be unpopular later in life (as the age of buyer decreases) you'd suffer less depreciation too.
However I'd bodyswerve the 1.0 ecoboost Ford which has a rather nasty reputation for failure and instead focus on the excellent Yamaha designed Zetec SE units 1.25,1.4 and 1.6 petrol all of which are sweet revving, robust and longlived though the base 59bhp variant is slow. Don't be tempted by the PSA 1.6 diesel which is notorious for problems.
As mentioned earlier (I forgot it) the Mazda 2 is a brilliant brilliant little car in petrol form. As is the Suzuki Swift and the Yaris, particularly the 1.33. The Daihatsu designed 3cyl 1.0 is fine for local running but struggles at higher speeds.
Hi all, please don't be calling me cheap or tight here, but my right hand wing mirror glass is smashed, i tried the self adhesive 'universal' stuff that you cut to size, but it totally distorts the view.
I don't want to pay £120 for the glass, or £200 for an entire second hand mirror in the wrong colour (electric, heated, folding), so my question is:... Read more
There is usually a fair selection of Lexus mirror glass on eBay...you could measure and simply ask the seller to check.?
I don't know the GS450 but it may well be that some IS/RX models might be compatible.?
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Getting into the car should be no problem. Programming a new key ,if it has a factory immobiliser system could present an issue.However,some of these early model 620 series had an immobilser system that could be by-passed witha little wiring trickery.
I was interested to see if Watford had improved its test results since I attended there in 1968 I think it was. Had the same examiner each time (three tests taken there). Was told later that I should have been allocated a different examiner each time, not have the same one each time. That he was the most formal person there and gave people the hardest time!
On the third time round he actually cracked a joke when we walked out. Nearly fell off the pavement I did, was so surprised.
46% nowadays evidently. Others seem to be down to 38% Difficult to know if that is a comment on the education and intelligence level of the people attending for tests or whether it is the the tests have got tougher and now included more more theory I believe than in my day. Mixture of both I suppose....
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"Maybe the moderator will edit your ad to remove the obvious links and leave it up for a little light comedy relief, the small trademarks are pure gold."
Tempting, but there were too many links and he'd spammed sevaral times. I've been given a way of getting shot of them by one click - which was much quicker!