Right to make it clear from the outset this doesn't concern a matter in connection to any motor vehicle! Hoping my post will still be accepted though.

Looking for some knowledgable advice regarding Consumer Rights.... Read more

Over the past year there have been several hundred requests for radio codes - it seems that 95%+ are for Fords - predominantly Fiesta or Focus.

Is there a particular issue with Ford motorists, that doesn't affect drivers of Vauxhalls / VWs / Toyotas etc. that they don't make a note of the radio code and pass it on to the new owner when selling the car? Read more

As i am sure, regulars know I asked for some advice for car hire in malaga for last week.

Here is what happened..... Read more

Around our way, in the Welsh countryside and upland areas, there's a need for what I call a proper 4 x4, a genuinely tough utility vehicle. One of my favourite vehicles, which I have never had the need to own is of course the Land Rover Defender, or Series1,2, or 3. There are still many of these around here. I remember a holiday job I had, where we literally did pull trees out of the ground with one and pulled huge static caravans across muddy fields. It seemed there was nothing this thing couldn't do. I've driven a few in terrain that would have initially looked impossible.

But now it's not made anymore and JLR concentrate on the luxury SUV market, having moved away from utility. Even if these vehicles are as capable,( are they?) they're not as practical for an everyday farmer or outdoor person day to day. And they're exteremely expensive to buy and run. And dare I say fragile, stuffed with electronics and over complicated suspension etc. So what is there out there that replaces the Defender as a proper rugged, immensely practical, genuine off roader? That is affordable? That can go anywhere, pull impossible loads and keep doing that for years? To answer my own question, I think that the pick-up truck has taken over that market, the Hi Lux springs to mind as about the toughest thing on the market right now. But I'm no expert, merely writing what I observe. Interested to hear others opinion. Read more

My runflat recently got introduced to a nail, right in the middle of the flat part of the tyre - seemingly a straightforward repair scenario.

Visiting my local tyre place I was surprised to see them repair it in under five minutes without even taking the tyre off the rim. I was expecting them to have to remove the tyre from the rim and plug the repair from the inside - but it looks like they've applied a rather large patch on the outside which, at the very least, looks very unsightly.... Read more