January 2018
What a surprise that sales are down. Electric cars are expensive and their batteries are bound to improve over the next few years so why get one now? As I understand it the emissions from diesel cars are bad for health in towns and cities but dont pollute the planet as much as the emissions from petrol cars, but the emissions from petrol cars are better for health in towns and cities (or is it the other way around?) The newest Euro 6 diesel cars are said to be cleaner than petrol cars and are, of course, far more economical. So what do we believe
Imagine this scenario which is fairly common. You have an electric car and are driving from Cornwall to London - just about possible on one charge with care. It is dark, raining and cold so you have your lights, heater and wipers on, as well as the radio. You are on the motorway. There is a crash ahead of you and the traffic grinds to a halt. The police close the road for 5 hours as they do from time to time. Electric car drivers will be watching their battery meters with concern because they need the heater and want to listen to the radio. When the police reopen the motorway and say that the traffic can move forward, how many electric cars will be left stranded?
So in my view the only option for a one car family is to have a diesel electric hybrid so that at least when the battery dies the diesel engine will be there to take over. But at the moment I will sit tight with the cars I have and wait for some clarity Read more
Top marks to the designer/person who came up with the idea of opening the boot/tailgate by waving your foot under the rear of the car.
Very useful feature.... Read more
Hello
I would like to introduce a relatively new concept to driving a brand new car for only £50.00 per month.
No car tax , warranties , services , insurance, breakdown cover to pay for and that includes tyres.
If your intrigued and want to know more, then please send me a private message to my mobile
You will be amazed.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Tony
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Hi can anyone help, I have a Citroën xsara Picasso 1.8 executive on a 54 plate. The eml light came on and displaying engine fault on the dash. The next day I got to the end of the road and it cut out and would not restart.
I have replaced the crank sensor and the cam sensor no joy. I then found that fuse 15 under the bonnet had blown, I replaced it car start but when I tried to revise it back on the drive the fuse blow again. The fuse is for the following.... Read more
Bad earth would be my guess.
Hi can anyone help, I have a Citroën xsara Picasso 1.8 executive on a 54 plate. The eml light came on for the displaying engine fault on the dash. The next day I got to the end of the road and it cut out and would not restart.
I have replaced the crank sensor and the cam sensor no joy. I then found that fuse 15 under the bonnet had blown, I replaced it car start but when I recent to revise it back on the drive the fuse blow again. The fuse is forth following.... Read more
As TRW, Sachs and Boge are all part of the ZF group, is there much difference in the levels of quality and reliability of their shock absorbers and coil springs, from 'brand' to 'brand'?
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After looking at a few Focus and Fabia estates, I've got my eye on a Ceed SW 1.6 - 2008. My thinking is it should be reliable compared to other similar aged cars - newer and less miles on it for the money than the Focuses and Fabias.
Looking at the MOT database, it does have a few advisories as follows -
Nearside Rear trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Offside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
Rear coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b)
Offside Rear coil spring corroded (2.4.C.1b)
I'd like them to sort it all out or ask for a proportional discount: any idea of a realistic figure to get the bushes and coils replaced? Read more
Good day all
Is there any way I can get notifications of new posts on a thread or topic I'm interested in ?
I don't see any settings for this........so .....it seems......if someone replies to this post I will only know by logging on to the forum, searching for this post and scrolling down.......very time inefficient............. Read more
You can see on the main record of threads how many people have replied to a thread - I think that's the best we can do. Personally, even as moderator I've never wanted anything more than this.
Three times since Christmas my desktop PC, running Windows-10 and Chrome, has spontaneously rebooted, each time while I was idling in the Back Room here. Seems rather a coincidence - any suggestions? Read more
Kalpesh has sorted another problem which may have sorted yours too - if you still have the same issue, send him an Email:
kalpesh@honestjohn.co.uk
Three times since Christmas my desktop PC, running Windows 10 and Chrome, has spontaneously rebooted, each time while I was idling in the Back Room here. That seems rather a coincidence. Any suggestions? Read more
Third party AV utilities are allways the last to load.
A laptop, unless a very expensive model, will allways be significantly slower than a desktop...
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The main issue with electric cars at the moment is that they will be worthless as they get older, a 6 year old electric car that someone I know, now only has a range of 50 mles so what use is that and of course who is going buy it from you. A petrol/diesel car will be in good condition at that age.