August 2018
Reading Andrew Brady's article:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/road-tests/hyundai/hyundai-i3.../... Read more
Background to this seeming mini-epic is that my daughter has a little 1 litre, 04 plate, 52000 mile Corsa that she's kept in lovely condition. Just been for an MOT and its failed on a lit SRS/Airbag warning light. Couple of other little easily sorted niggles but we were told we'd need a proper specialist to sort the warning light.
Duly took it along to main dealer service outfit for a run on the diagnostics box and we have an error code for the passenger seatbelt pretensioner and another for the airbag ECU. Plus a parts-only quote for 700 quid for the necessary bits. Ringing around the independent Vauxhall outfits and those sharing Opel lineage (around Reading) and no-one seems interested in quoting for the work to fix, or, be willing to fit parts I can source myself. Even a few back street mechanics of my aquaintance dont seem willing to entertain the job stating a lack of the proper tooling to tackle the work.... Read more
Doc & Chris
That advice fits with what I'd read online about most of these airbag light faults. Was surprised no-one seemed to want to take the money to at least determine whether it was an easy fix like that. Got an auto electrician heading to her to follow up on advice given....
My 1.4 petrol Fusion is using about a litre of oil every 500 miles. There are no leaks, there is no oil in the coolant and there is no smoke coming out of the exhaust. The car has done 105k miles. Anyone any ideas? Read more
That sounds likely. It failed it's mot on the first try on emissions. A bottle of cataclean, a clean airfilter and a new lambda sensor got it through a retest. Now would be a good time to search autotrader I think lol.
Thanks all.
Something to grate all regular users of the Dartford Crossing (M25 Kent - Essex area)
Effective 1st October, the discount for cars is being reduced. No other prices are changing. The standard rate is £2.50 per crossing, discounted to £1.67 ... after October to be £2.00. It's not much, but still grates to know that the price of a crossing is going to be more, yet the delays and queues seem to get longer. Still no mention of abolished charges if the wait is longer than a predetermined length of time (I won't hold my breath) or start date for build of relief crossing further along the Thames.... Read more
I have an account, not for the discount, but for the "Pleasure" of not having to worry about if i have paid or not. This week I had friends who travelled from Dover to see us and I just added their registration to my account.
If there was no discount i would still have a prepay account...
I made the mistake of purchasing an overpriced Suzuki Grand Vitara (on a 2009 plate) thinking that I'll avoid any mechanical issues, due to buying from a dealer rather than going for a cheaper version privately etc. The car was sold with full history and a years MOT, with no advisory warnings showing.
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"I'm a consultant.....This has been a learning curve but I think it is important that cowboys in the trade are named and shamed and I'm sure that majority of people would agree that this is progressive action."
I'm not sure what 'progressive action' is consultant-speak for, but what you've been doing is hardly progressive....
Hi
I have to buy a vacuum cleaner for my garage because my old one is broken. It should not cost too much, because actually no vacuum cleaner was additionally planned. I think 200$ would be ok.... Read more
Try a forum in a country that uses the US$, might have more success? Here in the UK we price in £ Sterling and shipping from here would be costly anyway....
Need a full replacement set of tyres. Previously we always used Bridgestone Potenza RE040 AZ 185/55/15/V, which is what the car originally came with, but it seems Bridgestone no longer make these at this spec.
Can anyone recommend a good similar alternative? Read more
That is what i bought for my last van. When buying i do generally go for all season tyres. My current van, the Caddy, came with winter tyres fitted, these are also Michelins (Alpin, i think)....
Good morning all,
I'm after a little advice. I do around 33k miles per year and drive a 61 plate VW Jetta (Bluemotion), which is giving me around 59mpg. Most of the mileage I do is motorway driving. While the car itself has been fine for the last two years (It was bought at a time when I needed something more efficient than a petrol Ford Focus - I changed jobs which quintupled my commute) I'm looking for something a little more comfortable/luxurious.... Read more
I would suggest a Passat in GT spec. Great trim level and equipment levels. Very good refinement aswell plenty out there!
Seems underbonnet fire extinguisher systems should be included as standard on current BMW's with the 2.0 diesel engines. Lke the US (re VW diesel emissions scandal) and unlike the UK, South Korea take this kind of thing seriously, and in favour of their people.
Seems underbonnet fire extinguisher systems should be included as standard on current BMW's with the 2.0 diesel engines. Lke the US (re VW diesel emissions scandal) and unlike the UK, South Korea take this kind of thing seriously, and in favour of their people.
With the increasing use of on-line Gov processes, even if a 99% guarenteed uptime that leaves about 4 days in any year, will this be taken into consideration if something is not filed within a statutory period? Probably not Read more
This whole concept of our non ability to transfer VED to a new owner should be stopped. The excise mob are ripping us motorists off for millions. I sold my car on 1-4-18 which was a bank holiday weekend and could not contact the DVLA on line or any other way. I pay my tax monthly by D/D and as such was charged for April in full and the new owner also paid for April. I complained to the VED mob and they just told me there would be no refund. Pure daylight robbery ! Why should we have to put up with such shoddy treatment from our faceless bureaucracy ?!!
Browse
It would be interesting to know if a car like the Mercedes with 10 speeds 'block changes' in some circumstances. It's one thing having a larger number of close ratios to optimise the overall reduction in any situation, quite another to step through all the gears up and down.
Presumably the highest gears will be very long. There's absolutely no point changing down one gear when the driver lifts off downhill or brakes for a bend....