January 2019
Hi,
I took out an unregulated agreement to Hire a new car last September on a business contract from via my own limited company. Subsequently the car has developed an emissions fault, warning light and has to go back to dealer (not the DPF). The dealer has made three attempts to fix under warranty, but has failed. I wish to reject the car, but I understand that I won't be covered by consumer law, or finance as it's an unregulated hire agreement. ... Read more
another low quality road test report. Why do you focus on something as subjective as looks?
Just because you find a car ugly it does not mean others will. I can make my own mind up about looks. What I want from a road test is information about things that are not readily obvious, such as ride and handling, not looks and not silly jokes. Read more
You failed to mention how unreliable Range Rovers are and that with the Giulia, Alfa have been way ahead of the Germans in the reliability surveys, but that doesn't fit with the stereotypes regarding Italian cars.
It does look huge, even when parked next to a Giulia
Don't blame Brexit, blame the manufacturers (and mostly the Europeans [mainly German]) for not being ready for the change to WLTP certification by virtue of them having SOOOOO many trim variants on their (already large) ranges of cars.
Notably the Japanese and Koreans (as usual) got ready well before it came into effect and haven't been bothered that much, if at all.... Read more
I am considering purchasing a CAT N vehicle. It's a 2009 Citroen C1, car is in very good condition with low miles. If I understand correctly a CAT N vehicle is a vehicle with very minor damage with no structure damage. My main concern is do I have to notify my insurers that the Vehicle is a CAT N when I insure the vehicle? and if so would there be an extra premium? Read more
My 9-year-old car was written off in a minor no-fault collision a couple of years ago, but I had it repaired and it is still running. If the car passes a MoT test I don't think there should be a problem. The insurers will certainly know about the car's status from the DVLA record.
Although it is the vehicle that is insured, the premium depends on the model, your driving history and where it is kept, not what happened to the car last year.
Hi guys,
Sorry if this has been covered before but I’m new here.
I own there’s plate AA333 and have done for 27yrs, when I purchased it I was told it dated back to 1905.
I’ve always wondered if that’s correct, and indeed what vehicles it might of been attached to prior to my ownership.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
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(duplicated, lazy system)
I have no problem paying a main dealer to service my wife's car and could not fault the service we received whilst under warranty.
The issue is I believe I can service my cars to a higher standard because I have all the time in the world. I.e. once a year I strip the brakes completely and meticulously clean and de glaze etc before rebuilding with correct lubes etc at the same time as cleaning out the wheel arches and scrubbing both sides of each wheel. I cannot imagine anyone else going to this trouble. ... Read more
I wouldn't want to neglect to change the brake fluid but I get this done at alternate MOT's.
For a non-racing car that really is OTT - a polluting waste of time and money! DOT4 boiling point is 230C. Its 'wet' boiling point (if it contains 4% water) is 155C. I think you would need red hot discs for many minutes to transmit enough heat through the brake pad abutting the piston skirt flange to raise the temperature of the piston head high enough to heat the fluid to even 100C, let alone cake-baking temperature. Brake fluid may be hygroscopic, but modern reservoirs are designed to be almost completely airtight.
Am in the market for a Honda Jazz. Two cars presently catch my eye. Both have full service history and are the same price. One is a 64 plate and has done 100k; the other is a 10 plate but has only done 51k.
If all else is apparently equal, which is the better bet? Read more
So the quality of the miles traveled is what I was thinking of. Would not 10x one-mile journeys cause more mechanical wear than, say, 3x seven-mile journeys, even though the latter is over double the mileage?
Well, yes it might, but you are still making assumptions about how the car has been driven - unless you buy from the previous owner and can ask direct questions....
Interesting article in Autocar, about taking a Hyundai Kona on a 700-mile round trip from Oxfordshire to Edinburgh:
www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/features/kona-edinburgh...s... Read more
I was just about to start a thred regarding this artical. From what I can see it's the charging network and infrastructure that needs to improve greatly befor we can take EVs seriously l. But once it's in place I can see a more rapid uptake in such vehicles.
I was wondering if anyone was daft enough to click on the voodoo love spells posts, then noticed each of them has been viewed currently 7 or so times, so one presumes the witch doctor is viewing it's own posts a few times in order to promote the unthinking into clicking on in true lemming fashion.
A pox on his house anyway. Read more
Well I tried one of his love potions and they actually work....I ripped off me and the wife’s clothes and made passionate love over the table....mind you..we can’t ever go back to that restaurant again!.
Hi, I'm looking at replacing the stock head unit in my 06 KA with a newer bluetooth speaker, originally Halfords were going to fit it but I decided I'd be better off giving it a go myself and saving £50. I've bought a fascia kit with all the relevant bits and pieces. I've watched a video on how to do it so I feel relatively comfortable doing it, just wondering if I'd need the radio code at any point and if so what I'd do with it? I haven't been a car owner for long so I'm quite inexperienced with anything technical.
As far as I'm aware I have to
1) Remove current unit
2) Fit current unit with new fascia, and harness adaptors
3) ???
I appreciate any help which someone can offer me.
If you are removing the existing Ford radio ,and replacing it with something non Ford ,then you don't need any radio code. You will only need a code if you re-fit the original radio at any time. As for Bluetooth radio systems, Alpine are probably one of the best makes.
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Don’t get me wrong I like the XC90, just a pity about the reliability of mine.