March 2019
The mileage range is 211 according to....Just like my Astra 1 litre eco has a claimed average mpg of 64 when it actually does 44. Don't trust any car manufacturers Read more
Nice but it will need competition from the likes of Skoda to show what a quality electric car can be sold for. Right now the prices being asked for EVs and PHEVs are excluding these cars from the mainstream market. Read more
Is the GTE's electric range 43 miles or 34 miles? A we'll known UK based car website and magazine is quoting the lower figure. Does the press release confirm a number? Read more
my car was made on 5 of December 2020, the KANGAROO is still there. TMBJR7NU0M5023155, 1.5 TSI-DPCA. cri1410sti=at=yahoo=com Read more
I recently (stupidly) ran the mileage down to zero on the digital gauge before I added diesel (I didn't think it would cause a huge issue as there's always some fuel in reserve, right?), added about 7 litres and the digital gauge remained at zero.
I didn't think too much of this as I presumed it was too small an amount to register on the float/sender. After about 3 miles the car started running jerkily as if there was a fuel line issue. I parked up and left it.... Read more
Sounds like there’s air in the system. It will need bleeding out somehow although I’m not sure how on your engine. Some engines will auto bleed while cranking the engine, while others have a priming pump instead.
I am considering a new to me car and have spotted a used Mondeo petrol that generally fits the bill. Looking at the dealer photos one includes the service book as follows:
PDI Oct 2015... Read more
"Belt in oil"?
Never heard of that before, and wouldn't much mind if I never heard of it again....
I have a £1k budget - which car would you go for, everything else being similar?
Yaris 1.0 VVT-I T3 mileage 92k, year 2004, MOT Aug-19... Read more
Of the three, I would likely not bother with the Micra. It's likely to be one of the 'run out' versions (production of that model was from 92 - 03) and they did suffer from rust - it was the very reason why I got rid of mine (I owned a 96N Micra 1.0 S).
Note also that the specs (kit) were reduced during the last 2-3 years and thus they weren't as good (engines aside) than the previous years. Ok little runabouts otherwise, although this one looks like it has done low annual milages, which could get tyre flat spots, binding brakes, failing battery and such like from just sitting around for long periods....
The advert inserted on this video is a major distraction much like the reviewer’s tattoo. Read more
It's a hybrid so don't go telling us anything useful like what mpg you achieved on test!
There is not nor should not be a reasonable person anywhere who would not desire lower injury/death rates on the road. That said, what consideration would there be for those drivers who buy/run performance cars and only exploit their capabilities on private land/and or racing tracks?.
Drivers in continental Europe have the legal right to drive at high speed, albeit with great care and responsibility.
Is the only arbiter of this particular number (112mph), the fact that it is already in place in Japan?. What country specific points of view, led to this number being used in Japan?.
Are the points taken into consideration in Japan, wholly relevant in Europe?. It is perfectly possible, even probable to kill/life change someone at 40mph...does that then become the new speed limit and how does this work on motorways, where UK business carries out the day to day work of this nation?.
Will the automotive lobby, some of whom only produce cars that are bought purely for their performance potential, make it clear behind the scenes, via the lobby option, that they will fight this proposed legislation, with every breath in their collective bodies?.
Volvo must be commended and lauded for their stand on automotive safety, going back many decades and resulting in the introduction of the three point lap and diagonal seatbelt (1959), among many other firsts...but this may be a calculation too far. If this is designed to be a conversation starter, then all well and good, but if this is meant in earnest and Volvo seek to carry out this idea to fruition, they may well find that they isolate their brand, with consequential losses in sales and respect for all they have done before.
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Please check the "Motronic engine management" edition 1999, page-49-50.
About engine warm-up and catalytic converter heating. There is the KANGAROO!