June 2019
Hi all. Wondering if you can help me out? I've been looking at buying an Audi A3 S-Line and found one this morning on the car-unlimited.com website. This company appears to buy repossessed cars and then sell them on. According to their website, the buyer reserves a vehicle online, then the car is delivered to their home address and is given 3 days to decide if they want to keep the vehicle, at which point payment is made. Seems a little unusual to me, but I guess they don't have showrooms to visit where you can test drive the cars. Has anyone had any dealings with this company? Am I missing something?
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Slightly decieving, as it is actually badged Renault, but is a Dacia in all but name. Why can't we get this in the UK?. Surely not all UK buyers of double cab pickups want or need something the size of a bus, with engines to match?. The Renault Duster Oroch is on sale in various South American countries, with a choice of 1.6 or 2.0 engines, both of which are available as petrol or ethanol. I think this is a great looking thing, what do back roomers think?
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Dacia are adding a new line at there Romania plant (Siemens bid to do some of the work); not sure what they are building other than it will be a new model.
I just bought a pair of stick on blindspot mirrors for my car which made me wonder why anyone needs to. Some cars have wing mirrors with no blind spots and considering that they can be eliminated with a pair of £5 stick ons, and that blindspot accidents happen all the time, why aren't all cars legally required to have mirrors that eliminate blindspots? Read more
SWMBO new Kia Picanto3 seems to have a marked convex section on the outermost edge of the drivers mirror. But both the door mirrors are great and the view all round is fine, being such a short car. No blind spots noticed, but I was being extra careful with the first motorway run on the smart M1 in South Yorkshire. This is up to 6 lanes wide and good mirrors are essential.
I remember the days of Practical Motorist tips for drilling wings-cringes.
I bought a ford C Max 1.5 tdci titanium 2015. Stop/start. No key.
Done 300 miles in it with no problems, I did notice the battery wasn't holding charge for very long.
I replaced the battery with the same type.
Making sure I disconnected the positive terminal first, before disconnecting any other wires or sensors.
It took over an hour, taking my time and being careful.
Switching on the ignition I now get a engine warning message.
Engine Service Now.
Followed by
"tank empty _ _ _ miles"... Read more
Being it a 2015 car, doesent it have an adblue sistem? If it does, fill the adblue tank and the car should start. If the adblue tank is empty, ecu wont allow the car to start. Not having adblue can increse nox and chlog dpf.
If the car ran out of fuel, you may want to bleed the air out of the fuel pipe and fuel filter as it doesent have a tank fuel pump
Driving home from work today and i came upon a couple places where there were signs up warning drivers of there being no road markings. I was mulling it over and came to the conclusion that i don't know what they are for. As a driver, it will become immediately apparent that there are no road markings once the road markings stop, so why do drivers need to be warned of this in advance?. Are there drivers out there who, unless they see those signs and get on to a section of road with no markings, will suddenly become unable to place their car at the correct side of the road?, if so, surely that will be the case whether they see the sign or not. The only possible explanation i can come up with is that there are people out there so alarmed by the notion of a road with no markings that they will go out of their way to avoid them, in which case the signs will give them the opportunity to turn around and find an alternative route with road markings. Read more
The rule is unless road signs say otherwise, or are controlled by traffic lights or some other means, you always give way to traffic coming from the right.
So, I get a new job, and it comes with a company car. Being tall at 6’4” I ask for a car that has the ‘pull the front of the seat forward’ extended bit for thigh support , and get a temp BMW 1 series from a more senior position car pool until I get an ordered Astra (have driven astras lots and they are fine)
Have had this 1 series a week and 500 miles now, and simply cannot get remotely comfortable non it, and finish my 50 mile commute with sore right ankle, front of shin, back of thigh, and right buttock, as well as sore left front of shin bizarrely ! Have tried every combo of reach, tilt , height , thigh support out or not, even putting a cushion on top - but just get pins and needles within 5 mins.
I’ve not driven a floor pivot accelerator car before with such a low position before, that’s all I can think of as have driven autos , other bmw’s And low lying cars before and never had this much discomfort .
I most be the only person who genuinely can’t wait for an Astra instead of a BMW ! I will miss the lovely IDrive system and gearbox, but not it’s driving position. Has anyone else found 1 series horrible to sit in ? Read more
I had a 116 manual as a loan car for a day. I am 6'2" and can't safely operate the clutch pedal! It certainly distracted me from the issue of seat comfort....
My Mazda 6 2012 (mk2) has a steering angle sensor fault. It pulls to the right at low speed but is fine once on the move. Does this job have to be done by a Mazda garage? Rang a recommended indie who said they couldn't be sure of configuring it correctly after fitting. Read more
It's presumably to tell the power steering system where the wheels are pointing. No warning lights.
Thanks....
I have a VW fox 1.2, 2010, CHFB engine code, 95K on the clock. the car randomly looses power for a few seconds at low speeds, also once stopped at the light etc the idle will be very poor for around 10 - 15 seconds as if its gone into limp home mode, no warning lights are displayed, no fault codes found when I plug in the OBDII device, I have changed all coil packs, spark plugs, fuel filter was done recently, air filter, new injector seals, the 02 sensor has been replaced recently. also the timing chain was replaced at 80K. I've also carried out a compression test which didn't show any problem.
this has been going on a few months, cant find anything online about such a problem and I dare not go to VW as the last time the car had a misfire they couldn't find it.... Read more
In answer to both your questions, no and no .
Hi,
Can anyone provide a code for my Ford 6000CD Radio SN# V032728... Read more
Works perfectly - thanks so much!
Wondered what the good sages on here might advise with an unfortunate issue with my wife's 2014 1.0 Hyundai i10.
One evening she mentioned there was a worrying new noise from the lower engine compartment. When I checked, it had virtually no oil in the sump as I put in 3 litres before it came up to the dipstick minimum mark...... Read more
Rumfitt, whatever action you pursue with this pointless dealer, there is no way i would let them have my car again.
Whilst its under warranty have you investigated other dealers within travelling distance, especially those in more rural (farming, not the Cotswolds) areas, i know people who have researched other dealers and try to combine a visit with getting their cars serviced by competent people offering value instead of giving an awful local dealer who thinks they have a captive customer base any more business.
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I’m so grateful I found this thread. I agree it sounds shady. There is also no contact telephone number. This is the response to an email I sent about delivery.
Yes we can schedule a delivery date to suit.
Anne Collins
CARS UN LIMITED
car-unlimited.com/
Company Number: 08754161
I also had an online chat this evening with someone who provided me with the file details. I took screenshots and have noticed MOT is 2/8/19 due 2/7/20 - on the GOV.UK website mot AND tax are due Feb 20, so another anomaly.