July 2019
I watch a lot of Scotty Kilmers YT videos and wondered how people here rate his knowledge and the advice he gives? And do you have any personal favourite mechanics on YouTube? Read more
Im looking for a car around the 6-8k mark,I will doing below 10k a car and ideally a car with access to baby seat. I was looking at sx4 scross, vitara or ix35. Im not sure which would hold value and be reliable for at least 5 years. any advice will be welcome Thanks Read more
You've asked the same question on here every few months, the last time in January this year.
Our advice is excellently summarised by Falkirk Bairn above. But I'm curious to know what haas happened when we've advised you in the past. Do you keep changing your car, or is there something missing in our advice so that you still haven't bought a car?
I will be collecting an 18 month old X3 at the weekend with 7000 miles on the clock.
With my previous 330d I changed the oil every 7500 miles and I was planning on continuing this with the new car.... Read more
I'd be more concerned about only having fish and chips once a year.
I need to check the brake shoes and normally I remove the 4 bolts on the brake shoes back plate. However, I find removing the bolts really awkward and slow due to the restricted space. So I'm prepared to buy a torque wrench (230NM capable) for the hub nut and remove that instead.
Apart from the torque wrench, is there any other downside to getting at the brake shoes via the hub nut? It seems a lot easer to do it this way. ... Read more
IIRC the recommended method is to remove the four bolts at the back. I presume repeatedly undoing and re-tightening the hub nut isn't good for the bearing.
There is another post on here about a car with three brake replacements.....
I have been to a couple of retail parks in my area. I was shocked to see the state of their car parks covered as they were covered with black tyre marks. It looked unsightly.... Read more
I don't retract my comment at all ... as we saw recently there is always some selfish idiots to spoil things for everyone else but this does not have to be directly related to having a safe space to socialise ..
A friend on her way to work, hit kerb at moderate speed. She noticed her car was making a noise and she thinks one of the wheels might have been a a little off-centre. She called the breakdown service, She was told she would have to pay for a tow truck as it was driver fault. She was not covered under the breakdown service.
Although, her breakdown company was n't the AA, but some us do remember adverts such as these: ... Read more
However, what happens if the incident is minor and it would cost more in loss of no-claims bonus and insurance excess etc...
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This problem seems typical of VW and probably a reason why I'll never buy another. VW has an attitude that there is "no problems to deal with" until proven wrong. I have a 2016 Golf GTI which has been back and forth to VW for things to be replaced. These have mainly been electrical, failed lights, faulty sender units, software problems and including two info screens. As modern cars are nearly all controlled by the info screen, losing it is a major disaster. After the warranty runs out it'll cost over £2500 to replace. Yet VW claim there is no problem common with all the same complaints on the Internet.
Similarly, my seat bolster failed in just over a year. VW said it was my problem until I looked on the Internet and found it is a common fault. They eventually replaced the seat but charged me £250 (instead of £800) because the warranty on seats is only 3 months. I must admit I didn't notice that when I read the blurb.
This was my first VW since the 1990s when I move to Honda for my next 5 cars. The garages were next to each other and as I couldn't find anyone in VW to serve me, I went next door. I only switched back as Honda seems to have lost the plot at the moment, their petrol cars being under-powered and ugly. However, Honda would fix the very rare faults for free even if the warranty had expired. Read more
kangaroo still there..
Really?
I renewed the insurance on my Mazda CX-3, which is insured through Mazda, this week. There were no changes to my circumstances or my level of cover.
Last year I paid £425.04. This year £389.01. Read more
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Used to like Eric the Car Guy when he was just regularly showing repairs but lost interest when he started doing his Fairmont Project.
Chris Fix has been good aswell....