August 2019
Hi everyone,
First time posting here. I was after some advice please as I'm looking for a reliable automatic for my wife's first car.... Read more
Hi.
My old (2002) Focus has developed an electrical problem: the driver's side window won't lower (it's in the fully raised position, so I can't tell whether or not it will raise, either), and the cigar lighter doesn't work. I've done a continuity test on the all the fuses (main and auxiliary) but found none blown. ... Read more
Thanks for the reply: I'll check the fuse again (I didn't remove it --- I simply put a multimeter across the exposed terminals at the top and ran a continuity test, so I'll try pulling it out). And if I can get the door card off, then I'll have a look at the motor that raises/lowers the window. I'm not knowledgeable about cars (as you may surmise!) but if I can fix something myself, then I'd like to do so. ...Although maybe this is a job for a professional.
The funny thing is that these problems started after I had a flat battery and trickle charged it. The battery seems to work (the ignition starts, etc.) but I think I probably need a new one...
I'm thinking of getting a 'find my car' app for my phone - but there's loads - does anyone have any recommendations, thanks Read more
Waze as well as being a popular navigation app allows you to mark where you parked the car. And find it afterwards. It's not a tracker device though .
For those of us with Toyotas the MyT Toyota app. also has the facility to mark where you parked your car (but is not a tracker).
I received an email advert today extolling the virtues of Honda's upcoming EV. Its still a prototype and looks a bit like a GWhizz (spelling?) mated with an Aygo.
It can get 80% charged in 30 mins but its range is .....drum roll.....125 miles.
Really is this the best Honda can promise? Read more
That says that sales are of cars have increased - just that they have had to give incentives to get sales due to older models.
But profits are significantly down and car sales in the EU decline by an already low number by 1000. This seems to me (reading that report and others here) to be due to increasing reliability problems....
Hello, sorry in advance if this is longwinded!
I went and looked at the car a few days ago, test drove it, no rattles or noises out of the ordinary, I was happy with the car so I put a deposit down. Today I went to finalise and purchase the car under the impression everything was in good order.... Read more
Thank you for the advice. I do plan to keep it as a weekend car to keep the miles as low as possible, it is a beautiful car, especially in liquid yellow!
Its going to a local garage to be fully inspected tomorrow so Ill post an update of the mechanics findings....
The word MUTED is displayed on my dash and my sound is very low on the radio, just a slight amount of weak treble. no bass whatsoever..
Radio is a Audi Concert as standard
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Can anyone tell me how to unmute it. i have obviously pressed something wrong. I have no mobile phone connected. This is only recently happened.
Any advice appreciated.. TIA
Malcolm.. Read more
The radio is code protected, but should self start after battery reconnect.
I haven't seen any reporting of this in any mainstream media ( I wonder why?) so I thought I would alert the brain's trust on here to this case.
Briefly, the scientist who originally published the so - called "hockey stick" graph warning of unprecedented global warming, Michael Mann, professor of climate change at Pennsylvania State University sued another climate scientist -Tim Ball- for defamation for commenting about the purposely corrupted data Mann used thus:-... Read more
<< I think you are confusing sanity and rationality. He is in his own way quite shrewd, >>
Trump seems to imagine that running a big influential country is just like running a large company (which he inherited) - hire and fire on a whim, offend anyone for any reason. He will never make a real politician - or at least there's no sign of it so far.
Neighbours daughter had car serviced and spark plugs were changed.
Running rough, so neighbour investigated.... Read more
Daughter, at a sevrice, was told she needed new rear disc pads on her '15 reg car, 30K car, she went ahead and said do it.
MOT next day said she needed a new rear wheel bearing!...
Does anybody have experience of these schemes? I’m interested to know whether they offer a real discount when most manufacturers offer discount off a new vehicle anyway. I’ve never bought any of the makes new so I don’t know whether or not they do discount.
I presume that £2000 off the price of a new car relates to the list price and that other special offers don’t count. £2000 seems to me the sort of new car discount you could get anyway. However, Mazda are offering £4000 of a CX-5 which does seem attractive. The engine has to emit less than 144 whatevers of CO2 to qualify, which, without checking, doesn’t mean much to me. Read more
I’m interested to know whether they offer a real discount when most manufacturers offer discount off a new vehicle anyway.
When I was sourcing the uncles new car we looked at the Kia Picanto which had a £2000 scrapage discount. That made the car in base colour £7895....
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/aug/27/ferdinand-piech-porsche-patriarch-and-vw-saviour-dies-at-82 Read more
I loved the Phaeton, it was the first blue collar luxury car but of course it made absolutely no financial sense for VW or new buyers. It was only there as a brand uplift model and was only viable as it shared much with new Bentley and Audi models that were jointly developed. Lovely big cars and brilliant used buys at the right money.
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