February 2020
rear highline brake lights not working. both side lights ok, checked all bulbs &connections. footbrake switch good, all other lights & electrics working fine. suggested the ECU or BCM module reset. how would that effect just some of the lights? Read more
Has anyone else seen that the Honest John web site was in financial difficulties and has now been bought out? Read more
To be pedantic, this is where the BR awareness of the issue first appears (14th January):
Came upon this interesting video from an American who converted a VW Passat to EV 10 years and 90k miles ago. Looks quite rough in places, but obviously a clever and resourceful guy.
This company are converting existing diesel buses to electric using ZF parts
Hi.. My son has seen a 2008 MB c220 diesel auto with 75000 full service history same owner for the last 9 years.... his milage does warant a diesel and he does require an auto... is there any horror stories for this car.. except for expensive running costs? Read more
I also recall borrowing my bosses Cortina, probably late 1970s.
Totally gutless, slurring between gear changes, 3 speed box (I think), horrible!...
Hi all,
On my Chevrolet spark 62 plate which I have had since Nov 2019, I have noticed the airbag light on the dashboard comes on occasionally then would go off again and so on, so on. It was on a lot when i first got the car, then it never went on for about 2 months and then this week it is going through periods when i turn the engine on and it is on, then the next time i start up it is off. ... Read more
You can’t really guess at what’s wrong here . Car will need to be interrogated through the diagnostic system to get an idea of the problem . Unless you have experience of pyrotechnics, I would leave it to the garage .
It seems EVs are expensive because of the cost of research and development. The battery pack cost is offset by no gearbox, cooling or ignition systems etc etc. Modern vehicles are the cleanest ever with cats and unleaded fuel and monitored emission checks on the mot. Read more
I don't see many EVs up here in the North of England. Perhaps the market would benefit with a little support from the writers of our TV soaps, Coronation Street for example. How about Weatherfield Council installing a charging point on every lamp post and Roy Cropper swapping his polluting Morris 1000 traveller for a nice new Renault Zoe. Conversation in The Rovers could turn towards environmental issues, with any denialist voices being nipped in the bud by Ken Barlow pontificating about how mankind will self destruct unless it adopts a lifestyle more compatible with nature. I'm not quite sure where all this would leave Kevin's garage business though.
I was so hoping (as a joke) that the examiners would be checking the learner's privilege as well as their driving skills. After all, this is 2020? Read more
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Uglier than the existing car and why make it lower? we have a current I20 and this car is far too low making access unnecessarily difficult. Our car often also bottoms out over speed bumps! also hope they have improved build quality Hyundai used to be good and the product from the Korean factories is far superior to the Indian and Turkish plants (where the current car is built). Our car has suffered corrosion issues (boot replaced), water ingress issues and the DAB radio has now gone wrong..Hyundai UK customer services is also shocking. Hyundai need to concentrate less on adding unneeded gadgets on the card and go back to being the value orientated reliable products that they once made.. We will not be buying Hyundai again... Read more
I thought coasting was now illegal as well as inadvisable. I enjoyed coasting over 50 years ago by using the transmission freewheel on my 1955 Rover 60, but I would not like to try it in today's traffic.
The Hyundai i20 used to be a sensible reliable budget priced car which appealed to the older driver, people like myself, who will be alienated by the latest version loaded with too much "tech" which they do not want or understand.Presumably Hyundai are hoping to attract younger buyers, but many image obsessed young people would not be seen dead in a Hyundai.
The 120 is just another example of a manufacturer producing complicated cars which they think we ought to buy, rather than uncomplicated cars which we actually want. I predict that many older drivers will hang onto their existing cars in protest.
Re online service history: When I bought my used Mazda (who also store it all online) my non-Mazda dealer logged in and printed off the service history for me. I then bought a generic service book off Ebay for subsequent services. When I come to sell and I can present all this info as evidence of service history. My advice is don't buy the car unless the dealer is willing to print off the service history first. Read more
No, he wouldn’t have been done for 41km/h on a 40 road. The French system is to take your measured speed (in this instance 46km/h) then deduct 5km/h as a margin of error. This becomes your official recorded speed, and is the basis on which the fine is calculated. The letter from the French police will show both numbers. The back of the ticket explains, in simple French, how the margin of error (“Marge technique*”) is calculated.
Re: Power sharing
Try petrol prices.com or confused.com for fuel price comparison in your area. Although not always up to date as it relies on users reports. Read more
RE Sticky Situation:
Possible snapped/damaged clutch return spring.
I had this in an old MK2 Focus, reversing out my parking space at work one night (sounded like a gunshot going off, i nearly wet myself), it was a pig to replace, near 2 hours labour for a part that cost less than £5 due to part of the dash being removed, but never had it happen again, many Ford/Mazda/Subaru cars later.
Local indy Ford dealer had to follow Ford repair guide as they had never had to replace one, so got some discount on costs, as they were learning as they went.
pedal can be pulled back into place with foot, but will feel spongey, but car perfectly drivable, worth checking for sure.
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rear demister & wiper ok . followed the wires back to the loom checked the earth all seem ok.
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