June 2020
Hey fellow car lovers!
Just a bit of fun to beat the boredom! I've found this super hard petrol head quiz that I'm convinced is impossible to get full marks on - I could only get 3 haha!
Here's the quiz - link deleted- Let me know how you get on :D
I'll be amazed if you can get more than 4 aha!... Read more
The automatic MOT extensions are coming to an end on 31 July.
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-mots-for-cars-vans-and-motorcycles-due-from-30-march-2020 Read more
Oh botheration! Car will be 3 years old first week of August, serviced regularly to keep 5 year warranty active, I was rather hoping on a 6 month delay and to combine next service and MOT at a reduced price with dealer. Waste of a morning for me!
At least there is some notice time so I've been able to book the MOT with the franchise dealer who regularly services the car, in preference to a local unknown who may well discount the MOT price to find faults that don't exist....
Hello all.
A few years ago this forum recommended we buy a Peugeot 108 and it’s been excellent. Therefore, I thought I’d get your feedback and suggestions as we add another car to our family.
Some background; I used to have a large enough company car for family use. COVID-19 has recently cost me my job and car so we need something big enough for family use (the 108 with a 2.4 family, dog and two small bikes is stressful to pack let alone drive!).
My wife likes the higher driving position of an SUV and my previous x-trail worked well.
Our ideal car would be a Qashqui but with a budget of £8-9k options are limited / come out aged or with high mileage.
We have seen several Dacia Dusters with our budget and surprisingly my wife likes them when we looked around a forecourt yesterday.
Many are 1.5 diesels. Due to our low mileage (currently) I’m concerned after being bitten badly with a Peugeot engined Fiesta TDCi’s injectors,ERG and DPF. Are the Dacia diesels suitable for potential longer term 5-10m mileage or should I head towards petrol?
Any other feedback on the Duster’s which seem incredible value? We’re not expecting the refinement of a Qashqui obviously!
We also like the look of Peugeot 2008 (preferably 1.2 puretech petrol) and a few come within budget but they didn’t seem to offer the same value.
The only petrol, low usb mileage / aged Qashqui we have found has the twin cam Renault engine which I have read can be troublesome. The fact that it’s considerably cheaper than others raises my eyebrows www.evanshalshaw.com/search/details/nissan/qashqai.../
We live in semi-rural Northamptonshire for ideas red usage.
Many thanks in advance.
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Expanding the search to estate cars has brought up this which was recommended as ‘basic bang for buck’ by a colleague. Any good ? - I haven’t noticed any around but can see that for the money it’s spacious (not as big as a Duster) and low mileage. Equivalent models from other makes seem more expensive ....
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Why the dvla does not change the mot dates accordingly?
Until the dvla keeps showing the old, and wrong dates there will be uncertainty and confusion.
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The existing MOT certificate was extended for 6 months from it's original expiry date. At the end of this period the car will need an MOT which will be valid for a further 12 months. What makes you think it would be any less?
The expiry date on the DVLA website for any existing MOT will get 6 months added a few days before it would have expired, up to the end of July. I guess it is done this way as the end of this extension period was unknown when it started.
This is my understanding of the situation.
My car service is overdue. I do very low mileage 2,000 miles p.a.
I would have booked it in, if is was n't for the virus, but wonder how safe it is taking the car to the garage?... Read more
Sorry but if you read the original post OP lives with a vulnerable person so after 3 months of lock down I would have thought the answer was obvious! 2000 miles and contemplating an oil change do you really think people need to ask? As to his last post I am sorry but I dread to think what his main dealer is using for washer fluid.
So I own a Ford Focus mk1 (truly the bane of my life) the problem started as my Speedo dropping to zero (nothing else only the Speedo). Then it happened again but my miles went to dash dash dash then blank, but when I started the car again it appeared fine. After a couple of weeks of the Speedo being fine then it started to play up again and now my abs light has come on. Now the abs light comes on and goes off whenever it likes. Checked the car for codes and none have been found. So decided new speed sensor, we got it fitted and figured problem solved. Nope. The Speedo hasn’t dropped to zero but it is very jumpy, usually ok at lower speeds but anything over 40 and it starts jumping. And also the abs light is still coming off and on when it pleases.
So we decided to jack the car, wheels off checked abs sensor seemed fine. Decided to change gear box oil. Took the car a run and abs light went off but Speedo kept jumping. Then when I switched my headlights on the radio turned off. When I tried to get it to do it again it the lights came on and the radio stayed on.
Sorry for rambling but anyone have any ideas? I’m planning on buying a new car anyway but I still need to keep this running for a couple of months. All thoughts and ideas welcome! Read more
when you jack it up check the latteral movement on the driveshafts where they come out the gearbox.
early fords were prone to diff bearings wearing, often diagnosed by a wavering speedo that may or may not stop working when going round a sharp bend and ABS lights coming on at random....
I have a 2010 Auris 1.3 petrol which suffers from loss of oil. I believe this is related to the black soot on the inside of the exhaust pipe, (this was corroborated by another Auris owner on this Forum.) In every other way the car is fine. But regularly topping up the oil is a nuisance. Now (as mentioned in another thread) I have recently paid a deposit on a 2016 Verso 1.8 petrol (approx 30k miles) and I did find the exhaust pipe was a bit black inside, though better than the Auris. I assumed it would be OK, but it was blacker than some of the other Verso's we looked at.
But I have just now looked at the exhaust pipe on our 17 yr old Honda Stream - spotless. This is causing some slight buyer's remorse. It would be annoying, to say nothing more, if the Verso is burning as much oil as the Auris when it reaches the same age. ... Read more
Sounds wonderful. Unfortunately I am already committed to another luck bringing organisation. The Church of the Holy Mackerel. Services every Sunday at 5am sharp at the Serpentine in Hyde Park. Don't forget to bring your lucky elephants foot and a copy of David icke's latest pearls of wisdom. See you there.
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How do you make Sandawana Oil? Do you have to squeeze them raw or perhaps extract the oil by cooking.
Are they that rare, never seen one....
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I saved the old wheels when I scrapped my old w210 estate. They are fitted with 3 almost new tyres 215/55/16. The wheels themselves are pretty ropey.... Read more
So, my 89 year old father needs a ignition key re coding for his Peugeot Partner 2009, so he took it to a dealer and they told him that because the key is not a genuine one that it would be risky to recode this key as it may make both keys not work again? So they quoted him £200 for two new keys.
I'm no expert but it sounds like nonsense, what do you guys think? Read more
There's a locksmith on the Peugeot forums who will cut and code Peugeot keys for over half that price.
If you have the key PIN code card that came with the car you can get a blank key online and then find someone local with Peugeot Planet to code it to your car....
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7. About right. This from Wikipaedia.....
On its launch in 1959 the British Motor Corporation's Mini car was sold at a starting price (including taxes) of £496 for its most basic model, and it was estimated that BMC lost £30 per car sold at this price. However, the headline-grabbing price was significantly lower than that of the car's contemporary rival, the Ford Anglia—indeed the only cheaper four-wheeled, four-seater car on the British car market at the time was very basic and old-fashioned Ford Popular, which sold for only £2 less than the basic Mini. While BMC lost money on every basic Mini sold, such cars were unattractive to many buyers since they lacked features such as heaters, floor carpets and opening rear windows and BMC priced the better-equipped models (which cost from £537) to make a small profit, using the basic car as a loss-leader to allow the promotion of a starting price below the significant £500 mark and to make the Mini at least appear to undercut its main rival on price. The ploy did not work entirely as BMC intended—even in its most basic form, the Mini was far superior in many areas to its rivals while also being lower in price. BMC sold far more basic Minis than it had anticipated, meaning that it sold many Minis at a significant loss. Despite the car being a bestseller in Britain (and several other markets) it made little to no profit for many years.