September 2020
Hi experts...
I am looking for a nice little runaround to share with my Son and Daughter who are 25 and 19. We will do less than 5k miles a year. I checked the insurance on all the above cars and its fine where we live for all of us as I will be the main driver anyway and I'm mature ( haha )... Read more
How come there is a class action lawsuit for the Ford dual clutch automatic gearboxes, but there is no such class action for the e-HDi gearboxes which are woeful?
I have such a gearbox on my 2013 508 e-HDi, and it is a well known fact that these jump out of first, only to decide to slam back into first gear again. Happened to me today, again, driving along in a queue at about 4mph.... Read more
Because Americans?
After I'd paid £50 to get my AC topped up, and seen how easy it was - basically easier than pumping up a bike tyre, I thought, ho ho - I decided to get the necessary gas & hose and do it myself next time. Which looked to be going fine, until I discovered that the (male) thread on the can doesn't engage with the thread on the hose. It's *really* close - both look to be 1/2", and to look at them you'd swear they're a perfect match...but they won't connect.
The can's a bog standard R134a can, as far as I can see (about the size of a coke can, with a threaded stub in the top) and the hose is just one of a gazillion listed on ebay/amazon, with a pressure gauge and a fitting on one end that *does* fit the connector on the car, and one on the other that looks like it should fit the can - but doesn't. Thanks if you can offer any ideas/suggestions/enlightenment. Read more
Please don’t get me wrong, I’m all for diy , on some jobs . I’ve spent over 10 k on tools equipment and training to obtain my F gas certificate for gas handling to do the job properly. I feel totally gutted now . I could have gone out and bought a can of easy puff for £50 or less and done the job that way . So please tell me how much gas is now in the system ??
Exactly. I'm also qualified in the safe handling of refrigerant gas and the evacuation and recharging of automotive air conditioning systems. Makes me wonder why I bothered.
My Fiat Doblo van had no charge when I went to start it. I connected jump cables to my VW Sharan and left it connected for 20 minutes and then went to start the Doblo. It took maybe 30 secs of turning over slowly before it started, but it did start. I left the cables connected for about a minute and then disconnected the negative cable from the Doblo chassis and the engine immediately stopped.
Anyone know why?... Read more
I thought that when using jump leads the idea was to keep the engine of the 'donor' car running ? Or is that a no-no with 21st-century electronics ?
Just noticed what an attractive small suv the Matrix is.
Designed by Giugario ? Spelling and Hyundai reliability .Even in diesel format... Read more
Avoid the petrol manual unless you like paying out for gearboxes
Avoid the petrol auto unless you like 20mpg
The 1.5 diesel was ok
daughter went and bought a 3 year old Baleno from main dealer. 9 or 10 days later I'm in the passenger seat, boiling hot day, so I try the aircon. (Daughter knows nothing about cars - didn't know what aircon even was)
Waiting, waiting - air doesn't get any colder. So dealer failed to check it - OR forgot to tell her on the long test drive they did.... Read more
I have current/very recent experience of successfully rejecting a 2016 Baleno and of failure of its air-con system (that wasn't what I rejected it for). I'll post more about it shortly because I think it could be useful to others.
There is stuff you need to know and do now before the 30 day time limit expires....
I've been advised i should idle my fabia 1.9tdi 57 plate to cool the turbo
Is this correct? ... Read more
Thank you for the link and info
My fabia 2 1.9tdi 57 plate has a flat spot in acceleration in 1 2 3rd gears.id like to improve the performance (acceleration) a bit.
Please can somebody advise me on remapping engine and possibly recommend a good service provider? ... Read more
OOh i didnt realise i had to check codes 1st (complete novice with cars). Will ask mechanic friend to check if any codes showing 1st). And report back here
Yet another bargain from Volvo (easy budgeting because it covers all the essentials apart from fuel, with the option of adding insurance.) costing you only £8,388 a year. I prefer my money in my pocket I purchased a top of the range Dacia Sandero ( £8500. OTR. with a spare wheel, it has been faultless. ok it's not a Volvo or a BMW) but in 4 years I would have saved £25,164 and I still have a car whereas those that have taken up this fantastic offer from Volvo would have nothing.
So a five year ownership of the Dacia = £8,500 + SERVICING .+ £20 road tax yearly... Read more
I suppose it's competitive - when compared to other hugely expensive EVs.
It's been a few years since EVs first went on sale but those prices are still not getting any cheaper. More range maybe, but certainly not cheaper as people were led to believe as they became more popular.
I still can't possibly consider an EV as a good way to spend my money. Even if it cost nothing at all to run (which they don't as electricity isn't free, especially if you buy it away from home, they still need to be insured, which is probably very expensive as they accelerate like a rocket, serviced, covered for breakdowns that they can't be towed from, and wear and tear items like any other car) it would still take many years to recoup the price difference with an ICE car that fits my requirements for a family car .
And by then it would probably need a new battery costing many thousands of pounds too. Read more
Another nail in the British car industry coffin. With foreign manufacturers not investing in the UK to produce EV vehicles here and the Government shooting it's self in the proverbial foot by offering grants to buy foreign EV's and bringing forward the date to stop ICE vehicles manufactured here how can the UK survive.
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Less confusing and more helpful to Logger if we just have one thread.