September 2020
I put small scratch ( took off a layer of paint) on Kia Sportage in supermarket car park. Offered to pay for repair, and owner has advised cost will be £100 - £150 but when I asked for proof of the repair cost, or getting invoice sent to me, so I can pay for the repair, the owner refused. What is my legal position? Read more
Bypassed the matrix 10 years ago after a leak. Just got the time/weather/bottle to replace it (£9.09 Eurocarparts) but now can't rememberr which way the hoses go back. The one hose connecting to the matrix has a temp sensor. Is that the inlet? If so do I connect the hose coming from the top of the head and throttle body to the inlet Read more
Thanks for the replies. removing the dash was the worst job i have attempted on the car, hidden fittings and brittle plastic was just a couple of the problems i encountered. the only saviour was that i didn't have to remove the heater box as there was just enough clearance when the box was pulled back and some of the sound deadened cut to lift the matrix out.
DeLorean cars had pressed stainless steel body panels which had some complex curves, although the car didn't exactly have curvaceous styling!
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I have a 1986 - D- registration Ford Fiesta 1.1 popular with 26000 miles on her, but the clutch pedal seems fine , not too firm ? And not to stiff , but when clutch pressed down and gears selected and clutch let back out there’s no gears or drive / movement, can feel gears being selected in car , and rods moving underneath , been on fiesta forums , advice varies from clutch / stuck , clutch quadrant in pedal, gear rods of box , and someone said hub: shaft nut near side Nut might be loose as this is the primary drive ? And drive shafts mentioned
Any help greatly welcome to get my fez back on the road , any one had similar problems ? Read more
iirc the clamp comes loose on the gearbox rod to lever, they often needed checking to make sure they were tight, if not they didn`t change gears
clutch quadrant was a common failure on those and could slowly burn the clutch out and were a pain to change if you`ve not done one before, not many liked doing them....
This is a subject I've had in mind recently and was reinforced by a recent post by SLO76 (who knows what he's talking about). I was looking for that post to quote it but can't find it.
I bought a 'Used Approved' - suckered by the advertising - and it didn't go well. Perhaps my experience, and what I discovered about the process may inform others. Read more
Thanks Joe, your story is much appreciated. What did you buy as a replacement?
In the last 18 months have bought a used Fiesta from a Ford dealer with low miles, to find it needed a new condenser and had suspension issues. They replaced the condenser, but still issues with the air con. The car was at the garage more than in my possession, so fed up traded it in losing £1100 in 3 months at another Ford dealer for a Mazda 2. That also had issues, new 12 month mot yet leaking shock absorbers and other issues. Again at the dealership more than in my possession and even their mechanic reversed it into a post. Let them fix it, but far too many lies. Sold it to we buy any car after 5 months losing another £1000. Know of three separate mechanics who have bought from dealerships recently and each used car has issues despite the supposed checks, one being my son. So if mechanics miss things, we need to depend on a solid warranty!...
Yet another poorly-thought-out wheeze (and likely one that is more about getting rid of cars completely and reveneue-raising than anything else) from a council. I also bet that the residents in that road never paid in full for the ANPR camers(s), but all council residents.
It's perfectly legitimate for residents of roads used as 'rat runs' to pressure the Council. It's also legitimate for the Councils to put in controls. The difficult bit is getting the balance right, particularly if the roads closed are in better off neighbourhoods and those adversely affected less so. ...
Hi, on my 2008 audi a3 the OE radio will not turn on, was like this from when I got it. I believe the previous owner had fitted an aftermarket radio at a stage as when removed I noticed a lot of extra wires with various plugs/aux and even a wire running over to the fuse box inside?
On the back of the original radio it still has the correct multiplug style fitting, when I ran a scan using VCDS it said "Radio - Status: Cannot be reached". I have also replaced the fuse on the back of radio but no different. ... Read more
First thing I would do, is get the wiring back to original. Cut out any aftermarket wiring and work from there . If you do go down the s/hand radio route, don’t forget the replacement unit will be security coded . This could present more problems .
There’s a huge mileage discrepancy on our car purchased 2 years ago, that’s only just come to light. We've verified the figures by contacting BMW (they are not the dealership we bought the car from) to get the electronic service history (not supplied to us previously) and unfortunately they are correct. I looks to have been clocked by 120k miles just before its first MOT. We purchased the car believing it had 30k but it already had 150k miles. The MOT readings we are now all incorrect. The dealer is huge, branches all over the country. Their website states they do full history, servicing and mileage checks on used cars. They've said the HPI they did 2 years ago was fine. We’ve seen it and it looks questionable. The car way purchased using the dealers finance (HP agreement) so each month we’ve been paying for a car which we now know wasn’t worth anything like we thought. We want to return the car under the terms of the finance agreement but are worried they will be allowed to re-value it in light of the mileage. Where do we stand and would anyone who is knowledgeable about dealerships’ HPI checks be able to take a look at their report for us to confirm if it was in fact a partial check and didn’t include mileage? Any advice appreciated. Read more
If you still have the original invoice check to make sure they haven’t recorded the mileage as being incorrect on it. If you’ve signed it then it could be seen in a court that you knew and signed anyway.
I was involved in a case many many years ago on a Mazda 626 (shows you how long ago) which we had for sale at £3995. It was reading 50,000 miles but had no service record and we weren’t able to verify the mileage. The car was in good condition and drove perfectly but we believed the mileage to be incorrect and we priced it as though it had done 100,000 miles and someone quickly bought it. Two years later when they went to trade it in a mileage discrepancy flagged up when another dealer done a search (ours showed nothing) and duly marked the cars part exchange value down heavily. The angry customer then sought compensation from us despite having bought the car at a reduced price to take into account the question over mileage to start with and having had two years of trouble free motoring.
To cut the story short, trading standards got involved and it went to court. The documents we presented showed the buyers signature on an order form which stated “mileage should be regarded as incorrect” and again on the invoice. The judge threw the case out and went through the two trading standards officers who’d spent tax payers money pursuing it in front of everyone.
I hope you see success here but your situation is a prime example of how not to buy any car, let alone a complex prestige model. You didn’t take a knowledgeable person with you to view the car, anyone with a reasonable knowhow would’ve spotted such a massive mileage discrepancy in the basic condition of the car and you didn’t ask to see the service record which is absolutely vital to the reliability and resale of such a vehicle. I’d take this as a lesson in life and learn from it.
If the dealer carried out all checks and no discrepancy showed and if they’ve priced the car substantially less than equivalent examples and you’ve signed an order form showing the mileage should be disregarded then I fear you’ll get nowhere and should instead just get rid of the thing as soon as possible either by trading it in or sending it to auction and taking what you can get for it.
Your best hope is through the finance company as already said but again it all depends on what you’ve signed.
A friend has had his left leg amputated below the knee. He was wondering what modifications he needs to do to continue riding his BMW? And what other ontrols would need/adapting if the gear change went to the handlebars? Read more
For left foot disability worth looking at the Klicktronic system. www.kliktronic.co.uk.
Don't think it would need any other adaptions....
My friend who has had his left leg amputated below the knee has read about stump clutches. Has anyone got experience of one and how they find it? He said that he cannot imagine having good clutch control through a prothesis. Read more
I think you've mentioned this before. Did Disabled Motoring UK get a suggestion?
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Assuming the other party will sign a receipt as full and final settlement of damage, i'd be accepting the amount talked about as getting off lightly.
The alternative, if the other party lets a claims management shark loose could be an equivalent credit hire car for two weeks minumum and an inflated bodyshop bill of £500+, that £150 could well end up @ £2500 and your insurance record severely dented....