October 2020
Just decided to p/x my near 4 year old Abarth 595 Turismo for a brand new stock 595c at a main London dealer. Finally collected the car this week and found various issues on arrival. Rear number plate light not working, chip out of a sill spoiler, car needed half a litre of oil, front bumper had been drilled despite my request that I would get the plates and a dirty passenger seat. I voiced my concerns and was promised these would be rectified. On closer inspection at home I noticed the front badge was de laminating already, the wipers don't wipe properly and the final nail in the coffin was a sticker stating the car was made in May 2019! I checked the tyres, they say April 2019. I now know why there are these issues, the car has sat filthy and un cared for for nearly a year and a half. This to me is not a NEW car despite being new at first registration. What to do? I changed car so all the trim and parts are fresh and will not need changing. I feel I was totally mis sold and would have never bought this car knowing it's age. My old car was 2.5 years old when this was made so why would I want it? I did ask the sales man 3 times how old the car was and he never actually answered me. I feel this eas deliberate as he knew I would not buy the car knowing this fact. I also know it will jot ne worth the money when I come to sell. What to do? Read more
Hmmm, two Fords, two Vauxhalls and a Peugeot - no VW group motors or German, Swedish makes. Makes you wonder a little. Would never buy a Ford, Vauxhall or French car - poor quality. Read more
Interesting that nobody has mentioned the D word - depreciation. If you have a 6 -16 year old car there is no further depreciation of note. Whereas a new car loses 50% or more of its value in the first 3 years and continues. If you have an older car that with attention will continue to provide acceptable transport, why scrap it?
If you have a 16 year old car it may be gaining classic status, benefiting from reduced insurance costs and perhaps slowly increasing in value.
My wife has a 3 and half year old car purchased new, which averaged out has lost over £400 a month, every month, to which you must add higher servicing and insurance costs. Parts are expensive when required due to the technology.
Whereas I have a Swedish car over 30 years old which is slowly appreciating in value and doesn't cost me £400 a month. Parts are cheaper and generally still available and servicing is considerably cheaper as it is done by marque specialists.
Hi guys, hoping you could help me out here, I have a VW Golf 2011 1.6 TDI. It shows up clutch when trying to start. A quality garage has changed the clutch switch, it worked for about half an hour, it has been on various garage computers and brings nothing up on the fault codes. Another garage has removed all the earth leads as some was corroded and replaced all. It worked ok for 3 days and back to normal, not starting. Any idea guys. The garages it has been to are very reputable, it's had a new battery as well. Read more
Apparently some of these clutch switch thingies auto adjust, so if you go around poking it to see if it works, you can shorten its actuating plunger thingie to the point where it doesn't, because it is no longer sufficiently depressed by the clutch pedal
Dunno if this applies to VW's. The example I heard of was on a Ford Mustang
Hello all, I am currently going round in circles trying to choose my next car. I currently drive a 66 plate Volvo v40 which I love, but the boot space is just too small for our ever growing puppy (vizsla), also the MPG is not great either. My budget is £11,000, the car will mostly be used for commuting to my office during the week (20miles) and weekend drives (50-100 miles) for dog walks in the Scottish countryside. I’m looking for a reliable car that we will keep for the next 5 years. I put an offer in for a Honda Civic estate 2017 petrol but the dealer is not budging on list price. Any recommendations would be fully appreciated. Read more
“ Ford Focus estates too: they don't have the same reputation for reliability as the Japanese, but there are plenty to choose from, and if you find one with FSH and moderate mileage it should serve you well.”
Stick with the 1.5 diesel though, don’t buy a 1.0 Ecoboost or anything fitted with a Powershift auto. I like the Focus as a drivers car and older gen models were as reliable as the Japs because the petrol versions mostly used Japanese engines but later 1.0 Ecoboost models have a poor reputation.
That rules out the Rio for me. No torque converter auto. Read more
Plug-In Hybrids No Greener, Or Even Worse, Than ICE Models, Study Finds
BY Sergiu Tudose | Posted on October 17, 2020 13
According to a recent study, most plug-in hybrid models aren’t more environmentally friendly than their regular combustion engine counterparts due to their limited all-electric range. Furthermore, if PHEVs aren’t regularly charged, their CO2 emissions can actually be worse than those of a conventional gasoline or diesel model.
The study concludes with German researchers saying that regulators and governments must stop giving PHEVs excessively beneficial treatments.
While such a conclusion only serves as ammunition for critics of the technology, German premium carmakers in particular have embraced plug-in hybrid systems as an effective way to reduce CO2 emissions.
front end looks like boris johnson
rear end looks like selina gomez Read more
Seriously ugly from all angles. Dreadful grille, nasty cheap looking plastic around the exhausts. BMW have never made a decent-looking sports car and certainly the early Z Series were soggy to drive. But that's just my opinion. I'm not a BMW hater.....I own a 520D Touring.
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