January 2021
Gents, I'm currently compiling a short list of cars to replace my Mokka, currently on the list are the new Corsa, in Sri spec and a Suzuki Ignis in sz5 spec with 4 wheel drive, whatever I choose will be new rather than used.
Anyone got either car? be interested in your impressions please, there's no rush as I'm not looking to replace the mokka until September. Read more
Odd one here folks I'm hoping has a straightforward answer I simply can't see - like many others I imagine, my car (Seat Ibiza Mk III 2008) has been basically sat on a driveway for a year, so I've had battery issues. I bought a mains-powered trickle charger as a stopgap until it's safe to go out and get it either reconditioned or replaced.
The confusion I have is with my boot light. A few months ago while at the supermarket I noticed it was no longer working, and assumed the bulb had gone. I didn't bother to change it and put it on my list of to-do's for some future point. The other day, though, I happened to notice that it was working again - specifically when the trickle charger was connected.... Read more
My Peugeot is the same age and lapses into Eco mode if it's done nothing for a day or two, and especially if the battery is a bit down.
I'm off till this all stops.
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I'm sure that's true for the normal type of spammer - a chancer trying to advertise their own product or service for free, and failing.
But there's nothing rational about post after post of d*****, all more or less identical. This is some stupid form of software that's got out of control, and it's what our IT people are looking into now,
Due to the pandemic, motor dealers have learnt how to conduct transactions online and allow contactless handovers. For many dealers, online car sales have increased rapidly over the period, becoming an essential tool. We want to know how you feel about these changes:
Nah, they all wear back-to-front baseball caps, innit?
My daughter passed her driving test around 5 years ago, and although occasionally driving her boyfriend's SUV she has never had her own car.
She now wants to buy a 'first' car - around £4.5k - and has enlisted my help. I have worked on plenty of cars over the years; clutches, timing belts, even a couple of full engine rebuilds. But I'm a bit rusty now (owned Toyotas for the past 15 years and they've never needed more than routine servicing and pads/discs).... Read more
i believe the i1o has many water pump failures
Apparently not very good at low speed. twitter.com/TheTVGrump/status/1353390918351597572 Read more
Came up with my own answer for this,
Jaguar - For when you nicked something off of somebody.
A couple of questions regarding MOT fine. Yes I made the mistake of letting my car run out of MOT by I believe 11 days. It was right on top of Xmas, stress levels very high, 2 kids, finding out I was pregnant, I totally forgot. I was driving and got pulled over by the police, who said it was overdue etc. Some people have said I was lucky as it can get towed away etc. But the police just said, don’t worry you may only get a warning, if not £100 fine.
I wasn’t naive I was fully expecting the £100 fine within 28 days which I got a few days ago. Was my own fault so no issue. Will admit I was a little bit hoping I would only get a warning and the lockdown, 11 days overdue etc would be in my favour. No I got the fine.
My question is who decides the fine/warning, how is it decided? What factors are looked at. I had a friend who went 5 months over without an MOT yet she got away with just a warning????seems bizarre that I was 11 days over and got a fine, and she got away with it???.
I have no offences, no tickets etc so it can’t be decided on that basis??? Can anyone shed any light into what happened. Quite frustrating when you look at it.
Also is it worth appealing with the above argument?? Or should I just bite the bullet and pay it? Like I say it’s totally my own fault Read more
The length of time MOT has expired will decide what action generally.
Just over - roadside warning....
Typically people bought diesels for following reasons:
1. High torque at low RPM. Modern turbo diesels have similar kind of torque. So this is no longer a diesel only feature.
2. Better mileage. Now with pandemic 5 days long commute every day is not coming back. So need for long commute will be much less. More so, when people are not commuting long, especially the situation now, car will be used for short journeys which is bad for DPF.
So why one would go for diesel - unless having specific needs like large 4x4 in farms etc.? Read more
Diesels will continue due to manufacturers having Co2 targets in the EU
Some very good pre reg deals on diesels
Hi everyone. I hope you're all well.
I have been advised by an auto electrician that although my X5 has enough power in the battery to start and drive my car, it hasnt enough power in the cells to work all the electrics properly hence battery light comes on when using electrics. Basically buy a new battery!... Read more
just an update. i bought a new exide battery. the auto electrician fitted it, coded it to the car and deleted lots of fault codes that kept coming back previously. i did around 400 miles over the next couple of week, some motorways and some a roads and went back to the auto electrician who scanned the car and showed me it was fault free.
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Hello, I have noticed that my car is making a strange whooping noise when I am at 2500 rpm upwards. It especially happens in 3rd gear and seems to rise with rpm, it also goes down with rpm when letting off the accelerator. The noise goes as soon as I press the clutch down and doesn't seem to do it when stationary and revving. There isn't any vibration or any other symptoms other than that noise.
Any ideas? Read more
For anyone who is interested, I found out what the noise was and it was the rear drivers side wheel bearing. I got both rears done for a very good price and the noise has completely disappeared. Strange that it stopeed when the clutch was depressed but in my case it was the wheel bearings.
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Not wishing to derail the thread, but I have been surprised to find that some SUVs are almost as big as their apparently bigger estate car cousins. A couple of years ago I was in the market for a new Volvo V60 and while hanging around in the showroom for the salesman to finish whatever he was doing I had a good look over an XC40. It’s shorter than a V60 but runs it a close second for interior space. More recently I also wanted to downsize from a large estate car (incredibly useful workhorses) and came to the view that a mid-size SUV would meet the smaller car requirement without any drastic loss of load-carrying space. I find myself carrying the same sort of loads as you, except a spouse’s artwork.