February 2021
Hi all I just bought this car last wednesday and had it in for an MOT and service the day after .It majorly failed its MOT and the garage has quoted me £1280 just for the repairs , the mechanic said something along the lines of for the dust cover failures for his type of car he can only get the parts from renualt and has to go into the subframe to access it and also for the door handle he will have to strip it down to find the problem ( which is obvious ) however again said he can only get the parts from renault and hence why the quote is so high . The parts he needed actually cost more than the labour. The headlights i know is something electrical and again he said it will need a new comms unit to fix ( something else very expensive ) but he also said all of this without really looking for the problems he said he ' just had a quick gander' . Now i know nothing about cars and only bought the thing for £550 but before i send it for scrap i want to know is what the garage is quoting me expensive for the repairs needed ?
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Hi all,
I hope everyone is ok and keeping safe!... Read more
Fuel gauges are marked as linear but in my experience tend not to be in real life. My present car drifts down to 1/4 full the drops like a stone. As others have said, brim it then refill after a good few miles to get a truer measure.
It can't be disasterously high consumption if the computer reads so high. But again these are notoriously inaccurate too so only treat it as a rough figure.
Been reading an article in Autocar magazine (from 2nd December last year) celebrating 100 years of Mazda. It was an interesting piece, lots of stuff in there I was completely unaware of, but very much highlighting the innovation and determination to 'go their own way', bucking the accepted trends and methods of the times.
A few things jumped out, first of these were the fact that from 1987 through into the 90's, Mazda were the official importers of Citroen cars into Japan, starting with the BX. They also, for a short time (no dates given), sold Lancia cars. Both of these were done through Mazda's own portfolio of 'brands', Citroen being sold through Eunos dealers, and Lancia by Autozam. ... Read more
One of my disappointments about Mazda is related to the (testbed) emissions issue - even though their cars (especially the [non-rotary] petrol engined ones) from the last few years appear to get far closer to the tested CO2 and mpg levels, because they didn't follow the route most others did with small capacity turbopetrols, they are now disadvantaged in Europe as what cars they can sell at a reasonable price, because of the corporate CO2 rules/fines per sale.
It means then a large chunk of their range of both cars (mainly larger MPVs) and especially higher output petrol engines are not available in the UK/EU, the 2.5L and 2.5T not being available in the last two veersions of the Mazda3 being the biggest disappointment for me. They are Down Under and especially in North America, but I'm certainly not upping sticks half way around the world just to be able to buy the car I want!...
Good afternoon all.
Having recently separated from my wife I'm thinking of getting myself a new car. Most will know I had a 10 yet old Suzuki sx4 that I've owned from new and it's been an excellent car never letting me down. ... Read more
For a cheap luxo barge, why not consider an Audi A8? Lots around, parts not a problem and whatever the age they don't rust.
I have change the clutch and slave cylinder.
When I go to bleed the clutch hydraulics, i open the bleed nipple, it come out clean no air, I close the nipple.... Read more
I've only done clutch slave cylinder on a Morris Marina when dinosaurs (though not many Morris Marina's) roamed the earth. Can't remember having a problem, but memory is hazy.
I'd suggest getting an enema syringe and cycling fluid through the system. Since you can both suck and blow, and can generate quite a lot of pressure, this is effective at clearing bubbles, doesn't use a lot of fluid, and is MUCH cheaper than the commercial pressure and vacuum bleeding systems ,...
Current wet weather has caused widespread flooding, as has been the case in a few recent winters.
Just by way of contrast, I came upon this reminder that we also sometimes have unusually dry spells - I remember this operation in 1995, passing convoys of water tankers on the A1 and on local roads.... Read more
Looks a gimmick to me. www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-tesla-%E2%...k Read more
Looks a gimmick to me. www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-tesla-%E2%...k
Hmm...............
At least two posts have gone missing from the "Ford Radio Codes" thread. Earlier today, someone asked for a radio code, which I gave. If the poster comes back, there is now nothing for him to see. Read more
If I log in on my pc, the posts are all up to date. On the app I can see that someone has commented, but going through to read it nothing is there.
I always work on a PC. Just now I expect to find a post on this thread several minutes later than yours - it's not visible. So it may depend on the browser: here it's Chrome under W-10....
Why the headlights in many modern cars started to go downward from bonnet level? Quite a few cars like Nissan Juke, Hyundai Tucson, Skoda Kamiq etc?
Traditionally the parking lights were below headlights, where as now parking lights are above headlights in many cars!
Is it just a fashion statement or there is some logic behind it? Read more
Bangernomics, eh Andy?!
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Would be if they worked, but, as I said, I think that's unlikely....