April 2021
To enable Citroen to gain traction in the premium sector the company is to make rebadged Audis. www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/new-ds-9-saloo...p
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Living in rural Dorset you need to be able to drive.
I passed my test within 3 months of my 17th birthday. All our kids were out driving on their birthdays. Two of them passed within a year but my oldest son took four attempts....
Good morning. Does anyone have any particular recommendations for short term (ie 2-3 days) learner driver insurance, to cover my son for a few days while he is home from university to do some practice driving on my car (he has his provisional licence, and has had professional lessons - I'm just wanting to take him out so he can build experience)?
There are plenty of companies out there offering this insurance, so I'm asking in case anyone has had either good or bad experiences with any particular companies recently. Adding him as a named driver to the current policy is ludicrously expensive, but I know one can get this sort of cover for a much more reasonable rate.... Read more
Decision made - however to add to the thread we also used Marmalade when our son was learning to drive. Seemed to work well.
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I just refuse to buy a car online. I expect to see the car I wish to buy, I also wish to sit in the passenger seat and witness how the sales person drives it givng me time to listen for the rattles, watch the corrective movements on the steering wheel study how the posture of the sales rep may be compromised by the layout of the controls, listen very carefully as the car accelerates and brakes. This also tends to make the sales rep shut up and concentrate on driving while it allows me to take in the small details which allow me to make a decision.I shall continue not to spend money on a car until I can see and ride in the car I buy before decide to buy. Read more
Agree totally, it’s a very expensive item, and careful consideration is needed before purchase
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I bought a 2008 C Max 3 weeks ago. Mileage 126,000. The guy said he hadn't used it much during lockdown. When I put fuel in it, it took a while for the fuel gauge to move. OH plugged it in before the drive home and it said fuel pressure sensor code, but the gauge gradually came up as we were discussing the car. I noticed exhaust fumes filling the cabin on the 2 hour drive home. Tried to get DPF to regen manually and then took to a garage to force it. Neither worked. Then Engine Management light came on. Codes said DPF was at fault. ... Read more
OK so now I've replaced the exhaust temperature sensor and the code is gone, along with the engine management light, but another code has flagged up!
P2459 - something about regen not OK or something? This code cannot be removed, but no management light on. ...
My diesel Econetic Focus Estate Mk2 recently gave up the ghost and I am now in the market for a new estate car.
I have narrowed it down to three cars. My budget is 12/13K and I am looking at an Octavia Estate, Superb Estate (if the money will stretch that far - I have seen a couple just above 13k that I could stretch to) or a Mk 4 Focus Estate.... Read more
We have driven 4 Octavias, 3 estates and a hatch 3 of which were petrol's and one a diesel. 3 had the simple beam rear suspension and one fully independent. 2 were manuals, 2 DSG. A pretty good mix me thinks.
Whilst the hatch was acceptable (1.4 TSi 150 PS) all 3 estates were anything but with horrendous booming from the rear, its a common observation on the Skoda forum and has been mentioned on here as well. For us it made the estate unacceptable but as noted above the hatches are very spacious unless you need to carry wardrobes etc and we even have a dog in hatch back cars. At that point we spoke to the salesman about placing an order Via Carfile for the 1.4 TSi 150 PS hatch in SE-L trim with a few options but that very day the order book had been closed for 4 months minimum waiting for the revised model to arrive. That put us back to the start line....
I was surprised (or not) to see that MG motors sold 3956 cars in march 2021.
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EVs tend to feel fast because of they way they deliver their power. No more revving it to 6000rpm to get max power or 3000 for max torque.
Yes, and the lack of gears/gearbox. ...
Just been reading many comments on EVs. One Leaf owner is getting '60 miles in summer, less in winter' 'Will any EV tow my caravan to Cornwall?' 'Price far too high' 'Lithium mines exploiting children' 'Live in a flat or house without a drive, how will I charge the car?' 'range never a problem' 'NE to Brighton regular trip, how would an EV cope with that?' 'three kids and a dog, need to spend big time to get an EV big enough' 'Battery capacity goes relentlessly down.' Most comments are negative re EVs. These are comments which reflect the concerns of many people. Price, range and charging issues are seemingly the main issues. Read more
Internal combustion engines have been run on hydrogen but that seems like a dead-end
I was talking about EVs, if Hydrogen is going to be used on anything it will be Diesel HGVs not on petrol cars, though its less efficient, but Hydrogen powered EV-HGVs they are I gather being worked on ...
Bloomberg has an interesting article on the computer chip shortage which is affecting car production and many other industries
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At least with a desktop, failed parts can be replaced more easily and cheaply,
Not so sure that will apply shortly as they are altering motherboards to include power supply built in so the power is reduced and data transfer is faster...
Hi all, haven't been on this forum for a while, but always had some great responses, hope you can help me out again.
I am a removal man badly in need of another luton van so i can expand a bit. Buying new is gonna relieve me of all my savings, and I don't really do high miles, but I dread buying used, even though I have always done so. I know a good mechanic who can accompany me to any viewings, but obviously they can't guarantee anything. Am I being too careful here? I really don;t want to drop £30K at the minute, but every time I look at used vans and then call the dealer they always put me off, they seem to have a knack of talking a non stop stream of b******s. Every time I look at a van I think how did the dealer acquire it? Why did the original owner sell it? I've seen a 2018 plate Renault Master with less than 40K at £18K with no vat, he's got two of them, one still with 1 year main dealership warranty, but I still think there must be some catch, then I look at sellers feedback and it always has some bad or some obviously fake! A new van would be nice in terms of comfort and pleasure of ownership, but a decent used model at say £15K with or without VAT could suffice. Its just that £15- £18K is still alot of money with virtually no guaratees. I should note that credit is not possible for me, so its strictly cash only.... Read more
If you don't do many miles, why not do what most businesses do and lease instead of buy?
Lease rates for vans doing low miles are pretty good, you could be in a new Luton van for something like £350 per month by the looks of it....
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