October 2021
I have an older car, which I get hand washed by the various car washes. The pearl off effect does n't last. It was overdue a car wash.
It has been raining heavily, but the visibility from my windscreen is not great, especially as it was nighttime. I have new wipers (Bosch). I have tried various cleaner, but my windscreen does not clean like a new car. It was hard to see the white lines on the road. I think there is a film of something on the windscreen........ Read more
See my other post about glass cleaner that works.
SILs 2017 Land Rover sport ...think it's a diesel... has an engine warning light on. The car runs ok but a visit to the dealer got a quote of...wait for it...£5000 to put right. Bit ironic really as a mate of mine bought an early (2004 if my memory is working) Freelander for a few hundred pounds and it's been fine. Read more
Ok thanks for that, it doesn't appear to link to the story but I think I've found it.
It was from Simon Bolton in 2017 , so some 4.5 years ago? As such , there is nothing unusual in his mission statement that automotive companies will become more software focused, probably led by the likes of Tesla and of course this has been the same story outside of automotive too....
We have two Corollas at work, both are well maintained, in the last two Mot’s they received advisories about a rear tyres worn. Last year at 5.7mm and this year for the same wheels for 4.2.
What is the tester consider ‘near limit’?
The cars do about 8k per year mostly within a mile or two around the office, should we just continue and replace when down to say 3mm or should we follow the advisories? The tyres are Dunlop Sports and looking fairly good. Read more
""None of them have ever gone under 3mm of tread left, but two sets of tyres - both the OEMs on the cars, were at about 6 years old, had started to get hard and led to a few very hairy moments (documented on the forum before) in the wet in cooler months.""
I do not know how some people drive but I have never" touch wood" had an hairy moment and have driven quite a lot of cars with tyres old and well below the 3mm that some are throwing away. Driving sensible and to the road conditions is sound advice....
So I’m happy with the valuation, fill in all the forms and at the end find out that they can’t pay my money into my co-op bank account, only designated banks. Anyone else come across this? Read more
I know of 4 cases of people selling cars and all had the same experience as you had; we buy any car where considerably lower with their valuation than the rest plus they charge an admin fee.
Hi guys,
I would like to buy a cheap used car and the majority of cars that I can find within my budget are Peugeot(2006-2011), Vauxhall Astra and Corsa(2005-2010), Ford Fiesta (2005-2011) and Ford KA (2005-2010)
I am not really bothered about speed and aesthetics, all I care about is it being able to handle long journeys without problems that generally come up with cheap cars like Citroen. I would go for Toyota or Hyundai which I find to be the most reliable cars but they are out of my budget, so how well do you think Vauxhall Astra and Corsa age? Is Ford Fiesta of that age reliable ?
Thanks in advance
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I’ve noticed many older Pugs Citroens and Renaults running around. A couple of 04 Berlingos nearby for a start. French cars get a lot of stick but maybe in justly. This ten years old and it’s scrap it time is way off. How many backroomers have a car over ten years old…me for a start.
My 2004 206 diesel was just a stopgap car until I could find something I really wanted. But it sails through MOT year after year with no advisories or failures. So did my previous 307 and 306 before that. There's nothing special about them other than I only bought cars with FSH and some degree of care by the previous owners....
"New electric car charging points in homes and workplaces are to automatically switch off in peak times to avoid potential blackouts."
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Mind you with rising sea levels London will need £billions to prevent large scale flooding.
Thats coming already as some parts of the City get flooded regularly next to the Thames, they have built up too much considering they know its flooding now, but still they build Mad imo ...
Chatting to a GF driver today about most common and least common vehicles for breakdowns. Ford Focus and Nissans he sees the least. Number one for breakdowns won't come as a surprise to anyone here - L-R Discovery, followed by BMWs and Mercedes. Many electrical issues with the two Germans. Electric vehicles are a nightmare to recover, so breakdown in one of those. Read more
Maybe just ran out of fuel ? :-)
He was 100 yards from a filling station....
Hello all
I'm still looking into getting a run around and my next question is what is the 1.6 tdci engine like in terms of reliability . I have it in the back of mind that its not so good but cant remember why or seem to find why ( but still looking ) .... Read more
I'm not sure there are many reasons to call this engine the diesel of doom. Early examples of the 16 valve 1.6 engine certainly were known for turbo issues but it came out in 2005......quite a long time ago.
Assuming this is the 115bhp version fitted from about 2011 then it is a good engine and substantially different to the previous one. No inherent reliability issues, economical, low tax/CO2 and decent performance. ...
If you want E5 petrol in the UK, you have to buy super 98 at an increased cost of 10 pence per liter. Yet in France regular E5 is still available at most petrol stations at an increased cost of 4 pence per liter compared to E10.
Why are we paying more for our petrol? Read more
If you have a Costco (with a filling station) near you, it’s worth doing the sums on a membership simply to buy fuel. I don’t pay too much attention to petrol prices (diesel user), but their premium diesel is cheaper than supermarkets’ regular stuff.
My nearest Cosco is about 17 miles away, and I wouldn't make enough purchases to justify the cost of becoming a member. It wouldn't be so bad if I could do the bulk of my grocery shopping there. Luckily I don't have to fill up with petrol that often as I haven't been working for a while now, so am less affected by the current situation, and my car can take E5 ok.
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