June 2022
Just looking at ideas. £8000 - £12000 for a decent family car with decent boot GOOD RELIABILITY and be able to pull a caravan, ok fuel economy,Probably suv\mpv .
Currently have a 17 plate Citroen grand C4 Picasso which is a nice family car not so the reliability. Initial thoughts are Kia Sportage but still looking at other option. ... Read more
In January this year I purchased a Suzuki Jimny from a main dealer.
After purchasing I asked the garage to quote to fit some additional things.... Read more
Absolutely but the dealer denied there was an outstanding safety recall despite me showing them the recall notice had been out for 6 months prior to them selling me the car.
I just find it incredible - if you can't trust a main dealer for honesty, who can you?...
Wondering how much difference service history, or indeed lack of it impacts the value of a mundane but fairly rare car. I've come across a 1998 Fiat Bravo 1.4, one owner from new, 42,000 genuine miles. Sadly the deceased owner lost the service history. I've been told the vendor is after about £1200 for it. Bar some rust on a rear wheel arch it's pretty well immaculate.
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In a car of this age, the service history would be immaterial. Far more important is the extent of corrosion,
That's true, John, but a decent history is definitely not immaterial if it proves the car has been properly maintained. The history for my 28-year-old Pug 306 is missing before 2006 but complete from then on, and as it was with the original owner for 20 years I am pretty certain it had FSH from the Pug dealer that sold it....
Hi folks,
Just after a bit of advice.
I was pulled over yesterday for no seat belt in a rural town in Wiltshire. The officer put the blues on and flagged me down to pull in. As he approached my drivers window, he said ‘hello sir, I’ve stopped you for no seatbelt etc’…..then immediately proceeded to read me my rights. I admitted the oversight on my part, held my hands up and apologised profusely. Then his demeanour seemed to change slightly. He gave me a fixed penalty notice of £100 on the spot …which I intend to pay of course, and said that would be the end of the matter, and of course I was happy to avoid any points.
Other than a few basic rights, I’m quite ignorant on general legislation when interacting with the police. It all happened very fast, so I didn’t really think to question it at the time. Is this something the police are now doing? Or is it it likely he was playing ‘bad cop’ to try and frighten me in the first instance to decide how he was going to play it? Or simply just a ‘heavy handed’ officer? He was patrolling alone and was a traffic cop for what it’s worth.
I’ve been stopped a few times previously (stop and search & speeding) in big cities by regular police officers and never been ready my rights and the police interactions have always been friendly and accommodating.
In the end we left on good terms and even had a quick chat about cars, but I just couldn’t shake the feeling that it seemed extremely heavy handed for a routine traffic stop. Usually I would expect the police to ready you your rights when arresting, questioning, detaining etc. Is this routine for having no seatbelt?
Has anyone had similar experiences/offer advice?
Thanks in advance for any comments/advice.
Cheers,
Croppie Read more
... by the time he reached my window I’d already belted up.
It seems you were well aware of not being belted in - which is daft as there is little purpose in driving like that. So little sympathy from me.
The cooling fan appears to have taken on a life of it’s own.
It runs on after even the shortest of journeys. Indeed, it ran on when I simply moved the car off the drive this morning.
Whilst driving it comes on and goes off in what seems a random way, regardless of the temp display reading.... Read more
Google "Planet owners Map". You can find someone local with a clone of the dealer level diagnostic to give the same results. Many of us don't even charge.
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hmm, I expect Milton Keynes will get maybe half the m/kWh than other towns/cities due to the road structure. I'm talking about the constant 30-70mph speed changes every 1/2 mile or so. I'm not slagging MK though, it's literally the best city to drive any car in. Read more
Hi I'm buying my first car a 2019 Skoda Fabia and I had a mechanic out to have a look over it. Everything came back ok - diagnostics fine, drove well, gearbox great, only done 10k miles. But he said there is silt under the car and it has likely driven through some deep water. No corrosion that he can see but we definitely need to clean ASAP. Under the hood is pretty dirty too considering it hasn't done many miles.
Is this a red flag? Or is it ok because everything else came back fine? Read more
It may not have been driven through deep water, just parked for most of the time on a building site/quarry etc where there is a huge amount of dust blowing around.
My wife's old job was on an industrial estate where there was a aggregates company at the end of the road. Over the day hundreds of lorries would drive past where she parked blowing fine silty dust all over the road....
I purchased a used Seat Alhambra 28 days ago from a dealer. The car has issues that were not disclosed to me and they have advised that they will allow me to return the car subject to a deduction of £0.45 per mile along with a weekly rental charge (they have not specified the amount). They have intimated that they will not lose money for me returning the vehicle and so I can only assume they plan to load this weekly rental quite highly.
Citizens advice advised me that as I paid cash (bank transfer) for the car they do not believe that the dealer can charge me a weekly rental fee, but they will not specify where in the act that this is listed as that constitutes legal advice. I've tried searching through the consumer rights act and cannot find reference to the weekly rental charge, but am worried I am missing something.... Read more
@Brit_in_Germany Thank you so much, being able to point out the exact sections is a real aid.
I believe they are getting confused, perhaps deliberately, between the short term right to reject and final right to reject.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10772127/Cheap-Ch...l
Old "news" but I somehow missed it... Read more
I suppose it depends upon whether the vehcile was shot up casuing the tyres to burst or it got shot because the tyres burst and it couldn't get out of the line of fire quickly enough or got completely stuck.
There have been 'reports' (sadly many from this theatre of of battle have turned out to be fake news on both sides) of poorly maintained tank-track type Russian fighting vehicles where they've siezed up and been easy prey for the Ukrainian armed forces....
Well, I have a Suzuki splash 1.2 auto model 2014 with 65000km and I want to ask if have to replace the transmission fluid.The local official Suzuki service says that the fluid does not to be replaced for a lifetime. Read more
You can buy from ebay, it will be a lot cheaper than the dealer.
I'd worry about buying mysterious fluids from ebay, despite the convenience and cost advantage. Seems like there would be a greater risk of it being fake....
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I towed a Bailey Pegasus Genoa quite happily with a Skoda Superb 1.9PD TDi diesel. No problem except for a lack of power in certain conditions. Then I got a XC60 diesel auto. Absolutely brilliant for towing. As long as the towing weight and the nose weight can be accommodated by the car there should be no problem at all. Towing is common sense but the more you practice the more accomplished you become.
Cheers Concrete