June 2022
My Nissan Qashqai is having trouble starting when left over night or if left for a while.
Takes a few attempts to start.... Read more
I sometimes read the motoring section of different papers and found this.
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Car and tyre manufacturers need to simplify the tyre specs/sizes needed to save on costs and to pass that on to the consumer, especially at the moment.
Whilst it would be nice for them to do so I don't see why they need to do it? They are there to sell tyres and make money - I can't see them doing that without prodding from the government.
www.theguardian.com/money/2022/jun/12/digital-deal...a
What does the panel think? Read more
In the last two years I have bought / leased 3 cars. The lease car via work was done completely on my iPad and was a far more pleasant experience than visiting a dealer. I never saw the car (brand new) until it was delivered and have had no regrets.
The second car was purchased from a main dealer but being in the height of covid was done entirely online and the first time we saw the car was on collection day. Saying no to gap etc was much easier on the phone/ via email where the hard sale is more difficult....
My partner is on my insurance as the named driver, both of us never claimed in 25+ years . He was driving my old polo and a Polish lorry drove into the rear door, owing to the language barrier insurance having difficulty proving liability though at roadside lorry driver did say he didn't see him (Lh drive).
As it needed a new door it was stated a write off but we since just bought a new door and had it fitted as they were dragging their feet. We wanted to keep this car as I'd had it from almost new it's been fully serviced well looked after only 58k Miles. Door replacement purely cosmetic we were fortunate enough to find one exactly the same colour.... Read more
Clearing out the attic I came across some Matchbox cars I had as a kid and one in particular caught my eye. A gold coloured BMC 1800 Pininfarina 1969, as in this link:
In the early '80s Reliant commissioned Bertone to come up with a concept for a new Scimitar (remember, by that time the SE5 shape had already been around since 1968). The concept got as far as a full-size mock-up but Reliant canned the project because they didn't have the cash to fully develop the car.
Pics and info here: www.sporting-reliants.com/Prototypes3.htm...
I have stopped using my Ford Focus that has an intermittent fault and have bought a newer car which I have taxed and transferred my insurance to.
The old Focus is on my drive and I would not want to sell it to anyone with an intermitted fault, the bodywork does have some small dents and scratches as I used it for work and putting ladder on etc. It is almost 19 years old so I was thinking I should scrap it and claim back the 6 months road tax on it.... Read more
Hi, Get some quotes by looking for scrap car companies on google.
Try to choose a scrap car company that's close to you as they will deduct their travel costs when offering you a price. Make sure the scrap car dealer is associated with an authorised treatment facility as they are the only places that can scrap your car legally. Only accept a bank transfer for your car as this is the only legal way to get paid. Make sure you get a certificate of destruction as this proves your car has been scrapped. I scrapped my wives car with a dodgy dealer and it came back to bite me and got fined by the dvla as they didnt scrap it but did a cut and shunt and racked up massive fines. I then used a company called [deleted] to scrap my car and it went very well ...
Is it time to to ban racing on the Isle of Man for the TT races ?? Read more
Is it time to to ban racing on the Isle of Man for the TT races ??
Absolutely not....
What car is best on fuel for short journeys, that has some of the comforts of a medium family car? Do all cars suffer poor economy on short journeys? The official figure urban for ours is 45mpg and we struggle to get half of that Read more
What car is best on fuel for short journeys, that has some of the comforts of a medium family car? Do all cars suffer poor economy on short journeys? The official figure urban for ours is 45mpg and we struggle to get half of that
I'd stick to the diagnosis thread otherwise you could be at crossed puproses. Wait to see what the problem is first before diving in and changing out the car. No way should it be getting that low an mpg unless you're tooling around at high revs or there's some (as yet undiagnosed) problem with the car.
My gen-1 car never has gone below 34mpg on heavy traffic trips.
Anyone here had any experience of how MotorPoint deal with claims on their warranty?
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Maybe I'm old fashioned. But if you need a warranty or think you do because your afraid of big bills. It's simply that your running a car you can't afford and it'll likely end badly. Buy a more mainstream example of higher quality than fragile exotica which could be a poor badly maintained example. Remember a car a few years old that cost say 60,000 when new. Might be cheap to buy now but the bills will still be based on that selling price.
When you get yourself a replacement car, what is the usual procedure regarding insurance.
Do you cancel the current insurance and then take out another new policy or do you transfer the policy to the newer car? Read more
Thanks for the reply, I will start a new thread about the old car and tax.
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