July 2022
Interesting video, if you’ve got half an hour, breaking down the environmental and financial impacts of the above power sources.
It is about 3 months old, so fuel prices are lower than today, but I believe general principles apply.
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Fan unexpectedly comes on after about 10 mins light driving.
- Not leaking coolant. No warning lights shown.... Read more
But wouldn't draining and replacing the coolant eliminate any air locks in the system?.
Would that it was always so simple....
Take a look at this
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<< You join a club, you accept its rules. >>
Yes, and while you are a member you can try to modify the rules by persuasion. That's what made Brexit look like little more than a fit of pique....
Hello,
I've just noticed a little black box attached to a lead, hanging from the front grille of my car. It's about the size and shape of a medium padlock and looks like something electrical.... Read more
Ah that could be it, thank you. It was a company car before I bought it I think. That makes sense.
Yes, it will be a fleet GPS tracker, used by penny pinching managers to make sure nobody is using their fuel card for weekend road trips....
I brought a car from a dealer, just under 2 months ago, since then its had numerous issues that didnt present themselves during the test drive, around a few weeks after purchase the car starts to misfire and judder, so repairs were done and it was cured for a few weeks, now the car is useless, engine lights on like a christmas tree, limp mode and the car misfires, and drives like rubbish, the garage have been helpful so far and paid for some repairs but ive also shelled out quite a bit, I just feel this soon into buying it and spending quite a bit of money buying the car, its not really ideal, ive lost all faith in the car now, what are my rights on the matter? thanks for any input. Read more
If your LA supports a Trading Standards Dept have a word with them.
Elswhere google Consumers Rfghts Act 2015 read and inwardy digest...
My car was stationary when it was hit by another. I'm keen to get a professional opinion on its speed, taking into account the extent of the damage caused to my car. How can I get this? Read more
The other driver claims he was moving at a snail's pace.
That is irrelevant, he still hit you, so he is at fault and his insurer should pay up in full if you claim off them (report it to yours, of course). ...
Just read this question on the Ask HJ page, can anyone make any sense of it ?
Ask Honest John Honest John Ask Honest John » Low battery warning problem, what can I do?... Read more
New cars suck...er...power.
I’ve spent hours scouring through forums but I think it’s best if I just ask directly for some advice as I’m really starting to get confused with all the conflicting opinions.
I need to buy a 7 seater for under £3.5K- it will not be getting very much use at all, a handful of times a week doing food shopping etc (usually only a mile or two each way) and the odd day trip say once a month or so. It will be just children in the rear seats so no need to worry about lots of space. I only need this car to last me a couple of years until I can replace with a better one once I’ve finished uni and am in full-time work.
Just looking for something that isn’t going to break down on me and have extortionate repairs- what should I be looking out for when going to view cars? I’m a complete novice, I’ve been doing a lot of research but I’m still not really sure on anything and I’m worried about people trying to sell me a rubbish one (stereotypical small blonde young and probably look as much of a car novice as I am lol)
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The reason for petrol recommendation is due to a combination of reliability and running costs. It is all too easy to think of running costs as simply mpg, in which case diesel obviously wins, but there is much more to it than just that. If something goes wrong on a diesel engine, it will cost much more to fix than a petrol equivalent, routine servicing is going to cost more, and of course diesel itself is more expensive to buy at the pumps than petrol. It is generally reckoned that for diesel to be worthwhile you need to be doing circa 15k miles or more per annum. Of course there are situations where diesel makes more of a case for itself, even if doing less miles, such as if you have a caravan (particularly a big one), because the torque of a turbo diesel will make it much less hard work.
The fact that you will be doing a weekly motorway trip will make things better for diesel in one respect, because the reliability problems surrounding modern diesels are generally due to being used only for shorter journeys clogging up DPF's. But the budget you are working with means you will be looking at older cars which throws up two potential issues. 1, as any car gets older, things can and will start going wrong (see comment above). 2, you may unwittingly buy a car who's DPF is on its last legs resulting in a crippling bill for you (rather than its previous owner). ...
Spent a couple of weeks in Cornwall in the 2008 V70d. 200 odd miles there and many trips out, 3 adults, largish dog, luggage and golf clubs. I can't see how any ev would have done the trip, the cheapest evs are small and have insufficient range. Read more
Never said I don't like EVs, in principle they are brilliant but I don't think any of them at the moment....that I could afford....would be able to do the job I need it to do. Went from N Hants down to Looe on the 303 which was reasonably clear. spent ten days in a caravan there and did many trips out.
Despite being down the road (near Liskeard) I've never ventered to Looe (pun not intended!). Many of these picterwsque fishing villages are very nice, but are often tiny and you can walk around them in about an hour or so, and to me aren't really a 'day out' without careful planning of doing other things such as long walks or cycle rides....
My car was in for service and MOT yesterday and I received a message telling me they could not do the MOT as the display has a fault that covers the top corner of the last number of the mileage. It will not allow me to post the picture here but the full mileage can be seen it just has a black mark over the very top corner of the last digit but you can see that no other numbers follow. Read more
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The key attribute of green energy (solar, wind and to a lesser extent nuclear) is that once the capacity and infrastructure has been built, it costs little to keep running.
Conventional fossil fuel based generation has much lower investment cost, but much higher running costs....