August 2022
Hi, I'm looking to buy a car with a few wants/needs: as low insurance as possible, good MPG (ideally 50+), can easily fit roof racks to, reasonably large boot, preferably not much more than 10 years old and less than 100k miles. I'd really like a 2012/13 Skoda Fabia Greenline II estate, but all decent ones in my area (Peak District) are a little over my budget (~£5k+, as opposed to £4k), and was wondering if anyone had some insights or advice on alternatives, or if I should try further afield or what.
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Purchased car from Arnold Clark in Stafford but the only service history with it was the work they did to prepare for sale. I am now trying to rebuild the cars service history and, as it's just short of 50k, check if anything major hasn't been replaced that should have been.
The car was originally purchased by Avis in Bolton and it 'seems' they had a first service done on it. I have trawled Google and the Avis website to try and identify suitable people to contact to see if thay can confirm this, without success - any suggestions?... Read more
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Perhaps the OP has lost interest - he hasn't commented for a couple of days ?
MOT showed both discs and pads on the front as advisories.
I recently decided to get the pads ONLY replaced. I anticipate doing the discs in the coming 12 months (don't do much mileage) BUT, is it possible to replace the discs and then refit my part-worn pads, or will I have to factor in new pads.... Read more
FWIW - I traded my 6 year old 308 T9 in earlier this year at 43k miles, still had 6mm on front & rear pads which where still the factory fitted original items ( original disks to )
Just had the wishbones replaced on my Peugeot 308SW (2015) @45k.
Just wanted to check roughly how much time should be charged to do both sides? Read more
Word of warning for 308 T9 fitted with LED headlamps - one of the headlamp levelling sensors is fitted to the front right suspension arm. Non franchised garages & even some Peugeot main dealers manage to damage them when carrying out front wishbone / strut removal / replacements as they forget to disconnect the sensor first.
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You haven’t actually established what’s wrong with the car , so I’d be reluctant to spend out on something it doesn’t necessarily need .
Thank you elekie&a/c doctor,
Disconnected battery neg terminal, checked the cables Cleaned cables around, connections, sprayed with electric cleaner, sanded even if it looked clean. I'll see how it goes.. I bought that part in case it goes wrong so i have a part to compare performance.....
Back yesterday from a round trip from Cheshire to Cardiff, Friday to Sunday. Southwards via Welshpool / Newtown, then hill roads for more enjoyable driving in the heat. Trip back northwards, leaving 4:30 via A465 and A49, a route I have driven intermittently since 1967. Several stretches have been modernised (Pontypool, Abergavenny, Leominster, Ludlow bypasses) but much of it is as it was. Yesterday was like the 1970s - hardly any traffic, no holdups whatever. Pity about the heat, which had turned everything greenish-brown, but temp fell slowly from 34° when we started to 26° when we got back at 8pm.
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It's for this reason that I get over the border to Wales on my motorbike as often as I can: the roads are fantastic, the scenery is stunning and there's so much less traffic.
Of course, there's still the occasional logjam around tourist spots during the holiday season (Betws-y-Coed, Llanberis, some coastal resorts) but those are easily avoided....
Honda insight 2012 rear parking sensors not working
Before i put into reverse gear i press p sensor button it bleebs... Read more
My 2012 CRV parking sensors were playing up - front off-side.
Nearest dealer wanted roughly £400 to investigate / replace front off-side sensor the problem which was showing on screen as (Part £324 ouch!!)....
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I'm considering buying a car from a dealer 120miles away & have some concerns. ... Read more
My niece had one and the gear box blew.. a write off because of cost of repairs
I need help trying to find out my engine cuts out but we check no fault found Read more
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Car has done 99k. FSH with recent full service.
I just posted another issue but this is completely separate
Brakes were squealing so took to garage. They replaced front pads and discs. Took it home, brakes still squealing so went back after a week and they cleaned the rear brakes. Also had an MOT at the same time which passed.
On leaving garage, the ABS/ESP warning lights came on (never happened before). They said nothing to do with what they did on the brakes and should reset which it did for about a week - now both lights have come on again - and brakes still squealing although not as much. Garage were always really good in past but beginning to lose confidence. Any advice appreciated.
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I had a similar thing after brake work on a Peugeot 307 estate. The abs light kept coming on. I found that the garage had unbolted the ABS sensor on one of the wheels but hadn't tightened the bolt back up when they'd finished. Fortunately it was an easy fix.
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I was going to make the same suggestion, the Toledo is probably going to have more toys for your money (depends on individual vehicle).
I'm driving a 1.0 petrol car, getting say 57 mpg mixed commuting 40 miles each journey including motorways. Massive boot in the saloon type not the hatchback type car.