April 2023
1986 review from Motorweek.
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I love that they kept the old body style on sale alongside this in v12 only for another 6 years or so. Looking now, I am not sure which I prefer. But I definitely prefer both to the X351.
“The new XJ6 is quite simply the best luxury sedan that money can buy.” I think they liked it! Read more
This link is to a report of a burning car rolling downhill into a bus.
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Cant answer for VW, but I have a BMW X3 and when that's switched off, the transmission moves automatically to P and also the electronic parking brake is applied. Both IMO are good safety features. The car cant be driven with the drivers door open either.
Use to have a 69 plate Qashqai (manual) which also applied the electronic parking brake on switch off. ...
Has anyone used ChatGPT to answer a forum question and copied and pasted the answer?
Would we spot this, given the reputed performance of this? Read more
Fuelled was deliberate. Trying to poke fun at the oh so clever AI hence the overuse of punctuation. ANA sends regards and would like to know what predictive text is?
UK's first Dutch-style roundabout which gives cyclists priority sees increase in accidents (msn.com)
Like so many I disagree with drivers having to stop in the most dangerous place to give way to bikes and pedestrians, but like so many gov ideas they are here to stay.... Read more
They need to get the basics right first (which will benefit FAR more people) before embarking on 'grand schemes', which often are huge wasteful proverbial white elephants (like cycle routes that go nowhere / are imcomplete or unstuitable) - most of which don't get adeqautely maintained....
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What's good, what should I avoid. 3 adults, weekend drives, I am 60 . High mileage BMW, Audi, VW. ... Read more
I would only be looking at condition and history and also private adverts in this price bracket. Pre pandemic there was quite a lot of choice for £4k but not now.
I was driving on the motorway when all of a sudden noticed the temperature gauge on my car going up and down, pulled over at the next services by which point there was a metallic crackling/grinding sound. As I came to a stop, the engine cut out, long story short, the entire engine needs replacing and the cylinder head gasket has gone on top of all the labour the warranty company forced by asking for the engine to be stripped.
I purchased the car just under 5 months previous to this happening from a dealer, predictably, the warranty company has rejected the repairs so I'm wondering my rights under the Consumers Rights Act 2015. Read more
Don’t waste your time and money getting the head gasket fixed . If the engine has severely overheated , it’s basically toast . Modern engines can’t cope with excessive temperatures and recover. I would source a s/hand engine and get that fitted.
I am about to replace the worn Ford brake discs for Pagid discs. However, I have noticed that, unlike the originals, the Pagid discs have an additional small threaded hole near one of the lug nut holes. Does anyone know what this hole is for?
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I don’t get the motivation in this case though. Is money somehow being made, or is it just a technology demonstrator, “because we can”?When these AIs (in communication with each other the learning curve must be incalcuble) know everything there is to know, at what point will they decide Pete human is either superfluous or might even be a considered a danger to the AI itself. What could possibly go wrong is a question the eggheads should be asking themselves before they get too giddy about the brilliance of their frankenputer.
Thats assuming what they learn is correct, as from what I have seen the results are a bit mixed in that they mix the very non correct truth with reality truth and the way something should be done... ...
A motoring miracle of sorts
My old mate who is a mechanic (senior technician) at a Nissan dealers told me about a car they had in yesterday.
A Suzuki Alto 96k miles on a 11 plate
Yesterday was the first time in its life it had been serviced including its first oil change.
To his amazement the engine was fine before the change and while the oil in his words was ‘darker than hell’ there appeared no excessive engine wear.
The car was recently passed down from a grandfather to a grand daughter who unlike grandad understood the value of a service.
Apparently grandad ‘didn’t believe in servicing cars’!
I found that rather impressive Suzuki simple mechanics can be so reliable and at the same time incredible an owner can be so ignorant
In over 10 years of ownership the car has only required tyres and brakes until this recent MOT when part of the exhaust and some suspension components were replaced.
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I knew a guy who didn't understand engines and thought you poured oil into them as a 'total loss' system. He never used the dipstick. I hate to think of the oil level in his old Fiesta, but it always had a big puddle of the stuff under it.
Last year, just 126 XEs were sold in the UK,
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Many manufacturers have pared down the available car ranges.
Depends how successful they are. E.g. Audi A1, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, etc etc.......
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They were targeted to countries where there was a huge tax hike for anything above this engine size. ...