People face ‘outrageous’ £100 fines for parking on their own street (msn.com)

This is the second instance of councils restricting car owners I have read in two days. In Cardiff a series of residential roads controlled by ANPR cameras that fines drivers not registered to these roads to avoid the free movement of others who my be short cutting or parking.. You may have a perfectly legitimate reason to visit the area a relative, friend ebay purchase or whatever. Have you got a permit?? how on earth do they work these things and WHY? This may be or is happening all over the place. This is just another seemingly injustice on the motorist.. Have our councils got nothing better to do with their time and our money dreaming up these schemes and what good are they doing in the grand scheme of things. Read more

Hello all. I have a question about my car. It’s a Z16XER engine. It has a VVT system and when I first start the engine it has a knocking noise for 1 or 2 seconds and then goes. After this the engine runs fine. It only does it when the car has sat for hours without use. I’ve had lots of work done to the car recently. New camshaft dephasers, solenoid valves , aux belt, timing belt, and many other things. I’m told that there is an oil non return valve that allows a bit of oil to stay near the top of the engine to send it directly into the VVT system on start up. But if this valve stops working, the oil drains right back down to the sump and the noise happens because of the time it takes for the oil to shoot back up to the VVT system. I was wondering if this theory is correct? If so how much of a job is it to change the non return valve? Has anyone experienced this before? It’s only started doing this over the past two months.


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My car is now 6,6 years old, Bought it from Renault retail group as a Pre Reg , So only paid £11,500 for it , Its a 1.5 Diesel with 41000 Miles on the clock

This has to be one of the cheapest cars that i have ever owned and i am planning on keeping it for another 6 years and more if possible... Read more

First drive in the new £40k Vauxhall Astra Electric hatchback - is it worth the 49% premium compared to its petrol version? (msn.com)

50% more than a petrol model, looks like a car from the front instead of those bland panels where the radiator went. Can never see this E holding on to a decent second hand value and as for running costs how do you claw back the difference in the purchase price. Read more

Here is an interview from the head of the VW group and Porsche which is self explanatory and some will find interesting

Get fully charged! Boss of VW and Porsche Oliver Blume says governments are not doing enough on chargers to help electric car industry (msn.com)... Read more