June 2023
I can’t find any information where the cabin filter is located in the new C5x. I like to change it more frequently than the service schedule.
Any help is much appreciated. Read more
My 2019 plate Sandero has a firm suspension and I feel every pothole.
Are there tyres that would give a softer ride?... Read more
A friend has a Logan and has the same issue. His Stepway is marginally more comfortable due to the larger tyres.
Worth bearing in mind that it is not the size of the tyres exactly that matters but the depth of the sidewall (from wheel rim to the road). So unless the sidewall of the tyres on the Stepway are deeper, the tyres being bigger wouldn't make much difference. But the Stepway also has a higher ride height than the Sandero (by about 20mm or thereabouts if memory serves), and that could well explain a cushier ride. ...
A bit of advice please .
This morning got a puncture in my front right wheel due to a piece of wood with 4 screws left in the middle of the road. Took it to get repaired and was charged £10, but only after fixing said it was a temp fix as it is in the sidewall , he then offered to sell me a used tire for £25. ... Read more
I can't see that as moderators we can go any further otherwise we get accused of censorship. As mentioned, since 2005 there has been a disclaimer and a while ago it was copied to all forums by one of us, I think it was me. We are all personally liable for what we write, if there were any comeback against the website it would be the poster that gets their neck felt. This is not new, it's all in the T&C members signed up to.
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My son has just turned 17 and while he's taking lessons we've bought a Fiat Seicento for him. It needs a bit of cosmetic tidying up, but miraculously has a full 20 year service history, a clear MOT and no rust. The last 2 services and MOT's cost more than what we paid for it!
I've driven it up and down the drive and it's terrible, but everything works so it will be fine for him, who has no interest in cars. I had a Seicento Sporting in 1999 which I thought was excellent, but I was upgrading from a mk1 Panda with 34hp. ... Read more
Granddaughter will pay all her own day to day expenses - travel, social life, clothes etc etc
Bank of M&D will cover living costs, with back up from Bank of G&G ...
I live in the south Englang and have found an approved used 5 series touring in Scotland that has the features (adaptive cruise control and heads up display) I am looking for and is at a good price. The car is just about 20 months old and has done about 20K miles from new.
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I buy approved used for comeback and a bit of peace of mind. However I’ve already said both my last two cars came with faults. I should also have said they both came with tick sheets which are hardly reassuring as they look as if they are just routinely ticked. A very minor example, the Golf had a tick for the warning triangle when there wasn’t one and the spare wheel was ticked off. They missed the fact that there were about three inches (no exaggeration) of water in the spare wheel well. I don’t therefore share the view that they are thoroughly checked in all cases. I hazard that any checker who rejected too many cars wouldn’t last long.
As for not looking underneath, that is definitely a risk. Once you have driven the car off the premises then some dealers will swear blind that the creased sill, dented subframe or rippled floor was fine when it left them. These are not warranty items, you are on your own. It’s not easy to check but I always have at least gone in old jeans so I can have a bit of a look....
A few of my relatives are viewing sky by purchasing a fire stick, then somebody programmes it to be able to view sky, everything, movies, sports, the lot, they also are given a vpn, which shows them in a different country so they are untraceable, I have sky, but I have a contract with them, but will these people who are viewing through a vpn, get found out…?
I think I’ve got the technical details right, but I may be wrong.. Read more
Gave up the state broadcaster's TV tax a few years ago,Let me add, once again, the UK does not have a "state broadcaster".
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Hi, just received my renewal from Autoaid. Last year was £61 now it’s gone up to over £78 plus if your car is over 10 years old I would have to pay the first £25. Not that impressed with that sort of increase. Wondering what other people are seeing in their renewals. Sparky 100. Read more
Oh, I agree - for the level of cover it's great value.
Just starting to wonder if the price gap is opening up enough to warrant a change given that I don't need that level of cover (particularly the European cover). Renewal due at end of September so will check nearer the time.
Nobody ever gives much credit to Fords on here except perhaps for the odd old Focus and the 1.25 Fiesta. Ford over the years have produced some really great cars both family and performance wise. Indeed Elaine Robinson may have been conceived in the back of a FORD much to Benjamin Braddock's amusement! Read more
I think that's it! Probably more to.xome when I remember them.
Phew - that's 23. You must be a car salesperson's dream. My impression is of a huge accumulating depreciation sum! ...
I was reading an article on the NHS as to what might seem acceptable terminology in todays world when I came across the above. At first I thought it might be some new infection or disease that had been found. It turns out that it is NHS speak to describe most of us as being cisgender i.e. identifying as the sex we were registered at birth and therefore heterosexual so if you are referred to as the above shout loudly if you disagree! No wonder you might need a degree in the modern NHS. Read more
If you are not affected by it then why do you object to it?
You are not airbrushing history - you don't backdate your change of gender from when you are born to when you change....
I was at the end of my street indicating to turn left. I looked left and further down the road was a car coming up, I looked right and there were no cars coming down - so I’ve gone to pull out and turn left but as I’ve set off the car coming up is suddenly right in front of my car, on my side of the road! So I broke, and she got out of her car to say I needed to read the Highway Code, she was apparently overtaking some parked cars that were further up ahead. My argument was that she was on my side of the road and she shouldn’t have moved over to my side of the road so early, as the parked cars were further up. If I usually drive up that road I drive up to the parked cars and then around if clear. I would never move into the wrong lane so far ahead of the parked cars. So apparently it was my fault, even though I looked both ways - when I looked her way she was in the correct lane and a distance back - I wasn’t to know she would suddenly move over into my lane. When I looked both times it was clear for me to go, until she moved into my lane.
Just to prove my point even more, after she left, a small van came up, never once did he move on to the wrong side of the road, he drove up to the parked cars and then went around.
Just want to know peoples opinions as I believe I wasn’t at fault, but she was so adamant the blame was on me. Read more
That's so true.
The gospel of the road....
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It's very likely that it is accessed from the driver's foot well on a RHD car, and is probably a PITA to get to! The parts database is in conclusive as it just shows the filters floating in space...