July 2023
Hi, My Daughter managed to have a fender bender with her car. The n/s front wing is damaged at the front but can be fairly easily fixed. The headlight lens has a chunk missing from it by the indicator. so the question is...can the lens on its own be replaced. I have seen a number of headlights for sale on fleabay and it looks like the lens clips off. anyone have any clues as to if this is possible? if it is can someone tell me where I can buy one rather than a small fortune for a new headlight.
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I've just purchased a 2020 Ford Grand Torneo Connect (passenger version of the Transit Connect). It's got one of these ridiculous keyless ignotions because car companies appear to think turning a key is so 20th century. There have been a lot of car thefts in our neighbourhood although I think they have been premium cars rather than anything as utilitarian as a Ford mini van. My wife is paranoid that it's going to be nicked from our driveway. I suspect thieves are only going to be targeting expensive cars and a bright red van is not going to be at significant risk.
From what I've read, the main risk is the use of relay devices to access the car where there is a proximity/touch entry system. My Ford still needs you to click the unlock button and I believe that isn't something that can be cloned. I've tested it out and it won't start without the fob inside the car. ... Read more
<< The old way was like that as there was nothing worth nicking. >>
You should read early Victorian accounts of things poor people were transported to Australia for nicking. These days no-one would bother to pick those things off the floor.
Just got an email from Heathrow that for the upcoming ULEZ charges for entering Heathrow you'll be charged an additional £12.50.
What the email doesn't state is how does that affect Long Stay parking when out of the country?... Read more
Just when you enter and leave.
Or if it is meet and greet parking, when you enter and leave and whenever the parking company use it as a Uber/Lieferando etc.
Got a Corsa auto as a courtesy car,1.2 petrol I think. Pretty impressed, Eager performance, good handling, clear dash, brakes need gentle application otherwise it really bites. Useful boot space, this small car is a vast improvement on the ones I had in the past. Read more
Presumably it’s got the 1.2 3 cylinder pure tech engine. Wonder if the wet cambelt issue has been sorted ?
Lets go round together even though you are bigger than me. Read more
I would not have expected him to be there either, I always think it is funny and tragic that cyclists ignore the very basic rule of safety on the road, and when they do a stupid thing it is the driver that is by some always deemd to be not "clued up" ?
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New Mini Cooper Electric gets fresh new interior and exhaust note (msn.com)
The headline is the car gets a new exhaust note!! Bit like the Vegans and needing to call their products "meat". Why do MINI or some others have to use the term exhaust why not come up with something original like a electric motor whine. I feel sure they could start of with a low note and develop it into a high pitch scream. There will be buried somewhere a switch to activate the noise for the children. If I had one I would want it to be as quiet as possible which has been the ambition of most manufacturers since day one save for the obvious sports car or boy racer. Read more
We have had several complaints about the direction this thread and many others have taken, with puerile little spats in some cases
Thread closed....
Just to be clear, this is not the example I was asking about a month or so about with the newer Multi-Fuel engine, this is the Daihatsu/Toyota 1.3 engine (found one not too far from home and decided to go for it).
First potential problem is the smell of petrol but with no apparent leakage, any thoughts from the learned collective?... Read more
Re the smell, I would check the whole length of the fuel line, especially from the tank to the middle of the car. I had a similar problem with my first Audi at that sort of age; the fuel was oozing through a patch of corrosion near the rear wheel arch. I cut it out and replaced it with a few inches of a rubber fuel line secured with a couple of small jubilee clips.
I will aim to check that John, it being a tipper will make that fairly easy to do without lying on the ground!...
Recently bought my 607 2.0HDI 2006, it had an MOT, the garage has failed me for removed DPF. Which I didn't.
I asked do you have any evidence it has been tampered? No, no, the year of this car is fitted FAP I know that all PSA fitted FAP after 2005. I felt there is something is not right.... Read more
Peugeot/Citroën dealer said the VIN on that day is not DPF, why would the other garage said something like this?
I have gone to different garage pay again, it passed! The mechanical is aware that the car has failed, he said there is no elyon tank, no pipe to DPF and diagnostic no data of DPF....
Hi all,
We’re about to move overseas for a bit. We can’t buy a left hand drive second hand vehicle there, so are thinking about importing one. We plan some big road trips so need a large(ish) reliable car.
We’ve found a UK plated Skoda Octavia 2013 2.0 TDI Laurin & Klement 4x4 DSG with 112,000 on the clock. The asking price is £7995. It’s had one owner from new, has a full Skoda service history and has an in-date MOT.
Does anybody have any experience with these (esp the 4x4 variants) with higher mileages. Other than the cambelt, is there anything else we should be looking for?
Grateful for any advice.
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Personally i wouldnt go near the octavia at this age, its a ticking time bomb.
Could you not find a Toyota Avensis estate petrol for similar money?
After topping tyres at forecourt engine refused to turn over and flashing spanner symbol appeared.
New Barrett fitted..no better.... Read more
Very common on the corsa D model , for the immobiliser to lose its alignment to in car modules on the network if the battery is flat or low voltage. You’ll need to find a tech that can carry out the procedure to reinstate the system. Usually no parts are required.
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Buy a full headlight replacement on eBay or scrapyard as easy to fit. Keep the old one and if the replacement ever fails you have the free old one and can use the lens off your eBay replacement! then!