September 2023
I bought a C5x new last year. I need the CofC as I am going to register the car in France. However I never received one and this has only come to light due to my move abroad.
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People do not realise how I important having a CofC is.
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When I bought my latest work vehicle, a Piaggio Porter, there was a head unit fitted but the roof mounted antenna was gone (having rusted off). I already had one of the type that is stuck onto the inside of the screen, so I fitted that. It did improve matters in so far as I could on occasion pick up a signal, but it really was poor. So I then bought an exterior mounted antenna off Amazon, one advertised as being suitable for boats as well as road vehicles, and which had decent customer reviews. While this latest one definitely has better reception than the interior mounted one, it is still well short of what I got in the Caddy (which didn't have an external antenna). It will randomly start "seeking", and not necessarily when the reception isn't great.
So what I am wondering is, just how much does the head unit itself contribute to the radio reception?. The unit in question being a brand unfamiliar to me (Autosound), presumably Chinese and presumably dirt cheap. Could this be a factor or is it all in the antenna?... Read more
You can get a pretty good Bluetooth speakers which you can put anywhere in the car, and use the phone ( if you can get a signal ) to listen to music of your choice, or the radio station.
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Got a 2016 golf about 18 months ago.... Read more
Didn't think of that, though I should have. Perhaps I didn't because I've only ever had cars that would require you to cut the filter open to examine its contents, but maybe this one has a removable filter element. A relatively straightforward post-incident check.
TBH it sounds rather bad, though of course I havn't seen it....
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Its a shame that Toyota UK just don't allow buyers to factory order a space saver wheel kit as an optional extra when they order the car.
Most likely due to extra weight & emissions testing. ...
I put a reservation down for a Hyundai i20 ex demonstrator through Evan Halshaw. I had to pay £349 delivery for the car to brought up to my local EH plus £99 deposit. I said to the salesman I want to test drive it before buying (The branch in England said I'd have to buy from them before delivery which put me off)
The salesman said they can deliver the car but if I didn't take it then I'd be charged the delivery fee although I'd get my deposit back. ... Read more
I think this is the case
We're in the USA for our annual stay with a son. Always interesting to see the year on year evolution of traffic on the leafy bicycle and pedestrian friendly avenues of Irvine CA - main racial groups approx 44% asian, 44% white, 10% 'hispanic' - (apparently a debatable concept). It's a clean well groomed garden city built mainly in the 70s and 80s, a bit like Milton Keynes but with hardly any buses, wide roads, huge crossroads instead of roundabouts, and hardly a sc*** of litter to be seen, even near the schools! (lots of kids attend on bikes, some are electric).
100yrs ago Ford made around half the cars on American roads but I hardly see any here now. So at mid-day, on a ten minute walk along Paseo Westpark to the supermarket (a fairly busy suburban main road) I did a car count, noting Fords and Teslas. Total 74 cars including 4 Teslas.....and just one Ford - an old Focus with a loud exhaust! On the return journey; 81 cars, 5 Teslas.....and another Focus! Two small Fords in over 150 cars of other makes, mainly asian. Ole Henry must be spinning his bearings in his cemetery! Read more
I get the impression that in China as a largely "command" economy, if the project fits with the political plan any barriers are simply removed by decree.
Looks as though Ford are in bed with Changan (with the Chinese in control) building EVs in a vast city many times bigger than New York or London (Chongquing) which I doubt many in the 'west' will have heard of. ...
I’m close to buying a very low mileage car. Less than a thousand miles per year and warranted. It looks like you would expect but it’s not particularly cheap. I just wondered what you would look out for? MOT history is consistent with the mileage with only one minor advisory over seven years. Read more
Very intriguing, know a bloke with a very old mx5 that gets little attention at all except mots. He's had it years and it just goes and goes... Goes against against any sane car ownership routine, never had an oil change and does mostly short trips.
I'm planning to spend no more than £10k to buy a car, a car that should last me 10 years, just like my current Ford Fiesta mk7.
Reliability obviously is a key factor, as well as economy. Comfort is great, but lower priority, good driving experience, well... I'm not sure if it'll get any worse than my brilliant fiesta mk7.... Read more
Shouldnt that have been s c r a p p e d rather than s c r a p ed? (Though I suppose girls will be girls cosmetics-wise)
I am after advice on my gearbox. My car is a 2014 Kia Picanto.
Last week as I was driving and my clutch went. I looked down and saw some sort of clip had come off. ... Read more
Yes, take.it back to whoever did the work and ask them to adjust the clutch.
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That doesn't mean those solutions are readily available - or acceptable, for political reasons !