January 2024
Hi, looking for help with car choice please.
Need a car for general around town use, and reliable, budget is £10k.
I prefer small car and auto, would consider manual if auto is not a good option but really would prefer an auto.
A BMW 1 series was a car I was craving but having read a load on here, I guess it needs to stay a dream, my 2nd choice was an Audi A3 but my budget is probably too small for a good condition car so I think a Mazda 3 is probably a good choice? I ready like the shape and the interior of the Mazda, again read on here a Focus is probably the smarter choice but I don’t like the look of that car, As much as I have tried making myself like it.
I’ve looked on Mazda approved cars and would like to buy from them I but if I can get much more for my money would look else where…seen a couple of Mazda on there around 50k miles 2015-2016 for around £10k, does that sound reasonable?
From my research think a petrol 1.6 sport nav is the one to go for?
Any comments on any of this gratefully received as I know next to nothing about cars. Read more
Hi, I'm hoping someone on here may have some insight and take the time to respond.
My husband has recently received a SP30, he's been on 9 points for some time. 6 of those points expired days after the new offence. Though I know that doesn't matter, I am wondering if any leniency would be show to this? And/or the fact that 3 of the now expired points relate not to speeding but a bad tire?... Read more
"we now have a date, actually later this week for totting up ban court appearance"
The ship may have already sailed, but it may help someone else Middleman.
Hi Everyone,
Is there a way to post photos on a post?... Read more
Upload your photo to a free photo sharing site (I use 500px) and then share the web link
News from the US . Ford recall these three cylinder engines
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Never buy a modern Ford: Engineering development is skimped to save money (it does not as warranties are huge: see PoweShift and CVT gearboxes)
I think there may be a typo there - no 'r' and an errant 'f'? ;-)
The trader has refused a refund upon being presented with a "final right to reject". We bought it 6 months ago but the trader has had it in the garage being repaired for 4 months of this 6 month period. It has an engine fault which they can't seem to fix. However it's still at his repair garage and in 4 weeks time it will run out of MOT.. which means if he decided to deliver it back to me I wouldn't be able to tax or insured it because it has no MOT!
What on earth can I do? He is insisting that he repairs it. This is the 5th attempt!... Read more
Clubman must be 20 years old ? Any more details available?
Assuming Autosleeper Clubman VW based motorhome, yes pretty much, youngest on Autotrader is 2004. But the oldest is 1993!...
A son bought a 2023 Golf from a VW Franchise - top of the range 7,000 miles over £40K.
Driving home there was a rumble and he thought it was a wheel bearing.... Read more
Assume it must be an "R"?
See, what I'd be wondering is why someone traded in a Golf R after less than a year and 7k miles?...
Hi,
I have a general query on how does the short-term reject process work for a new car bought on PCP Financing. Since the financing company is the owner and the customer will be just a registered keeper, is the process initiated through the financing company? Each car manufacturer works with their own financing company so what happens if they start dragging their feet and slow down the process so that the 30 days period finishes. Read more
You have a Debtor-Creditor-Supplier Agreement where your main contract is with the Finance Company (the Creditor).
You reject the car with the Finance Company immediately , but you should always copy the dealership (The Supplier) with all correspondence and reports of conversations etc. and, in reality, you are in a stronger position as the Finance Company have an obvious interest in ensuring the law is adhered to....
They're a crypto currency the Fiat App gives you for driving responsible. I now have thousands of them. The idea is you can exchange them for goods . But reality is you get a discount for stuff that you'd likely never buy anyway.
Pity they don't offer money off servicing or tyres etc. ... Read more
I parked my car for work which is in a shared car park and the building next door is getting work done to it. When I was driving home this evening I tried to clean the windscreen and when I did the whole windscreen was covered in a white covering. I tried frantically to clear this with screenwash, my driving vision was completely obscured. I parked at the nearest opening and saw the windscreen what can only be decorating paste.
I didn't notice when entering my car as it's dark and the very cold weather must have frozen it. ... Read more
I'll soon find out
My daughter took her car for its MOT at Halfords.
It passed however they said that the discs are warped - nothing visual but when they put it through their 'machine' it identified that the disc was warped.... Read more
The problem can be transfer of pad material onto the hot disc if the brakes are held on after a hard stop or some hard driving (or maybe even normal driving if the rears are providing even less balanced effort than they should for some reason), doubly possible with your Xantia with the park brake operating on the front pads.
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There'll be lots of Sport / Sport Nav / Sport Black variants available at main dealers, far more than the SE-L (Nav) and SE (Nav) versions because that seems to be what Mazda likes selling. Whether that actually equates to actual demand is another question. The SE-L (Nav) spec comes with quite a decent lot of kit, especially in the Mazda3.
I think that part of the reason why so many 'Sport' versions and diesels end up as second hand back on sale is because owners (this is common across most makes of car in my view) want to get rid of them after the ride on low profile tyres (and firmer suspension on some makes) firms up after 1-3 years. I suspect that owners of SE-L (Nav) models like them and keep them much longer....