January 2024
Hello everyone
We've had this car from new and I think it was last year that we started getting white smoke every now and again. I just always wrongly assumed this was a regen, but I now believe it's something else.... Read more
Hello all,
I am new to the forums but I am after some advice. I have approximately 9k to spend on a car (I could stretch maybe to 11k, but no more than that). I currently have a 3.0tdi Quattro Audi A5 2007. I have loved the car but it’s getting on a bit and we are extending our family.
We will have two 10 year olds and a baby and we will be looking to travel in the new car if we go on any trips away (we are both teachers so we will try to make use of the holidays).
Essentially my number 1 priority is reliability, I’d say next would be efficiency and then comfort.
The other stuff would be a bonus (I.e. performance and gadgets).
I also was thinking maybe a 7 seater would be best best given the age of the girls and having a baby. I think whatever we buy would need to handle a car full and bike rack (possibly a roof box too).
The day to day of the car would be shortish trips. However, overall I would estimate 10-12k a year.
Any advice welcome. The a5 I going because my partner has a 2014 plate merc a180. Read more
Thanks buddy I will take a look.
I’m bothered about even having an alarm on it tbh
Howdo all,
The lease on my Tesla Model 3 comes to an end in November, so I guess it's time to start looking at replacements. ... Read more
I followed a new Tesla yesterday and the driver was either the biggest brain dead individual ever to get behind a wheel or they had no idea how to drive it.
Urban traffic with limits of 40, 30 for a mile or so, 40 for half a mile, 50 for a couple of miles....
We have some mould growing on a bathroom stippled artex celing. Ideally I'd prefer a non bleach method for removal. Does anyone have any tips/recommendations/experience on how best to remove said mould and any suggestions for paint to help prevent return? The window does have a ventilator slot that's left open all year round. Read more
Zinsser do a paint for this situation, Permawhite. It's an American brand, manufactured here (in Newton Aycliffe, I believe) under licence for the UK market. Easily found in a decent independent decorator's supply shop. Available in matte or satin finish and can be tinted if desired. Their stain blocking 123 primer is also very good.
Hi, wondered if anyone could help at all. Engine fault light has come on our car saying repair needed and now won't start. We have had a diagnostics report done which has come back with the following- error code p2244 mixture in the circuit imtegral circuit for linking in of sensor faulty.
Error code- p0003 fuel flow regulator... Read more
What year is it? Depending on age it may not have a cam chain.
Those faults are probably linked by loss of the 5V reference - which probably won't stop it starting (unless the cam sensor goes off, can't remember)....
Hi, we have been having issues with our discovery sport 17plate. We bought it in 2020 and within 2months the turbo changer needed changing. This was resolved and since it was in warranty we didn’t have to pay.
Forward 3years and our car goes into limp mode after multiple calls to our local hatfields jaguar Land Rover dealership (not where we purchased the car) for about 6-8 weeks and got no answer or reply. My husband drives the car there to have it checked, after a lot of back and forth over days they finally check the car and inform us that the timing chains need replacing, they are not completely happy with the compression in the engine so we would likely have to change that too with the turbo charger resulting in a £9300 cost as we are no longer in warranty. We were given the option that we could change just the timing chains at a cost of £3500, but if in fact the engine should have to be changed it would now cost us the £9300 on top of just changing the timing chain so in total this would have been £12,800. We chose do change everything rather than the additional cost as it seemed we would face due to their advice about the compression in the engine. We were advised parts order and repairs would be somewhere between 3-3.5weeks after payment was made and we were given a date of 4th December. During the whole time we are in a hire car payed for by ourselves and on the 3rd of December we received a call telling us our parts have not arrived. Long story short we now get the car back December 28th after the want to do “thorough checks”. Because of the delays hatfields filed a claim with jaguar Land Rover for compensation towards our hire car and we received around 60-70% of the costs back.
So after paying £9300 for the repairs, a day after getting the car back the engine light came back on. They sent an engineer to the house to check it over, he said it was the DPF clogged and he done what was needed now the light is off.
The next day driving the car the light was back on again. They are now saying we need to replace the DPF system and EGL cooler costing £2500 saying “This unfortunately seems to be defective as a consequence of the failed engine which has now been replaced.”.
Articles I’ve found online seem to show that DPF could cause engine failure but I’m not seeing this the other way round.
Should this not have been picked up on prior to the engine repair?
I won’t even go into the customer service side of things as we are highly disappointed with hatfields Liverpool Read more
Unfortunately, the ingenium engine fitted to your vehicle has proved to be one of the most unreliable motors on the market . Timing chains, egr faults and dpf issues are all too common. It’s unlikely the dpf faults have been caused by the engine failure. Even if you get all these items fixed , there’s no guarantee that nothing else will go wrong.
My BMW x5 m50d with 34000 miles 2020 became faulty 2 weeks outside the 3 year manufacturing warranty expired. I didn’t return to the dealer i bought it from several months earlier but instead under the assumption it would be fixed under goodwill I went to a BMW franchise who removed the engine from the vehicle and diagnosed 1 high pressure Turbo had failed. Now for a really good bit, they couldn’t verify that the turbo hadn’t caused any damage to the engine so their solution is to replace the engine and all 4 turbos to the tune of almost £40k. But there’s no goodwill, now heres the thing after battling with bmw uk and the franchise, they now wont refit the engine and have requested i remove the car and the engine in pieces from the premises. And not surprisingly my dealer isnt willing to accept a car returned with the engine in a crate beside it. So the car remains at the franchise & any advice would be welcome?
The car has been serviced on time granted outside the bmw network but by a fully qualified bmw specialist with all services performed as per bmw specifications and each service updated to the bmw database using genuine parts. Surely a car of this prestige & price should be manufactured to the highest quality & covered by the manufacturer, is there an legal requirement from them? Read more
Yes the BMW dealer would only replace the engine and all 4 turbos, they wouldnt even put the old engine back in so it was impossible to get anyone else to take on the job. Indeed i am very grateful for the goodwill from the supplying dealer; as time went on I realised going to BMW was a big mistake on my part, but I suppose i expected more from them with a car at that age and miles and weeks out of warranty, i dare say they could afford the cost of the repair better then the supplying dealer. Anyway i hope to have the jeep back in a few weeks & there is no more trouble.
Just walked my dog past the ex Land Rover, ex Cazoo showroom here in Newport Pagnell. In the last month or so it has changed to a Fisker dealership and seems to have around 17 of their Ocean suv models for sale, not sure if they make any other models?
They are a good looking medium sized EV, although medium sized these days seems huge and there was no shortage of people looking around in there. Just googled and the price is £36K upwards, which again these days is seen as fairly reasonable. Anyone tried one?... Read more
They haven’t gone belly up just yet, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be too long. Existing technical and service support in the UK has been reduced to minimal levels. You can still buy a brand new Ocean, at massively reduced prices, on the understanding there may not be any warranty or support if things do go south.
I understand Fisker has massively reduced its workforce in the US, too.
Such a shame, as I loved the car when I test drove it and would definitely have had one on order had things not gone so wrong for them.
Hi all - I'm looking to buy a used petrol car that I can commute in but also 4 adults can comfortably travel long distances in. So plenty of rear leg room.
My budget is fairly limited £4000 - and I can't travel far to rest drive (live in St Leonards) so max 50 miles from here.... Read more
I had a 2004 CMax 1.8 petrol in Zetec trim for 10 years. It proved reliable and reasonably comfortable. Mine had the three part rear seats where the centre section could be folded up into the boot space (or removed completely), the outer seats then could be slid back diagonally giving a four seater with masses of rear legroom. Not sure if this feature was carried forward to the later models.
Our 2011 Meriva had this too, though if memory serves the centre section of the back rest folded forward then it and the base pushed down. Obviously boot space is boot space is reduced with the rear seats in this configuration, but still pretty decent....
As a car my wife likes the Freelander 2 which you can get for our budget of less than £4k and she really likes the high driving position but the mpg is poor for the 5k miles it will do each year
..so are they any cars you would recommend for a budget that have this high driving position... Read more
You will also need to be confident buying privately at this end of the market. Not everyone is or have the time.
Surprisingly most cars, in my experience of looking at this price point and below, are at used car dealers....
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Is the white smoke not just a case of a cold engine - and stops when the engine warms up?