March 2024
I have basically the same situation as this poster (www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=174646...4), only the reason I didn't receive the NIP is because I forgot to update the v5c Log book with my new address - I only updated on my drivers license. Consequently, when I had a speeding offence 6 months ago, the NIP was sent to an old address. I am now charged with failure to respond (they managed to find my correct address for to send the SJPN (presumably from my drivers licenc and car tax etc... - What is my best option in order to avoid the 600 fine and increase in insurance premiums? Read more
When its is sunny I find reflections from dashboard tops and in the windscreen distracting, polaroid clip-on glasses stop these but I remember rally cars with matt black dashboard tops which would solve the problem.
Do any detailers do this mod these days? Read more
Dash covers are fairly.common in Australia too. As much to stop the dash from cracking as to prevent reflections.
If it causes you £80 worth of bother, you can buy them for UK models here. I have bought floor mats from this company before, so can vouch that they do exist.....
Hi. My son in law paid £5k - took out a loan for this used car a few weeks ago. Since then, it's constantly found with wet seats in the car rear. He has travelled a few miles to the warranty specialist to get repaired but they can't find the problem. The dealer now won't help either. He feels the dealer has known about this as the car stood outside before purchase. Can anyone help or advise? Read more
Dacia specific forum would be my suggestion. If it's a common issue, you'll find the answer there.
My firm (a local bus and coach company) has sitting it its bank a tax payer funded grant which has to be spent on electric buses. We’ve bought two Sigma 8’s, which have proven to be a disappointment due to range and poor reliability - one has been off the road for months awaiting parts. We’ve also bought a Mercedes based minibus which has also proven to be next to useless.
On Monday morning I was presented with an electric Ford Transit minibus for appraisal. On turning it on it’s immediately evident that it’s also not fit for purpose with an estimated range of just 115 miles! This plummeted to 88 miles after a run of 17 miles in good weather and driven gently. These are around £80,000 yet it’s capable of doing two short school runs with confidence in winter at best, in other words absolutely useless and not good value for the tax payer. Otherwise quite pleasant to drive if a bit heavy and bouncy compared to an equivalent diesel.
My recommendation was not to buy, to put the money into another tried and tested (but not without fault) ADL product instead to go along with the E100 we have on order already, which would better serve as a rolling advert for the firm. Read more
Amazon partnered with Rivian to develop their own electric van - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivian_EDV -
I’ve not seen one near me - they’re usually Transits with very few straight panels.
Decades before I moved here there was infill building behind the row of houses (semis and small terraces) on the open land behind. The council built two blocks of two storey pensioner flats. Since I moved here people have come along the service road to park at the bottom of their back gardens on short drives or in garages, as door mirrors, etc. are at risk on the main road out front.. Anyway the cash strapped council (although happy to waste a fortune on irrelevant jobs and pointless projects) have now come up with a cash generating wheeze! They have decided deiced that non-council tenants (the properties are now a mix of council and ex-council\) should pay an access charge over their land (the road) at higher rate than resident's parking permits nearer the centre. Google says the road is a public highway so whilst the council have to maintain it do they have any right to make it a toll road for some? Read more
OP has stated its a public highway maintainable at public expense, so vehicular access right is a given.
My car was stolen from my driveway yesterday morning at 1.10 a.m., the time was captured on a Bushnell Naturcam camera, this was installed temporarily while a CCTV camera was being setup. I have notified the police and got a crime report; I understand that they also notify the DVLA about the theft and if the vehicle is found. The dilemma is that the insurance company is notified that they will pay out, the car then becomes their property, however, I want to have the car back if found and continue restoration of this 28 year old car, I have carried out many repairs and renewals to shock absorbers, brakes etc. etc.. Although the car was still insured till September and had road tax, there was no MOT since it was off the road, this will aid the police in ANPR, I think that I should notify the insurance company but to have them wait for a period. What to do?
Jaymack in High Wycombe Read more
It may help others, good news that my Mondeo was found by the police; the front bumper was badly damaged and the passenger side front wheel was badly damaged, 3 of the fixing bolts were sheared off, the last one was slightly bent, it was hammered and straightened out to get the wheel back on to enable getting the car on the recovery vehicle. Cost me about £600 all told, then there is the repair costs still to come, both number plates were also missing and my tools worth about £1500, were gone .
Fortunately, I had bought a new replacement bumper, a complete fog lamp was also missing, fortunately spares are still around. The car had done very little miles from about 69950 on the clock since, it was stolen, this seems it was stolen by a chancer who didn't know the car, probably a druggie....
The one thing that really annoys me is the mystery noises that seem to plague most cars and are so difficult to identify and fix.
My new Golf Mk 6 had a rattle from the dashboard which the main dealer tried to fix but ended up making it much worse.. Similarly my Honda Accord had a clicking from the roof area. Turned out to be a broken weld. But Japanese cars seem to suffer from creaks and groans from cheap plastic panels .... Read more
Picked up a few cars that were totally rattle free. However, after a couple of weeks of British road surfaces (if you can call them that), the odd noise was finally teased out.
Hi all, this is my first post here.
We are looking for a used car (age: 2020 or newer, budget: £15-25k) as our family is expanding. The plan is to have 2 car seats at the back row. Ideally, a passenger should sit inbetween them but I know that this is almost impossible. Therefore, we are open for a 7-seater option as well.... Read more
Thanks badbusdriver for your recommendations!
How would you compare the Kodiak with the Kia Sorento?...
Heya, strange question but any help appreciated. Im trying to find out how much the New Photocard driving license cost when it was introduced in 1998/99. Nobody seems to know including the DVLA. So imagine you had a paper provisional, then you passed your test in 1999, and applied for your full driving license with the new photocard, what was the fee?
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We are required by an EC Directive to issue photocard licences to all UK drivers by 29 July 2001."
That requirement must have changed as we moved to our current address in April 1999. My updated driving licence was paper and it still is. Never had a photocard one, although that will have to change in 6 years when (if) I reach three score years and ten....
Thinking about the Dacia Duster Diesel, I've read on some forums there were issues with the clutch, or are there any other issues I need to look for?
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Not sure on the Dacia but on every other Renault 1.5dci I've seen it is a hydraulic clutch with a master/slave.
I can't remember the last car I saw a clutch cable on. Probably something from the 1980s.
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Your only real option is to get a good solicitor who can eloquently argue in your favour with some sob story or other, like Nick Freeman does.