July 2024
Interested in the above 2nd hand car on sale by a very large (multi) dealer. It's not cheap at £16K and the dealer provides a 4 yr warranty for close to £900. I've just been asking google various things to do with second-hand cars and come across this statement by google: Reliability Survey. The Jazz did well in the small car category too, finishing in seventh place out of 19 models. Every Honda comes with a three-year warranty as standard for most parts, but the hybrid system in the Jazz is covered for up to five years or 90,000 miles. I wasn't informed of a three-year warranty as standard.
The additional costs involved for a 4-year warranty, paint protection, ... Read more
My car was stolen from the drive last week, broke into the house, found the keys and away when we were on holiday. We are going to give a pole a go, one of those that folds up and down. I know nothing really stops thefts completely but making stealing yours a hassle hopefully makes them look elsewhere. The insurance payout was excellent so no gripes there and I have got another car the same as the gone one coming. Read more
Very kind of of you to point that out.
You're welcome. -)...
Hi all,
Apologies for the long first post but have been reading through the forum and found lots of really great content.
My wife and I have a 2 year old, 1 year old with another on the way. We now need a larger car and have been sopping the market for the past month. We narrowed it down to X5, VW All Space, XC90 and Discovery Sport of cars we liked within our budget.
We wanted all 3 baby seats to fit across the middle row and it turns out surprisingly that the X5 and VW All Space couldn't accommodate that. That leaves the XC90 and Discovery Sport
Within our budget there are 2018 and 2019 XC90s with roughly 110,000 miles on the clock or 2020 Discovery Sports with 60,000 miles on the clock. Both would be 2.0 Diesel and would be purchased through dealers with full service history and 1 year warranty's.
Our main concerns were about space and reliability and we are now wondering which would be the better pick factoring in age and mileage? Any advice or experience would be really appreciated? Read more
Have you looked at the "Multimac" which is a triple child seat which fits in the back of any reasonably sized car?
This then opens up many other options in terms of cars to buy, meaning you can get a normal estate car or a 5 seater crossover which will be significantly newer and lower mileage than for an XC90 or similar....
I drive a boring petrol Hyundai i30 which nobody wants to steal. It's been parked outside my house for at least 4 years (except when I use it !!). Just over 70 years old, retired, 5000 miles pa, insured by Aviva for at least 7 years now. No claims bonus stretching back to 1997. Clean licence until 3 points last year for 24mph in 20 limit.
Its renewal time and Aviva write: " We're sorry to inform you that due to our underwriting rules, we are unable to offer you a renewal quote for car XYX 123 this year. Our inability to invite you to renew should not be considered as an insurance refusal or cancellation and does not need to be disclosed ... etc etc."... Read more
Apparently only in London .
Around here it’s around £2750 per annum for a new RRover
A friend's Mini is showing fault code P0087 - Fuel Rail/System Pressure Too Low.
A garage diagnosed an issue with the fuel pump, sent it away for repair, and refitted. It has a slight misfire when started, but it quickly clears, however the MIL is on and the only fault code is P0087. She's contacted them and they have said sounds like plugs or coil packs. Perhaps it is, but wouldn't a different fault code appear?... Read more
Wise words elekie, but finding a garage that knows what it's doing is not easy.
This Mini is 13 years old and hardly the latest tech. Surely most competent mechanics will have worked on them by now.
I bought my car new in 2017 and it came with Michelin Tyres which were replaced in 2021 with Michelin primicy 4 after the car had done 24,000 miles, The car has now 46,000 miles on the clock and there is still plenty of tread on the car, But i am looking at replacing all 4 tyres with another set of Primicy 4s. Speaking with ATS and also what i have read on line, It states the the average life of a set of these tyres are 10,000 to a max of 15,000 miles depending on Driving, So am i just been lucky or are they under estimating the life span of these tyres .
The tyre sizes are 195/55 R16 87H Read more
<< It would also seem at least possible, though, that performance in the dry, where tyres spend most of the time, is compromised at the higher tread depths, and a reduced tread depth gives better average overall performance and safety >>
All this is blatantly obvious, explaining why F1 drivers prefer tyres with no tread at all for dry conditions. Real-world people like us, however, don't have the luxury of a pit-crew able to fit a set of wet tyres in about 20 seconds when needed !...
Have you seen the new Ford Capri? What an absolute disappointment! It's an electric crossover , yet another one, boring, ugly, an insult to the name! Which got me thinking about their current lineup. What have we got? The EcoSport, totally average , the Kuga, totally average, the Puma, possibly slightly more interesting but what is it? Then the Ford Ranger, of limited interest and ability. Is there anything else? I remember so many interesting and fantastically sought after models, the Capri 2 litre & 3 litre, Escort Mexico, RS 2000, etc, Lotus Cortina, Cortina 2.3, Granadas, the list goes on. Even the later ST models were true enthusiast cars. There doesn't seem to be a single car for true enthusiasts in their line up these days, I wonder if they're serious about the European market? Read more
I find it quite strange that Ford has pulled the Fiesta from sale. While VAG still seems to be able to sell 4 cars in this segment (Ibiza, Fabia, Polo & A1).
Same story with the Focus, which they are about to pull from sale too. VAG is still able to sell in this segment too (Leon, Octavia, Golf, A3, Scala)....
Our lovely dealer Prestons of Writtle are no longer selling Ssangyong or doing warranty work.
Nearest official dealer is Attleborough or Wymondham or Chingford.... Read more
Having looked at the alternatives except for the 2025 Duster, Prices are crazy.
Yes, it will (or should be) an annual trip to Wymondham for servicing to keep the warranty, (which I have not needed yet....
I had a scary experience last weekend. I had just joined a motorway when my three-year-old car with 30,000 miles on the clock started to jump from one gear to another without warning. My dashboard told me it was in 5th gear then 2nd, then to 6th and back to 3rd. Luckily there was a nearby exit slip road and I managed to get to the hard shoulder. A friend later googled Volvo clutches and found a posting in 2021 from a man called Dazzler who had suffered a similar experience in the same model as mine. Interestingly his was first registered in September, 2020, the same month mine was first registered. I have been quoted £2,385 for a replacement clutch, flywheel and slave cylinder by the Volvo dealership. I wondered if anyone else out there has had a similar incident with this Volvo model and what was the outcome ? I have been driving for more than 50 years and I have never had a clutch problem before. Read more
What really confuses me is the fact that the dash says 5th to 2nd and then 6th to 3rd yet the OP does not mention the sudden increase in revs such a change in ratios would cause.
If that is really the case logic suggests to me its a simple sensor problem and the dash is displaying the wrong number.
We have a Clio 1.5 Diesel clio and normally we were getting 58MPG , After the car had a service in January and the MPG display was reset, We started to get 50 MPG , I then changed the fuel filter which increased the MPG to 52 and after a month i added some red X Diesel engine cleaner and some DPF Cleaner and took the car on the motorway and held the car at 3000 RPM and covered 50 miles, Since then i have increased the MPG to 54, So i am still missing out on 4MPG.
Is there a way to try and get better MPG, I am just using normal Diesel at the pumps since i have read that modern cars don't really benefit from Fuel additives and this even includes Red X engine cleaner .... Read more
Most of us can only dream of 50mpg!
Both my Peugeots (one petrol, one diesel) give me comfortably more than 50mpg, John - but that is because of the kind of journeys they do....
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You need a warranty which SPECIFICALLY covers the braking system. AND ALL its associated electronic systems. And with a £3k limit.
There is a flaw with it, it fails and after Honda Warranty of three years,it is NOT covered....