August 2024
Hi all, I'm in the market for an SUV. It's myself, my partner, and our 3 dogs. Also, possibly a baby on the horizon. We are brits living in southern Sweden. Probably something 2018 onwards, second hand from a dealer here.
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Our Forester summer set are getting thin, still very legal but i don't like going below 3mm even on the shoulders, up to now i've been running winter/summer sets (have second set of wheels), was going to leave tyre buying till next spring for new summer tyres but have decided this time to stay with the summer wheels and go all season instead, will flog the existing winter set which still have plenty of tead in due course.
After much consideration, and good service from previous Quatracs on family cars, have opted for Vredestein Quatrac Pro+.... Read more
I always check and retorque the wheelnuts after my car comes back from having the wheels off. The last time was for new rear tyres and they were spot on which is reassuring.
I posted on here previously asking about getting another diesel car. Having done a lot of reading since (and scared myself half to death), thought I would come back to get more advice on a forum that seems a good one to me. And I have run a forum myself previously, not about cars obviously, so understand what makes a forum good.
OK, have decided to possibly spend a little more than the original £8K I was looking at to get the right car for hubby and self. Possibly up to £10K or a little higher.... Read more
Also, would this 4WD with 18" wheels mean it is less fuel efficient. It has has 4 previous owners since 2018 registration?
Anyone have any knowledge or thoughts on the face lifted Suzuki Swift? Daughter is looking to replace her 8 year old Baleno and likes the look of these. She wants an automatic, which I believe to be CVT which I don’t think is the case in the Baleno..
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Will do! Thanks for the earlier input, it’s much appreciated. It’ll be well serviced as they extend the warranty up to 7 years if it is.
This is a great car, used daily, utterly solid. Mechanical parts are usually the same as Honda UK's cars, but bodywork parts are not. Unfortunately there is now a crack on the windscreen large enough to require the whole screen replacing. Honda UK will not help me, beyond supplying a part number. I am enquiring about importing a new screen from Japan (I did successfully import a door mirror last year) but I have heard something about a glass company in the UK that makes bespoke screens. Has anyone any experience of this service please? Read more
This is why I had to reluctantly part with my Honda Element.
Yes it shared a good degree of parts with the 2nd gen CR-V, but by no means every wear and tear component. Three months and considerable shipping expense getting hold of brake callipers, being one of a few painful examples...
Hi. I am writing to ask for some help with a vehicle I have recently bought. It is a manual 2017 Mazda 3 diesel with 35,000 miles on it and I have noticed that the gear change doesn’t feel right. I have observed the following behaviour:
- The gear stick is stiff to change between gears and feels like it is catching or dragging as it changes between gears. It can be very noticeable when selecting 1st, reverse or changing to second and 6th but occurs on all gear changes. It feels notchy and inches several clicks before engaging the gear rather than one smooth action.
- It can be difficult to engage 1st/reverse gear from standstill with the clutch on the floor or to change to 2nd gear. It feels like the gear stick is blocked from selecting the gear even though it is in the right rev range.
- The biting point seems to vary from being low to being at the end of the clutch pedal travel. The clutch pedal can feel easy to press or very heavy to press and can suddenly bite much harder even after the biting point has engaged. It is very difficult to have a smooth gear change.
- When manoeuvring in reverse where the clutch is up it doesn’t feel like it is biting very much and it is hard to move the vehicle. Lifting the pedal more doesn’t seem to make it bite more.
- There has been some vibration experienced through the clutch pedal even when depressed.
- The car jerks when lifting off the accelerator even at the slightest movement of the pedal in higher gears. Further it feels like there is some jerking in the transmission when accelerating or cruising.
This behaviour is unlike any I have experienced on other vehicles I have driven. When this isn’t happening, the gears can be really slick and smooth and easy change with no resistance and it is easy find the biting point.... Read more
Do I detect the whiff of AI?
I think you do, what puzzles me is why one would bother.
Having just written off my husbands 2013 plate Mondeo, I am now looking for a replacement car. I have a 13 plate Honda Civic which is returning a milage of around 54mpg driving into and out of a city 5 days on a 26 mile round trip.
We currently have just over £8k of that we can access by the end of next week, and I have today seen a Peugeot 2008 1.5 Deisel at a local car sales place.... Read more
Thanks, I will see if I can find this forum.
Initially my roof/boot were slow to open and close, often stopping in the same places which was fixed by just repressing the buttons. I lubed up the pivot points and it did make a noticable difference, didn't random stop anywhere near as much but does sometimes (usually when the boot is nearly closed. It still seemed slightly sluggish opening my roof/boot but definitely slower than it should be closing them.
After noticing my old pump was leaking (fluid level was fine), So I bought a sc*** one but I couldn't get the clamp off so sprayed wd40 carefully around the edges to remove the sludge and oxidised oil. I also sprayed a bit into the holes where the hydraulic lines go into the pump, let it run out then let it sit for a couple days. Refilled, reinstalled (lines put into pump look untidy but they are all in the correct places and secured.... Read more
I saw a video in which they opened the roof a few times to clear the air out. I managed to get the roof down, it didnt seem particularly slow other than at the end which is where it usually stops if it fails, Unfortunately when closing the roof, the boot lid lifts as it should but the roof itself doesn't lift up, I had to manually help it shut. Now the boot doesn't work again,
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I am looking for some advice as to which SUV I should buy.... Read more
Personally I’d go Toyota, but rather than poverty spec, opt for an ex-demo?
As for Fords, I’ve a garage owner friend (award winning garage too) who has a very unfavourable view about the three cylinder engines - in fact any three cylinder engine. He says he’s repaired and replaced dozens, and they are junk.
The Kuga is a 4 cylinder 2.5 litre but personally, I’d expect a better 0-60 time for a 222hp hybrid than 9.2 seconds.
Other plus for a Toyota is if it’s serviced annually by a franchise, 12 months warranty in included- up to 100k miles. A manufacturer backed warranty like that is not to be sniffed at.
I saw that Lee Power, in the Insurance thread, said ...... High price is due to the known theft risk - some insurance companies wont even cover certain Toyota / Lexus products due to the CAN invader theft issue.
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If our courts shipped the guilty low lifes responsible out to Saudi Arabia or similar for punishment such thefts would cease, one can dream....
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If you must have AWD then Subaru, but in my experience of 27 years living up a steep hill, half a mile off the road, winter tyres (not all weather which is marketing twaddle) on 2wd beats normal tyres on AWD. An XC60 under £30k might be quite old, but 2018 is probably doable for a fairly low spec one