September 2024
I need a hosepipe for washing my car, but I live on the ground floor of a block of flats. To make it work, I would have to run the hose from my kitchen mixer tap through the window and out to the street, which is about 9 meters away. Luckily, there are no pavements to worry about.
My main concern is that I have very limited indoor storage space, so I'm looking for the most compact solution. My parents have a Karcher pressure washer that I could borrow occasionally, but I’m not sure if I have room to store it. But I might use that for the occasional clean. Ideally, I need something that works for both normal water pressure (from sink) and powered with high pressured with the Karcher.... Read more
Hi. Please could you advise re. Having a Saab 9000 as a classic car proposition. Some seemingly well cared for ones are for sale for decent money. Is there anything to look out for? This car would be for my friend who can only now drive automatics, so how strong is the auto box in these cars generally? I understand that the 9000 was one of the last 'true' Saabs before the 'cloned Vectra' 9-5. Does that make the 9000 a better buy over the more modern 9-5? Thanks in advance. Read more
I’m a big fan of the 9000, particularly the early models before they cut quality and added spoilers and other faff.
From my time working at a Saab dealer ('90-'95) that isn't my recollection at all. The early 9000's didn't feel that well put together in terms of interior trim and certainly not a patch on the classic 900. In my experience, the quality on the 9000 steadily improved during the lifespan of the car....
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I'm looking at a Fiat Qubo 1.4 Petrol (2019) with 50k on the clock. I'm after a car that i can sort of treat like a van and throw bikes etc in the back. I wondered if anyone had any experience of the later Qubo models as most reviews seem to be from the early days.... Read more
I think Ian_SW has it.
The Qubo/Bipper/Nemo filled a perceived gap after the original Partner/Berlingo vans and their car equivalents were replaced by substantially larger models in 2008/9. ...
Hello, hoping for some advice for a car I've test driven. It drives really well but I don't know how much axle rust is ok and how much should be expected of a 2016 car. It looks like it's flaking but I'm unsure whether that could lead to failure.
I've linked to an image here as I couldn't see a way to post an image. Can remove link if that's no allowed on the forum.... Read more
Got to agree with SLO, my old boss had one, had nothing but trouble with it.
So, last weekend we went to a Honda main dealer, found a car we liked and test drove it.
We had a 2014 car to trade in that was in very good condition and after the salesman looked over it agreed a price.... Read more
The stop/start on my 2012 Civic always failed to operate once the colder weather set in from its being a year old. The dealer checked it under warranty and found no fault. It’s just that it wouldn’t engage unless several parameters were met. Most of these are temperature and electric load measurements. I can’t remember them all but they had a pre-printed customer list to give me as it’s a common problem/characteristic. It went for weeks without operating then, come warmer weather, it would kick in again.
Charging the battery may help but I remember doing 350 daylight miles in winter and it still wouldn’t play ball. ...
A bit of advice on behalf of a friend .
She came back after a 2 week work trip ending up being 6 months , came back a few days ago and yesterday went to use the car.... Read more
Any ideas what it could be , it is an a automatic .
Probably rusty discs. I would take off the front wheels and bash the rust off with a hammer and old screw driver....
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Coolant temp sensor going faulty, perhaps? The problem only seems to be on the very first start of the day.
I’m looking for a bit of help and advice with my diesel car I recently purchased.
The low fuel warning came on with 50 miles left and then the Restricted Performance notice so I drove home and to the garage by which time it had 35 miles of fuel.... Read more
If recently purchased from a trader/dealer take it back to them. You've probably bought someone else's problem.
Hi,
I need some wise advice. From 2 years I am owner of CR-V 2009 petrol automatic, lowest ES trim.
I have already done a lot to bring the car to good condition. The only thing which I currently can’t stand is very stiff suspension (path holes I the road are so harsh) which impact overall driving experience.
If I could improve the car to be more tolerant for all path holes etc. I would be happy with the ownership.
The car has still Honda shocks and springs, which is now over 15 years, one on the rear spring just snapped.
The local mechanic said, that apart from replacing rear springs, it is difficult to say if replacing also shocks as well as front shocks and springs change anything, as there is no visible indication that shocks leaks or springs are broken.
I have believed that if I replace shocks and springs in the front and rear, I could bring the driving comfort and close to the time, when it was a much younger, which would make me feel satisfied with the car overall.
The cost for replacing all 4 shocks and springs would be around £500. Is there a sense to invest another £££ for over 15 years old car, or I should just change only the rear springs as this are essentiall, and leave the rest?
Spoke with the wife about it, and she is not really happy to go with it, as she think in such old car there would be something another to fix sooner or later and the car could finish in sc*** yard due to overall corrosion issue or if something major brake, so she think putting £500 for new suspension is not wise or worthy.
I can order all the parts for front and rear, and then disassemble every suspension column and try to manually check if shocks and springs are still working properly, if yes, the put it back together with old springs and shocks, but if they are corroded or to stiff, then just replace with the new ones.
What would you advise?
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just replace the rear pair what about the drop links and control arms
Nearside front wing, bonnet and bumper damage.
2013 V70 D4 SE LUX Auto 267,000 miles... Read more
If it a write-off, check they don't cancel the insurance and keep the remainder of whatever is left on your 12 month policy.
