November 2024
Laid up after some surgery. Watching a lot of YT. Have to admire Jet2Holidays optimism. After the first 900 views of their advert and still not purchasing. They're still showing it every four minutes. The rictus grinning young lady the stupid song the lot.
It's been five weeks so far....understandable why people go loopy having the same advert every four minutes day and night....I need to get out. Read more
Forgive me if this is the wrong place to post, and the upcoming long post, I will try and keep it as concise as I can.
Due to being hospitalised for three months almost 2 years ago and my recovery to "normality" has been long and slow, my car has been sat in my garage all that time and never moved and off the road for both tax and insurance, Ironically I bought it brand new just a few weeks before everything went to pot, ... Read more
Even though it hasn't moved, there is unlikely to be much wrong with a 2 year old car that hasn't been used much and has been stored in a garage. It might have a flat tyre or two, and will probably need a new battery, but other than that it should just fire right up. Brakes will be a bit graunchy, but should clean up OK in a few miles. I wouldn't worry too much about the warranty, it has probably lapsed since you have not had it serviced, and I imagine fitting hand controls will invalidate it anyway. You mention Arnold Clark, are you in Scotland?
The sat nav unit on my 2016 Hyundai Tucson is not working. I've tried all the reset option without success. I originally had sound but no screen but now it's completely dead.
I assumed, naively, that it would be a relatively easy fix. Unfortunately that is not proving to be the case. I have been told the unit itself can't be fixed. A new one from Hyundai is astronomically priced. So I thought I would get a second hand unit off of Ebay. But now I understand that will be a big problem because of getting it programed to work on my car. The whole thing is turning into a right PITA.... Read more
Personally, if I was a potential customer (which admittedly I,m not) I would suppress a cheer at the prospect of not having to deal with the b***** thing, andyhen probably pay too much for the car. IPhone satnav has gotme out of trouble once or twice but still overall a PITA. No interest in having one built in
Hi all, I was just about to book in for 4 Michelin cross climate 2 tyres, since my current are rather terrible slippy budget summer tyres. However the CrossClimate2 in my size (195/65/R15) are speed rated H, unless I go for the reinforced ones which are V (91V specified on drivers door sticker) Reinforced seems a bit overkill for the Mazda 3, no? Would it affect normal handling/braking negatively? (Largely town driving, some m'way and some muddy lanes) Any thoughts appreciated, thank you! Read more
Interesting. So let's say your version of the car has a maximum speed of 115mph. But the manufacturer makes another version that does 138mph. But for ease of manufacture and cost reasons puts the same rating on all versions say up to 149mph (v rated)? Which is far in excess of your requirements.
Since my car won't go over 115mph flat as noted in the owners handbook. What's to stop me fitting tyres say h rated 130mph? and saving a few quid....
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My car is a Renault Clio 3 1.5 dCi Diesel, the car has broken down and i have been told it’s the the clutch damper is leaking fluid. Problem is i can’t find the part anywhere and am unsure where else to look or if I can use a damper from a different Renault. The garage seems very busy and said this is the part I need if I can find it they will fit it. The part number is 8200862930 Read more
All I’m getting is no product found. There’s one for a Captur and Clio MK4 not the mk3
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I'm fancying one last fling with petrol before the fun police step in and ban it, and I probably need to be talked out of it....... Read more
Clearly I know nothing about this class of car, but the brit car mechanic that runs a car sourcing bizniz for expats here in Taiwan says German makes have an especially poor survival record here and cannot be recommended.
Porsche, 4WIW, are the exception.
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I Read an interesting article the other day about new EU regulations coming into force to extend the capable life of tyres down to their minimum tread depths.... Read more
In the snowy winters common in the 1960s I had a Mk 3 Zephyr 6 which was interesting to say the least,
My Dad's mkIV Zodiac 3,0 was more or less undriveable in icy weather....
https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/31516287/porsche-recall-manufacturing-defect-wheels-fall-off/ Read more
Wheels would be less likely to fall off if they were held on by 5 bolts, or even 4. I'm surprised nobody has thought of that.
I expect it has been thought about.
I found two exactly the same cars on autotrader
Honda CRV 2.0 h i-mmd EX SUV 5dr petrol hybrid eCVT AWD Euro 6... Read more
Younger one was probably over £40k so it has a 'luxury' VED surcharge for 5 years.
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Hello. I would like to ask you for advice on choosing a used car. I am looking for an economical plug-in hybrid car with a wagon body, Japanese or German.The least problematic in terms of repair and maintenance, as well as the cost of spare parts. I really like the Toyota Prius plug-in, but it has a small boot capacity. I have the opportunity to charge the car in my home from an electrical outlet. I do not drive very much every day, I live in the countryside, but every year I have long-distance trips in which I travel about 4000 km, or even more. Sometimes twice a year. Budget is no more than 15,000 - 18,000 £. Currently studying between Volkswagen, Skoda, Toyota Read more
PHEV’s typically don’t have a rapid charge facility - it’s AC only at 3.6kW max from a dedicated charger, c2kW from a standard outlet.
So mid-journey charges become irrelevant as you’re plugged in for a good while.
They’re really designed to run off a 3 pin plug, charging at ‘origin and destination’.
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It is possible to block ad sites by editing the hosts file and adding a list of sites you do not want to see. There are lists available on the internet of thousands of sites which are annoying, malicious, pornographic, etc. Do a quick google for host file blocking and it will come up with instructions on how to do this for Windows, Linux or Android. The benefit of blocking adverts this way is that your device never even downloads them. You just download a list from the net
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