January 2025
Hi - hope the forum can help with this. Will take a while to explain, so my apologies...
I received a NIP last month for speeding at the end of November 2024. The offence was: "Exceed 30 mph speed limit in contravention of a Local Traffic Order - manned equipment". I was doing 35mph in a 30mph, so no complaints and will take it on the chin as a fixed penalty with a £100 fine and 3 points.... Read more
Hi all, any advice on the following options would be greatly appreciated.
I currently have a Volvo XC60 B4 mild hybrid, just short of two years old. I like Volvos (this is my second) but I have concerns about their long term reliability, so I was planning on changing it next year before the warranty expires. I have retired now and don’t want to be changing cars every three years, so I was thinking about switching to a Lexus NX and taking advantage of the long warranty. ... Read more
As someone famously (and IMHO very wisely) once said: "The more they overtake the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain."...
This comment - 'Sadly it was also a commercial flop, seems people in general shy away from clever cars' - set me thinking; good topic for a pub debate? I shall start with my own reliable well engineered 'good...flop' - a 1980 onwards Triumph TR7 DHC! Not sure what suggest as a bad car which sold lots - Morris Marina? Read more
Heard that plans may be motion to import the Electric version of the Tata city car. Privately imported the cost is sub £10000.
But another brand that got a lot of hype but started a new way of buying cars was the Daewoo. ...
Hi everyone, got a 2013 i10 4 years ago, failed MOT today with the below. My local service guy said it would cost about £800 to fix all the below (mainly timing belt & ABS), and sugested perhaps I should sell the car. Used cars are still way too expensive. What do folks think - repair, or replace like for like?
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What problems will be pushed to next year? The suspension being a bit worn?
Got an 09 fiesta. I've written about it a few times here in the past but thought I'd give an update since I keep getting oil warnings (they pop on for one second then disappear). My ex owned this car for 5 years before me and I've owned it for about five years since. She never changed the oil. I've changed it once and topped it up once.
Anyway, I bought a bottle yesterday and I'll probably top it up or change it again next week. Read more
In my days of running bangers when I was young, foolish and skint (as opposed to old, foolish and skint ?) I used to habitually visit sc***yards for spares.
It was amazing how much congealed black rubbery oil there was in sumps where the oil had never been changed - has some wonderful pictures of US cars where the oil has congealed to look like jelly pudding and will not flow out of the drain plug. You Tube - not available then as the Internet did not exist nor did PCs!)
So I go on well known comparison site to get quotes for my wife’s car and the cheapest is £160. I then check the information and as she’s now retired, her mileage has reduced and she doesn’t need insurance to get to work and back. I change the inputs to reflect the above, press ‘get quotes’ and the cheapest is now £190! How does that work?! Read more
With LV owned by Allianz and also Flow . Similarly Direct line owning Churchill and underwriting Tesco , is there any point in getting multiple quotes or will they all be the same ?
As per the other thread DL don't appear on comparison sites, DL have their own website.
Hi, I bought the car last April from a Toyota dealer, with a mileage of 24129 , I paid £9200. They gave me a 1 year warranty. I took it back to them today for a MOT. Mileage 26214. It's failed massively, dangerous defects, do not drive. They said they will pay £173.99 brakepipe incorrectly routed not secure.
...I have to pay £246 lower arm bush excessive movement, £42 tyre also advisories - £500 brake pipes, handbrake £72, arm bush £26 (another one) , £42: Ant advice please Guy's? So annoyed and fed up. The salesgirl said it was to be expected on a second hand car. Read more
UPDATE...
I picked my car up from the little garage this morning ...
I had to drive to Watford the other evening, to stay in a hotel before an early funeral.
Going south on the A12 I had to flash a good few cars coming toward me on full beam (and they all dipped their lights)... Read more
One problem is the height of headlights. They are much more blinding if fitted to large SUV's, trucks or HGV's. Perhaps there should be a maximum height requirement for headlights. Any vehicle could have them fitted lower.
Local news this morning are featuring a Tesla Cybertruck being seized by the police in north Manchester as it doesn’t meet UK safety standards.
Presumably the driver thought they’d circumvent the law by registering and insuring it abroad whilst being a UK resident. That’s also illegal, apparently.
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Isn't that a good thing that police seized it as Cyber truck can't be sold in EU due to valid safety concern?
My 5 year old HP Pavilion PC has an Intel Core i5 8400 processor with 6 cores and can run windows 11 when this question is raised in a Google search
Question 1 to Google - Which Intel processors are supported by Windows 11?... Read more
Those specs.
Intel i5 3470 cpu 3.2ghz
8gb Ram 1Tb hdd
64bit w10 22h2...
My policy requires me to inform my insurer when I renew if I or any driver on my policy have had any motoring convictions or endorsements during the period of insurance. As it happens, the NIP arrived about a month before my renewal date anyway.
Because I'd informed them of the conviction prior to renewal (for which, no admin charge at this point), I was worried that the delay in it appearing on my driving record online would lead to the insurer treating it as a policy change when the DVLA did update its record. I now know this will only take effect for my insurer when I next renew....