February 2025
Had my renewal through this morning on the Merc, which is a 2.0 Turbo C200 Estate. £338 with younger SWMBO on the policy too. Not bad actually, and even shopping around made only a token gesture of a difference so I’ll just stick with Halifax insurance because of their sensible renewal policy.
Car is performing without fault and continues to be a very comfortable companion on my morning commutes. Read more
Have a dacia sandro stepway do notice a slight movement on sterring only slight movement if it feels like it's pulling to the left I've had tyres checked and wheel alignment is fine it seems only to do it when driving slow when you pick up speed it feels ok any help what you think it could be before I book into a garage
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Despite statement tyres are OK if the tyres aren't directional I'd start with swapping the front wheels around.
This was one of my favourite ever programmes, especially with Robert Llewellyn and Lisa Rogers doing the presenting. The chemistry between the two hosts, the comedic nature of the programme and (of course) the creations were just a fantastic combination.
I had actually been thinking just the other day that I wish they would show them again. Well low and behold, while idly scrolling through the channel listings this morning, I discovered that an episode was being shown on "Challenge" channel!. This was at about 9.25, so my first thought was to look for Challenge+1, alas there doesn't seem to be one. So I then scrolled through the Challenge listings, as most of these type of shows are repeated two or three times at least during the course of a week at various times, but no such luck. Went all the way to next Sunday and found that there are three episodes shown consecutively starting at 7am.... Read more
Great show, admittedly had to think for a minute what it was as I totally forgot about it. A good era of TV.
My daughter’s Mazda 3 has developed a strange knock once the car has come to a stop with brakes off.
The indie can’t find a cause and as it’s intermittent she has been told to wait until it gets worse.... Read more
Thanks Andrew.
Its been back to the workshop twice and they can’t find the source of the noise but they say the car is ok to use .
Hello,
So I'm shopping for a new driver's seatbelt for my Nissan Micra 2013. I found a couple on ebay, but whereas this one... Read more
Previous owner stained it with a strong odour of perfume, nothing seems to be able to get it out.
Have you tried spraying it with surgical spirit?...
My son's Daiichi satnav/radio unit ,that came with the car when it was new, has died.
He has tried resetting it and had a Fiat garage take the unit out and check the fuse , but it fails to switch on.... Read more
Problem with second hand is it’s likely to be the same as what you already have . Plenty of aftermarket android units that will fit without too much hassle.
