March 2025
Hi all
I’ll soon be buying a Duster. I’ve chosen a 2022 plate Essential. The dealer sent a video when it first came in and then another after they’d cleaned it up. In the second video I noticed some paint has come off the steel wheels, which I presume happened while they were washing it.... Read more
HJ is quoting 9 to10 thousand, part ex 7,700.
My car has 40,000 on the clock and runs like a dream, but even so...... Read more
Most of us here are keen on keeping good cars, and less keen on keeping car dealers in riches.
Chances are the deal you make to trade in for another car would net the dealer at least £2000+ in profits....
Hi everyone,
New member but been lurking a while.Ill start by saying I’m pretty clueless with cars so need a bit of guidance.Ive got around 8k to spend on a petrol hatch.im torn between 1.4 seat Leon fr (148bhp) or Audi a3.Which would any of you recommend? Thanks all Read more
im torn between 1.4 seat Leon fr (148bhp) or Audi a3.
Just to clarify - the a3 has the same engine? There were lower power versions of the 1.4 (as well as the 1.0 of course) which I read somewhere aren't as desirable.
I was lucky enough to have a 2015 a3 company car with that engine for 3 years, and we really liked it. The engine was at least as good as the 1.5 version (same power) we've now got in our 2018 Arona.
4th December a stone wall collapsed into a narrow street crushing or damaging 3 cars and blocking the residential street.
Daily Record from December... Read more
You know that.
We know that...
I’ve now had my Leaf for a couple of weeks so I thought I’d give a few first impressions. First is the price, I still can’t quite believe Leafs (Leaves?) of this age (2015 on a 64 plate) are so cheap. It’s in really good overall condition, with just one tiny pin prick sized dent, and polishes up quite nicely (it’s black so it shows all the dirt).
It went off to the local Nissan main dealer yesterday for a main service (£230) and came back with a clean bill of health. Part of me was a bit anxious that they’d find a major fault, but no, all is fine. I struggled to find an independent garage to service it, so I’d welcome any suggestions (we’re in Birmingham). But the Nissan dealer was very good, efficient, interested and helpful.... Read more
A quick update 6 months later. There’s not a lot to report, I’ve had 4 new tires and a new wheel bearing, but otherwise I’ve had no issues at all. Over the summer I’ve got 4.7 miles per kwh and have eventually managed to get switched to a cheap overnight tariff, so 4 hours of charging through a normal socket is around 80p (which is around half a battery charge, so 40 miles or so).
The battery has lost one more bar of health, so it’s down to ten bars (out of 12), but range is still hovering around 80-85 miles. My short commute means 2-3 charges a week, so it’s only adding up to £10 a month on the leccy bill....
Hi guys,
We have a problem with one of our TVs. We have 3 Flat-screen TVs (2 smart TVs and a basic LED TV) which are all connected to a standard outside aerial and have been perfect for the last 2 years or so.... Read more
That'll be the Gremlins then.
I was just looking at last year's service sheet to see when the next one was due and noticed that the dealer recommended a brake fluid change at the next (this years) service. This will be the cars second service and it has done around 8000 miles. They are obviously trying it on aren't they? Read more
<< I have no idea how old the brake fluid in my 20yr old Audi is, which I bought 11yrs ago. As for my 45yr old TR7 with its original front calipers and discs...... Never forget the garage industry usually advises as much work as it can get away with. >>
While agreeing in principle with your main point, John, I prefer to find a happy medium between running up unnecessary garage bills and trying to find out how long my car will keep going without doing any work on it.
Tonight’s Watchdog highlighted claimants been told to contact the phone number on their policy by , in these cases their broker.
Ended up racking huge bills for car hire which had to be claimed back from the guilty party.... Read more
A pertinent tale.
KGF Classics seem to specialise in sourcing very low mileage cars, often quite obscure or forgotten, I get videos popping up regular on YouTube.
Coincidentally I've saw another one parked up in a front garden in East Anglian bow and arrow country this afternonn along with a Polo Coupe pre-facelift and a Facelift MK1 Vauxhall Carlton.
I have a four month old Peugeot 208 which has got an annoying rattle coming from the driver door area or front pillar. Because the car is new and is in warranty would I be in my rights to ask the dealership to try to find out what's causing this rattle and fix it? Read more
By all means have a go-I had a Golf that had a thoroughly irritating light rattle behind the dash but VW couldn’t find anything.
It got on my nerves for the 3 years I owned the car….ever since then the only thing I can remember about the Golf was that it was red and had a dash rattle.
Chinese torture.
