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• Hyundai Tucson - Start/Stop MHEV 12V battery recommendation 11 May 2025 (Forum)
  It looks like mine is nearing its end of life and start/stop not often engages. My previous fiesta was running just fine with the cheapest battery, but some advice on future battery would be very much appreciated, given that it's start/stop system + 48V MHEV vehicle.   Thank you.
• Ford Focus 1.6 2009 - Engine Malfunction on dashboard 20 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  (i.e )  brake skid light in orange light on (acceleration reduction showing  ) red oil light showing while engine running.. This had happened on Wednesday, and Friday.  However, lights went off when i restarted the engine. Saturday morning the Car will not start at all and showing engine malfunction ?
• Any - EV’s and vegetable oil. 2 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  But instead of potentially waiting months for a suitable electrical feed to the site, drivers will charge from second life EV batteries that are, in turn, charged by generators running on vegetable oil. The generation process is 90% lower carbon emitting than diesel and the requisite number of trees will be planted to hit net zero. It’s a temporary solution until the chargers are permanently hooked up to the mains.
• MG4 - Driving school EV 11 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  The majority of  new cars are now automatic and many young drivers will never drive a manual and  may even be looking at an EV as their first car. Also cheap running costs for the school as driving school cars don't do huge daily mileages and a lot of it is in towns so ideal EV territory.
• Vw golf gte - Hybrid car 7 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  I’m looking for a car that’s a self charging and plug in hybrid along the lines of a golf gte, where it can either be plugged in or charge when driving. During the week it would be used for short journeys so hopefully would run on battery, then at the weekends longer motorway journeys. Other than the golf what other makes and models could I look at with similar capabilities, obviously not all would have the golf gte performance and my budget is around £18000
• Any - Dashcams 5 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  So, following on from being driven into yesterday, sitting waiting at a give way this morning a pedestrian runs along the pavement to my left and straight into the busy major road trying to catch a bus. Apart from seemingly setting an altitude record off the top of the windscreen of the car that hit her, she’s a bit battered and bruised but largely unscathed.
• to be decided - electric cars for the elderly 5 Oct 2022 (Forum)
  I am in my 80’s and run an ageing Honda Jazz iShift. Goes very well, but is now 14 years old. My wife drives the car mainly to visit nearby friends all within five mike radius. I use it for getting to a couple of social clubs I belong to.
• Any - First ever NIP 24 Sep 2022 (Forum)
  Got my first ever NIP in the post today after 18 years of driving, bit miffed but have to good my hands up. Was doing 50 in a 40 on a duel carriage way I was in a rush as running late but still my fault none the less, I've filled it all in going to send it off first thing Monday. Whats the chance of getting a speed awareness course over the points and a fine as I'm usually very careful as my license is my job.
• Vauxhall Corsa - Cracking in between the treads (long ways) - is it 2 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  Hi My wife recently inherited a Corsa and I noticed some cracking on the tyres this morning.  It's in the long in between threads section.  It runs around the whole tyre and is the same as in the photo for two of them.  A third has it but not so bad.  And the fourth is ok.  Do they need replacing asap?  Are they dangerous?
• Best reliable economical used car for £6-7k 15 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Hi all, looking for some advice on the best used car for a relative. Needs to be reliable, economical to run but still decent to drive and not too much of an ‘older person car’! Budget is £6-7k but that doesn’t seem to get you much at the moment. Car will be mostly used for shortish journeys around town and some short motorway trips.
• The cat that gets the cream - Ora Cat BEV 2 Nov 2021 (Forum)
  Interior fabulous, with lots of kit, and makes the MG ZS very, very dull. If this is as good as it looks, they'll hit the ground running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BvevMKcXmc
• Land Rover Range Rover P38 (1994 - 2002) - 1999 2.5TD lumpy tickover 8 May 2021 (Forum)
  My Local independent ,has not managed to isolate this problem. The BMW diesel looses its tickover when hot, i.e. on a fairly long run ,you might stop for traffic lights and the engine looses its smooth tickover when your foot comes off the accelerator ,it needs a blip on the throttle to recover the rhythm,itdoesnt always happen , any thoughts welcome.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 51 reg 2.0 petrol - value & fuel consumption. 2 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Glad to see the website and forum is still doing well in its new restful blueish look! Anyone run a Mondeo Estate 2.0 petrol to know their real life fuel consumption? Also I wonder what a trade sale (not p/x) value would be for a clean 51 plate Ghia with 86K and history up to 70K? Thanks, David
• Nissan Note 2006 - Oil sump corroded and porous 20 Dec 2020 (Forum)
    I've not seen any evidence of oil leaking onto the ground and for the record, I'm not intending to keep the car for much longer but still need to keep it running and would like to get a couple of quid for it when the time comes. Cheers
• vw 2.8 vr6 - vw 2.8 vr6 oil cooler hoses 13 Dec 2020 (Forum)
     the reason i ask it that i have just removed the oil cooler and the hose from the crack pipe is on the left (looking from front of car) yet on the vw parts diagram it is shown as the right hose?  it has been running like that for a couple of years
• Mitsubishi ASX 4 March 2018 - Roof Rack Requirements 16 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I cannot figure out what I need to put a roof box onto our car.  The fitted racks run the whole length of the roof and each one has what appears to be two fixing fixing points, which are two holes a few centimetres apart, front and rear. What sort of fitting do I need to get for a roof box , please?
• 220 amg line cabriolet. - E class 30 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  It drives very nicely and  does mid 40's to a gallon, very comfortable and easy to see out of which wasn't the case with the slk. Had a major service from the main dealers before I got it but after the warranty year runs out it will my trusted indie looking after it.
• MG ZS 2017 - 11 months on and Side trim mouldings 22 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  Now 11 months, still satisfied, no further compaints, after 3 fill ups on Tesco momentum, shell v power, a noticeable improvement in fuel economy when on a "run", about 8% on my pifometer.... Due a service in December, so will go to the excellent Kerridges.. Off to see a UK spec MG HS shortly, but not on my future list... Ding on door on creaseline now done and body mouldings fitted https://oldroverboy.imgbb.com/
• 2008 VW Polo 1.4 Petrol - Doesn't Start Sometimes 11 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  If you stop and try again straight away, it fires up fine. No error codes or warning lights. Battery is good. Car runs fine otherwise. Seems totally intermittent - regardless of wether engine is hot or cold, and damp weather etc. Any ideas what I can check?
• Ford Focus Estate - Ford 1.0 Ecoboost - now safe to buy? 19 Feb 2019 (Forum)
    She's rather timid, so a car with a low lip and a flat floor is essential.  The Ford focus estate seems a good contender. We tend to buy new/nearly new and run the car for 8-10 years, so long term reliability is a factor. Are the days of Ford's ecoboost problems now history, or should I be wary?