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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 6-6-2015 6 Jun 2015 (News)
  DC, via email Well done. Another success under Section 75 of the 1974 Consumer Credit Act. See: /faq/consumer-rights/     Filter tips I own a 2008/58 Peugeot 308 1.6 Sport.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 27-6-2015 27 Jun 2015 (News)
  PB, via email You could attempt to take the supplying dealer to court:  /faq/consumer-rights/   But if you did, this would be heavily contested because, though the vehicle is under 6 years old, it has done 91,000 miles and your expectation of a life of 250,000 miles is not reasonable.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 4 Apr 2015 (News)
  But if it failed through corrosion then you should not have to pay anything at all because you brought it to the attention of the dealer while the car was still under warranty (and in any case you have a right to expect a radiator of an expensive car to last for more than three years). Law here: /faq/consumer-rights/            
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  Lord Mandleson Backs British Motor Industry With Words 25 Nov 2009 (News)
  I think we have to accept that barring a crippling new plateau in oil prices, consumer choice alone isn’t going to get us to a tipping point in decarbonising road transport fast enough. The carbon cost needs to start showing up in the price a lot more clearly. That’s why we were the first country in the EU to tie vehicle taxation to CO2.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 30-5-2015 30 May 2015 (News)
  Do I have any redress with the trader please? JW, via email Of course you do. Standard consumer rights here: /faq/consumer-rights/   Macanno-set I am about to order a Porsche Macan S Diesel but having read your comments In today’s Telegraph (25-04-2015), should I switch to the petrol version or is the diesel ok?
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  Daewoo Finally Sorted Out 17 Oct 2002 (News)
  He added that the new company would take the brand back into the United States when the opportunity and time was right. "The reason GM did not buy the North American operation was financial having looked at the state of the business, the projections for the brand and the cost involved in maintaining it.
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  GM ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT WITH U.S. TREASURY 1 Jun 2009 (News)
  “The economic crisis has caused enormous disruption in the auto industry, but with it has come the opportunity for us to reinvent our business. We are going to do it once and do it right. The court-supervised process we are pursuing provides us with powerful tools to accelerate and complete our reinvention, as well as strong safeguards for our customers and our business. We are focused on the job at hand, for the benefit of our customers, employees, dealers, suppliers, retirees, taxpayers, investors and other stakeholders.
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 20-6-2015 20 Jun 2015 (News)
  So you sue the dealer for the full cost of the repair plus what you paid for the warranty, minus the £200 + £500 WW paid you. Law here: /faq/consumer-rights/   Slipped up I accidentally over-filled my son’s 1999 Clio 1.4 petrol/manual with gearbox oil by about half a litre. (The pipe I used to funnel it in doubled as a bung, preventing over-flow).