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  New brake discs needed on my VW Tiguan after 10,000 miles, is this normal? 27 Jun 2022 (Ask HJ)
  The pads and brake discs on my new December 2020 Volkswagen Tiguan required replacement after only 10,000 miles due to serious corrosion. This has not...
• Things we didn't ask for on cars 22 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  The beloved ECU.....can it run windows 7, or Vista, does it have a full colour 18 inch display, or 300 gigabytes of storage and 4gb of onboard ram. Does it have multiprocessing ability, can it play music, does it replace your stereo, or MP3 player, can it play DVDs in the car. NO! So why do they cost £400-700 or more to replace, it's a ridiculous price when you think about it?
• Toyota RAV4 - Toyota RAV4 - Dodgy MOT/Ripped Off? 18 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  It had just passed it's MOT after having one advisory "Underbody Covered In Underseal" We then used the car for 5 months doing some road trips around the country to see family and friends and then the car was put in a garage for the past 6/7 months. We got it out of storage and it developed a little rattle prettry quickly, had a feeling it was the bushings so we decided to take it in for an MOT which came back with: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 99,200 miles: Repair immediately (major defects): Nearside Inner Integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced sill excessively corroded multiple patches (6.1.1 (c) (i)) Offside Integral body structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced sill excessively corroded multiple patches (6.1.1 (c) (i)) Nearside Rear Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Offside Rear Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b)) Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush debonding from arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn Rear bush debonding from arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) Repair as soon as possible (minor defects): Offside Rear Registration plate lamp inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.7.1 (b) (i)) Monitor and repair if necessary (advisories): Front Inner Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened Front and rear (5.3.3 (b) (i)) Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Offside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Rear Suspension component corroded but not seriously weakened All suspension arms/shocks (5.3.3 (b) (i)) Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Offside Rear Inner Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i)) Nearside Rear Inner Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i)) Vehicle structure is corroded but structural rigidity is not significantly reduced (6.1.1 (c) (i)) Nearside Front Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Offside Front Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area is corroded but not considered excessive (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Offside Front Shock absorbers has light misting of oil (5.3.2 (b)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The guy that did the MOT said it's scrap and it's going to cost way more than it's worth to fix it.
• Car Supermarkets, £8k Midlands 4 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Despite having a 1.6 engine, and being a facelift model, it was over £1000 cheaper than the Clio of the same age - and it's difficult to argue with something like that when it was a bigger and more comfortable car - loads of storage solutions and the only one with an armrest to calm your (my) driving style. Sadly, the flat battery coupled with the Megane rep for unreliability meant I walked away since the salesman showed little interest in actually getting it started for me to check the other electrics (radio, mirrors, wipers etc).
• More on Hydrogen. 17 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  The hydrogen is extracted from the liquid to power the fuel cell, and the resulting liquid is stored in a second storage tank. Refuelling the car then involves pumping out the used liquid, and refuelling with fresh sodium borohydride. Even when a sensible way to deliver and store hydrogen has been found, however, fuel cells are no silver bullet when it comes to eliminating pollution.
• Audi Allroad TDi test drive 28 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  A quick look around the rear revealed a truly capacious load space, with easily accessible tie-downs and a couple of cubby holes for storage of smaller, more fragile items. Or at least there would have been if they weren?t already in use to store the CD changer and the Bose amplifier. A full-size alloy spare is provided, but the tyre is a vredstein collapsible, complete with compressor.
• Review of 3 Scenics 8 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  However, the new model has a huge glove box, which is also cooled when the air con is on. Regarding storage, as usual there are plenty of cubbyholes. However, now there are also 2 floor-mounted cubbies for driver and passenger. A nice touch is the door ?puddle light? comes on when you open these cubbies.
• Mike Rutherfords Champions 7 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Frankly, I'm staggered that the company's first proper, mid-engined supercar is as good as it is. In a few departments (non-manual transmissions, price, storage space) it's worse than a 911. In others (sheer driving pleasure, build quality, desirability) it's equal to the rival Porsche. And in plenty of other categories (power, top speed, looks, noise, street cred and more) it's better.
• Not an objective test........ 22 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  (This one was a year old, so I know there are V6 & Diesel stuff about now which *must* be better). Lousy amount of storage space and no space to put things in in the front to stop them flying everywhere. As I understand the 4wd, it works out for itself where it needs to be putting the drive which I took to mean that if it needed to be 4wd it would be, but on tarmac it would be mostly 2wd.
• Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 diesel - First 5 months of ownership 25 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  If you park on a slope and don't press it down hard enough you have to remember to keep your foot on the main brake pedal and press the parking brake again to release it and then again harder to put it back on.I guess it has to work this way and on the positive side it gives you a usefully large two part storage bin where the handbrake would be. In summary I'm very pleased with my choice as it does the things important to me very well, has all the extras I want at a price that others don't come close to.
• Subaru Forester - First 2 months and 2,000 miles of ownership 27 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Auto door locking operates as soon as you turn the key and not when you drive off – can be annoying if I get in first and am waiting for passengers as I have to unlock the doors to let them in. The auto lock will then not relock the doors. Shallow under floor boot storage area due to presence of the spare wheel and rear diff. Handy for a few tools, spare oil, footpump, but not all the kit I used to have under the floor of the B class. Removing the prefromed tray increases the volume, but then you need to store the tray.
• Fiat Doblo roadtest - V.long!!!!!!!!!! 9 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  I really enjoy the tachnometer of the doblo, tells you when to change gear to keep the engine running at max. power. For such a big car I feel they could do more with front storage. The front door side pocket can hold more in my clio than the doblo can hold. The driving position takes getting used to, but after a reasonable distance it feels natural. You really need to experiment with how you use the seats, since I felt uncomfortable before I found you had to sit right at the back of them.
• Mazda 3 - Mazda 3 2.2 d engine failure - warranty problem 13 May 2015 (Forum)
  I checked the oil level which was easily above the X mark for overfull, and had my car recovered by the breakdown cover included with my warranty. By the time they arrived it was 10pm, so they took it to overnight storage, and delivered it to a local garage on the Wednesday morning. I gave them a call just after lunch to see if they had any news, and the lady explained that at first visual inspection, without taking anything apart to properly check, it was sounding like it may well need a replacement short block engine, at a cost of £4500.