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• WARRANTY SERVICING: What happens to my new car warranty if I have my car serviced outside the franchised dealer chain? (FAQs)
  Further warranty, such as KIA's 5 year to 7 year warranty and Hyundai's 5 year warranty, depend on franchise dealer servicing from the start. As does Mercedes Benz 30 year Mobilo cover on some parts of the car.
• BROKERS: Which brokers should I consider if buying a new or used car? (FAQs)
  Is the car UK supplied and warranted? If not, then the manufacturer warranty will not be a UK warranty, might originally have only been for 2 years, and might date from the first transaction involving the car in the country it came from, so could be as little as 6 months, or, if the car is old stock, may have already expired.
• YOUNG DRIVERS INSURANCE: Where can I find cheap insurance for younger drivers? (FAQs)
  Or go up a size to Hyundai i10 1.2 Classic, Comfort or Style. £30 tax 2010/2011, £20 tax for 2011 model 2011/2012. 55 mpg. 5 year warranty. Chain cam engine. Feels stronger and is better equipped than a C1 clone.  Tests and video trests of FIAT Panda , Hyundai i10, Toyota Aygo and Suzuki Alto at Honest John Road Tests Young driver insurance based on mileage and in monthly instalments  (using smartbox telematics to check on driver behaviour) :   www.insurethebox.com Young driver car and insurance packages:  Standard rate PCPs, but insurance for 17 year olds from £300 for 9 months followed by a 40% NCD. 
• NEW CARS: How can I save money when buying a new car? (FAQs)
  This is merely information. You use it entirely at your own risk) www.drivethedeal.co.uk (UK supplied and warranted) www.drivethedeal.com (UK supplied and warranted) www.coast2coastcars.co.uk  (Good for BMWs) www.carwow.co.uk (puts your purchase out to tender for the lowestr price) www.uk-car-discount.co.uk  (UK supplied and warranted) www.ukcarbroker.co.uk (UK supplied and warranted) www.freelance-car-broker.com  (UK supplied and warranted) AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS: What are the different types?  (FAQs)
  DL382 is a seven speed longitudinal DSG with a wet clutch pack and a torque capacity of 400Nm, used in front wheel drive Audi A4, A5 and A6. DL501 is a seven speed longitudinal DSG with a wet clutch pack and a torque capacity of 600Nm, used in Quattro four wheel drive Audi A5, A6, A7 and A8, and the Porsche Macan.
• GARAGE SERVICING: How can I find a reputable garage  to service or repair my car? (FAQs)
  The Warranty Maintenance Muckaround If the customer has a used car warranty requiring the car to be regularly serviced at a franchised dealer's, this can be a real goldmine. Be careful to find a long list of repairs and replacements, none of which are covered by the warranty, but all of which must be made for the warranty to remain intact.
• CONSUMER RIGHTS: How do I reject a vehicle or get compensation for problems with a car? (FAQs)
  But if you’ve had the car serviced by Tom, Dick or Harry the manufacturer can claim that the fault was caused by them. If the car is on a long warranty, 5 year or more, then that is a probably a contract between you and the manufacturer that you get it serviced by his franchises and in return he warrants the car.
• MISFUELLING A CAR: What should you do if you accidentally put the wrong fuel in your car?  (FAQs)
  Information kindly supplied by  https://www.fuelfixer.co.uk/ About a third of a million UK drivers every year put the wrong fuel in their cars. Petrol in diesel cars, diesel in petrol cars (despite the diesel nozzle being too wide to fit a petrol filler) and, more recently, AdBlue in the diesel tank. Older engines could cope with a small amount of this abuse, but one price of efficient modern engines is less tolerance for what goes in the tank.
• JUMP STARTING: What is the correct way to jump start a car? (FAQs)
  Second, if the recipient car starts and the donor car is still running, we have a situation where both cars have alternators trying to maintain a charging voltage to the batteries that are connected together. Not good, again a potential for surge’s.
• DPFs: What are they and why do they go wrong? (FAQs)
  A disadvantage of this approach is that it requires a large amount of expensive catalyst. This technique is not commonly used on cars but is found on public transport vehicles / council vehicles. Intermittent regeneration involves heating the DPF to a temperature at which carbon combustion is self-sustaining in a lean environment.