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Your correspondent LD of Weybridge should ditch his Fiat 500 TwinAir and buy a Mercedes-Benz. I have just driven my four-month-old E220 Coupe from Northallerton to Winchester, at motorway speeds throughout,...
You wrote that the issue of certified fuel economy figures is about to explode in the face of the EC. It seems to me that this is more likely to explode in the face of the motorist. If, as regularly experienced,...
I applaud your efforts to record achieved MPG figures against the manufacturers' quoted numbers at www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg. The mpg readout on my BMW 318 computer is consistently four to five mpg...
In November 2010 we bought a new Skoda Fabia Greenline estate. On 10 April this year, the car broke down and we had be towed home by the RAC. The following day, the RAC towed the car from our home to the...
Last September I replaced my C220CDi Mercedes-Benz Estate (85,000 miles) with a Blue Efficiency C200 CDi Mercedes Estate – both diesel automatics. Over the life of my old car I averaged about 37mpg and...
You ran an email on the usefulness and accuracy of official fuel economy figures, and mentioned you were adding the ability to log real life fuel consumption figures on your website. Like some of your...
I have a 2008 BMW 320d saloon and have found water in the boot. It has gathered in the plastic tray sunk in the floor on the left side. I took the tray out to empty it and found more water under boot floor....
I drive a Skoda Fabia 3 which has cruise control. My husband says that it is uneconomic to use. Is he right?
I have recently changed to a new C-Max 5-seat 1.6 diesel. This is my first diesel and I am grateful for several tips via your column, particularly the recent one about letting out the clutch at idle revs...
I have recently bought a Skoda Fabia Greenline II estate, having run a Greenline I estate for nearly three years and easily achieved the stated combined mpg of 68.9. It was therefore with confidence that...