April 2005
I notice this question is tackled by HJ in today's column, but am not too sure about the upshot. If dealers are required to look after the vehicle for six months, are they allowed to offer three-month ones?
My son bought a 2000 (W) Mitsubishi Space Star earlier today (before we'd read the paper!) and was offered the three-month warranty with an optional third-party warranty which we said we'd think about. The car seems fine, but should I push for six-months and/or consider the additional warranty? If so, what's a reasonable price? The car has done 52k and the deal includes a new cam-belt. Read more
Looking around for quotes on a new car, the best offer I get is from autoebid.com. They seem to be a reliable company and have good reviews in auto mags, the press and even from the DTI. Has anyone actually used this company to successfully purchase a car and would they like to share experiences with us?
Terry Read more
Having read that Rover dealerships were going to be offloading their stock ASAP - I've yet to come across any who are doing any serious discounting.
Is it still early days or am I missing a trick? I can't believe they're going to be holding their value?
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I think I read at the w/e that a Russian had offered to buy the thousands in the fields...ISTR the offer equated to about £2k each.
We all know RF's 1st choice car is his Laguna II and that he's also got a new Bentley Continental Type R (regn. 3RF). Well today I've spotted his other, other car - it's an Aston Martin DB7 Vantage regn. 22RF.
Must say I liked the car a lot but whilst I didn't catch sight of our enigmatic BackRoom buddy at the wheel, Mrs RF was as hot as they come - more curves than the car, seriously ;)
Just goes to show that giving up fags has its benefits :)
Incidentally, there were a lot of very nice cars around Lakeside today - I also got a very nice look at a Noble GTO somethingorother on the M25. Stunning! Read more
"Mrs RF was as hot as they come - more curves than the car, seriously ;)"
Glad to see you have met the missus. She said she was going to the Gym, but I see she went to lakeside again :(
Hi all,
I was topping up the water in the car this afternoon and saw what looked like oil sitting at the top. Where could this be coming from?
TIA
CMM Read more
Thanks for the advice - I'm getting the mechanic to have another look at it to see if anything's glaringly obvious, just while he fixes the gasket.
Mind you, after having to get the bus into work, I'm beginning to think any price is worth paying for a shorter (drier) journey!!
:-)
Many Thanks,
CMM
Has anyone replaced the fuel filter on a Ford Focus and if so how!!!!!!!
I've located the filter but cannot remove the one fuel line due to the position of the clip.
The bracket also appears impossible to remove due to the position of the nut and bolt.
Any input would be appreciated!!!!! Read more
I changed mine last year - an arkward little job! I found I could get to the bracket bolt using a small socket set. The clips were just plain tricky. I can't remember exactly how they came off, but I managed with nothing more than a small screwdriver or two to open the clip. I think I removed the bracket before removing the second clip.
Clearly the higher you can get the car the better. I managed it with just a pair of ramps, although I had the grazed knuckles to show for it!
Pete Mansell
Alarm has developed a notion to go off for no apparent reason. Siren was suspected but after Vauxhall decoded, not thought to be the cause. Problem is intermittent.
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Dave, thanks for your thoughts. Since Vauxhall have played with the codes the ultrasonic now enables itself after a brief period even though central locking not used. Is it possible they have changed a parameter along the way?
Who's doing the best offers on oil and filter change at the moment? Read more
"..they had three different contaners"
Glad to hear that it wasn't two - one mineral, one synthetic, with a mixing valve for semi-synth... :-)
Wiling away a wet Saturday morning, did plan to go for a run on the ZX7R, just looking on the Yamaha website, they have an archive section, interesting as to how contemporary the '92 FZR1000 looks both in design and colour scheme, (red, white and blue) however the '95 colour scheme with dark purples etc looks way out of date now.
It was the same for most of the other manufacturers, mid '90's Fireblades, CBR600's, GSXR's, ZZR's, ZXR's etc can look very dated now though those from approx '89 to '92 look the business, really all down to colours.
Regards. Read more
I spent half an hour adoring this object of red beauty
Me too.
as the whole bike just seems so "right".
Agree completely. Bike had a good article last month with views from all angles and I couldn't find anything to dislike at all. Just enough of the 916 / 996 to see the family resemblance, but definitely adds its own special "something". I love the view from the right rear quarter. Lithe and sexy with curves in all the right places. Just like a Ducati sportsbike should be.
Cheers
DP
PS - The 999 used to bring me out in hives just looking at it. I thought it was hideous.
My 1990 Passat estate central locking works fine from outside with the key but from the inside will not operate. If you push the knob down inside on the drivers door it should lock all the doors but does not. Any technical advice appreciated..... Read more
On my Passat the doors should lock by pushing down the locking knobs, and pushing down the drivers one from inside should lock all the doors (says this in the manual), but on mine it does not seem to happen, I can lock each door individually but not all from the drivers door. There is no lock control on the dash or door unfortunately.....
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the best i can do is refer you to
www.oft.gov.uk/Consumer/Your+Rights+When+Shopping/...m
and
www.dti.gov.uk/ccp/topics1/guide/sogtraderguide.pdf
"Proving the fault
Generally, the consumer needs to demonstrate the goods were faulty at the time of sale. This is so if the consumer chooses to request an immediate refund or compensation (damages). It is also the case for any product returned more than six months after the date of the sale.
There is one exception. This is when a consumer returns goods in the first six months from the date of the sale, and requests a repair or replacement or, thereafter, a partial or full refund. In that case, the consumer does not have to prove the goods were faulty at the time of the sale. It is assumed that they were. If the retailer does not agree, it is for him to prove that the goods were satisfactory at the time of sale."