has anybody experienced the NhS salary sacrifice scheme?

My wife has just got a job as a nurse and is able to get a car. The quotes we have received are really good - they include insurance, tax, maintenance etc.... Read more

Hit a parked car this morning. Left contact details as owner was not there. Is there anything else I need to do such as reporting it to the police station? Read more

im the 2nd owner of a focus 2.0 tdci ghia(07),under warranty til jun10.Not long after buying the car i started experiencing an intermitent loss of power,e.g while driving along a motorway at around 70mph it will just start decelerating even though my foot is on the accelerator the electrics are still running. equally i can be driving in a 30 mph zone in town and the problem will occur, with no rhyme or reason. i have to turn off the engine and restart the engine and everything is ok again. Sometimes this can happen about 2-3 times a week,somtimes it doesnt happen for a number of months. My major concern is that someone may drive into me when this fault occurs as nearly happened on the M8. it has been back to the local ford dealership, (evans halshaw, edinburgh) where they kept the car for a few days, was taken on an extensive road test, everything was "ok",diagnostic testing showed no fault codes. one of the senior techs questioned the type of fuel used,a fuel sample was taken and was given the all clear,the fuel filter was replaced,engine recoded all at a cost to me,the problem still remains. they have suggested that i shouldnt use cheap forecourt fuel, ie tescos etc, i have since switched to Shell. the problem is still there. the car has been back in since then and now they say the fuel is contaminated, which i take exception to, as i have never filled my car with anything other than diesel. i have asked how this may have happened. they have suggested 2 ways. either the car has run dry, picking up the debris from the bottom of the tank, this has never happened or when i have refueled my car the pump that i have used may have been running low and the gunk from the bottom of that may have entered my tank. both of these i think are far fetched. each time a diagnostic test has been run i am charged as no fault is found. even before they claimed my fuel was contaminated there was a fault, it has undergone the same diagnostic testing each time, so how they have decided this all of a sudden is beyond me. My brother has exactly the same spec of car as me, same year, just a different colour, he uses the local supermarket fuel and has encountered no problems. they have suggested that the vehicle be recovered back to the dealership without starting it as fault codes are erased when the engine is re-started. i am more than convinced they will magically find the fault when my warranty expires. i have also been in touch with Ford customer services, they have logged a call and given me a refference number but are not really able to help other than this.

any advice on how to get the problem solved would be greatly appreciated. Read more

Just test driven this (new) car. Liked the size, shape, format etc. And the car, albeit brand new and pre pdi drove nicely, felt good, fairly agile etc. However, although I have driven many dozens of different automatic cars in the past, I was unable to get this Jazz to drive /accelerate /progress etc smoothly - it was ponderous when deciding to change (whether auto or using paddles) and lurched even when unprovoked. When I pressed the accelerator I was left quite unsure when the car would accelerate etc.

The salesman told me that if I took my foot off the accelerator it would go faster (?), and that it was built for economy.... Read more

Could someone tell me . Why do I have to press the clutch before the car will start? Is this to stop Toyota being sued if the car is started in gear and hits something? bit like the cut out on some motor cycle side stands. Or does it have a DMF that could be damaged if started in gear by accident?

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