October 2022
High-Tech Cars Are Killing the Auto Repair Shop
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The latest video from Rufford Ford shows that the water level is around 1.75 feet, which is claiming a lot of victims.
I wonder what the annual total cost of damages to vehicles is as a result of drivers hydrolocking engines? The daft thing is, the detour that avoids the ford completely is only 3 miles.... Read more
Looks like Rufford Ford is closed.
A fly in the grease of Peugeot's usually exemplary engineering is the design of their wheel locking bolt and key, apparently known as 'the worst in the business'.
At nearly 3yrs old and 16k miles, time to swap front to rear for even tyre wear. I cannot believe a normal adult can transmit over 70Ftlb (100nM) via the effectively 8" lever of the tiny obtuse angled wrench supplied. Even stamping on it with substantial footwear failed to dislodge the bolts. The locking key with its tiny short circular lugs just jumped out of position. My cheap old 17" torque wrench cum breaker bar was needed to exert the required circa 100Ftlb. But the key lugs failed to locate adequately in one bolt; on inspection its receiving holes were malformed.... Read more
Another good reason why I much prefer steel wheels over alloys! .
Same here. No crouching trying to clean them every five minutes in winter. A quick sponge over a plastic wheel trim and it's done. They are cheap enough to replace if they corrode to a dangerous extent. But the steels on my Avensis never got that bad and they were almost twenty years old. The don't crack if hitting a large unexpected pothole and I never lost much tyre pressure.
Hi all,
On Saturday, I took a 2012 i20 with 50k miles on the clock for a test drive, it drove fine, sounded normal, tidy inside and out, went home and slept on it, took it for another test drive on Sunday morning, when I returned it to the dealership, I opened the bonnet again and spotted a bit of oil on the alternator housing and on the aux belt, I couldn't tell where it had come from and I can't say if it was there on Saturday when I first looked at it or not.
I've put a deposit down on the agreement that I'm happy the oil leak has been resolved, I can be informed of what has been repaired or replaced and I can take it for another decent test drive.
EDIT - The garage are selling it with an MOT which looks like it has just been done according to the MOT Check Gov website, the cause of the leak looks to be as below, not being a mechanic I'm not 100% sure how serious this is and how they would repair it, can someone help me out here?
- Oil leaking excessively from engine front timing cover (8.4.1 (a) (i))"
I'm hoping it's nothing serious as the car is a decent price and ticks all the right boxes, but I'm willing to walk away if it's serious.
Thanks in advance
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Not sure what triggered the pile-on on this occasion, but you get used to it.
Anyway, it all depends on the diagnosis of the problem and quality of the repair. It sounds like it's probably the gasket in the timing cover has gone. It's a cheap and easy fix to repair....
The lovely Kerridges has gone into administration 18 months after stopping selling the chinese Mg range and becoming a used specialist sports car dealer.
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I met him a number of times when I bought a car from Kerridges and when car came back for servicing or repairs. He was real old school a very nice man and he had a first class dealership. The service department was second to none.
Hi,
I helped a friend buy a used car last month, she got a 3 year old BMW 3 series diesel.
Before she’s purchased the car, we had been to see 2 others at different BMW dealerships.
For various reasons we didn’t go with them including the unwillingness to budge on the price and/or throw in a longer warranty.
Fast forward 2 weeks and both dealers have made contact offering the vehicles at a £1000 discount without even asking!
Are we about to see a price correction?
In particular a price correction on out of manufacturers warranty diesels?
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Unlike houses, cars are depreciating assets.
Depends where the house is. Some houses in, ahem, undesirable areas of some northern towns became almost worthless during the lifespan of one of my mortgages....
What do people think of Available car?? Went ot the Castle Donington site today, got quite a bit of stock , let you sit in and they seem to be lowish mileage. I am thinking change my Hyundai i10 next summer . Will things have settled a bit re prices if we are having a recession??
Wouldnt mind something a bit bigger than an i10 ... Read more
It's been a good few years since I've been on a forecourt but I imagine the supermarkets will have the best deals compared to the main dealers so maybe some compromise has to be accepted. But good and bad cars will exist at either place, only in the last few days there was a forum member mentioning a Yaris bought from a Toyota dealer that they weren't very pleased with.
Although not really answering the OP's question, I would approach the car search process from the other angle. I would focus down on may be one or two cars that would suit and then see who has the best on offer irrespective of the retail outlet.
Bit of a shock this one, Fiesta has been around for years. I'm sure most people will have some sort of Fiesta memory.
>>Shouldn't read too much into 0-60 times.
I don't care much about them, they give a clue as to what to expect, no more. My point if I had one in mind is that people now care far too much for them. That Fiesta actually had a very flexible engine.
I think today's cars are almost all stupidly overpowered, even though I consider myself a driving and car enthusiast. I build up speed gently and conserve momentum, as many do who started driving in the 60's or 70's.
I know what you mean about the small Daihatsu's. My brother had a Charade. Daft name, very lively little car.
I've got my MOT tomorrow and the airbag light has been on for a few months.
I stupidly didn't think it was a failure until today (my fault I know) but since finding out, I've tried to fix it. ... Read more
You need to be very careful with the airbag systems they are not a DIY repair item you could set them off which would be dangerous if your were in the car at the time.
Yesterday morning I went to take my ageing mother shopping in the local town. As I left the supermarket I had a call from my wife. "Come home now, my car is on fire!"
My wife's car is a 16 year old Audi A3 with the 1.9 TDi engine and has been fairly painless to own despite her driving mostly short journeys around rural lanes.... Read more
Sorry, did not read the final bit.
I am so glad you got a result, insurance companies are always playing silly b*****s with honest people....
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As per my comment from a few days ago, Philips Ultinon 9000 LED bulbs are now fitted to dipped beam in my current 2012 Megane.
It’s a clean, crisp white light with a very sharp cut off. I’m entirely confident they’d pass alignment tests as part of an MOT. They’ll be added to main beam over the next couple of weeks.
I did an unofficial survey of traffic during a 210 motorway journey in the dark last night and the major offenders in terms of dazzle were older cars with out of alignment halogen lights, and Teslas seemed to be a recurrent minor irritant.