January 2025
If I have protected no claims discount and I make a claim, do I lose a year (even thought it’s protected!).
Just noticed a family member’s renewal hasn’t effectively credited a year for the year they had a bump. Read more
If you go to Formula 1 online, you can book MOT and aircon regas/clean at a decent discount, discounted servicing and other services too if you wish.
The people at our local branch are helpful and competent, so have taken advantage and booked an MOT and aircon regas whilst the offers are on.... Read more
Nice to hear positive things about a fast fit chain for a change.
Hi All,
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Would seem consistent with dirt interoduced from your jerrycan, though air in the system would probably be easier to deal with so you should investigate that first, working along the system and cracking unions until bubbles stop coming out.
You could then try backflushing the fuel filter with a hypodermic syringe....
Hi, I am about to buy a new, as yet unregistered, Dacia Jogger, (possibly through Car Wow) but want to know what might happen to prices of new unregistered vehicles when a new registration-year commences. If I leave it until March will the price of the car I have my eye on go up? If it wouldn't go up, then should I ask for a discount for having a 2024 ('74) registration plate? I would be grateful for any opinions, and to hear other owners experiences around this subject. Thank you. Read more
First, I'd say any difference in value a couple of years down the line between the old plate and the new will be negligible. Maybe if there was going to be a facelift, or a worthwhile upgrade in specs. It really wouldn't be a factor for me.
But depending on the specifics of the deal, I think you may be looking at this the wrong way round. My understanding is that people use places like Car Wow to get a better deal on price. If this is why you are, don't you think one of the reasons for the good price is because the new registration number is imminent?. So rather than feeling you should be entitled to an extra discount for going with the 2024 plate, maybe you should be asking how much more you'd be paying to go with the new plate?...
Hey eveone,
I’m 20 and trying to get into cars and mechanics, but honestly, I don’t know where to start. I already do a full-time job, so I’m looking for advice or guidance I can fit around that.... Read more
Hey eveone,...
Who are the best company to use for a car inspection?
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Ev specialist in Cheltenham. www.cleevelyev.co.uk/
According to a German magazine AMS, there is a new online portal for claiming costs under the 10 year guarantee for the PureTech 1.0 and 1.2 engines which was introduced last March.
The portal is apparently reachable under stellantis-support.com . No doubt the guarantee will require that the servicing has been carried out at an approved dealer. At present only for customers in France and Spain but they promise to widen the customer base until the end of Feb. Read more
More info here:
i have an audi a4 2004 1.8t that i recently bought, the car has a misfire on cylinder 2 so i replaced the coilpack and the problem went away but only when the car is static, asin not moving and engine running it has no misfire but when you put the car under load after 2000rpm cylinder 2 has a dead misfire, no stuttering or hesitation just goes completly dead, i have ruled out that its not the piston rings as it dosnt smoke i would need to do a compresion test to confirm but im pretty confident it isnt that i know its not a stuck valve as its not constant its only under hard acceleration, i have replaced the coil packs and spark plugs also i checked the coil wires that sit above the exhaust as they are known for splitting due to the heat of the exhaust, cylinder 2 had 2 wires that had the outer case breaking away but not damaged the wire to what i could see so i eletrical taped them to see if the problem persists, which it did. is it the wires that are causing me the misfire, is there damage that i cant see thats caused by the heat and the wires actually need repairing Read more
update, i did some investigating today and the earth wires for the coils that bolts the the rocker cover had started to degrade and break away so i cut them back and added new terminals to the end and rebolted them to the cover, now when checking live data the car no longer counts misfires while its stood running although still misfires on high revs but also checking dtc's showed a code for low fuel level confirmed by the fuel light being on, i did notice this when i bought the car (i know) just never really dawned on me that this could cause such a problem to 1 specific cylinder thinking it would throw misfire codes to all cylinders, could this be my cylinder 2 misfire accompanied by the dead coilpacks i replaced at the start i have yet to do a compression test ill get back with the results from that next week, i did check for vacume leaks even though its one specific cylinder better to be safe than sorry right? and also checked for more split wires but no others apart from the earths to the coils
Another motoring giant leaves us.
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Suzuki will really miss his influence.
RIP.
Fancy a different location for skiing this year, without having to leave the uk, or indeed England for many? Then just take a drive to the Norfolk Alps for great skiing and motorsport too.
TV and Film.
They never let facts get in the way of a good story!...
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Of course it does, why else would they push you to pay for it?...