Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 24-11-2018 Part 1

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Fri 23 Nov 2018 18:48
- Chris C
Skoda turbo - isn't the dealer at fault for not originally replacing the turbo pipes or at least checking them for blockages the first time round? This is a known issue on other VAG products, eg Audi TT. Also, letting an engine run when stopped for fuel at a pump is not a good idea....
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Fri 23 Nov 2018 20:20
Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 24-11-2018 Part 1 - glidermania
Skoda turbo - isn't the dealer at fault for not originally replacing the turbo pipes or at least checking them for blockages the first time round? This is a known issue on other VAG products, eg Audi TT. Also, letting an engine run when stopped for fuel at a pump is not a good idea....

May be they did and HJ is just presuming they did not replace them. To have two turbos fail each at 20,000 mile intervals suggests to me the driver is regularly switching off the engine after hard driving causing the bearings to cook and not be mechanical issues.

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Sat 24 Nov 2018 09:21
- Captain-Cretin
Impassible situation

That was quite mild; I had a Cargo Daily driver swerve at me, forcing me across TWO lanes; then RAM me.

Despite Police attendance he was never charged with anything (nor beathalized), even after being recorded threatening to kill me.
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Sat 24 Nov 2018 17:36
- robtt
I have a Golf mk7 Gti. 33000 miles just short of three years old and turbo failed . The Vw garage admitted they were replacing a lot of turbos and they believed there is a manufacturing fault for so may to go.
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Wed 28 Nov 2018 05:28
- aufdermaur
Impassible situation: this happens to me a lot! I am a young man who drives an Iris Red (read: metallic pastel pink) Honda Jazz, and people, especially middle aged men in German saloons and white vans) HATE being overtaken by me. I have experienced a very similar episode overtaking a slow travelling vehicle on a 1x1 a-road where the vehicle I was passing accelerated holding me in the opposing lane despite oncoming traffic. Only hard braking and pulling back in kept me from a head on collision. Regularly on the motorway cars to my left will accelerate to keep up and hold me in the fast lane. Sadly my little Jazz is not powerful enough to out-accelerate these fragile beings and so usually I resign myself to pulling back in until my next chance to try and pass (usually when a slower van or lorry in their lane impedes their progress).
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Fri 30 Nov 2018 18:53
- HighlanderUK
Impassable Situation : suggest you get a dash-cam fitted, and if you have the situation re-occur, you can upload your footage for the police to review and charge as required.

Especially handy when the audio mic records any threatening language
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