Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 22-12-2018 Part 2

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Sat 22 Dec 2018 06:19
- Brit_in_Germany
The cars for sale section is listing two Giulia Veloces at the top of KM's price range with Supers quite a bit less.
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Sat 22 Dec 2018 08:20
- pat pending
Buying an 11 year old luxury car is a very brave thing to do, only for gamblers and the massively confident. But buying one from your brother - foolish all round!!
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Sat 22 Dec 2018 19:45
Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 22-12-2018 Part 2 - kiwichas

would have thought the DPF warning light would have come on if a DPF issue was only problem

may just need software update; errors can occur after changing battery etc

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Sun 23 Dec 2018 16:44
- jchinuk
Re Hydrogen fuel sell
Transport gor London had a trisal for hydrogen powered buses about twenty years ago, none of the routes were nearby, but one of the refueling stations was on the east bound A127 near where I used to work. It was completely demolished after the trial, though a BP petrol / diesel garage remains on the site. The buses were spectacular in operation, a plume of water vapour at the rear made it look like a steam bus!
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Wed 26 Dec 2018 19:24
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PGD contends that hydrogen fuel cells are more relevant than plug in cars because, with plug ins, the CO2 simply comes out of chimneys instead of the exhaust pipe. Unfortunately there is no natural source of hydrogen except to take water and break it down into oxygen and hydrogen, using a lot of energy, that being electricity. So it suffers in exactly the same way, CO2 is still produced. And there is the infrastructural problems of manufacture, supply and storage associated with hydrogen.
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Fri 28 Dec 2018 19:32
- GingerTom
Filler Killer - Fords have a fuel inlet which prevents this regardless of being petrol or diesel. All manufacturers should have them. But the golden rule is check then check again.
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Tue 1 Jan 2019 17:08
Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 22-12-2018 Part 2 - HighlanderUK

yes Ford's have had the EasyFuel system for a while and other manufacturers are very slow in adding similar systems to prevent this kind of issue.

Shell have clear markings, black for diesel and green for petrol, unless the local station had a mistake made when pump was serviced.

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