Probably motoring's equivalent of Geoff Boycott! He hates factual inaccuracy and avoidance of the fundamental facts of anything. Cars are meant to fulfil a purpose of getting from A-to-B, hopefully enjoyably, comfortably, and elegantly, not to serve as mobile communications and entertainment centres!
Hello Doc I wonder if you can clarify something for me? I have noticed that some of the fuel economy figures and CO2 for the more recent versions of some car models are not as good as their predecessors. The differences are of the order of 3 to 5mpg, and this applies to a […]
Dear Doctor, It seems that we are now in exciting, but dangerous times. The speed with which the motoring scene is changing is often hard to keep up with, particularly if you are a veteran driver brought up with the worst of the British motor industry’s post-WW2 products. These were mainly revived pre-war models, […]
Hello Doctor. I have a new Dacia Sandero Stepway 1.5 dCi, which I bought in France where I live. It is running in nicely, is pleasurable to drive, and performs well in all respects, except for the annoying stop-start system which, although switched off, reverts to “active” every time the car is key started. […]
Greetings Doctor, I have been a Diesel Car subscriber since purchasing my first Cavalier 1.7 turbodiesel new, back in 1993. I have owned an Astra 1.7 CDTi Estate since 2006 and it has been an excellent car. However, as I have now been retired (or as the French would say, become ìof a certain […]
I was only thinking the other day about the sort of questions you used to get asked Doc, about ìunder-bonnetî things that we mostly understood, and thought that we could get sorted out on the driveway on a Sunday morning. Or something to get you out of a domestic task that wasn’t very appealing. ìSorry […]
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