Roadside hero

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 […]

The cost of good service

My late 2012 Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI DSG Mk6 is coming up for its third service, at around 38,000 miles, according to the service reminder. I seem to recall that there should also be a DSG transmission fluid service at 40,000 miles, involving a fluid and filter change, but I think that my cambelt is […]

Industry and Idleness

Now then young Sir, I’ve just been reading in my new copy of the magazine, which arrived this morning, about Mike Davis’s thoughts on using biodiesel in his car. I hope that you referred him to our previous dialogue on the subject.    I started making biodiesel in 2008 and have run four Skodas on […]

Disappointed David

Dear Doc Diesel,    I have a Polo Match Edition 1.2 TDI with the EA189 engine and am disappointed by the absence of information on the effects of the 23R7 recall for a software update. To date, I have received three letters from Volkswagen, none of which gave any meaningful information. The website www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/emissionsinfo is […]

Flexible friends?

Doctor, I often read your words of wisdom in Diesel Car’s Used Car Buyer’s Guides, and your frequent warnings about buying the cars reviewed with large optional wheels and low profile tyres fitted, on the grounds of ride comfort and replacement cost. But is it all as simple as just the dimensions of wheel and […]

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