Blue is Green

As I’m sure you’re fully aware, especially after the recent long-term report on the A4 Avant 2.0 TDI ultra, the majority of vehicle manufacturers have chosen selective catalyst reduction (SCR) technology (together with the Urea Solution, AdBlue) in order to meet the latest European emissions legislation. Whilst seeing plenty of new models spoken about in […]

Read the handbook

I recently bought a Renault Clio 1.5 dCi with stop-start. Surely all this cutting out at junctions can’t be good for the car – will it mean that my starter motor will need replacing more often? Barry Someone hasn’t bothered to read their Driver Handbook, have they Barry? If you had, you would know you […]

Blackpool Tower

I have just read Paul Allerton’s request for help regarding towing, and your reply. I tow a 1,350kg caravan with a Mercedes-Benz C 220 CDI BlueEfficiency of 2010 vintage. It is rear-wheel-drive, of course, but with a manual gearbox. When I bought the car at two years old and with 14,500 miles on the clock, […]

Lighting the road, and lightening the wallet!

I wonder if you can give me an opinion of the quality and value of LED headlights, which in my case are an option effectively costing a rather painful £1,050 or £1,750 (for the superior Matrix LED system) more than the standard HID xenon lights on the new Audi A4 that I am considering for […]

Software issues

Some advice please. Does the present issue with the Volkswagen group diesels impact upon the process of software rewrites and add-on boxes for extra power and/or economy? Or is it likely to in the future? I have been thinking of having my MINI Cooper D tuned and I don’t want to run into any trouble […]

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