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 Doctor, I thought I would send you an update on my shuddering Insignia (Issue 330). I went to the garage that you recommended (Scotts of Dundonald) and they did a thorough check on the car. No fault codes appeared on the diagnostic test, but out on the test run the fault happened. There is […]
Could you please update me on the reasons why, as you preach, you shouldn’t warm up diesels in your driveway with the engine running, when the windows are frozen up, to clear the windows before you drive off. More to the point, what’s the safe and practical alternative to this? Geoff King Aha! Not by […]
Hello Doc. The motoring pages of most newspapers really irritate me, and I sometimes wonder why I keep reading them. The letters seem to come from complete morons and you can tell that most of them sort of think of themselves as real car enthusiasts, but of the type that go to the Goodwood weekends […]
In issue 325 you featured a Passat with over 350,000 miles on the clock. I feel quite humble and I will now cease boasting about my V reg 2.0 Astra diesel with only 243,000 miles on the clock. I was interested in which items had been replaced on the Passat and in particular I noted […]
I own a 2008 Insignia with 98,000 miles now recorded. I recently got the cambelt changed and also had to get new camshafts/bearings/housing/seals etc. About two to three weeks later, the car would intermittently stutter/shudder when in 5th/6th gear at about 50 to 60mph and going uphill. I took the car back to where I […]
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