Weighty follow-up

Dear Doctor Diesel   May I offer some points of comment (and correction) regarding your answer to the “Weighty Question” (Issue 391) correspondence regarding towing.    By the way, we haven’t been the Caravan Club since early 2017! Diesel cars currently remain the overwhelmingly most popular choice for our members’ towing needs, with 96 per […]

The Big Question, again…

Dear Doc,   I have just trawled through the data pages of the August edition (issue 391) with the noble intention of possibly identifying an electric medium-sized SUV which would meet our present driving needs, which include two annual six week trips to Germany. I even looked at the baby SUVs and smaller cars, but […]

Deep sigh of satisfaction

Dear Doc, With regard to my Qashqai (Issue 390) noise problems and the back axle replacement, the garage has now replaced it and this apparently also cured the persistent rattle. As for the hissing noise, that has also disappeared, but whether it was linked to the axle problem, or whether it’s a cold/warm weather issue, […]

Weighty Question

Dear Doctor   Re: Modern vehicles and their specified towing weights: Would you please explain the relationship between vehicle kerb weight and trailer gross weight? It would seem the Caravan Club’s advice of 85 per cent for trailer weight against towing vehicle weight is no longer valid in the modern vehicle manufacturers’ world. Your data […]

Whatever happened to…?

Hello Doctor! Going back some two-to-three years, I seem to recall that you wrote about a seemingly clever mild hybrid system that had been developed by Peugeot, using compressed air as the energy reservoir, in place of a battery, and thus employing a lot less technology than something with a lithium-ion battery and all the […]

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