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!
Perhaps the original black box, the car battery is an indispensable component, unless someone one day replaces it with a compressed air tank, or a flywheel, for energy storage. In 1860, a French scientist, Gaston Plante, produced the first rechargeable lead acid battery, which relied on electrodes of pure lead metal and lead dioxide, using […]
I read your “limping home” reply on the Mercedes E 320 in the July magazine and wonder if you could pass comment on my own experiences – perhaps it is the same things that need exploring? I have a 2004 VW Transporter Kombi 2.5 TDI 130bhp. Every now and again it goes into limp home […]
I have not come across the term “special auxiliary shell for the oil pan” before, as in Issue 324, page 31, in the new Volkswagen Polo review. Does it mean the engine undertray? Nor have I heard before of a cooler for the exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve – Doc Diesel page 83. Would not […]
I am currently on holiday in France and have been surprised by the significant number of Dacia vehicles on the roads. Both the Sandero and Duster models appear to be very popular. In addition, the front page of the latest issue of the French car magazine Auto Plus confirms that there is soon to be […]
I have no experience of six-speed gearboxes, but if the ratios given by Doctor Diesel on page 85 of the last issue are typical, it is disturbing that sixth is only a super top to a standard five gears, rather than facilitating a more evenly spread five gears, including a fourth gear that is usable […]
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