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!
I am writing as a follow-up to the issue with the (petrol-powered!) Clio air-conditioning and to whether it would automatically self-activate. Well, I recently purchased a three-year old VW Passat 2.0 TDI 140 with the manually controlled Climatic system. I also thought that there might be something wrong with it, as when you turned on […]
I recently had an experience with my Citroën C-Crosser that may be of interest to other readers. My wife noticed a nasty clattering noise from the front of the engine when it was ticking over and I had my head inside the car. After lifting the bonnet, we located that the noise was coming from […]
I owned a ‘57 plate VW Golf 1.9 TDI 105 and was really pleased with the mpg, getting 60 to 65 mpg on a long journey at 65 to 70mph. I recently replaced it with a 12-plate VW Golf TDI 105 with the new smaller, higher geared 1.6-litre TDI engine. I was told (presumably by […]
In your reply to Brian Griffiths, reference the Renault Clio climate control problem, you said that any sticking relay should turn off when the relay is turned off. But if the points of the relay are actually stuck together, (which might have been one of the explanations. Doc) then the current will continue to flow […]
In 1985, the Ford Granada and Scorpio were introduced to the European market with a Teves electronic anti-lock braking system (ABS) throughout the range as standard, for which the model was awarded the coveted European Car of the Year award in 1986, after receiving highly favourable praise from motoring journalists. Ford’s bold initiative encouraged other […]
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