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 have a 2003 Renault Vel Satis 3.0 dCi – i.e. the V6 Isuzu engine. The car has 90,000 odd miles on the clock, and has been regularly serviced. The water temperature stays steady, it uses no water, and there is no bubbling when the coolant reservoir cap is removed. (Sharp man, no cylinder head […]
You may recall that I e-mailed you a while back concerning the new type of bottle for Millers Diesel Power EcoMax additive. As a spin-off, I found that Millers supplied the commercial vehicle trade with their additive in five-litre containers, which were about half the unit cost of buying the additive in 500ml bottles. So […]
I wonder how many readers whose cars have electronic parking brakes are aware of the dangers of applying such brakes when the car is moving? You might only discover this when reading your owner manual from cover to cover or, if you decide to experiment, as there’s effectively no warning on the operating switch to […]
I last wrote to you over two years ago concerning diesel engine emissions control equipment – and we had an interesting online debate about DPFs and SCR etc. which I much enjoyed. Since then, at my wife’s instigation, I replaced our E 320 CDI with a 2008 Mercedes-Benz GL 420 CDI in December 2011, my wife having applied emotional blackmail. So I gave her the chance to […]
It’s Phil, of the previous correspondence on Hyundai i30 mpg & winter fuel. I am well behind in reading my Diesel Car subscription. Looking at the subject of flood water ingress into the engine, did you know that the Vauxhall Zafira seems especially vulnerable, as it seems to have air intakes set very low? My brother […]
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