On a charge

Hi Doc, Once again, thank you so much for your most informative articles. Martin West’s very interesting letter on batteries etc. was perhaps missing one point. In California, there are a group of Chevrolet Volt owners (a class action) who are presently suing General Motors over the fact that their batteries lost some 27 […]
Rolling back the years…

Hi Doc! Many years have passed since I last wrote to you. At that time, I had just purchased a pre-registered CitroÎn BX TZD Turbo ñ a great car, I just loved it, which was then followed by a Renault Megane Scenic, and then a CitroÎn Picasso 2.0 HDi. But I digress, as you […]
Getting the wind up about towing

Dear Doc, Your article ìSide Wind Assist and Crosswind Stabilisationî in issue 381 was very interesting. The only thing that wasnít mentioned was whether this feature works when towing. Iím thinking in particular of towing on the motorway in a strong side wind when there are two things to watch out for. The first […]
Oh my, Gordon

I have just returned from France, where my EGR decided to give up the ghost. This meant that it had to be changed in Poitiers. On having this done, I noticed that the engine stuttered all the way back to my St Malo home, as if it were a petrol engine suffering from an ignition […]
The Old Bill again

Hi Doc, It’s not like me to think on the down side, but this time will the cost or repairs to my old car be just a bit too much? (I’m not blaming my workshop for the cost.) Earlier this week, I saw the warning sign showing on the speedometer that my next […]