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!
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 […]
Hello Doctor, You may remember me from three years ago with the SEAT Altea which kangaroo-ed and stalled. Well, the garage found no fault, even after I paid £200 to have the oil changed, so I traded it in for a pre-registered SEAT Leon Technology 2.0TDI DSG ñ what a mistake! I now have […]
Hello again, Doc,Well, wheels have rolled, and my fuel pump has sucked and squirted another tankful of diesel through my Mazda2’s engine, so itís time to take stock again. In fact, wheels have rolled well, this time around, to the extent of a pleasing 728 miles between fill-ups. With my on-board computer (OBC) saying I […]
Hello Doc, I think that you have perhaps covered this before in these pages, although maybe not for a while, as I could find no reference to it in recent issues. What would you consider borderline conditions, in terms of freedom from particulate filter problems (DPF), in terms of the length of typical journeys […]
Dear Doc, A lot of cars don’t come with a spare wheel of any kind these days, and instead come with a can of gunk that is supposed to be effective for repairing a puncture, but rarely is. I’m looking at buying a new Skoda Octavia, and a space saver spare wheel is an […]
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