Adding additional additives

Three issues ago (issue number 345), we previously described the diesel fuel supply situation in the UK, the variable quality, how meeting the EN590 diesel specification is no guarantee of trouble-free motoring, and the general picture regarding the use of fuel additives. This follow-up article serves to describe in more detail how fuel additives can […]

Electrics and hybrids edge ahead of diesels in used car values

Online car classifieds website Auto Trader is reporting that average used car values in the first quarter of 2016 for alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) – which include electrics and hybrids – have improved by £1,502, or seven per cent, on a year-on-year basis.

Big issue

How events can suddenly take an unexpected turn when a large company does something naughty. Although your editor has, quite rightly, recommended that we sit tight, put a brave face on things and just see how events pan out. I have a bad feeling about the outcome of this affair. There’s quite a hard core […]

The other tank, and the other additive…..

I’ve got a little point that I would like to ask you about AdBlue in relation to our Peugeot 307 (I know what readers may be thinking! Patience good folk! Doc.) My wife’s 53-plate Peugeot 307 came up for its annual MOT and service, with everything going alright, but two days later the amber engine […]

Towing the line…..

Dear Doctor,  I first read Diesel Car back in the late eighties when I owned my first diesel, a CitroÎn BX estate, and I have owned only diesel cars since then. Within the next few months, I will be changing my 2012 Toyota RAV4 diesel for, I hope, something a bit more luxurious. I will […]