Car Maintenance

Brake caliper/pad "retaining" clips

I've just replaced the front discs and pads on my wife's 20-year-old Ford Puma, and I have a query about the so called...

16 comments posted 6yrs

posted by watt.tyler

16 comments posted 6yrs posted by watt.tyler

Toyota Aygo- Opinions?

We are considering replacing our Smart Car. One of the options is the Toyota Aygo. We hired one some years back and qui...

16 comments posted 6yrs

posted by no.sp

16 comments posted 6yrs posted by no.sp

Tyre noise question.

Whilst driving up a bit of dual carriageway today I was taking notice of the tyre noise as I moved on and off different...

6 comments posted 6yrs

posted by news

6 comments posted 6yrs posted by news

OT: using tablet as a Sat nav

Does anyone do this ?. I have never bought one of these things but so much now seems to demand an 'app download' I migh...

70 comments posted 6yrs

posted by Andrew97d-junk

70 comments posted 6yrs posted by Andrew97d-junk

New company car time

Can't believe it's nearly 4 years since I ordered the last one. Currently doing 30-35k miles / year. The government is...

23 comments posted 6yrs

posted by italiancar

23 comments posted 6yrs posted by italiancar

Brakes

Recent MOT on the Boxster said I'd need the discs replaced shortly. Not a surprise given the mileage. So spent this mor...

16 comments posted 6yrs

posted by dave

16 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Switch contacts.

Old Rover hasn't had much use recently, as MOT and work was needed - now done. Got pressed into service over the holida...

12 comments posted 6yrs

posted by dave

12 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Tyre Wear?

I've noticed that on front wheel drive cars, even when the tracking etc is correctly adjusted, the front near side tyre...

10 comments posted 6yrs

posted by no.sp

10 comments posted 6yrs posted by no.sp

Recommendations for winter tyres

My wife's 4x4 Yeti needs 4 new tyres so now seems like a good time to think about them. We don't get much snow where we...

27 comments posted 6yrs

posted by tim.downie

27 comments posted 6yrs posted by tim.downie

How long does petrol last?

Club member of the SD1 Rover club has had a long running saga of not being able to get it running properly after an eng...

18 comments posted 6yrs

posted by dave

18 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Fiesta V 1/2 Very wet interior

My mates Fiesta facelift mkV has become very wet inside. The windscreen has water droplets on it all the time. Last wee...

2 comments posted 6yrs

posted by peter.aioe

2 comments posted 6yrs posted by peter.aioe

Gentleman of the Road?

Has the meaning of this changed? Yesterday I got pulled over for a vehicle inspection. The car was my daily driver a 19...

4 comments posted 6yrs

posted by peter.aioe

4 comments posted 6yrs posted by peter.aioe

Engine Oil 'Life'

When I got my first car- in about 1980- the norm was to change engine oil every 6 mths / 5k or 6k miles. Gradually it i...

21 comments posted 6yrs

posted by no.sp

21 comments posted 6yrs posted by no.sp

Another garage story.

Round this part of London, half decent local garages have all but disappeared. Including a very good BMW and Merc speci...

0 comments posted 6yrs

posted by dave

0 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave

Cleaning a heater matrix.

The cold weather has shown just how poor the heater in the old Rover has become. It was very good when new. Coolant tem...

9 comments posted 6yrs

posted by dave

9 comments posted 6yrs posted by dave