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+1 Major car manuf. in Germany & the US have components produced in China, what matters is the QC.

I wash by hand (bucket & garden hose) when my arthritis allows, otherwise it's a drive-through wash & blow dry. I'm wary of the intense pressure from jet washers, especially on older paintwork.

Stand by for Enviro/EV brigade backlash on here :whistle:

Heated front 'screens are nothing new, when I was a Green Line coach driver back in the 'seventies some of the vehicles were fitted with heated 'screens. Not fine wire in those days but the elements ran around a border of the glass so as to allow un-obstructed vision & were quite effective...

Me too! I've been doing just that for decades, except for the years we had a Mondeo with a heated 'screen. Isn't it strange that manuf. seem to think it's more important to be able to see what's behind you rather than in front :unsure:

I used to use the product years ago but I'm sure the formula changed to the extent that it's ability to actually do it's job became minimal, just like so many other products these days. Like any responsible driver I clear all the windows before setting out. This isn't the first time so-called...

It looks like this is indeed BS .. nothing on the 'net from DVSA.

According to various media articles, from tomorrow 26th Jan it becomes a legal requirement for UK drivers to carry both a proper ice scraper (as opposed to an old plastic card) & a de-icer product in their vehicles at all times during the winter. This appears to be in addition to existing rules...

I dare say you're right, though none of that technology applies to my 27 year car or basic 'phone (n) Despite the age & mileage of the car it's well looked after & going by the recovery operator's experience less likely to need their services than most modern cars. nb. turns out the...

Perhaps the operator was in fact AI, that would explain the lack of understanding. 3 words only useable if you have a smart device ?

Not sure whether to post this here or in General Discussions. Last Friday my car suffered sudden overheating whilst in the outside lane of a dual carriageway, quarter of a mile from a busy roundabout. I managed to pull the vehicle just out of the traffic flow & onto some hatch markings close...

In our case it was a new 'screen. Still working when we sold the car 4 years later.

I think it depends on the model. As I stated before the 4sp JATCO in our 2ltr. Mk3 did 84k in 9 years without any attention & the car had done 86K in 4 years before we bought it. The 'box may have been serviced by it's previous owner(s) but no such indication in the service records. I agree...

There's always the V6 power option if you want more grunt. Don't know if that's still in production.

Bought a Mk3 (06 plate) at 86k in 2010 & ran it for 9 years. 2.0L (petrol) Gia X auto. Can suffer with swirl flaps breaking off the rail & being digested by the engine, so we had the inlet manifold changed .. expensive job but gives peace of mind. Internet posts suggest that the JATCO 'box is...

I empathise with your 'lack of interest' situation, it's a 21st century attitude. I've been searching over a year for someone to remove my android head unit to check for a possible bad connection (something I don't trust myself to do due to poor eyesight & arthritis in my hand) but if I wanted...

'Proper' size spare in my case plus wheel change kit & towing ring as supplied by the manuf. all in the well. I don't carry a tow rope in the car though I do have a 4.5mtr, strop in my old 4x4 & I make it the other driver's responsibility to attach their end of the tow if a ring isn't available...

I abandoned jump leads decades ago, bloody awkward things to store in a family car & I never had much success with them either. Always carry a compact jump-starter in the car these days, employ a mains charger for 24hrs every couple of months (high percentage of short journeys by SWMBO) &...

I won't pay the first-class rate on principle, sooner 'phone/text people on the day & wish them a merry Christmas. True, but if they don't have any? Last year Tesco's customer service desk staff were bemoaning the fact that they had been allocated a pitifully low number of second-class to sell...

Here we go again, notices at sub post offices stating 'no second class stamps' Ok It's my fault for leaving card sending until the last minute again but wouldn't you have thought that with decades of data available to the Royal Mail (they) would produce enough to fulfil demand? I'll try the...