Desperate Dan

Just a quick question Doc. I’m desperate to settle an argument as to what people used to do to stop diesel engine fuel freezing up in the winter. I say that they used to add some paraffin to the fuel, but a friend says that people also used to add petrol! Sounds very dodgy to […]

Questions, questions…

Good Evening Doctor. I would be interested in your comments concerning the use of certain combustion improving diesel fuel additives in modern vehicles and, specifically, whether or not you think that they are worth the money. I remember Diesel Car magazine performing a test on a Ferrous Picrate product called Unicat 4 many years ago […]

Soapbox – Safer driving, and the potential of technology…

Stay with me, while I first set the scene by having a bitch about bad driving. Not long ago I sat in the third lane of a moderately busy M25, cruising along at around 70mph, when I came upon a tailback ahead in the fourth lane, with people switching back into the third lane and […]

Outlandish fuel economy?

I wrote to you before when I had a Volvo V50, when I was concerned about poor fuel economy. Thankfully, it did improve with time. I have just changed it for another diesel car though, this time a Mitsubishi Outlander 2.2 automatic. Before parting with my cash, I did plenty of research and read reviews, […]

A sad saga rolls on…

Good afternoon Doctor. Imagine my surprise when I got to your column in the latest copy of Diesel Car. Wow, I’m there in big bold print (Issue 336) with my Grand Picasso automatic transmission problems. I have an update for you, and it is all very sad news. I got the car back (with its […]

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