Hi Doc, I have now discovered for sure that my Focus has a 2.0-litre TDCi Mondeo Engine, 2007 to 2012. I think I told you that I had suspected it was not the original engine, and I suppose I should…
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Bright Spark
Electric cars are grabbing lots of headlines and most of the big awards at the moment. Jaguar, in particular, must surely be investing in a few extra trophy cabinets after harvesting dozens of gongs for the I-Pace, including the most…
The Extra Mile
Let’s take something of a drive into the future, and consider the principle of economy driving when cars have become electric, and potentially fully autonomous. Maybe general attitudes will be that electric cars are very efficient and economical, and the…
Save a life, become a criminal?
As law abiding citizens, most of us probably don’t even think about breaking the law. Occasionally however, extraordinary circumstances take hold and alter our usual behaviour. Have you ever wondered what would happen if you were in a life or…
Blackpool Tower
Hello good Doctor! It must be a few years since I last wrote to you ñ 2008ish, I think. Back then I had a Peugeot 4007 with which I was having some brake vibration and juddering problems. We pinned down…
China Crisis?
Hello Doc, Any thoughts about the truth of these stories I keep reading that electric cars use lithium metal and cobalt in the batteries and motors, and other apparently rare elements in the drive motors, with long-term availability of both…
Comfortable SEAT
Hello Doc, I bought my ex-Motability SEAT Altea XL 1.6 TDI DSG auto first registered in August 2011, in late July 2014, with under 13,000 miles on the clock. It came from car hypermarket Fords of Winsford, in Cheshire, complete…
Knock Knock, who’s there? Rich Oil Companies!
Hello Doctor. I couldn’t help but think of you when I read a letter in the ìHonest Johnî letters column in last Saturday’s Daily Telegraph. Someone wrote in asking about the benefits of using premium petrol in his BMW 535i,…
How Green is your EV?
Considering pure electric cars, we’ll take a look at how ìgreenî they can be, and contrastingly how ìdirtyî they can also be, depending not on the efficiency of the car itself, and its battery, but as an owner based on…
The Doc debate
It’s a rather cruel twist of fate that new diesel car sales have fallen so much over the last 18 months or so, just as the cleanest ever Euro 6d-Temp diesels have hit the market. Many former diesel owners obviously…