New wheels for Bill

Dear Doc, I regret that this may be my last communication in relation to my Vengaís appetite for winter diesel. (We shall all miss your updates! Doc.) I will shortly be swapping it for a Mazda 2 diesel, first registered March 2016, and with 7,000 odd miles on the clock. Despite your reservations about the […]

Gathering winter fuel

Now that summer is over, I thought I ought to update you on my experiences in using summer, rather than winter, diesel in my Kia Venga. When I was last in touch, (Issue 333) in early April, I reported running through a tankful of Esso diesel at the rate of 51.2mpg registered on the on-board […]

Six Questions

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Confused of Cumberworth

My 2007 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Zetec Estate has in recent weeks usually needed a second, or occasionally a third, turn of the key to start up.

Shocking revelations

I feel that my recent experience with my Mk5 Golf 4Motion could be of interest to your readers. On switching on one morning, my multi-function display advised that my off-side stop bulb had failed. I wasn’t sure whether this constituted an offence, bearing in mind that my car has a central stop light warning, but […]