Recent content by admiralross2400

Yeah I came across this too. Turns out it's a personal loan and not actually held against the car. There's been a few complaints sent to the ombudsman about it. They upheld one under very specific circumstances, the rest they didn't uphold as it's pretty clear in the T&Cs... They say to uphold...

I've just ordered a Vauxhall Grandland through salary sacrifice at work. Handing back my MG at some point...it's so far in negative equity it's likely cheaper to pay the installments and hand back at the end even if that's in November lol. New car won't be here till at least July anyway so...

I've just ordered my next car through Octopus through my work. Thanks to Santander being sneaky, I can't VT, so my balloon payment is like £12.5k and the valuation is about £11.5k currently, so my plan is just to hand it back at the end and live with having it sitting for a bit (need some...

Yup - sods law I guess. Needs done though so just need to get it over with :)

There is - but they want £156 to double check the diagnosis. However I've had the bite the bullet anyway since none of the independents around here wants to touch it since it's electric. It sucks because, from what I can tell, the bushes are covered under the warantee to 36 months - and I'm...

Hey So my car has been making a creaking noise going over speedbumps the past few weeks. Got a mechanic to confirm it's the front suspension bushings that are on their way out. Anyone know where to get replacements? Apparently they're a bit hard to find for non-MG garages? Thanks all!

Mine was done through the MG Dealership too which was why I didn't really pay too much attention. They said it was PCP so I assumed it was PCP. In theory, I can fight it on that basis, but the dealership has since closed and I can't be bothered for the sake for a few months (I also got it on 0%...

Got to be careful - I wanted to do this and turns out Santander call their finance PCP, but it's actually not quite - it's an unsecured loan instead so no VT option. I didn't notice this at the time. There's been quite a few complaints about this to the Ombudsman but they've stopped finding in...

Definitely more than 5 seconds. I've found it takes about 20 to 30 any time I've had to do it. Your milage may vary of course ?

Last year my policy went from £180 to £370...and comparison sites were suggesting about £500. I did a check the other day and it looks like about £600 this year...no claims in 10 years...so yeah, it's just a rip off now.

Oh I understand relay car theft...but that requires the car key's signal to be strong enough to pick up (otherwise sticking them in a Faraday pouch wouldn't work either). I guess if the relay uses a signal booster or something then it might do it...but I just wondered if the key only emits a...

Am I wrong in thinking that our keys have a much lower range? I need to be basically right beside the car for it to see the key so if the key is at the back of the house, how likely is it the signal could be piggy backed?

Yeah I didn't like the autohold...I don't like that it leaves the brake lights on so you blind the people beind you at night so I switched it off. Was using the main parking brake button for ages, but discovered accidentally that if you use the parking brake switch instead, you can just drive...

I know there's been a few chats about it elsewhere, but is there a definitive answer to which OBD to use (and what app)?

So I've just returned from my first long range trip from just outside Edinburgh to near Barry in South Wales (and back with some smaller drivers round the area). Here's a few thoughts etc. I used ABRP for planning the trip. All in all, it does the job if via the most clunky design possible...